dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fol_MWT.json
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{
"fold":{
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"double"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overlap",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"collapse",
"telescope",
"close",
"shut",
"plait",
"pleat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extend",
"open",
"spread",
"unfold",
"unroll"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"folks":{
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"examples":[
"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"human beings in general":{
"examples":[
"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"humanity",
"humankind",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
],
"near synonyms":[
"community",
"society",
"crowd",
"masses",
"mob",
"populace",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follow":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdate",
"succeed",
"supervene"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"ensue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dog",
"chase",
"course",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"run",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
"hunt",
"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"head"
],
"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"look",
"perceive",
"regard",
"see",
"view",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"look on",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare",
"guard",
"wake",
"ward",
"bird-dog",
"monitor",
"study",
"spy",
"espy",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"wink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"follow through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"follow up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parlay",
"complement",
"supplement",
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"swell",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"up",
"complete",
"finish",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench",
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sequel",
"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"excursus",
"supplement",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postlude",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
"documentation",
"allonge",
"rider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"followers":{
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
]
},
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
"examples":[
"Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers"
],
"synonyms":[
"apers",
"copycats",
"copyists",
"echoes",
"echos",
"imitators",
"rubber stamps",
"wannabes",
"wannabees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parrots",
"apes",
"emulators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"following through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"folly":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"in all my folly , I didn't think about how my actions would hurt my father"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folklore":{
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
],
"synonyms":[
"legend",
"legendry",
"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
"mythos",
"tradition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"folklife",
"information",
"knowledge",
"wisdom",
"anecdote",
"fable",
"folktale",
"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follows":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdates",
"succeeds",
"supervenes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants",
"ensues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogs",
"chases",
"courses",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"runs",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tails",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"escorts",
"hunts",
"searches (for)",
"seeks",
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heads"
],
"antonyms":[
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
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"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"goes",
"navigates",
"passes (over)",
"perambulates",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"contemplates",
"mulls",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"respects",
"attends (to)",
"harks (to)",
"hearkens (to)",
"hears",
"marks",
"notices",
"sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"neglects",
"passes over",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"flouts",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"tunes out"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholds",
"looks",
"perceives",
"regards",
"sees",
"views",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gazes",
"glares",
"goggles",
"looks on",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares",
"guards",
"wakes",
"wards",
"bird-dogs",
"monitors",
"studies",
"spies",
"espies",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinks",
"winks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"followed up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"parlayed",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped",
"completed",
"finished",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched",
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"folio":{
"as in quarto":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"quarto",
"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"softcover",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folds":{
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overlaps",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"collapses",
"telescopes",
"closes",
"shuts",
"plaits",
"pleats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extends",
"opens",
"spreads",
"unfolds",
"unrolls"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"followings":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"entourages",
"posses",
"retinues",
"suites",
"tails",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crews",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves",
"courts",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"helpers",
"retainers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folk":{
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"examples":[
"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions"
],
"synonyms":[
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"clan",
"family",
"fraternity",
"people",
"race",
"tribe",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"human beings in general":{
"examples":[
"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"humanity",
"humankind",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
],
"near synonyms":[
"community",
"society",
"crowd",
"masses",
"mob",
"populace",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cultural , national":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ethnic",
"ethnical",
"racial",
"tribal",
"cultural",
"multiculti",
"multicultural",
"national",
"kin",
"kindred",
"familial"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"folksiness":{
"as in friendliness , neighborliness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amiability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"neighborliness",
"conviviality",
"gregariousness",
"sociability",
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"fellowship",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"extroversion",
"extraversion",
"forwardness",
"immodesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsociability",
"unsociableness",
"bashfulness",
"coyness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"introversion",
"reclusion",
"modesty",
"retiringness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folderol":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folk songs":{
"as in art songs , chanteys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folk song":{
"as in chantey , art song":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folklores":{
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
],
"synonyms":[
"legendries",
"legends",
"lores",
"mythoi",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"traditions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"folklifes",
"folklives",
"information",
"knowledges",
"wisdoms",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follies":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdities",
"asininities",
"b\u00eatises",
"fatuities",
"fooleries",
"fopperies",
"idiocies",
"imbecilities",
"inanities",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"stupidities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffooneries",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddles",
"blunders",
"bungles",
"flubs",
"goofs",
"howlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretions",
"forethoughts",
"prudences",
"sagacities",
"wisdoms",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folklifes":{
"as in folklores , folktales":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"folklores",
"legendries",
"legends",
"lores",
"mythoi",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"traditions",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns",
"information",
"knowledges",
"wisdoms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folded":{
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overlaid",
"overlapped",
"overlay",
"collapsed",
"telescoped",
"closed",
"shut",
"plaited",
"pleated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extended",
"opened",
"spread",
"unfolded",
"unrolled"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"following":{
"being the one that comes immediately after another":{
"examples":[
"the following morning, I found the cat was gone"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming",
"ensuing",
"next",
"succeeding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecutive",
"sequential",
"successive",
"posterior",
"subsequent",
"immediate",
"second"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anterior",
"former",
"past",
"last"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"foregoing",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
],
"synonyms":[
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"entourage",
"posse",
"retinue",
"suite",
"tail",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crew",
"personnel",
"staff",
"court",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"helper",
"retainer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
"examples":[
"that rock star attracts quite a following"
],
"synonyms":[
"audience",
"cult",
"followership"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discipleship",
"fandom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"examples":[
"took part in the following of the coyote"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"subsequent to in time or order":{
"examples":[
"following the concert, there will be refreshments in the lobby"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"apr\u00e8s",
"behind",
"below",
"next to",
"past"
],
"near synonyms":[
"since"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toward",
"towards"
],
"antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
]
},
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdating",
"succeeding",
"supervening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting",
"ensuing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
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"chasing",
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"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
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"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
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"heading"
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"leading",
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"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
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"obeying",
"observing"
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"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
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"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
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"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)"
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"followed the path into the garden"
],
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"covering",
"crossing",
"cutting (across)",
"going",
"navigating",
"passing (over)",
"perambulating",
"peregrinating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
],
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"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
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"don't follow his advice"
],
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"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"watching"
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"considering",
"contemplating",
"mulling",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"respecting",
"attending (to)",
"harking (to)",
"hearing",
"hearkening (to)",
"harkening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"seeing"
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"brushing (aside or off)",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"neglecting",
"passing over",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"flouting",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
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"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
]
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"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
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"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
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"beholding",
"looking",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"viewing",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"looking on",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring",
"guarding",
"waking",
"warding",
"bird-dogging",
"monitoring",
"studying",
"spying",
"espying",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinking",
"winking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
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"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
],
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"addenda",
"addendums",
"afterwords",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"codicils",
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"supplements",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postludes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"finales",
"accompaniments",
"additions",
"complements",
"postscripts",
"documentations",
"allonges",
"riders"
],
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"forewords",
"introductions",
"prefaces",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"achieves",
"brings off",
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"carries out",
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"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
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"makes",
"negotiates",
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"pulls off",
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"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
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"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
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"reenacts",
"repeats",
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"ends",
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"winds up"
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"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
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},
"type":[]
},
"followership":{
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
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"the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South"
],
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"audience",
"cult",
"following"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discipleship",
"fandom"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"followed":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
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"postdated",
"succeeded",
"supervened"
],
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"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"ensued"
],
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"antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
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"chased",
"coursed",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"ran",
"run",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tailed",
"traced",
"tracked",
"trailed"
],
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"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"hunted",
"searched (for)",
"sought",
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"headed"
],
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"guided",
"led",
"piloted"
]
},
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"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
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"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
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"obeyed",
"observed"
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"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
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"antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)"
]
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"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
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"followed the path into the garden"
],
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"covered",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"navigated",
"passed (over)",
"perambulated",
"peregrinated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
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"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"minded",
"noted",
"observed",
"regarded",
"watched"
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"considered",
"contemplated",
"mulled",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"kept",
"obeyed",
"respected",
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"harked (to)",
"heard",
"hearkened (to)",
"harkened (to)",
"marked",
"noticed",
"saw"
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"brushed (aside or off)",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"neglected",
"passed over",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"defied",
"flouted",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
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"antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"tuned out"
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"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
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"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
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"beheld",
"looked",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"saw",
"viewed",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gazed",
"glared",
"goggled",
"looked on",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared",
"guarded",
"warded",
"woke",
"waked",
"bird-dogged",
"monitored",
"studied",
"spied",
"espied",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinked",
"winked"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"follows up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
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"parlays",
"complements",
"supplements",
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups",
"completes",
"finishes",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches",
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"folklife":{
"as in folklore , folktale":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"folklore",
"legend",
"legendry",
"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
"mythos",
"tradition",
"anecdote",
"fable",
"folktale",
"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn",
"information",
"knowledge",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folders":{
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
"examples":[
"a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently"
],
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"booklets",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"leaflets",
"pamphlets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dodgers",
"flysheets",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"throwaways",
"advertisements",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"shoppers",
"tracts",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"pocket books",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"instructions",
"manuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folding":{
"as in failing , collapsing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"washing-out",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"failed",
"unsuccessful",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant",
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overlapping",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"collapsing",
"telescoping",
"closing",
"shutting",
"plaiting",
"pleating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extending",
"opening",
"spreading",
"unfolding",
"unrolling"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"followed through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[],
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"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
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"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"parlaying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping",
"completing",
"finishing",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening"
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"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foliage":{
"green leaves or plants":{
"examples":[
"decided the office needed more foliage and bought a few plants"
],
"synonyms":[
"flora",
"green",
"greenery",
"herbage",
"leafage",
"vegetation",
"verdure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grassland",
"prairie",
"underbrush",
"undergrowth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folder":{
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
"examples":[
"a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently"
],
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"booklet",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"leaflet",
"pamphlet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dodger",
"flysheet",
"handbill",
"handout",
"throwaway",
"advertisement",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"shopper",
"tract",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"instructions",
"manual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follow-up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"parlay",
"complement",
"supplement",
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"swell",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"up",
"complete",
"finish",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench",
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"sequel",
"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"excursus",
"supplement",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postlude",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
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