19152 lines
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19152 lines
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{
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"expatiates":{
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"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
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"examples":[
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"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declaims",
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"descants",
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"discourses",
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"harangues",
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"lectures",
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"orates",
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"speaks",
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"talks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"recites",
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"soliloquizes",
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"disserts",
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"expounds",
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"pontificates",
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"sermonizes",
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"mouths",
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"spouts",
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"filibusters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"expatiating":{
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"as in speaking out , speaking up":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"speaking out",
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"speaking up",
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"blabby",
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"chatty",
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"communicative",
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"expansive",
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"gabby",
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"garrulous",
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"loquacious",
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"talkative",
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"talky",
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"vocal",
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"articulating",
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"speaking",
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"talking",
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"articulate",
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"eloquent",
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"fluent",
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"voluble"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inarticulate",
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"mute",
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"speechless",
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"voiceless",
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"tongue-tied",
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"incoherent",
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"incomprehensible"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
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"examples":[
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"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declaiming",
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"descanting",
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"discoursing",
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"haranguing",
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"lecturing",
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"orating",
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"speaking",
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"talking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reciting",
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"soliloquizing",
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"disserting",
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"expounding",
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"pontificating",
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"sermonizing",
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"mouthing",
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"spouting",
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"filibustering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"expend":{
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"to hand over or use up in payment":{
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"examples":[
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"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disburse",
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"drop",
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"fork (over, out, or up)",
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"give",
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"lay out",
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"outlay",
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"pay",
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"shell out",
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"spend"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lavish",
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"rain",
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"blow",
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"dissipate",
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"fritter (away)",
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"run through",
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"squander",
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"throw away",
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"waste"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cache",
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"hoard",
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"lay up",
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"save",
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"acquire",
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"earn",
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"gain",
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"garner",
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"make",
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"procure",
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"realize",
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"secure",
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"win"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make complete use of":{
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"examples":[
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"settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorb",
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"burn",
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"consume",
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"deplete",
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"devour",
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"drain",
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"draw down",
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"exhaust",
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"play out",
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"spend",
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"use up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abate",
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"decrease",
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"de-escalate",
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"diminish",
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"downsize",
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"dwindle",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"reduce",
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"eat",
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"use",
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"bankrupt",
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"clean (out)",
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"impoverish",
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"cripple",
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"debilitate",
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"disable",
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"enfeeble",
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"sap",
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"undermine",
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"weaken",
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"dry up",
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"empty",
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"blow",
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"dissipate",
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"fritter (away)",
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"guzzle",
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"lavish",
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"misspend",
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"run through",
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"squander",
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"throw away",
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"waste"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"augment",
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"enlarge",
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"increase",
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"bolster",
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"enforce",
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"fortify",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"strengthen",
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"rebuild",
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"repair",
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"restore",
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"revive",
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"conserve",
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"preserve",
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"save"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"renew",
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"replace"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"expended":{
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"as in spent , reduced":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bankrupted",
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"consumed",
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"debilitated",
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"depleted",
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"diminished",
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"drained",
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"dried-up",
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"enfeebled",
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"exhausted",
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"lessened",
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"reduced",
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"spent",
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"used up",
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"uncultivable",
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"untillable",
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"arid",
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"desert",
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"droughty",
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"dry",
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"rainless",
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"sere",
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"sear",
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"thirsty",
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"waterless",
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"bleak",
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"inhospitable",
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"lifeless",
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"baked",
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"dehydrated",
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"parched",
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"sunbaked",
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"barren",
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"bony",
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"boney",
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"dead",
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"desolate",
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"hardscrabble",
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"impoverished",
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"infertile",
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"poor",
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"stark",
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"unfertile",
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"unproductive",
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"waste"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fertile",
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"fruitful",
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"lush",
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"luxuriant",
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"productive",
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"rich",
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"arable",
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"tillable",
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"green",
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"sylvan",
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"verdant"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to hand over or use up in payment":{
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"examples":[
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"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disbursed",
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"dropped",
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"forked (over, out, or up)",
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"gave",
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"laid out",
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"outlaid",
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"paid",
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"shelled out",
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"spent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lavished",
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"rained",
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"blew",
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"dissipated",
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"frittered (away)",
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"ran through",
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"squandered",
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"threw away",
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"wasted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cached",
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"hoarded",
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"laid up",
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"saved",
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"acquired",
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"earned",
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"gained",
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"garnered",
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"made",
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"procured",
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"realized",
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"secured",
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"won"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make complete use of":{
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"examples":[
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"settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorbed",
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"burned",
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"burnt",
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"consumed",
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"depleted",
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"devoured",
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"drained",
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"drew down",
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"exhausted",
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"played out",
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"spent",
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"used up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"diminished",
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"downsized",
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"dwindled",
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"lessened",
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"lowered",
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"reduced",
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"ate",
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"used",
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"bankrupted",
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"cleaned (out)",
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"impoverished",
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"crippled",
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"debilitated",
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"disabled",
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"enfeebled",
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"sapped",
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"undermined",
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"weakened",
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"dried up",
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"emptied",
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"blew",
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"dissipated",
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"frittered (away)",
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"guzzled",
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"lavished",
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"misspent",
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"ran through",
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"squandered",
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"threw away",
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"wasted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"augmented",
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"enlarged",
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"increased",
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"bolstered",
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"enforced",
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"fortified",
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"reinforced",
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"reenforced",
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"strengthened",
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"rebuilt",
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"repaired",
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"restored",
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"revived",
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"conserved",
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"preserved",
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"saved"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"renewed",
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"replaced"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"expense":{
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"a payment made in the course of achieving a result":{
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"examples":[
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"they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charge",
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"cost",
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"disbursement",
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"expenditure",
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"outgo",
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"outlay"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"overhead",
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"outflow",
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"pocket money",
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"spending money",
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"price",
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"rate",
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"tab",
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"tariff",
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"toll"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"expert":{
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"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
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"examples":[
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"experts at the crime lab were able to tell the sex, race, and approximate age of the murderer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"artist",
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"authority",
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"cognoscente",
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"connoisseur",
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"crackerjack",
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"crackajack",
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"dab",
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"dab hand",
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"fiend",
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"geek",
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"guru",
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"hand",
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"hotshot",
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"maestro",
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"master",
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"maven",
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"mavin",
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"meister",
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"past master",
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"proficient",
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"scholar",
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"shark",
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"sharp",
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"virtuoso",
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"whiz",
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"wizard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pro",
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"professional",
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"consultant",
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"hired gun",
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"specialist",
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"addict",
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"aficionado",
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"afficionado",
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"buff",
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"devotee",
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"enthusiast",
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"fan",
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"craftsman",
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"journeyman",
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"all-rounder",
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"jack-of-all-trades",
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"Renaissance man",
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"mistress"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"apprentice",
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"beginner",
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"neophyte",
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"novice",
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"dabbler",
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"dilettante",
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"layman",
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"nonprofessional"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"inexpert",
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"nonexpert"
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]
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},
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"accomplished with trained ability":{
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"examples":[
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"to a serious collector, the expert carving on the duck decoy justifies its high price"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adroit",
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"artful",
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"bravura",
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"deft",
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"delicate",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"skillful",
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"virtuoso",
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"workmanlike"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"facile",
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"smooth",
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"artistic",
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"creative",
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"fancy",
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"ingenious",
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"neat",
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"adept",
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"clever",
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"cunning",
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"able",
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"adequate",
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"capable",
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"competent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"clumsy",
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"crude",
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"klutzy",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"incompetent",
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"inept"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"amateurish",
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"artless",
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"rude",
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"unprofessional",
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"unskillful"
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]
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},
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"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
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"examples":[
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"people interested in laser eye surgery are advised to seek out an expert practitioner"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplished",
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"compleat",
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"complete",
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"consummate",
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"crack",
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"crackerjack",
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"educated",
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"experienced",
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"good",
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"great",
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"master",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"professed",
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"proficient",
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"skilled",
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"skillful",
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"versed",
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"veteran",
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"virtuoso"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adroit",
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"clever",
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"handy",
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"slick",
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"sure-handed",
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"gifted",
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"talented",
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"polished",
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"refined",
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"efficient",
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"workmanlike",
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"able",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"employable",
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"fit",
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"fitted",
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"habile",
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"qualified",
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"knowledgeable",
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"schooled",
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"taught",
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"trained",
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"tutored",
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"all-around",
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"all-round",
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"well-rounded",
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"long-term",
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"old",
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"multiskilled",
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"multitalented"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"incapable",
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"incompetent",
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"inept",
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"unable",
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"unfit",
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"unfitted",
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"unqualified",
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"weak",
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"artless",
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"crude",
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"rude",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"inefficient",
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"talentless",
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"ungifted",
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"untalented",
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"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiation":{
|
|
"as in reparation , atonement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"reparation",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"indemnification",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"recoupment",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"remuneration",
|
|
"reprisal(s)",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"restitution",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"compurgation",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"rebirth",
|
|
"regeneration",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"sanctification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"arraignment",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"incrimination",
|
|
"indictment",
|
|
"prosecution",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"perversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiry":{
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expiry of a great empire is always a cataclysmic event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once upon expiry , her soul entered the abode of the blessed dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explained away":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"attributed",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"rationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"extenuated",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"apologized",
|
|
"atoned",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicates":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicit":{
|
|
"so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explicit instructions about what to do in an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"univocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"unspecific",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploded":{
|
|
"as in blasted , detonated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"crumped",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazed (up)",
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"bursted (forth)",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flared (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"touched off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploits":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"capitalizes (on)",
|
|
"cashes in (on)",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"plays (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"jockeys",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"schemes",
|
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"arranges",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"finesses",
|
|
"masterminds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
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"harnesses",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"cannibalizes",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"reuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"tours de force",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done by someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit , his assassination of Lincoln"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"emprises",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"handiworks",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"coactions",
|
|
"co-actions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a memoir recounting three decades of exploits as a roving foreign correspondent for TV news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"emprises",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"baptisms",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"stunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drags"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explores":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delves (into)",
|
|
"digs (into)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inquires (into)",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"looks (into)",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims (through)",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"searches",
|
|
"skirrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiters",
|
|
"reconnoitres",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploring":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delving (into)",
|
|
"digging (into)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inquiring (into)",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"looking (into)",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"researching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"skimming (through)",
|
|
"surfing",
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"skirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoitering",
|
|
"reconnoitring",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"plumbing",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosive":{
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been an explosive interest in the sport since the Olympics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most explosive storms to hit that area of the coast in some time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang-bang",
|
|
"blood-and-guts",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"cyclonic",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hammer-and-tongs",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"paroxysmal",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"volcanic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"combustible",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"unaggressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonviolent",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bomb":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"torpedo",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"claymore mine",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"mine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosively":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the racehorses explosively broke from the starting gate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exports":{
|
|
"to send a product to be sold in another country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"countries that export oil to the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics (in)",
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends",
|
|
"presells",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"remarkets",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"receives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expositions":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exposition of flying machines from the early days of aviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expos",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"productions",
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presentments",
|
|
"sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nonstop exposition of the ceremonies by the TV newscasters was both unnecessary and irritating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"play-by-plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the astronomer's exposition of white dwarfs was a little helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
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"exegeses",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
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"illuminations",
|
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"illustrations",
|
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"interpretations",
|
|
"road maps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"restatements",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"epexegeses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasonings",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulating":{
|
|
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demurring",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"demonstrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulation":{
|
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"demurral",
|
|
"demurrer",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"dubitation",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposure":{
|
|
"the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people chronically avoid situations in which there is a high level of exposure to germs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"vulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of facing a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"frontage",
|
|
"orientation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"arrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"revelation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"cover-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposures":{
|
|
"the state or fact of facing a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"frontages",
|
|
"orientations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alignments",
|
|
"alinements",
|
|
"arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"revelations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"cover-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressed":{
|
|
"as in spoken , stated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"tacit",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"wrote up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"squeezed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"pulped",
|
|
"pureed",
|
|
"pur\u00e9ed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"extruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"spelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"symboled",
|
|
"symbolled",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than \"lousy\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"paraphrased",
|
|
"rephrased",
|
|
"restated",
|
|
"reworded",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"translated",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"wrote up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodied",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"externalized",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"instantiated",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"concretized",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"objectified",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"typified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disembodied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressing":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
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"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
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"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
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"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"squeezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"pulping",
|
|
"pureeing",
|
|
"pur\u00e9eing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"extruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"spelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symboling",
|
|
"symbolling",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than \"lousy\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rephrasing",
|
|
"restating",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"writing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"externalizing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"instantiating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"personalizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"substantiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"concretizing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"typifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriated":{
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"pirated",
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"impounded",
|
|
"repossessed",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"embezzled",
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"peculated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"ousted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"disfurnished",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"bereaved",
|
|
"bereft",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disinherited",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"impounded",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnisheed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expunge":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expurgated":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"red-penciled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"scrutinized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expurgates":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"red-pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"cuts (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"scrutinizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicate":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimented (with)":{
|
|
"as in studied , investigated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checked (out)",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"researched",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"sampled",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried (out)",
|
|
"resampled",
|
|
"retested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectorations":{
|
|
"as in sputa , salivations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salivations",
|
|
"sputa",
|
|
"sputums",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivas",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"spittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploiters":{
|
|
"as in users":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"users",
|
|
"bloodsuckers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"kites",
|
|
"predators",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"vultures",
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"devourers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"preys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiration":{
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the expiration of all brain activity there was no point in keeping the patient alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cancer patient passed away sometime during the night, the exact moment of her expiration not being known"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expertise":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new dog owners who were seeking someone with expertise in animal obedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriations":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"arrogations",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"preemptions",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"usurpations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexations",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"confiscations",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"defalcations",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"encroachments",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"piracies",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"occupancies",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"preoccupancies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"deforcements",
|
|
"disfurnishments",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosion":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explosion of the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonation",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"airburst",
|
|
"groundburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explosion of patriotic feeling that the country experienced after that momentous event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tennis player's expletive-enriched explosions on the court tested the patience of officials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"fireworks",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hissy",
|
|
"hissy fit",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"tantrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"convulsion(s)",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness",
|
|
"reaction",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snit",
|
|
"sulk(s)",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"sullenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expulsions":{
|
|
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ruthless expulsion of the French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia by the British"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishments",
|
|
"deportations",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriations",
|
|
"relegations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ostracisms",
|
|
"extraditions",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"ethnic cleansings",
|
|
"transportations",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"ousters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repatriations",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedients":{
|
|
"a temporary replacement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you're a spectator caught without rainwear at a sporting event, then a plastic garbage bag makes an acceptable, if unfashionable, expedient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"stopgaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quick fixes",
|
|
"recourses",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"standbys",
|
|
"stand-ins",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"understudies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he vowed to use any expedient available to get the project done on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"stopgaps",
|
|
"countermeasures",
|
|
"countermoves",
|
|
"counter-moves",
|
|
"countersteps",
|
|
"counter-steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since there wasn't a single bandage left in our backpacks, we had to use a bandanna, our only expedient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"recourses",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"stopgaps",
|
|
"substitutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimental":{
|
|
"made or done as an experiment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an experimental procedure for patients suffering from leukemia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"developmental",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exploratory",
|
|
"investigative",
|
|
"probative",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"unproved",
|
|
"unproven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"based on observation or experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asserted that experimental knowledge is vastly superior to idle speculation and theorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"existential",
|
|
"experiential",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"observational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"provable",
|
|
"verifiable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"transcendentalist",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonempirical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unempirical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expounders":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers",
|
|
"white knights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"practitioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"doyens",
|
|
"grand old men",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"philosophers",
|
|
"theorists",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatriating":{
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expulsing",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"running out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"excommunicating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"dispossessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"repatriating",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatiate":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"soliloquize",
|
|
"dissert",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"filibuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expensively":{
|
|
"in a luxurious manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pop singer's expensively decorated mansion was a testament to her commercial success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"palatially",
|
|
"plushly",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imposingly",
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"affluently",
|
|
"comfortably",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"wealthily",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"indulgently",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"prodigally",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"wastefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"cheaply",
|
|
"economically",
|
|
"frugally",
|
|
"inexpensively",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"sparingly",
|
|
"thriftily",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"restrainedly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austerely",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"simply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicitness":{
|
|
"careful thoroughness of detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explicitness of the instruction about human reproduction should be appropriate for the age of the students receiving it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"specificity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"finicalness",
|
|
"finickiness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"meticulosity",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"selectivity",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearness of expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the user's manual is written with such rare explicitness that the average consumer actually has a chance of understanding it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"simplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"unintelligibility",
|
|
"unintelligibleness",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"disjointedness",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"unclarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expound":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expeditious":{
|
|
"having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that is well-regarded for its expeditious handling of any request or complaint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alacritous",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"ready-witted",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressionless":{
|
|
"not expressing any emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"veteran poker players invariably have expressionless faces, regardless of the hand they're holding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"gestic",
|
|
"gesticulant",
|
|
"gesticulative",
|
|
"gesticulatory",
|
|
"gestural",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"expressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expeditions":{
|
|
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an avid mountain climber, always on an expedition to some far-off corner of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"grand tours",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"walkabouts",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"explored":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delved (into)",
|
|
"dug (into)",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inquired (into)",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"looked (into)",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"researched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"skimmed (through)",
|
|
"surfed",
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"prospected",
|
|
"searched",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoitered",
|
|
"reconnoitred",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"plumbed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explanations":{
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an explanation of photosynthesis that most museum visitors will be able to understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"exegeses",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"road maps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"restatements",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"epexegeses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasonings",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when questioned by authorities, the students were at a loss for an explanation for their senseless vandalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accountings",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologiae",
|
|
"apologias",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposes":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"unmasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tight race for the championship exposed one team's mean streak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaks",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"projects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brandishes",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"tells (of)",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exponent":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"practitioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"doyen",
|
|
"grand old man",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"philosopher",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectorated":{
|
|
"as in spit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"frothed",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"salivated",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in expelled , exhaled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew (out)",
|
|
"breathed (out)",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explaining away":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"attributing",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"rationalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"extenuating",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"apologizing",
|
|
"atoning",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiments (with)":{
|
|
"as in studies , investigates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checks (out)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"feels (out)",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"researches",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"tries (out)",
|
|
"resamples",
|
|
"retests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectorates":{
|
|
"as in spits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivates",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"sputters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in expels , exhales":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows (out)",
|
|
"breathes (out)",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathes",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"inspires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explore":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delve (into)",
|
|
"dig (into)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inquire (into)",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"look (into)",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim (through)",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"skirr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiter",
|
|
"reconnoitre",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatriated":{
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expulsed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"ran out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"dispossessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"repatriated",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expanding":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"dilating (on or upon)",
|
|
"elaborating (on)",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"fleshing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stoking",
|
|
"supersizing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"following up",
|
|
"parlaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"fanning (out)",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"outspreading",
|
|
"outstretching",
|
|
"spreading (out)",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"unfurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"folding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water expands when it becomes frozen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiences":{
|
|
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"related in a book his experiences as a roving correspondent for network TV news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"emprises",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"baptisms",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"stunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drags"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"undergoes",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiential":{
|
|
"based on observation or experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"possesses the kind of experiential knowledge that is gained only from a long and eventful life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"existential",
|
|
"experimental",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"observational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"provable",
|
|
"verifiable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"transcendentalist",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonempirical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unempirical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expertly":{
|
|
"in a skillful or expert manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the apple pie was a traditional but expertly made version of an old favorite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"capably",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"cleverly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"crudely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"incapably",
|
|
"incompetently",
|
|
"inefficiently",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"inexpertly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unskillfully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expelling":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"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 violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belching",
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eructing",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shutting (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the patient to expel a deep breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing (out)",
|
|
"breathing (out)",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposition":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exposition of flying machines from the early days of aviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"expo",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presentment",
|
|
"sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nonstop exposition of the ceremonies by the TV newscasters was both unnecessary and irritating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"play-by-play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annotation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"write-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the astronomer's exposition of white dwarfs was a little helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"exegesis",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiated":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"redeemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensated",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"reimbursed",
|
|
"remunerated",
|
|
"repaid",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expounder":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"practitioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"doyen",
|
|
"grand old man",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"philosopher",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explanation":{
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an explanation of photosynthesis that most museum visitors will be able to understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"exegesis",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when questioned by authorities, the students were at a loss for an explanation for their senseless vandalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apologia",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expeditiousness":{
|
|
"as in dispatch , expedition":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"warp speed",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explaining":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"demystifying",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"getting across",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"spelling out",
|
|
"unriddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"annotating",
|
|
"commentating",
|
|
"glossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you explain your very odd behavior at the wedding reception?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"attributing",
|
|
"explaining away",
|
|
"rationalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explanatory":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explanatory section has as its heading \"What the New Tax Changes Mean\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expand":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"dilate (on or upon)",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"flesh (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
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"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water expands when it becomes frozen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expulse":{
|
|
"as in expel , evict":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"run out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"excommunicate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"dispossess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"repatriate",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explains away":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts (for)",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"rationalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"extenuates",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoats",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"apologizes",
|
|
"atones",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"accounts (for)",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"soft-pedals",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiries":{
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expiry of a great empire is always a cataclysmic event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once upon expiry , her soul entered the abode of the blessed dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"great divides",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"self-destructions",
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedient":{
|
|
"suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made the expedient decision to sell the land to whomever offered the most money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactical",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impolitic",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"inexpedient",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a temporary replacement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you're a spectator caught without rainwear at a sporting event, then a plastic garbage bag makes an acceptable, if unfashionable, expedient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"stopgap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quick fix",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"standby",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"understudy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he vowed to use any expedient available to get the project done on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"countermeasure",
|
|
"countermove",
|
|
"counterstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since there wasn't a single bandage left in our backpacks, we had to use a bandanna, our only expedient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expediency":{
|
|
"suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expediency of such a plan is questionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisability",
|
|
"advisableness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageousness",
|
|
"beneficialness",
|
|
"profitability",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"opportuneness",
|
|
"seasonableness",
|
|
"timeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"infeasibility",
|
|
"inopportuneness",
|
|
"unseasonableness",
|
|
"untimeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"inadvisability",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"injudiciousness",
|
|
"unwisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expirations":{
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"expiries",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the expiration of all brain activity there was no point in keeping the patient alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrestments",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"closedowns",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"cutoffs",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"discontinuations",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"offsets",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"phaseouts",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"letups",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cancer patient passed away sometime during the night, the exact moment of her expiration not being known"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expiries",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"great divides",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"self-destructions",
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expository":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expository piece on the workings of the internal-combustion engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exporting":{
|
|
"to send a product to be sold in another country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"countries that export oil to the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking (in)",
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending",
|
|
"preselling",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"remarketing",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"receiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experts":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts at the crime lab were able to tell the sex, race, and approximate age of the murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"hired guns",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"journeymen",
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"mistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulates":{
|
|
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"demonstrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"complies",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressways":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriating":{
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"pirating",
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"repossessing",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"peculating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"ousting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"disfurnishing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"bereaving",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"disinheriting",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"sequestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnisheeing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicable":{
|
|
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"explainable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"soluble",
|
|
"solvable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzable",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"inextricable",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"insolvable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"unresolvable",
|
|
"unsolvable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expenditure":{
|
|
"a payment made in the course of achieving a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overhead",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expurgating":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"red-penciling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"cutting (out)",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"scrutinizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explanative":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an edition of Melville's novel that could use more explanative footnotes about whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expression":{
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poem is his expression of his grief upon the loss of his beloved wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulation",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"statement",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we could tell by the fans' expressions that the Chicago Cubs had lost again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expression \"John Doe\" is used in legal proceedings to refer to a person whose actual name is either unknown or being withheld from the public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"term",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic form",
|
|
"monosyllable",
|
|
"morpheme",
|
|
"speech form",
|
|
"polysyllable",
|
|
"collocation",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"loanword",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"vernacularism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sequence of words having a specific meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the popular expression \"raining cats and dogs\" is meaningless in other languages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"byword",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"motto",
|
|
"shibboleth",
|
|
"slogan",
|
|
"watchword",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedite":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to happen faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits.",
|
|
"We'll do what we can to expedite the processing of your insurance claim."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fast-track",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"urge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exporters":{
|
|
"as in retailers , distributors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discounters",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"e-tailers",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"resellers",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"auctioneers",
|
|
"concessionaires",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"bootleggers",
|
|
"fencers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scalpers",
|
|
"smugglers",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"chapmen",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"salesclerks",
|
|
"salesmen",
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"saleswomen",
|
|
"shopgirls",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"horse traders",
|
|
"palterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"purchasers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expediting":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to happen faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits.",
|
|
"We'll do what we can to expedite the processing of your insurance claim."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"fast-tracking",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"urging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expo":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many of the bigger expos won't fit into the city's relatively small civic center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presentment",
|
|
"sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimenting (with)":{
|
|
"as in studying , investigating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"researching",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"sampling",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying (out)",
|
|
"resampling",
|
|
"retesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosives":{
|
|
"as in bombs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"torpedoes",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"claymore mines",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"mines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectations":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in expectation of a harsh winter, we budgeted more money than usual for the cost of heating our home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"expectances",
|
|
"expectancies",
|
|
"prospects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"misgivings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expletive":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unleashed a slew of expletives upon losing the tennis match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatriations":{
|
|
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishments",
|
|
"deportations",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"relegations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ostracisms",
|
|
"extraditions",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"ethnic cleansings",
|
|
"transportations",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"ousters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repatriations",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expulses":{
|
|
"as in expels , evicts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"runs out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"banishes",
|
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"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"dispossesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"repatriates",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expulsion":{
|
|
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ruthless expulsion of the French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia by the British"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"deportation",
|
|
"displacement",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriation",
|
|
"relegation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ostracism",
|
|
"extradition",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"ethnic cleansing",
|
|
"transportation",
|
|
"dispossession",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"ouster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repatriation",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiment (with)":{
|
|
"as in study , investigate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"feel (out)",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try (out)",
|
|
"resample",
|
|
"retest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiencing":{
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"undergoing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expunges":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulate":{
|
|
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"demonstrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"comply",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimenter":{
|
|
"one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a psychology experimenter doing research into the sources of panic attacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"researcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist",
|
|
"fact finder",
|
|
"field-worker",
|
|
"examiner",
|
|
"inspector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expanses":{
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the great explorers who crossed the vast expanses of the seven seas in small ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expletives":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unleashed a slew of expletives upon losing the tennis match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"cusswords",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploding":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"crumping",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"popping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mushrooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"splintering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing (up)",
|
|
"breaking out",
|
|
"bursting (forth)",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flaring (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"touching off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expels":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"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 violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belches",
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the patient to expel a deep breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows (out)",
|
|
"breathes (out)",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathes",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"inspires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimenters":{
|
|
"one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a psychology experimenter doing research into the sources of panic attacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"researchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"empiricists",
|
|
"empirics",
|
|
"fact finders",
|
|
"field-workers",
|
|
"examiners",
|
|
"inspectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedition":{
|
|
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an avid mountain climber, always on an expedition to some far-off corner of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"travel(s)",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"grand tour",
|
|
"odyssey",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"safari",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicating":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"demystifying",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"getting across",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"spelling out",
|
|
"unriddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"annotating",
|
|
"commentating",
|
|
"glossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposed":{
|
|
"being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without our immune systems we'd be exposed to all sorts of deadly infections"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"subject (to)",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undefended",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unscreened",
|
|
"unsecured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insusceptible",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unexposed",
|
|
"unsusceptible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking a usual or natural covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposed electrical wires were a safety hazard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shaven",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"unprotected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"hairy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"covered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers were so exposed in the open field that they were the proverbial sitting ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"undefended",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"preyed (on or upon)",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"unarmed",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"high and dry",
|
|
"marooned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"immune",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"raked up",
|
|
"smoked out",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tight race for the championship exposed one team's mean streak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"projected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"told (of)",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectances":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave them the painting, with no expectance of anything in return"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"expectancies",
|
|
"expectations",
|
|
"prospects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"misgivings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectants":{
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"divinity students who were all expectants for a curacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicants",
|
|
"appliers",
|
|
"aspirants",
|
|
"campaigners",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"hopefuls",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"qualifiers",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"spoilers",
|
|
"stalking horses",
|
|
"crown princes",
|
|
"favorite sons",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"running mates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbents",
|
|
"officeholders",
|
|
"awardees",
|
|
"honorees",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"dropouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectorating":{
|
|
"as in spitting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in expelling , exhaling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing (out)",
|
|
"breathing (out)",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriates":{
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"repossesses",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"embezzles",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"ousts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"disfurnishes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"bereaves",
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"disinherits",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"sequesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnishees",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explorations":{
|
|
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exploration into the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"examens",
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"inquests",
|
|
"inquiries",
|
|
"inquisitions",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"probations",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"probings",
|
|
"researches",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"checkups",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"hearings",
|
|
"interrogations",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"feelers",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"questionaries",
|
|
"questionnaires",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"cross-examinations",
|
|
"goings-over",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"rehearings",
|
|
"reinvestigations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expanse":{
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the great explorers who crossed the vast expanses of the seven seas in small ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explodes":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"crumps",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"pops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mushrooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes (up)",
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"bursts (forth)",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flares (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"touches off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expects":{
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we expect their arrival late this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"hopes (for)",
|
|
"watches (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks on",
|
|
"counts (on or upon)",
|
|
"depends (on or upon)",
|
|
"relies (on or upon)",
|
|
"waits (for)",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"predicts",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"presupposes",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectant":{
|
|
"having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"expectant crowds gathered at the spot where the President was scheduled to make an appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"anticipant",
|
|
"anticipatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"unmoved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing unborn young within the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a medication that should not be taken by expectant women without permission from their doctors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"divinity students who were all expectants for a curacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"seeker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"spoiler",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"crown prince",
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expends":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"outlays",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"shells out",
|
|
"spends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws down",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"plays out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augments",
|
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"enlarges",
|
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"increases",
|
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"bolsters",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"replaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expunged":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
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"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expired":{
|
|
"no longer existing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wildlife organization dedicated to ensuring that the giant panda not be added to the list of expired species"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew (out)",
|
|
"breathed (out)",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"linden trees expiring their rich perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exporter":{
|
|
"as in retailer , distributor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discounter",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"e-tailer",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"reseller",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"auctioneer",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scalper",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"chapman",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"horse trader",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explication":{
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any explication of Einstein's theory of relativity probably wouldn't help me much"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"exegesis",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expected":{
|
|
"being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children did their chores, but not without the expected whining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"scheduled",
|
|
"slated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"unlooked-for"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we expect their arrival late this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"hoped (for)",
|
|
"watched (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked on",
|
|
"counted (on or upon)",
|
|
"depended (on or upon)",
|
|
"relied (on or upon)",
|
|
"waited (for)",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"viewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explains":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you explain your very odd behavior at the wedding reception?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts (for)",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"explains away",
|
|
"rationalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explain away":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account (for)",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"rationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"extenuate",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"whitewash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoat",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"apologize",
|
|
"atone",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"account (for)",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expel":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"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 violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eruct",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the patient to expel a deep breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow (out)",
|
|
"breathe (out)",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"express":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"squeeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"puree",
|
|
"pur\u00e9e",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"extrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than \"lousy\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"rephrase",
|
|
"restate",
|
|
"reword",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"translate",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"write up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"externalize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a particular or exact sort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a trip to the supermarket with the express purpose of buying milk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"differentiated",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"specified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generalized",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"nonexclusive",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonspecific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students are not allowed to leave the grounds during school hours unless they have express permission from the principal's office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"univocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"unspecific",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that carries a message or does an errand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solicitors employ an express to deliver their summonses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"runner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"bearer",
|
|
"carrier",
|
|
"deliveryman",
|
|
"letter carrier",
|
|
"mail carrier",
|
|
"mailman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiations":{
|
|
"as in reparations , atonements":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"atonements",
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"absolutions",
|
|
"condonations",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"compensations",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"indemnifications",
|
|
"indemnities",
|
|
"quittances",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"recoupments",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"remunerations",
|
|
"reprisals",
|
|
"requitals",
|
|
"restitutions",
|
|
"satisfactions",
|
|
"compurgations",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"acquittals",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"exculpations",
|
|
"exonerations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"rebirths",
|
|
"regenerations",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"sanctifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accusations",
|
|
"arraignments",
|
|
"impeachments",
|
|
"incriminations",
|
|
"indictments",
|
|
"prosecutions",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"perversions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expansion":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's new wing is only the first in a series of expansions planned for the next decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"proliferation",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expansion of remedial reading classes into a district-wide program using school volunteers for a variety of needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"betterment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"incubation",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"supplementation",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"metamorphosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devaluation",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we gazed in awe at the star-strewn expansion of nighttime sky above us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"expanse",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expresses":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts across",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"squeezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"purees",
|
|
"pur\u00e9es",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"extrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than \"lousy\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"rephrases",
|
|
"restates",
|
|
"rewords",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"translates",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"writes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"externalizes",
|
|
"incarnates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"instantiates",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"personalizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"substantiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"concretizes",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"exemplifies",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"objectifies",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"typifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that carries a message or does an errand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solicitors employ an express to deliver their summonses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"go-betweens",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"runners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"bearers",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"deliverymen",
|
|
"letter carriers",
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploratory":{
|
|
"done or created to find something or to learn more about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exploratory drilling for oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"investigative",
|
|
"probative",
|
|
"developmental",
|
|
"experimental",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"unproved",
|
|
"unproven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiring":{
|
|
"as in fading , sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"terminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in expiration , end":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing (out)",
|
|
"breathing (out)",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"coming to",
|
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"reviving",
|
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"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
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"existing",
|
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"subsisting",
|
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"flourishing",
|
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"prospering",
|
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"thriving"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"breathing",
|
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"living"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"to throw or give off":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"linden trees expiring their rich perfume"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"casting",
|
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"discharging",
|
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"emanating",
|
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"emitting",
|
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"evolving",
|
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"exhaling",
|
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"expelling",
|
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"giving out",
|
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"irradiating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
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"releasing",
|
|
"sending (out)",
|
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"shooting",
|
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"throwing out",
|
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"venting"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
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"evacuating",
|
|
"excreting",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
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"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimentation":{
|
|
"a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who oppose experimentations involving animals for the testing of cosmetics intended for humans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"experiment",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trial and error",
|
|
"dry run",
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearsal",
|
|
"tryout",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expounded":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"wrote up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressionistic":{
|
|
"as in impressionistic , impressionist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressionist",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"impressionistic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"nonfigurative",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"nonrepresentational",
|
|
"symbolist",
|
|
"symbolistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"figurative",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"nonabstract",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"representational",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploit":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"play (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"jockey",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machinate",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"mastermind",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"wield",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"cannibalize",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"reuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"tour de force",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done by someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit , his assassination of Lincoln"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"emprise",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"handiwork",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"coaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a memoir recounting three decades of exploits as a roving foreign correspondent for TV news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"emprise",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"episode",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"venture",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"stunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expounds":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts across",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectation":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in expectation of a harsh winter, we budgeted more money than usual for the cost of heating our home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"expectance",
|
|
"expectancy",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressly":{
|
|
"as in concretely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concretely",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"specifically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in even , perfectly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"faultlessly",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"identically",
|
|
"uniformly",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"similarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"differently",
|
|
"variably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expires":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows (out)",
|
|
"breathes (out)",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathes",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"inspires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"linden trees expiring their rich perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectancies":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"expectances",
|
|
"expectations",
|
|
"prospects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"misgivings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expositive":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the writer's descriptions are objectively expositive and entirely without editorialization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expos":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many of the bigger expos won't fit into the city's relatively small civic center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"productions",
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presentments",
|
|
"sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriate":{
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"repossess",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"preoccupy",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"embezzle",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"peculate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"oust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"disfurnish",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"bereave",
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"disinherit",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnishee",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expulsed":{
|
|
"as in expelled , evicted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"ran out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"dispossessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"repatriated",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatriate":{
|
|
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while in exile, the deposed king was accompanied by a small band of loyal expatriates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expat",
|
|
"refugee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"outcast",
|
|
"pariah",
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"patriot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expulse",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"run out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"excommunicate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"dispossess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"repatriate",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in immigrant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"autochthonous",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"indigenous",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expecting":{
|
|
"containing unborn young within the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the special nutritional needs of expecting women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we expect their arrival late this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"hoping (for)",
|
|
"watching (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking on",
|
|
"counting (on or upon)",
|
|
"depending (on or upon)",
|
|
"relying (on or upon)",
|
|
"waiting (for)",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presupposing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"viewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explain":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you explain your very odd behavior at the wedding reception?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account (for)",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"explain away",
|
|
"rationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressiveness":{
|
|
"as in expression":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"articulacy",
|
|
"articulateness",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"meaningfulness",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosions":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explosion of the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"detonations",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"shootings",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"airbursts",
|
|
"groundbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explosion of patriotic feeling that the country experienced after that momentous event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"ebullitions",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tennis player's expletive-enriched explosions on the court tested the patience of officials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"fireworks",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"hissies",
|
|
"hissy fits",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"tantrums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rampages",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"cholers",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"lividities",
|
|
"spleens",
|
|
"wraths",
|
|
"reactions",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snits",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimentations":{
|
|
"a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who oppose experimentations involving animals for the testing of cosmetics intended for humans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"experiments",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"trials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trial and errors",
|
|
"dry runs",
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearsals",
|
|
"tryouts",
|
|
"workouts",
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expansive":{
|
|
"having considerable extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the river nears the end of its long journey to the sea it becomes quite expansive in breadth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"widespread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"narrow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectorate":{
|
|
"as in spit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"salivate",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"sputter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in expel , exhale":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow (out)",
|
|
"breathe (out)",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiate":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atone (for)",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"redeem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensate",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"reimburse",
|
|
"remunerate",
|
|
"repay",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experience":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hospital is looking for nurses with operating-room experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"related in a book his experiences as a roving correspondent for network TV news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"emprise",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"episode",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"venture",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"stunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"undergo",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expunging":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expands":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"dilates (on or upon)",
|
|
"elaborates (on)",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"fleshes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"runs on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water expands when it becomes frozen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriation":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"arrogation",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"preemption",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"takeover",
|
|
"usurpation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexation",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"confiscation",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"impoundment",
|
|
"repossession",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"defalcation",
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"theft",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"encroachment",
|
|
"infringement",
|
|
"piracy",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"occupancy",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"preoccupancy",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"deforcement",
|
|
"disfurnishment",
|
|
"dispossession",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expelled":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belched",
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the patient to expel a deep breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew (out)",
|
|
"breathed (out)",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expanded":{
|
|
"as in ballooned , blown up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"turgescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"dilated (on or upon)",
|
|
"elaborated (on)",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"fleshed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ran on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"fanned (out)",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"folded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water expands when it becomes frozen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedience":{
|
|
"suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proven expedience of the carrot over the stick in getting the most out of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisability",
|
|
"advisableness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageousness",
|
|
"beneficialness",
|
|
"profitability",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"opportuneness",
|
|
"seasonableness",
|
|
"timeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"infeasibility",
|
|
"inopportuneness",
|
|
"unseasonableness",
|
|
"untimeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"inadvisability",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"injudiciousness",
|
|
"unwisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressions":{
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poem is his expression of his grief upon the loss of his beloved wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulations",
|
|
"formulations",
|
|
"phrasings",
|
|
"statements",
|
|
"utterances",
|
|
"verbalisms",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"wordings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we could tell by the fans' expressions that the Chicago Cubs had lost again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expression \"John Doe\" is used in legal proceedings to refer to a person whose actual name is either unknown or being withheld from the public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"speech forms",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sequence of words having a specific meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the popular expression \"raining cats and dogs\" is meaningless in other languages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"phrases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"mottoes",
|
|
"mottos",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"slogans",
|
|
"watchwords",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exponents":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers",
|
|
"white knights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"practitioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"doyens",
|
|
"grand old men",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"philosophers",
|
|
"theorists",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploited":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"capitalized (on)",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"played (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"jockeyed",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"machinated",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"schemed",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"masterminded",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"harnessed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"wielded",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"cannibalized",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"reused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expansions":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's new wing is only the first in a series of expansions planned for the next decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"spikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expansion of remedial reading classes into a district-wide program using school volunteers for a variety of needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"refinements",
|
|
"incubations",
|
|
"maturations",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"supplementations",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"evolvements",
|
|
"metamorphoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devaluations",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retrogressions",
|
|
"reversions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we gazed in awe at the star-strewn expansion of nighttime sky above us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatriation":{
|
|
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"deportation",
|
|
"displacement",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"relegation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ostracism",
|
|
"extradition",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"ethnic cleansing",
|
|
"transportation",
|
|
"dispossession",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"ouster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repatriation",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectoration":{
|
|
"as in sputum , salivation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salivation",
|
|
"sputum",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"saliva",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exported":{
|
|
"to send a product to be sold in another country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"countries that export oil to the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked (in)",
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended",
|
|
"presold",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"remarketed",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"paltered",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"stocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"received"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explainable":{
|
|
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"investigators found that the so-called mysterious happenings at the house were entirely explainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"explicable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"soluble",
|
|
"solvable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzable",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"inextricable",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"insolvable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"unresolvable",
|
|
"unsolvable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedites":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to happen faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits.",
|
|
"We'll do what we can to expedite the processing of your insurance claim."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"fast-tracks",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"urges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expulsing":{
|
|
"as in expelling , evicting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"running out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"excommunicating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"dispossessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"repatriating",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expertness":{
|
|
"as in experience , expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness",
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explained":{
|
|
"as in determined , confirmed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"tenable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"accountable",
|
|
"explainable",
|
|
"explicable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inexplainable",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indescribable",
|
|
"inexpressible",
|
|
"unsayable",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unknowable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you explain your very odd behavior at the wedding reception?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"attributed",
|
|
"explained away",
|
|
"rationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressive":{
|
|
"clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher's expressive sigh showed that she had heard that excuse many times before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"evocative",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"reminiscent",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiment":{
|
|
"a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"experimentation",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trial and error",
|
|
"dry run",
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearsal",
|
|
"tryout",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expire":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let or force out of the lungs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow (out)",
|
|
"breathe (out)",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inbreathe",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"linden trees expiring their rich perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expect":{
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we expect their arrival late this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"await",
|
|
"hope (for)",
|
|
"watch (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank on",
|
|
"count (on or upon)",
|
|
"depend (on or upon)",
|
|
"rely (on or upon)",
|
|
"wait (for)",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"presuppose",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiments":{
|
|
"a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"experimentations",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"trials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trial and errors",
|
|
"dry runs",
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearsals",
|
|
"tryouts",
|
|
"workouts",
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expensive":{
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicative":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dearth of explicative material to help the layman understand the difficult subject matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicatory",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expertises":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new dog owners who were seeking someone with expertise in animal obedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulated":{
|
|
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demurred",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"demonstrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
"complied",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectance":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave them the painting, with no expectance of anything in return"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"expectancy",
|
|
"expectation",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicated":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explorers":{
|
|
"someone who is the first to do something or be somewhere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The deep-sea explorer set out to discover shipwrecks long lost to history."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pathfinders",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"trailblazers",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"discoverers",
|
|
"journeyers",
|
|
"travelers",
|
|
"travellers",
|
|
"voyagers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers",
|
|
"bushrangers",
|
|
"mountain men",
|
|
"woodsmen",
|
|
"colonials",
|
|
"colonists",
|
|
"colonizers",
|
|
"frontiersmen",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expurgate":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"red-pencil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"x (out)",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"scrutinize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressway":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectantly":{
|
|
"as in confidently , positively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bullishly",
|
|
"confidently",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploiter":{
|
|
"as in user":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"user",
|
|
"bloodsucker",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"kite",
|
|
"predator",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"vulture",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"devourer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expenses":{
|
|
"a payment made in the course of achieving a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"disbursements",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"outlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overheads",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"pocket moneys",
|
|
"spending moneys",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiates":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atones (for)",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"redeems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensates",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"reimburses",
|
|
"remunerates",
|
|
"repays",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expose":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"rake up",
|
|
"smoke out",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tight race for the championship exposed one team's mean streak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"tell (of)",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expedited":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to happen faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They've asked the judge to expedite the lawsuits.",
|
|
"We'll do what we can to expedite the processing of your insurance claim."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explode":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"crump",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"pop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mushroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implode"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"implode"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze (up)",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"touch off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicatory":{
|
|
"serving to explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the medical film's voice-over narration consists of explicatory remarks on the images being shown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"exegetical",
|
|
"exegetic",
|
|
"explanative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"explicative",
|
|
"expositive",
|
|
"expository",
|
|
"illuminative",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"interpretative",
|
|
"interpretive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressible":{
|
|
"as in definable , communicable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicable",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"speakable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incommunicable",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indescribable",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"inenarrable",
|
|
"inexpressible",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"uncommunicable",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"unutterable",
|
|
"unsayable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expat":{
|
|
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a network of expats in London keeps her from missing the family she left behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"refugee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"outcast",
|
|
"pariah",
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"patriot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explications":{
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any explication of Einstein's theory of relativity probably wouldn't help me much"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"exegeses",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"road maps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"restatements",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"epexegeses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasonings",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"export":{
|
|
"as in import":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"import",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"job lot",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"durables",
|
|
"durable goods",
|
|
"hard goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send a product to be sold in another country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"countries that export oil to the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic (in)",
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"vend",
|
|
"presell",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"remarket",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"receive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expounding":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rambling interview in which the celebrated author expounds his views on an array of topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"demystifying",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"getting across",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"spelling out",
|
|
"unriddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"annotating",
|
|
"commentating",
|
|
"glossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expats":{
|
|
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a network of expats in London keeps her from missing the family she left behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deportees",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9s",
|
|
"evacuees",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"fugitives",
|
|
"castoffs",
|
|
"outcasts",
|
|
"pariahs",
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"patriots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulations":{
|
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"demurrals",
|
|
"demurrers",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compunctions",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misgivings",
|
|
"qualms",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"statics",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"defiances",
|
|
"disobediences",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"dubieties",
|
|
"dubitations",
|
|
"incertitudes",
|
|
"indeterminations",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"uncertainties",
|
|
"reluctances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"obediences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploiting":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"capitalizing (on)",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"playing (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"finagling",
|
|
"jockeying",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"machinating",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"finessing",
|
|
"masterminding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"harnessing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"wielding",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"cannibalizing",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"reusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectancy":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"expectance",
|
|
"expectation",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiating":{
|
|
"to make up for (an offense)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"redeeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compensating",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"reimbursing",
|
|
"remunerating",
|
|
"repaying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experienced":{
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for this delicate eye operation, seek out an experienced eye surgeon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually we all have to experience the loss of a loved one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"underwent",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectedly":{
|
|
"as in unsurprisingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unsurprisingly",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"obviously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"astoundingly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"stunningly",
|
|
"surprisingly",
|
|
"unexpectedly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"unanticipatedly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"unusually"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expending":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"shelling out",
|
|
"spending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"drawing down",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"playing out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressionist":{
|
|
"as in impressionist , impressionistic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressionistic",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"impressionistic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"nonfigurative",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"nonrepresentational",
|
|
"symbolist",
|
|
"symbolistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"figurative",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"nonabstract",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"representational",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatriates":{
|
|
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while in exile, the deposed king was accompanied by a small band of loyal expatriates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deportees",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9s",
|
|
"evacuees",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expats",
|
|
"refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"fugitives",
|
|
"castoffs",
|
|
"outcasts",
|
|
"pariahs",
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"patriots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expulses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"runs out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"dispossesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"repatriates",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploration":{
|
|
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exploration into the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delving",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"examen",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"feeler",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionary",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"cross-examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rehearing",
|
|
"reinvestigation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expenditures":{
|
|
"a payment made in the course of achieving a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"disbursements",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"outlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overheads",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"pocket moneys",
|
|
"spending moneys",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatiated":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"soliloquized",
|
|
"disserted",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"filibustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposing":{
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"raking up",
|
|
"smoking out",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tight race for the championship exposed one team's mean streak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"projecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"telling (of)",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explorer":{
|
|
"someone who is the first to do something or be somewhere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The deep-sea explorer set out to discover shipwrecks long lost to history."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pathfinder",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"trailblazer",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"discoverer",
|
|
"journeyer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"voyager",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"trekker",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer",
|
|
"bushranger",
|
|
"mountain man",
|
|
"woodsman",
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"colonizer",
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"frontiersman",
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"homesteader",
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"settler"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"exploitable":{
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"capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose":{
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"examples":[
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"claimed that solar power is an exploitable form of energy that is being underutilized"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"available",
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"employable",
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"fit",
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"functional",
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"operable",
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"practicable",
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"serviceable",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"useful"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"applicable",
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"relevant",
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"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
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"viable",
|
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"workable",
|
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"reusable"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unemployable",
|
|
"unusable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readily taken advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"the group opposes commercials on TV shows for kids, believing that young viewers are too exploitable by advertisers"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"dewy-eyed",
|
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"easy",
|
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"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
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"naive",
|
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"na\u00efve",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"overcredulous",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"fictile",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"deceivable",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |