dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/hol_MWT.json

{
  "hold":{
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "this casserole dish is too hot to hold , so grab a potholder"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clench",
        "cling (to)",
        "clutch",
        "grip"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "carry",
        "bag",
        "capture",
        "catch",
        "collar",
        "corral",
        "grab",
        "grapple",
        "hook",
        "land",
        "latch (on or onto)",
        "nab",
        "nail",
        "seize",
        "snap (up)",
        "snare",
        "snatch",
        "take",
        "trap",
        "feel",
        "finger",
        "handle",
        "paw",
        "clasp",
        "embrace",
        "grasp",
        "hug",
        "cradle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drop",
        "give",
        "hand",
        "unclasp",
        "unhand",
        "cede",
        "deliver",
        "give up",
        "hand out",
        "hand over",
        "release",
        "relinquish",
        "render",
        "turn over",
        "yield"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "she, and she alone, held the keys to the mysterious chest"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "keep",
        "reserve",
        "retain",
        "withhold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserve",
        "guard",
        "preserve",
        "protect",
        "save",
        "boast",
        "enjoy",
        "have",
        "own",
        "possess",
        "command",
        "control",
        "detain",
        "direct",
        "manage",
        "rule",
        "bear",
        "harbor",
        "cherish",
        "cling (to)",
        "hug",
        "treasure"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandon",
        "cede",
        "drop",
        "contribute",
        "donate",
        "give",
        "hand out",
        "discard",
        "dump",
        "decline",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "spurn",
        "lose"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "give up",
        "hand over",
        "release",
        "relinquish",
        "surrender",
        "yield"
      ]
    },
    "to have as an opinion":{
      "examples":[
        "\"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal\""
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "allow",
        "believe",
        "conceive",
        "consider",
        "deem",
        "esteem",
        "feel",
        "figure",
        "guess",
        "imagine",
        "judge",
        "reckon",
        "suppose",
        "think"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "regard",
        "view",
        "accept",
        "perceive",
        "depend",
        "rely",
        "trust",
        "assume",
        "presume",
        "presuppose",
        "surmise",
        "conclude",
        "deduce",
        "infer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "distrust",
        "doubt",
        "mistrust",
        "question",
        "suspect",
        "disbelieve",
        "discredit",
        "reject"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have within":{
      "examples":[
        "the mysterious chest held an ancient book on magic spells and potions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "boast",
        "contain"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodate",
        "fit",
        "take",
        "case",
        "encase",
        "enclose",
        "inclose",
        "encompass",
        "harbor",
        "house",
        "lodge",
        "shelter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "still held her close to his heart, though they had long parted"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "cherish",
        "entertain",
        "harbor",
        "have",
        "nurse"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivate",
        "foster",
        "nurture",
        "support",
        "sustain",
        "carry",
        "keep",
        "maintain",
        "preserve",
        "remember",
        "retain",
        "treasure",
        "cleave (to)",
        "cling (to)",
        "hug",
        "stick (to)",
        "brood (about or over)",
        "fixate (on or upon)",
        "obsess (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregard",
        "drop",
        "forget",
        "ignore",
        "neglect",
        "overlook",
        "abjure",
        "decline",
        "deny",
        "disdain",
        "refuse",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "scorn",
        "abandon",
        "desert",
        "discard",
        "forsake",
        "give up",
        "part (with)",
        "quit",
        "renounce",
        "throw out",
        "erase",
        "expunge"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
      "examples":[
        "the same family has held this piece of land for over 100 years"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "command",
        "enjoy",
        "have",
        "own",
        "possess",
        "retain"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "keep",
        "reserve",
        "withhold",
        "bear",
        "carry",
        "boast",
        "show off",
        "sport"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandon",
        "cede",
        "disclaim",
        "disown",
        "hand over",
        "relinquish",
        "renounce",
        "surrender",
        "yield",
        "discard",
        "dump",
        "decline",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "spurn",
        "need",
        "require"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "lack",
        "want"
      ]
    },
    "to make or have room for":{
      "examples":[
        "the couple needed to rent a hall that would hold 300 people"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accommodate",
        "fit",
        "take"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "carry",
        "contain",
        "seat",
        "enclose",
        "inclose",
        "encompass",
        "enfold",
        "harbor",
        "house"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
      "examples":[
        "please hold my arm on these slippery stairs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clasp",
        "grasp",
        "grip",
        "take"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clench",
        "cling (to)",
        "clutch",
        "hold on (to)",
        "catch",
        "nab",
        "seize",
        "snatch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "discharge",
        "drop",
        "free",
        "liberate",
        "release",
        "deliver",
        "entrust",
        "intrust",
        "give",
        "hand",
        "hand over",
        "pass",
        "relinquish",
        "transfer",
        "transmit",
        "turn over",
        "unhand"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to think of in a particular way":{
      "examples":[
        "held to be the best blueberry pies in the state"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "account",
        "call",
        "consider",
        "count",
        "esteem",
        "look (on or upon)",
        "rate",
        "reckon",
        "regard",
        "set down",
        "view"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "believe",
        "deem",
        "feel",
        "sense",
        "think",
        "conceive",
        "fancy",
        "imagine"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
      "examples":[
        "we managed to hold our laughter until we got outside",
        "hold your temper until you hear the whole story"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bridle",
        "check",
        "constrain",
        "contain",
        "control",
        "curb",
        "govern",
        "inhibit",
        "keep",
        "measure",
        "pull in",
        "regulate",
        "rein (in)",
        "restrain",
        "rule",
        "tame"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bottle (up)",
        "choke (back)",
        "hold back",
        "mince",
        "muffle",
        "pocket",
        "repress",
        "sink",
        "smother",
        "squelch",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "suppress",
        "swallow",
        "arrest",
        "interrupt",
        "stop",
        "block",
        "hamper",
        "handcuff",
        "hinder",
        "impede",
        "obstruct",
        "gag",
        "muzzle",
        "silence"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberate",
        "loose",
        "loosen",
        "unleash",
        "air",
        "express",
        "take out",
        "vent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "lose"
      ]
    },
    "to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
      "examples":[
        "held the camera on the actor throughout the scene"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aim",
        "bend",
        "cast",
        "direct",
        "head",
        "level",
        "pinpoint",
        "set",
        "train"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sight",
        "bear",
        "face",
        "concentrate",
        "focus",
        "incline",
        "orient",
        "steer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "avert",
        "curve",
        "deflect",
        "detour",
        "divert",
        "rechannel",
        "shunt",
        "sidetrack"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the act or manner of holding":{
      "examples":[
        "make sure you have a firm hold on the chain saw before you turn it on"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clasp",
        "clench",
        "grapple",
        "grasp",
        "grip",
        "handgrip",
        "handhold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anchorage",
        "leverage",
        "purchase",
        "grab",
        "seizure",
        "foothold",
        "footing",
        "toehold",
        "clinch",
        "embrace",
        "hug"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "release",
        "relinquishment"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
      "examples":[
        "the ruins of an ancient Roman hold"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bastion",
        "castle",
        "citadel",
        "fastness",
        "fort",
        "fortification",
        "fortress",
        "redoubt",
        "stronghold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "battlement",
        "breastwork",
        "bulwark",
        "earthwork",
        "embattlement",
        "parapet",
        "rampart",
        "bunker",
        "dugout",
        "blockhouse",
        "garrison house",
        "alcazar",
        "casbah",
        "kasbah"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the right or means to command or control others":{
      "examples":[
        "the government has no hold over where we live and work"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arm",
        "authority",
        "clutch",
        "command",
        "control",
        "death grip",
        "dominion",
        "grip",
        "mastery",
        "power",
        "reign",
        "rein(s)",
        "sway"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clout",
        "influence",
        "leverage",
        "pull",
        "voice",
        "weight",
        "jurisdiction",
        "direction",
        "management",
        "dominance",
        "imperium",
        "predominance",
        "sovereignty",
        "sovranty",
        "supremacy",
        "prerogative",
        "privilege",
        "right",
        "eminence",
        "importance",
        "moment"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "helplessness",
        "weakness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "impotence",
        "impotency",
        "powerlessness"
      ]
    },
    "the state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation":{
      "examples":[
        "I worry that I won't be able to get hold of you in an emergency"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "communication",
        "contact",
        "touch"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commerce",
        "communion",
        "intercommunication",
        "intercourse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
      "examples":[
        "upon hearing the guilty verdict, the accused realized that he would lie in that godforsaken hold for the remainder of his life"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bastille",
        "big house",
        "bridewell",
        "brig",
        "calaboose",
        "can",
        "clink",
        "cooler",
        "coop",
        "guardroom",
        "hock",
        "hoosegow",
        "jail",
        "jailhouse",
        "joint",
        "jug",
        "lockup",
        "nick",
        "pen",
        "penitentiary",
        "pokey",
        "prison",
        "quod",
        "slam",
        "slammer",
        "stir",
        "stockade",
        "tolbooth"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bull pen",
        "cage",
        "cell",
        "hole",
        "tank",
        "block",
        "ward",
        "glasshouse",
        "guardhouse",
        "hulk(s)",
        "concentration camp",
        "gulag",
        "labor camp",
        "prison camp",
        "stalag",
        "work camp",
        "dungeon",
        "keep",
        "oubliette",
        "reformatory",
        "reform school",
        "training school"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "outside"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
      "examples":[
        "I need to get hold of the situation before planning a course of action"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appreciation",
        "apprehension",
        "comprehension",
        "grasp",
        "grip",
        "perception",
        "percipience",
        "understanding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "absorption",
        "assimilation",
        "digestion",
        "uptake",
        "conception",
        "visualization",
        "awareness",
        "consciousness",
        "enlightenment",
        "realization"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "misapprehension",
        "miscomprehension",
        "misinterpretation",
        "misperception",
        "misunderstanding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "incomprehension",
        "noncomprehension"
      ]
    },
    "the state of being held in lawful custody":{
      "examples":[
        "a suspected terrorist who was abducted at an airport and put in hold at an undisclosed location"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "detainer",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "immurement",
        "imprisonment",
        "incarceration"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "captivity",
        "confinement",
        "internment",
        "apprehension",
        "arrest",
        "arrestment",
        "bust",
        "collar",
        "pinch",
        "capture",
        "entrapment",
        "seizure",
        "enchainment",
        "restraint"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "emancipation",
        "freedom",
        "liberation"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discharge",
        "release"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold (in)":{
    "as in hide , conceal":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cloak",
        "conceal",
        "enshroud",
        "hide",
        "mask",
        "obscure",
        "secrete",
        "shroud",
        "veil",
        "contain",
        "limit",
        "restrict"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broadcast",
        "circulate",
        "disseminate",
        "propagate",
        "spread",
        "radiate",
        "sprawl",
        "diffuse",
        "dispense",
        "disperse",
        "dissipate",
        "scatter",
        "sow"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold up":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defer",
        "delay",
        "hold off (on)",
        "hold over",
        "lay over",
        "postpone",
        "put off",
        "put over",
        "remit",
        "shelve"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspend",
        "hesitate",
        "pause",
        "stay",
        "detain",
        "retard",
        "slow",
        "extend",
        "lengthen",
        "prolong",
        "protract",
        "stretch (out)",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "act",
        "deal (with)",
        "decide (upon)",
        "do",
        "work (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to bring (something) to a standstill":{
      "examples":[
        "traffic was held up for miles by the accident"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrest",
        "bring up",
        "catch",
        "check",
        "draw up",
        "fetch up",
        "halt",
        "pull up",
        "stall",
        "stay",
        "still",
        "stop"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffle",
        "balk",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "bottleneck",
        "clog",
        "dam",
        "detain",
        "hinder",
        "hold",
        "hold back",
        "impede",
        "obstruct",
        "snag",
        "stem",
        "conclude",
        "cut off",
        "end",
        "terminate",
        "call",
        "discontinue",
        "suspend",
        "choke off",
        "rein (in)",
        "repress",
        "squash",
        "squelch",
        "stanch",
        "staunch",
        "stunt",
        "suppress",
        "turn back"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "carry on",
        "continue",
        "follow through (with)",
        "keep (on)",
        "keep up",
        "persist",
        "run on",
        "advance",
        "fare",
        "go along",
        "march",
        "move",
        "proceed",
        "progress",
        "wend",
        "actuate",
        "budge",
        "drive",
        "goad",
        "impel",
        "propel",
        "push",
        "spur",
        "stir"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up , I can give you a ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "embarrass",
        "encumber",
        "fetter",
        "hamper",
        "handcuff",
        "handicap",
        "hinder",
        "hobble",
        "hog-tie",
        "hold back",
        "impede",
        "inhibit",
        "interfere (with)",
        "manacle",
        "obstruct",
        "shackle",
        "short-circuit",
        "stymie",
        "tie up",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "check",
        "constrain",
        "curb",
        "rein",
        "restrain",
        "bind",
        "chain",
        "halter",
        "leash",
        "tether",
        "tie",
        "arrest",
        "brake",
        "delay",
        "retain",
        "retard",
        "barricade",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "roadblock",
        "bog (down)",
        "mire",
        "choke",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "suffocate",
        "baffle",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "stump",
        "thwart",
        "derail",
        "disrupt",
        "sabotage",
        "muzzle",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "confine",
        "hedge (in)",
        "hem (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "make way",
        "open",
        "unclog",
        "unplug",
        "unstop",
        "free",
        "liberate",
        "release",
        "untie",
        "loosen",
        "smooth",
        "encourage",
        "further",
        "promote"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aid",
        "assist",
        "facilitate",
        "help"
      ]
    },
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hold out",
        "keep up",
        "last",
        "prevail",
        "survive"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bear up",
        "carry on",
        "cope",
        "endure",
        "fare",
        "get along",
        "get by",
        "get on",
        "go",
        "hang in",
        "make out",
        "manage",
        "persevere",
        "abide",
        "continue",
        "draw out",
        "hang on",
        "hold on",
        "linger",
        "persist",
        "remain",
        "run on",
        "stretch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "break",
        "break down",
        "collapse",
        "conk (out)",
        "crash",
        "cut out",
        "die",
        "expire",
        "stall",
        "stop",
        "run down",
        "wane"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fail",
        "fizzle",
        "give out",
        "go out",
        "peter (out)",
        "run out"
      ]
    },
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abide",
        "bide",
        "continue",
        "endure",
        "hold on",
        "keep up",
        "last",
        "perdure",
        "persist",
        "remain",
        "run on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "linger",
        "stay",
        "stick around",
        "tarry",
        "carry through",
        "prevail",
        "survive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abate",
        "die (down)",
        "ebb",
        "let up",
        "moderate",
        "subside",
        "wane"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cease",
        "close",
        "conclude",
        "desist",
        "die",
        "discontinue",
        "end",
        "expire",
        "finish",
        "lapse",
        "leave off",
        "pass",
        "quit",
        "stop",
        "terminate",
        "wind up"
      ]
    },
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "an argument that won't hold up in court"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fly",
        "pass",
        "stand up",
        "wash"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "get through",
        "go down",
        "go over",
        "go through",
        "play",
        "take",
        "work"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "a holdup in construction due to the weather"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delay",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "holdback",
        "holding pattern",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferment",
        "deferral",
        "postponement",
        "reprieve",
        "respite",
        "foot-dragging",
        "hesitation",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "setback",
        "slowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "haste",
        "rush",
        "dispatch",
        "promptitude",
        "promptness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holdbacks":{
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "there'll be a holdback on production until the new machinery is fully installed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delays",
        "detainments",
        "detentions",
        "holding patterns",
        "holdups",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferments",
        "deferrals",
        "postponements",
        "reprieves",
        "respites",
        "foot-draggings",
        "hesitations",
        "lags",
        "pauses",
        "setbacks",
        "slowdowns"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hastes",
        "rushes",
        "dispatches",
        "promptitudes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
      "examples":[
        "the only holdback to starting the new job is my contractual commitment to my current position"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balks",
        "bars",
        "blocks",
        "chains",
        "clogs",
        "cramps",
        "crimps",
        "deterrents",
        "drags",
        "embarrassments",
        "encumbrances",
        "fetters",
        "handicaps",
        "hindrances",
        "hurdles",
        "impediments",
        "inhibitions",
        "interferences",
        "lets",
        "manacles",
        "obstacles",
        "obstructions",
        "shackles",
        "stops",
        "stumbling blocks",
        "trammels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catches",
        "hitches",
        "rubs",
        "snags",
        "barriers",
        "blockades",
        "blockages",
        "brick walls",
        "stone walls",
        "arrests",
        "bits",
        "brakes",
        "checks",
        "constraints",
        "curbs",
        "hobbles",
        "reins",
        "restraints",
        "embargoes",
        "stoppages",
        "delays",
        "holdups",
        "stalls",
        "burdens",
        "cumbers",
        "loads",
        "dangers",
        "hazards",
        "perils",
        "reefs",
        "adversities",
        "difficulties",
        "disadvantages",
        "drawbacks",
        "hardships"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "catalysts",
        "goads",
        "impetuses",
        "incentives",
        "spurs",
        "stimulants",
        "stimuli",
        "advantages",
        "breaks",
        "edges",
        "aids",
        "assistances",
        "benefits",
        "boosts",
        "handmaidens",
        "handmaids",
        "help"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holding a brief for":{
    "to promote the interests or cause of":{
      "examples":[
        "They are staunchly independent and don't hold a brief for any political party."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocating",
        "backing",
        "championing",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "patronizing",
        "plumping (for)",
        "plunking (for)",
        "plonking (for)",
        "supporting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adopting",
        "embracing",
        "espousing",
        "abetting",
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "helping",
        "propping (up)",
        "seconding",
        "siding (with)",
        "backstopping",
        "bolstering",
        "boosting",
        "buttressing",
        "reinforcing",
        "reenforcing",
        "advancing",
        "forwarding",
        "furthering",
        "plugging",
        "preaching",
        "talking up",
        "bailing out",
        "delivering",
        "rescuing",
        "saving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "baffling",
        "foiling",
        "frustrating",
        "interfering",
        "opposing",
        "sabotaging",
        "thwarting",
        "deserting",
        "disappointing",
        "failing",
        "letting down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding down":{
    "to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "capping",
        "circumscribing",
        "confining",
        "limiting",
        "restricting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barring",
        "blocking",
        "hampering",
        "hindering",
        "impeding",
        "obstructing",
        "constricting",
        "contracting",
        "lessening",
        "narrowing",
        "pinching",
        "squeezing",
        "tightening",
        "quelling",
        "repressing",
        "suppressing",
        "numbering",
        "modifying",
        "qualifying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broadening",
        "expanding",
        "widening",
        "overextending",
        "overreaching"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "exceeding"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding off":{
    "as in fighting , resisting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defying",
        "fighting",
        "opposing",
        "resisting",
        "standing off",
        "withstanding",
        "beating off",
        "fending (off)",
        "rebutting",
        "repelling",
        "repulsing",
        "staving off",
        "turning away",
        "turning back",
        "deflecting",
        "warding (off)",
        "rebuffing",
        "snubbing",
        "spurning"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "embracing",
        "hailing",
        "welcoming"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in putting off , reserving":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferring",
        "postponing",
        "putting off",
        "reserving",
        "shelving",
        "tabling",
        "breaking off",
        "disbanding",
        "discontinuing",
        "dispersing",
        "intermitting",
        "interrupting",
        "dissolving",
        "ending",
        "halting",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "adjourning",
        "prorogating",
        "proroguing",
        "recessing",
        "suspending",
        "breaking up",
        "closing",
        "concluding",
        "winding up",
        "wrapping up",
        "aborting",
        "calling",
        "calling off",
        "dropping",
        "recalling",
        "repealing",
        "rescinding",
        "revoking",
        "abrogating",
        "annulling",
        "invalidating",
        "negating",
        "nullifying",
        "quashing",
        "voiding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inaugurating",
        "launching",
        "opening",
        "carrying on",
        "continuing",
        "drawing out",
        "extending",
        "proceeding",
        "prolonging",
        "renewing",
        "reopening",
        "resuming",
        "assembling",
        "calling",
        "convening",
        "convoking",
        "mustering",
        "rallying",
        "summoning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding on":{
    "as in holding up , running on":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "biding",
        "continuing",
        "enduring",
        "holding up",
        "keeping up",
        "lasting",
        "perduring",
        "persisting",
        "running on",
        "lingering",
        "residual",
        "staying",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "leftover",
        "remaining",
        "carrying through",
        "prevailing",
        "surviving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abating",
        "dying (down)",
        "ebbing",
        "letting up",
        "moderating",
        "subsiding",
        "waning",
        "ceasing",
        "closing",
        "concluding",
        "desisting",
        "discontinuing",
        "dying",
        "ending",
        "expiring",
        "finishing",
        "lapsing",
        "leaving off",
        "passing",
        "quitting",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "winding up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the ancient beliefs still held on in remote mountain villages"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "biding",
        "continuing",
        "enduring",
        "holding up",
        "keeping up",
        "lasting",
        "perduring",
        "persisting",
        "remaining",
        "running on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lingering",
        "staying",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "carrying through",
        "prevailing",
        "surviving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abating",
        "dying (down)",
        "ebbing",
        "letting up",
        "moderating",
        "subsiding",
        "waning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ceasing",
        "closing",
        "concluding",
        "desisting",
        "discontinuing",
        "dying",
        "ending",
        "expiring",
        "finishing",
        "lapsing",
        "leaving off",
        "passing",
        "quitting",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "winding up"
      ]
    },
    "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
      "examples":[
        "hold on a minute\u2014it's not your turn"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "awaiting",
        "biding",
        "staying",
        "waiting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hanging around",
        "lingering",
        "remaining",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "standing by",
        "anticipating",
        "expecting",
        "watching (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding on to":{
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "She still holds on to that feeling."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "cherishing",
        "entertaining",
        "harboring",
        "having",
        "holding",
        "nursing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivating",
        "fostering",
        "nurturing",
        "supporting",
        "sustaining",
        "carrying",
        "keeping",
        "maintaining",
        "preserving",
        "remembering",
        "retaining",
        "treasuring",
        "cleaving (to)",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hugging",
        "sticking (to)",
        "brooding (about or over)",
        "fixating (on or upon)",
        "obsessing (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregarding",
        "dropping",
        "forgetting",
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "overlooking",
        "abjuring",
        "declining",
        "denying",
        "disdaining",
        "refusing",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "scorning",
        "abandoning",
        "deserting",
        "discarding",
        "forsaking",
        "giving up",
        "parting (with)",
        "quitting",
        "renouncing",
        "throwing out",
        "erasing",
        "expunging"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clenching",
        "clinging (to)",
        "clutching",
        "gripping",
        "holding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "carrying",
        "bagging",
        "capturing",
        "catching",
        "collaring",
        "corralling",
        "grabbing",
        "grappling",
        "hooking",
        "landing",
        "latching (on or onto)",
        "nabbing",
        "nailing",
        "seizing",
        "snapping (up)",
        "snaring",
        "snatching",
        "taking",
        "trapping",
        "feeling",
        "fingering",
        "handling",
        "pawing",
        "clasping",
        "embracing",
        "grasping",
        "hugging",
        "cradling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dropping",
        "giving",
        "handing",
        "unclasping",
        "unhanding",
        "ceding",
        "delivering",
        "giving up",
        "handing out",
        "handing over",
        "releasing",
        "relinquishing",
        "rendering",
        "turning over",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holding",
        "keeping",
        "reserving",
        "retaining",
        "withholding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserving",
        "guarding",
        "preserving",
        "protecting",
        "saving",
        "boasting",
        "enjoying",
        "having",
        "owning",
        "possessing",
        "commanding",
        "controlling",
        "detaining",
        "directing",
        "managing",
        "ruling",
        "bearing",
        "harboring",
        "cherishing",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hugging",
        "treasuring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandoning",
        "ceding",
        "dropping",
        "contributing",
        "donating",
        "giving",
        "handing out",
        "discarding",
        "dumping",
        "declining",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "spurning",
        "losing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "giving up",
        "handing over",
        "releasing",
        "relinquishing",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding patterns":{
    "a state of temporary inactivity":{
      "examples":[
        "repair work on the bridge was in a holding pattern for the duration of the winter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abeyances",
        "cold storages",
        "deep freezes",
        "doldrums",
        "dormancies",
        "latencies",
        "moratoriums",
        "moratoria",
        "quiescences",
        "suspended animations",
        "suspenses",
        "suspensions"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "inactions",
        "inertias",
        "impasses",
        "standstills",
        "comas",
        "hibernations",
        "hypnoses",
        "reposes",
        "rests",
        "sleeps",
        "slumbers",
        "torpors",
        "recesses",
        "recessions",
        "remissions",
        "downtimes",
        "layoffs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "recommencements",
        "renewals",
        "resumptions",
        "resuscitations"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "continuances",
        "continuations"
      ]
    },
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "the couple has been trapped in this holding pattern for six months, as adoption officials create more red tape"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delays",
        "detainments",
        "detentions",
        "holdbacks",
        "holdups",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferments",
        "deferrals",
        "postponements",
        "reprieves",
        "respites",
        "foot-draggings",
        "hesitations",
        "lags",
        "pauses",
        "setbacks",
        "slowdowns"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hastes",
        "rushes",
        "dispatches",
        "promptitudes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hole-and-corner":{
    "undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
      "examples":[
        "a hole-and-corner antiterrorist operation whose very existence has been steadfastly denied by the government"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "backstairs",
        "behind-the-scenes",
        "clandestine",
        "covert",
        "furtive",
        "hugger-mugger",
        "hush-hush",
        "private",
        "privy",
        "secret",
        "sneak",
        "sneaking",
        "sneaky",
        "stealth",
        "stealthy",
        "surreptitious",
        "undercover",
        "underground",
        "underhand",
        "underhanded"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "back-channel",
        "closed-door",
        "off-the-books",
        "off-the-record",
        "classified",
        "confidential",
        "restricted",
        "top secret",
        "undisclosed",
        "concealed",
        "hidden",
        "secreted",
        "subterranean",
        "unadvertised",
        "unexposed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acknowledged",
        "avowed",
        "aboveboard",
        "straightforward",
        "unconcealed",
        "undisguised",
        "unclassified",
        "unrestricted",
        "clear",
        "evident",
        "manifest",
        "obvious",
        "patent",
        "plain"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "open",
        "overt",
        "public"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "holed":{
    "to make a hole or series of holes in":{
      "examples":[
        "holed the target with a round of shots"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bored",
        "drilled",
        "perforated",
        "pierced",
        "punched",
        "punctured",
        "riddled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broached",
        "tapped",
        "poked",
        "pricked",
        "prickled",
        "penetrated",
        "burrowed (into)",
        "excavated",
        "gouged",
        "grooved",
        "hollowed",
        "broke",
        "cut",
        "gashed",
        "notched",
        "rent",
        "rended",
        "ruptured",
        "slashed",
        "slit",
        "split"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "filled",
        "patched",
        "plugged",
        "sealed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holler":{
    "a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
      "examples":[
        "heard a holler from somewhere in the woods and ran toward it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cry",
        "hoot",
        "howl",
        "shout",
        "whoop",
        "yell",
        "yowl"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ejaculation",
        "interjection",
        "scream",
        "screech",
        "shriek",
        "shrill",
        "squall",
        "squeak",
        "squeal",
        "yelp",
        "bawl",
        "bellow",
        "clamor",
        "outcry",
        "roar",
        "caterwaul",
        "plaint",
        "wail"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "mumble",
        "murmur",
        "mutter",
        "gasp",
        "whimper",
        "whisper"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
      "examples":[
        "there didn't seem to be a thermostat setting that wouldn't bring a holler from somebody"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beef",
        "bitch",
        "bleat",
        "carp",
        "complaint",
        "fuss",
        "grievance",
        "gripe",
        "grouch",
        "grouse",
        "grumble",
        "kvetch",
        "lament",
        "miserere",
        "moan",
        "murmur",
        "plaint",
        "squawk",
        "wail",
        "whimper",
        "whine",
        "whinge",
        "yammer"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "challenge",
        "demur",
        "expostulation",
        "kick",
        "niggle",
        "objection",
        "protest",
        "quibble",
        "remonstrance",
        "stink"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "commendation",
        "compliment",
        "plaudit",
        "acclaim",
        "applause",
        "praise",
        "approval",
        "endorsement",
        "indorsement",
        "sanction"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
      "examples":[
        "another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beef",
        "bellyache",
        "bitch",
        "bleat",
        "carp",
        "caterwaul",
        "complain",
        "crab",
        "croak",
        "fuss",
        "gripe",
        "grizzle",
        "grouch",
        "grouse",
        "growl",
        "grumble",
        "grump",
        "inveigh",
        "keen",
        "kick",
        "kvetch",
        "maunder",
        "moan",
        "murmur",
        "mutter",
        "nag",
        "repine",
        "scream",
        "squawk",
        "squeal",
        "wail",
        "whimper",
        "whine",
        "whinge",
        "yammer",
        "yawp",
        "yaup",
        "yowl"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "object (to)",
        "protest",
        "quarrel (with)",
        "cavil",
        "quibble",
        "fret",
        "stew",
        "worry",
        "blubber",
        "cry",
        "sob",
        "bemoan",
        "bewail",
        "deplore",
        "lament"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accept",
        "bear",
        "countenance",
        "endure",
        "take",
        "tolerate",
        "applaud",
        "cheer",
        "commend"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crow",
        "delight",
        "rejoice"
      ]
    },
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "there's no need to holler ; I'm in the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawl",
        "bay",
        "bellow",
        "call",
        "cry",
        "hollo",
        "halloo",
        "hallo",
        "roar",
        "shout",
        "sound off",
        "thunder",
        "vociferate",
        "yell"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crow",
        "whoop",
        "scream",
        "screech",
        "shriek",
        "shrill",
        "squeak",
        "squeal",
        "caterwaul",
        "howl",
        "ululate",
        "wail",
        "yawp",
        "yaup",
        "yowl",
        "hail",
        "speak out",
        "speak up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathe",
        "mumble",
        "murmur",
        "mutter",
        "whisper"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollered":{
    "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
      "examples":[
        "another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beefed",
        "bellyached",
        "bitched",
        "bleated",
        "carped",
        "caterwauled",
        "complained",
        "crabbed",
        "croaked",
        "fussed",
        "griped",
        "grizzled",
        "grouched",
        "groused",
        "growled",
        "grumbled",
        "grumped",
        "inveighed",
        "keened",
        "kicked",
        "kvetched",
        "maundered",
        "moaned",
        "murmured",
        "muttered",
        "nagged",
        "repined",
        "screamed",
        "squawked",
        "squealed",
        "wailed",
        "whimpered",
        "whined",
        "whinged",
        "yammered",
        "yawped",
        "yauped",
        "yowled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "objected (to)",
        "protested",
        "quarreled (with)",
        "quarrelled (with)",
        "caviled",
        "cavilled",
        "quibbled",
        "fretted",
        "stewed",
        "worried",
        "blubbered",
        "cried",
        "sobbed",
        "bemoaned",
        "bewailed",
        "deplored",
        "lamented"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepted",
        "bore",
        "countenanced",
        "endured",
        "tolerated",
        "took",
        "applauded",
        "cheered",
        "commended"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crowed",
        "delighted",
        "rejoiced"
      ]
    },
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "there's no need to holler ; I'm in the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawled",
        "bayed",
        "bellowed",
        "called",
        "cried",
        "holloed",
        "hallooed",
        "roared",
        "shouted",
        "sounded off",
        "thundered",
        "vociferated",
        "yelled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crowed",
        "whooped",
        "screamed",
        "screeched",
        "shrieked",
        "shrilled",
        "squeaked",
        "squealed",
        "caterwauled",
        "howled",
        "ululated",
        "wailed",
        "yawped",
        "yauped",
        "yowled",
        "hailed",
        "spoke out",
        "spoke up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathed",
        "mumbled",
        "murmured",
        "muttered",
        "whispered"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollow":{
    "curved inward":{
      "examples":[
        "there's a noticeably hollow spot in the mattress where he has been sleeping"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "concave",
        "dented",
        "depressed",
        "dished",
        "indented",
        "recessed",
        "sunken"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alveolar",
        "cavernous",
        "crescentic",
        "cuplike",
        "cupped",
        "cuppy",
        "recurved",
        "dimpled",
        "pockmarked",
        "compressed",
        "condensed",
        "contracted",
        "diminished",
        "reduced"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ballooning",
        "bloated",
        "blown up",
        "bulbous",
        "distended",
        "enlarged",
        "expanded",
        "extended",
        "inflated",
        "jutting",
        "projecting",
        "puffed",
        "puffy",
        "risen",
        "swollen",
        "domed",
        "global",
        "globular",
        "round",
        "rounded",
        "spherical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bulging",
        "cambered",
        "convex",
        "protruding",
        "protrusive",
        "protuberant"
      ]
    },
    "a sunken area forming a separate space":{
      "examples":[
        "made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cavity",
        "concavity",
        "dent",
        "depression",
        "dint",
        "hole",
        "indentation",
        "indenture",
        "pit",
        "recess"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrow",
        "cave",
        "cavern",
        "ditch",
        "excavation",
        "furrow",
        "groove",
        "gutter",
        "trench",
        "trough",
        "basin",
        "bowl",
        "valley",
        "alcove",
        "cleft",
        "niche",
        "nook",
        "opening",
        "socket",
        "alveolus",
        "dimple",
        "gouge",
        "impression",
        "imprint",
        "notch",
        "pocket",
        "borehole",
        "chuckhole",
        "crater",
        "posthole",
        "pothole",
        "sinkhole",
        "wallow",
        "water hole",
        "well",
        "abyss",
        "chasm",
        "gulf",
        "vacuity",
        "vacuum",
        "void"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hill",
        "mound",
        "rise",
        "bump",
        "bunch",
        "hump",
        "lump",
        "pimple",
        "swell",
        "swelling",
        "tumor"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bulge",
        "camber",
        "convexity",
        "jut",
        "projection",
        "protrusion",
        "protuberance"
      ]
    },
    "an area of lowland between hills or mountains":{
      "examples":[
        "a quaint village nestled in a hollow among green hills"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dale",
        "dene",
        "vale",
        "valley"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "canyon",
        "ca\u00f1on",
        "combe",
        "coombe",
        "coomb",
        "dell",
        "depression",
        "dingle",
        "glen",
        "gorge",
        "gulch",
        "gully",
        "gulley",
        "kloof",
        "ravine",
        "rift valley",
        "basin",
        "bowl"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alp",
        "mount",
        "mountain",
        "peak",
        "height",
        "mountaintop",
        "pinnacle",
        "summit",
        "plateau",
        "tableland"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in excavate , groove":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrow (into)",
        "excavate",
        "gouge",
        "groove",
        "penetrate",
        "break",
        "cut",
        "gash",
        "notch",
        "rend",
        "rupture",
        "slash",
        "slit",
        "split",
        "poke",
        "prick",
        "prickle",
        "broach",
        "tap",
        "bore",
        "drill",
        "hole",
        "perforate",
        "pierce",
        "punch",
        "puncture",
        "riddle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fill",
        "patch",
        "plug",
        "seal"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holy grail":{
    "as in grail":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "grail",
        "aim",
        "ambition",
        "aspiration",
        "bourne",
        "bourn",
        "design",
        "dream",
        "end",
        "goal",
        "idea",
        "ideal",
        "intent",
        "intention",
        "mark",
        "meaning",
        "object",
        "objective",
        "plan",
        "point",
        "pretension",
        "purpose",
        "target",
        "thing",
        "plot",
        "project",
        "scheme",
        "desire",
        "hope",
        "mind",
        "wish",
        "nirvana",
        "destination",
        "terminus"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "means",
        "method",
        "way"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holy grails":{
    "as in grails":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "grails",
        "aims",
        "ambitions",
        "aspirations",
        "bournes",
        "bourns",
        "designs",
        "dreams",
        "ends",
        "goals",
        "ideals",
        "ideas",
        "intentions",
        "intents",
        "marks",
        "meanings",
        "objectives",
        "objects",
        "plans",
        "points",
        "pretensions",
        "purposes",
        "targets",
        "things",
        "plots",
        "projects",
        "schemes",
        "desires",
        "hopes",
        "minds",
        "wishes",
        "nirvanas",
        "destinations",
        "termini",
        "terminuses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "means",
        "methods",
        "ways"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holds a brief for":{
    "to promote the interests or cause of":{
      "examples":[
        "They are staunchly independent and don't hold a brief for any political party."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocates",
        "backs",
        "champions",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "patronizes",
        "plumps (for)",
        "plunks (for)",
        "plonks (for)",
        "supports"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adopts",
        "embraces",
        "espouses",
        "abets",
        "aids",
        "assists",
        "helps",
        "props (up)",
        "seconds",
        "sides (with)",
        "backstops",
        "bolsters",
        "boosts",
        "buttresses",
        "reinforces",
        "reenforces",
        "advances",
        "forwards",
        "furthers",
        "plugs",
        "preaches",
        "talks up",
        "bails out",
        "delivers",
        "rescues",
        "saves"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "baffles",
        "foils",
        "frustrates",
        "interferes",
        "opposes",
        "sabotages",
        "thwarts",
        "deserts",
        "disappoints",
        "fails",
        "lets down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding off (on)":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deferring",
        "delaying",
        "holding over",
        "holding up",
        "laying over",
        "postponing",
        "putting off",
        "putting over",
        "remitting",
        "shelving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspending",
        "hesitating",
        "pausing",
        "staying",
        "detaining",
        "retarding",
        "slowing",
        "extending",
        "lengthening",
        "prolonging",
        "protracting",
        "stretching (out)",
        "waiting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acting",
        "dealing (with)",
        "deciding (upon)",
        "doing",
        "working (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollows (out)":{
    "as in shovels , excavates":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "excavates",
        "scoops (out)",
        "shovels"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blocks",
        "bungs",
        "dams",
        "fills",
        "packs",
        "plugs",
        "stops",
        "stuffs",
        "chokes",
        "clogs",
        "closes (off)",
        "clots",
        "congests",
        "jams",
        "obstructs",
        "occludes",
        "caulks",
        "calks",
        "chinks",
        "seals"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holloed":{
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawled",
        "bayed",
        "bellowed",
        "called",
        "cried",
        "hollered",
        "roared",
        "shouted",
        "sounded off",
        "thundered",
        "vociferated",
        "yelled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crowed",
        "whooped",
        "screamed",
        "screeched",
        "shrieked",
        "shrilled",
        "squeaked",
        "squealed",
        "caterwauled",
        "howled",
        "ululated",
        "wailed",
        "yawped",
        "yauped",
        "yowled",
        "hailed",
        "spoke out",
        "spoke up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathed",
        "mumbled",
        "murmured",
        "muttered",
        "whispered"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holdings":{
    "transportable items that one owns":{
      "examples":[
        "the museum's holdings of ancient manuscripts are among the rarest in the world"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belongings",
        "chattels",
        "duds",
        "effects",
        "gear",
        "goods",
        "movables",
        "moveables",
        "paraphernalia",
        "personal effects",
        "personal property",
        "personalty",
        "plunder",
        "possession",
        "stuff",
        "things"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "treasures",
        "valuables",
        "appointments",
        "fixtures",
        "furnishings",
        "estate",
        "property",
        "tangibles",
        "collateral"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "immovables",
        "real estate"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hollering":{
    "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
      "examples":[
        "another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beefing",
        "bellyaching",
        "bitching",
        "bleating",
        "carping",
        "caterwauling",
        "complaining",
        "crabbing",
        "croaking",
        "fussing",
        "griping",
        "grizzling",
        "grouching",
        "grousing",
        "growling",
        "grumbling",
        "grumping",
        "inveighing",
        "keening",
        "kicking",
        "kvetching",
        "maundering",
        "moaning",
        "murmuring",
        "muttering",
        "nagging",
        "repining",
        "screaming",
        "squawking",
        "squealing",
        "wailing",
        "whimpering",
        "whinging",
        "whingeing",
        "whining",
        "yammering",
        "yawping",
        "yauping",
        "yowling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "objecting (to)",
        "protesting",
        "quarreling (with)",
        "quarrelling (with)",
        "caviling",
        "cavilling",
        "quibbling",
        "fretting",
        "stewing",
        "worrying",
        "blubbering",
        "crying",
        "sobbing",
        "bemoaning",
        "bewailing",
        "deploring",
        "lamenting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepting",
        "bearing",
        "countenancing",
        "enduring",
        "taking",
        "tolerating",
        "applauding",
        "cheering",
        "commending"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crowing",
        "delighting",
        "rejoicing"
      ]
    },
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "there's no need to holler ; I'm in the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawling",
        "baying",
        "bellowing",
        "calling",
        "crying",
        "holloing",
        "hallooing",
        "roaring",
        "shouting",
        "sounding off",
        "thundering",
        "vociferating",
        "yelling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crowing",
        "whooping",
        "screaming",
        "screeching",
        "shrieking",
        "shrilling",
        "squeaking",
        "squealing",
        "caterwauling",
        "howling",
        "ululating",
        "wailing",
        "yawping",
        "yauping",
        "yowling",
        "hailing",
        "speaking out",
        "speaking up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathing",
        "mumbling",
        "murmuring",
        "muttering",
        "whispering"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold-down":{
    "to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cap",
        "circumscribe",
        "confine",
        "limit",
        "restrict"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "block",
        "hamper",
        "hinder",
        "impede",
        "obstruct",
        "constrict",
        "contract",
        "lessen",
        "narrow",
        "pinch",
        "squeeze",
        "tighten",
        "quell",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "number",
        "modify",
        "qualify"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broaden",
        "expand",
        "widen",
        "overextend",
        "overreach"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "exceed"
      ]
    },
    "as in tie , fastener":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fastener",
        "hobble",
        "hold",
        "holding",
        "tie",
        "collar",
        "straitjacket",
        "straightjacket",
        "entanglement",
        "net",
        "trammel",
        "trap",
        "captivity",
        "confinement",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "enchainment",
        "enslavement",
        "hindrance",
        "immurement",
        "imprisonment",
        "incarceration",
        "restraint",
        "restriction",
        "band",
        "bind",
        "bond",
        "bracelet",
        "chain",
        "cuff(s)",
        "fetter",
        "handcuff(s)",
        "irons",
        "ligature",
        "manacle(s)",
        "shackle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding a candle to":{
    "to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
      "examples":[
        "This \"guilt free\" macaroni and cheese doesn't hold a candle to the real thing."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "approaching",
        "approximating",
        "comparing (with)",
        "measuring up (to)",
        "stacking up (against or with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adding up (to)",
        "amounting (to)",
        "coming (to)",
        "duplicating",
        "equaling",
        "equalling",
        "matching",
        "mirroring",
        "paralleling",
        "reflecting",
        "bordering (on)",
        "touching (on)",
        "verging (on)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding one's peace":{
    "to stop talking":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "belting up",
        "clamming up",
        "drying up",
        "dummying up",
        "hushing",
        "piping down",
        "quieting (down)",
        "shutting up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calming (down)",
        "cooling (down)",
        "settling (down)",
        "hawing",
        "hemming"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "piping up",
        "sounding off",
        "speaking out",
        "speaking up",
        "spouting (off)",
        "talking up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "speaking",
        "talking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "holds forth":{
    "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
      "examples":[
        "The professor held forth on the current state of politics until everyone was sick of the topic."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "declaims",
        "descants",
        "discourses",
        "expatiates",
        "harangues",
        "lectures",
        "orates",
        "speaks",
        "talks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "recites",
        "soliloquizes",
        "disserts",
        "expounds",
        "pontificates",
        "sermonizes",
        "mouths",
        "spouts",
        "filibusters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holidaymaker":{
    "as in vacationer , holidayer":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "holidayer",
        "vacationer",
        "vacationist",
        "excursionist",
        "rubberneck",
        "rubbernecker",
        "sightseer",
        "tourist",
        "traveler",
        "traveller",
        "tripper",
        "guest",
        "hosteler",
        "hosteller",
        "visitor",
        "transient",
        "journeyer",
        "pilgrim",
        "wayfarer",
        "snowbird",
        "sunseeker"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holding over":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deferring",
        "delaying",
        "holding off (on)",
        "holding up",
        "laying over",
        "postponing",
        "putting off",
        "putting over",
        "remitting",
        "shelving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspending",
        "hesitating",
        "pausing",
        "staying",
        "detaining",
        "retarding",
        "slowing",
        "extending",
        "lengthening",
        "prolonging",
        "protracting",
        "stretching (out)",
        "waiting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acting",
        "dealing (with)",
        "deciding (upon)",
        "doing",
        "working (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holiday":{
    "a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
      "examples":[
        "the member of parliament met his wife while on holiday in the south of France"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "break",
        "hols",
        "leave",
        "recess",
        "vacation"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sabbatical",
        "furlough",
        "liberty",
        "breather",
        "relaxation",
        "respite",
        "rest",
        "interim",
        "intermission",
        "interval",
        "feast",
        "holy day",
        "legal holiday",
        "idling",
        "loafing",
        "lounging",
        "slacking"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or spend a vacation":{
      "examples":[
        "saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "vacation"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "escape",
        "get (away)",
        "get off",
        "break",
        "recess",
        "ease (up)",
        "let up",
        "relax",
        "repose",
        "rest",
        "bum",
        "goldbrick",
        "idle",
        "laze",
        "loaf",
        "lounge",
        "slack (off)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudge",
        "endeavor",
        "grub",
        "hump",
        "hustle",
        "labor",
        "moil",
        "peg (away)",
        "plod",
        "plow",
        "plug",
        "slave",
        "slog",
        "strain",
        "strive",
        "struggle",
        "sweat",
        "toil",
        "travail",
        "work"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollow (out)":{
    "as in shovel , excavate":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "excavate",
        "scoop (out)",
        "shovel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "block",
        "bung",
        "dam",
        "fill",
        "pack",
        "plug",
        "stop",
        "stuff",
        "choke",
        "clog",
        "close (off)",
        "clot",
        "congest",
        "jam",
        "obstruct",
        "occlude",
        "caulk",
        "chink",
        "seal"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold to":{
    "to give steadfast support to":{
      "examples":[
        "She held to her goal of becoming a veterinarian."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adhere (to)",
        "cling (to)",
        "hew (to)",
        "keep (to)",
        "stand by",
        "stick (to or with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cleave (to)",
        "advocate",
        "back",
        "champion",
        "confirm",
        "defend",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "espouse",
        "support",
        "uphold",
        "accept",
        "adopt",
        "cherish",
        "cultivate",
        "embrace",
        "follow",
        "foster",
        "heed",
        "backstop",
        "bolster",
        "boost",
        "buttress",
        "enforce",
        "reinforce",
        "reenforce"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandon",
        "abnegate",
        "desert",
        "forsake",
        "give up",
        "relinquish",
        "spurn",
        "surrender",
        "abjure",
        "recall",
        "recant",
        "reconsider",
        "renege",
        "renounce",
        "retract",
        "revoke",
        "take back",
        "unsay",
        "withdraw",
        "controvert",
        "disagree (with)",
        "disprove",
        "dispute",
        "rebut",
        "refute",
        "contradict",
        "deny",
        "disavow",
        "disclaim",
        "disown",
        "gainsay",
        "negate",
        "negative",
        "repudiate",
        "back down",
        "back off",
        "backtrack"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "defect (from)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holds out (past)":{
    "as in lasts (beyond) , persists (beyond)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abides (beyond)",
        "endures (past)",
        "holds (past)",
        "lasts (beyond)",
        "persists (beyond)",
        "outstays",
        "draws out",
        "perpetuates",
        "survives",
        "succeeds",
        "outlasts",
        "outlives",
        "outwears"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds a candle to":{
    "to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
      "examples":[
        "This \"guilt free\" macaroni and cheese doesn't hold a candle to the real thing."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "approaches",
        "approximates",
        "compares (with)",
        "measures up (to)",
        "stacks up (against or with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adds up (to)",
        "amounts (to)",
        "comes (to)",
        "duplicates",
        "equals",
        "matches",
        "mirrors",
        "parallels",
        "reflects",
        "borders (on)",
        "touches (on)",
        "verges (on)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holdall":{
    "a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
      "examples":[
        "there was a forgotten holdall in the bus station loo"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "carry-on",
        "carryall",
        "grip",
        "handbag",
        "portmanteau",
        "suitcase",
        "traveling bag",
        "wallet"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overnight bag",
        "overnight case",
        "weekend bag",
        "weekender",
        "cosmetic case",
        "traveling case",
        "carpetbag",
        "duffel bag",
        "kit",
        "kit bag",
        "backpack",
        "haversack",
        "knapsack",
        "packsack",
        "rucksack",
        "attach\u00e9",
        "attach\u00e9 case",
        "briefcase",
        "valise",
        "baggage",
        "bags",
        "luggage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holing":{
    "to make a hole or series of holes in":{
      "examples":[
        "holed the target with a round of shots"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "boring",
        "drilling",
        "perforating",
        "piercing",
        "punching",
        "puncturing",
        "riddling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broaching",
        "tapping",
        "poking",
        "pricking",
        "prickling",
        "penetrating",
        "burrowing (into)",
        "excavating",
        "gouging",
        "grooving",
        "hollowing",
        "breaking",
        "cutting",
        "gashing",
        "notching",
        "rending",
        "rupturing",
        "slashing",
        "slitting",
        "splitting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "filling",
        "patching",
        "plugging",
        "sealing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold out (past)":{
    "as in last (beyond) , persist (beyond)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abide (beyond)",
        "endure (past)",
        "hold (past)",
        "last (beyond)",
        "persist (beyond)",
        "outstay",
        "draw out",
        "perpetuate",
        "survive",
        "succeed",
        "outlast",
        "outlive",
        "outwear"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollows":{
    "a sunken area forming a separate space":{
      "examples":[
        "made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cavities",
        "concavities",
        "dents",
        "depressions",
        "dints",
        "holes",
        "indentations",
        "indentures",
        "pits",
        "recesses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrows",
        "caverns",
        "caves",
        "ditches",
        "excavations",
        "furrows",
        "grooves",
        "gutters",
        "trenches",
        "troughs",
        "basins",
        "bowls",
        "valleys",
        "alcoves",
        "clefts",
        "niches",
        "nooks",
        "openings",
        "sockets",
        "alveoli",
        "dimples",
        "gouges",
        "impressions",
        "imprints",
        "notches",
        "pockets",
        "boreholes",
        "chuckholes",
        "craters",
        "postholes",
        "potholes",
        "sinkholes",
        "wallows",
        "water holes",
        "wells",
        "abysses",
        "chasms",
        "gulfs",
        "vacuities",
        "vacuums",
        "vacua",
        "voids"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hills",
        "mounds",
        "rises",
        "bumps",
        "bunches",
        "humps",
        "lumps",
        "pimples",
        "swellings",
        "swells",
        "tumors"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bulges",
        "cambers",
        "convexities",
        "juts",
        "projections",
        "protrusions",
        "protuberances"
      ]
    },
    "an area of lowland between hills or mountains":{
      "examples":[
        "a quaint village nestled in a hollow among green hills"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dales",
        "denes",
        "vales",
        "valleys"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "canyons",
        "ca\u00f1ons",
        "combes",
        "coombes",
        "coombs",
        "dells",
        "depressions",
        "dingles",
        "glens",
        "gorges",
        "gulches",
        "gullies",
        "gulleys",
        "kloofs",
        "ravines",
        "rift valleys",
        "basins",
        "bowls"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alps",
        "mountains",
        "mounts",
        "peaks",
        "heights",
        "mountaintops",
        "pinnacles",
        "summits",
        "plateaus",
        "plateaux",
        "tablelands"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in excavates , grooves":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrows (into)",
        "excavates",
        "gouges",
        "grooves",
        "penetrates",
        "breaks",
        "cuts",
        "gashes",
        "notches",
        "rends",
        "ruptures",
        "slashes",
        "slits",
        "splits",
        "pokes",
        "prickles",
        "pricks",
        "broaches",
        "taps",
        "bores",
        "drills",
        "holes",
        "perforates",
        "pierces",
        "punches",
        "punctures",
        "riddles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fills",
        "patches",
        "plugs",
        "seals"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holey":{
    "as in patchy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "patchy",
        "lacerate",
        "lacerated",
        "shredded",
        "broken-down",
        "decrepit",
        "dilapidated",
        "dog-eared",
        "grungy",
        "mangy",
        "moth-eaten",
        "run-down",
        "scuzzy",
        "tacky",
        "dingy",
        "faded",
        "dowdy",
        "scruffy",
        "tatterdemalion",
        "frayed",
        "ragged",
        "raggedy",
        "ratty",
        "seedy",
        "shabby",
        "tattered",
        "threadbare",
        "worn-out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "brand-new",
        "new",
        "spick-and-span",
        "spic-and-span",
        "unused"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "holder":{
    "one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership":{
      "examples":[
        "the holders of the land gave us permission to camp on it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "owner",
        "possessor",
        "proprietor"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "co-owner",
        "coproprietor",
        "landlord",
        "landowner"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "squatter",
        "lessee",
        "renter",
        "tenant"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
      "examples":[
        "her hat made a good holder for the shells she collected on the beach"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "container",
        "receptacle",
        "vessel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "carrier",
        "cartridge",
        "basket",
        "bin",
        "box",
        "caddy",
        "carton",
        "case",
        "casket",
        "crate",
        "handbasket",
        "locker",
        "trunk",
        "bag",
        "hamper",
        "pocket",
        "sack",
        "cooler",
        "warmer",
        "basin",
        "bottle",
        "bowl",
        "bucket",
        "can",
        "jar",
        "jug",
        "keg",
        "kettle",
        "kit",
        "pack",
        "pail",
        "pitcher",
        "pot",
        "tub",
        "vat"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holds (in)":{
    "as in hides , conceals":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cloaks",
        "conceals",
        "enshrouds",
        "hides",
        "masks",
        "obscures",
        "secretes",
        "shrouds",
        "veils",
        "contains",
        "limits",
        "restricts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broadcasts",
        "circulates",
        "disseminates",
        "propagates",
        "spreads",
        "radiates",
        "sprawls",
        "diffuses",
        "dispenses",
        "disperses",
        "dissipates",
        "scatters",
        "sows"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding water":{
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "a weak explanation that doesn't hold water"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flying",
        "holding up",
        "passing",
        "standing up",
        "washing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "getting through",
        "going down",
        "going over",
        "going through",
        "playing",
        "taking",
        "working"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding forth":{
    "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
      "examples":[
        "The professor held forth on the current state of politics until everyone was sick of the topic."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "declaiming",
        "descanting",
        "discoursing",
        "expatiating",
        "haranguing",
        "lecturing",
        "orating",
        "speaking",
        "talking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "reciting",
        "soliloquizing",
        "disserting",
        "expounding",
        "pontificating",
        "sermonizing",
        "mouthing",
        "spouting",
        "filibustering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holds (back)":{
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clogs",
        "cramps",
        "embarrasses",
        "encumbers",
        "fetters",
        "hampers",
        "handcuffs",
        "handicaps",
        "hinders",
        "hobbles",
        "hog-ties",
        "holds up",
        "impedes",
        "inhibits",
        "interferes (with)",
        "manacles",
        "obstructs",
        "shackles",
        "short-circuits",
        "stymies",
        "ties up",
        "trammels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balks",
        "checks",
        "constrains",
        "curbs",
        "reins",
        "restrains",
        "binds",
        "chains",
        "halters",
        "leashes",
        "tethers",
        "ties",
        "arrests",
        "brakes",
        "delays",
        "retains",
        "retards",
        "barricades",
        "blockades",
        "blocks",
        "roadblocks",
        "bogs (down)",
        "mires",
        "chokes",
        "smothers",
        "stifles",
        "strangles",
        "suffocates",
        "baffles",
        "foils",
        "frustrates",
        "stumps",
        "thwarts",
        "derails",
        "disrupts",
        "sabotages",
        "muzzles",
        "represses",
        "suppresses",
        "confines",
        "hedges (in)",
        "hems (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clears",
        "makes way",
        "opens",
        "unclogs",
        "unplugs",
        "unstops",
        "frees",
        "liberates",
        "releases",
        "unties",
        "loosens",
        "smooths",
        "smoothes",
        "encourages",
        "furthers",
        "promotes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aids",
        "assists",
        "facilitates",
        "helps"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chokes (back)",
        "pockets",
        "represses",
        "sinks",
        "smothers",
        "stifles",
        "strangles",
        "submerges",
        "suppresses",
        "swallows"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "controls",
        "governs",
        "manages",
        "bridles",
        "checks",
        "curbs",
        "quashes",
        "quells",
        "bottles up",
        "contains",
        "muffles",
        "squelches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "expresses",
        "looses",
        "releases",
        "takes out",
        "unleashes",
        "vents"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holiness":{
    "the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{
      "examples":[
        "known throughout the world for his holiness , the prophet was visited daily by hundreds of pilgrims"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blessedness",
        "devoutness",
        "godliness",
        "piety",
        "piousness",
        "sainthood",
        "saintliness",
        "saintship",
        "sanctity"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "asceticism",
        "devotion",
        "morality",
        "prayerfulness",
        "religiousness",
        "spirituality",
        "priestliness",
        "goodness",
        "rectitude",
        "righteousness",
        "uprightness",
        "virtue",
        "virtuousness",
        "consecration",
        "sacredness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blasphemousness",
        "irreverence",
        "sacrilegiousness",
        "depravedness",
        "depravity",
        "evilness",
        "heinousness",
        "monstrosity",
        "sinfulness",
        "vileness",
        "wickedness",
        "hypocrisy",
        "sanctimoniousness",
        "sanctimony"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "godlessness",
        "impiety",
        "ungodliness",
        "unholiness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holding one's tongue":{
    "to stop talking":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "belting up",
        "clamming up",
        "drying up",
        "dummying up",
        "hushing",
        "piping down",
        "quieting (down)",
        "shutting up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calming (down)",
        "cooling (down)",
        "settling (down)",
        "hawing",
        "hemming"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "piping up",
        "sounding off",
        "speaking out",
        "speaking up",
        "spouting (off)",
        "talking up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "speaking",
        "talking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "holidaymakers":{
    "as in vacationers , holidayers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "holidayers",
        "vacationers",
        "vacationists",
        "excursionists",
        "rubberneckers",
        "rubbernecks",
        "sightseers",
        "tourists",
        "travelers",
        "travellers",
        "trippers",
        "guests",
        "hostelers",
        "hostellers",
        "visitors",
        "transients",
        "journeyers",
        "pilgrims",
        "wayfarers",
        "snowbirds",
        "sunseekers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holding (past)":{
    "as in lasting (beyond) , persisting (beyond)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abiding (beyond)",
        "enduring (past)",
        "holding out (past)",
        "lasting (beyond)",
        "persisting (beyond)",
        "outstaying",
        "drawing out",
        "perpetuating",
        "surviving",
        "succeeding",
        "outlasting",
        "outliving",
        "outwearing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding (back)":{
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clogging",
        "cramping",
        "embarrassing",
        "encumbering",
        "fettering",
        "hampering",
        "handcuffing",
        "handicapping",
        "hindering",
        "hobbling",
        "hog-tying",
        "holding up",
        "impeding",
        "inhibiting",
        "interfering (with)",
        "manacling",
        "obstructing",
        "shackling",
        "short-circuiting",
        "stymieing",
        "trammeling",
        "trammelling",
        "tying up",
        "tieing up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balking",
        "checking",
        "constraining",
        "curbing",
        "reining",
        "restraining",
        "binding",
        "chaining",
        "haltering",
        "leashing",
        "tethering",
        "tying",
        "tieing",
        "arresting",
        "braking",
        "delaying",
        "retaining",
        "retarding",
        "barricading",
        "blockading",
        "blocking",
        "roadblocking",
        "bogging (down)",
        "miring",
        "choking",
        "smothering",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "suffocating",
        "baffling",
        "foiling",
        "frustrating",
        "stumping",
        "thwarting",
        "derailing",
        "disrupting",
        "sabotaging",
        "muzzling",
        "repressing",
        "suppressing",
        "confining",
        "hedging (in)",
        "hemming (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clearing",
        "making way",
        "opening",
        "unclogging",
        "unplugging",
        "unstopping",
        "freeing",
        "liberating",
        "releasing",
        "untying",
        "untieing",
        "loosening",
        "smoothing",
        "encouraging",
        "furthering",
        "promoting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "facilitating",
        "helping"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "choking (back)",
        "pocketing",
        "repressing",
        "sinking",
        "smothering",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "submerging",
        "suppressing",
        "swallowing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "controlling",
        "governing",
        "managing",
        "bridling",
        "checking",
        "curbing",
        "quashing",
        "quelling",
        "bottling up",
        "containing",
        "muffling",
        "squelching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "expressing",
        "loosing",
        "releasing",
        "taking out",
        "unleashing",
        "venting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds one's breath":{
    "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
      "examples":[
        "The audience was holding their breath for the movie's final action scene.",
        "Don't hold your breath waiting for that swindler to return your money."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "awaits",
        "bides",
        "holds on",
        "stays",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hangs around",
        "lingers",
        "remains",
        "sticks around",
        "tarries",
        "stands by",
        "anticipates",
        "expects",
        "watches (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding out (past)":{
    "as in lasting (beyond) , persisting (beyond)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abiding (beyond)",
        "enduring (past)",
        "holding (past)",
        "lasting (beyond)",
        "persisting (beyond)",
        "outstaying",
        "drawing out",
        "perpetuating",
        "surviving",
        "succeeding",
        "outlasting",
        "outliving",
        "outwearing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holdups":{
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "a holdup in construction due to the weather"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delays",
        "detainments",
        "detentions",
        "holdbacks",
        "holding patterns",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferments",
        "deferrals",
        "postponements",
        "reprieves",
        "respites",
        "foot-draggings",
        "hesitations",
        "lags",
        "pauses",
        "setbacks",
        "slowdowns"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hastes",
        "rushes",
        "dispatches",
        "promptitudes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hold a brief for":{
    "to promote the interests or cause of":{
      "examples":[
        "They are staunchly independent and don't hold a brief for any political party."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocate",
        "back",
        "champion",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "patronize",
        "plump (for)",
        "plunk (for)",
        "plonk (for)",
        "support"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adopt",
        "embrace",
        "espouse",
        "abet",
        "aid",
        "assist",
        "help",
        "prop (up)",
        "second",
        "side (with)",
        "backstop",
        "bolster",
        "boost",
        "buttress",
        "reinforce",
        "reenforce",
        "advance",
        "forward",
        "further",
        "plug",
        "preach",
        "talk up",
        "bail out",
        "deliver",
        "rescue",
        "save"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "baffle",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "interfere",
        "oppose",
        "sabotage",
        "thwart",
        "desert",
        "disappoint",
        "fail",
        "let down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding out":{
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "we hoped our supply of firewood would hold out until power was restored",
        "luckily, the old outboard motor held out till we made it to shore"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holding up",
        "keeping up",
        "lasting",
        "prevailing",
        "surviving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bearing up",
        "carrying on",
        "coping",
        "enduring",
        "faring",
        "getting along",
        "getting by",
        "getting on",
        "going",
        "hanging in",
        "making out",
        "managing",
        "persevering",
        "abiding",
        "continuing",
        "drawing out",
        "hanging on",
        "holding on",
        "lingering",
        "persisting",
        "remaining",
        "running on",
        "stretching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breaking",
        "breaking down",
        "collapsing",
        "conking (out)",
        "crashing",
        "cutting out",
        "dying",
        "expiring",
        "stalling",
        "stopping",
        "running down",
        "waning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "failing",
        "fizzling",
        "giving out",
        "going out",
        "petering (out)",
        "running out"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds one's peace":{
    "to stop talking":{
      "examples":[
        "There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belts up",
        "clams up",
        "dries up",
        "dummies up",
        "hushes",
        "pipes down",
        "quiets (down)",
        "shuts up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calms (down)",
        "cools (down)",
        "settles (down)",
        "haws",
        "hems"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pipes up",
        "sounds off",
        "speaks out",
        "speaks up",
        "spouts (off)",
        "talks up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "speaks",
        "talks"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold out":{
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "we hoped our supply of firewood would hold out until power was restored",
        "luckily, the old outboard motor held out till we made it to shore"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hold up",
        "keep up",
        "last",
        "prevail",
        "survive"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bear up",
        "carry on",
        "cope",
        "endure",
        "fare",
        "get along",
        "get by",
        "get on",
        "go",
        "hang in",
        "make out",
        "manage",
        "persevere",
        "abide",
        "continue",
        "draw out",
        "hang on",
        "hold on",
        "linger",
        "persist",
        "remain",
        "run on",
        "stretch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "break",
        "break down",
        "collapse",
        "conk (out)",
        "crash",
        "cut out",
        "die",
        "expire",
        "stall",
        "stop",
        "run down",
        "wane"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fail",
        "fizzle",
        "give out",
        "go out",
        "peter (out)",
        "run out"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollowed":{
    "as in excavated , grooved":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrowed (into)",
        "excavated",
        "gouged",
        "grooved",
        "penetrated",
        "broke",
        "cut",
        "gashed",
        "notched",
        "rent",
        "rended",
        "ruptured",
        "slashed",
        "slit",
        "split",
        "poked",
        "pricked",
        "prickled",
        "broached",
        "tapped",
        "bored",
        "drilled",
        "holed",
        "perforated",
        "pierced",
        "punched",
        "punctured",
        "riddled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "filled",
        "patched",
        "plugged",
        "sealed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding one's horses":{
    "to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "breaking",
        "pausing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hesitating",
        "breaking in",
        "interrupting",
        "ceasing",
        "discontinuing",
        "ending",
        "finishing",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "knocking off",
        "laying off",
        "quitting",
        "lapsing",
        "letting up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continuing",
        "persisting",
        "advancing",
        "progressing",
        "extending",
        "prolonging",
        "stretching"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "holding back":{
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clogging",
        "cramping",
        "embarrassing",
        "encumbering",
        "fettering",
        "hampering",
        "handcuffing",
        "handicapping",
        "hindering",
        "hobbling",
        "hog-tying",
        "holding up",
        "impeding",
        "inhibiting",
        "interfering (with)",
        "manacling",
        "obstructing",
        "shackling",
        "short-circuiting",
        "stymieing",
        "trammeling",
        "trammelling",
        "tying up",
        "tieing up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balking",
        "checking",
        "constraining",
        "curbing",
        "reining",
        "restraining",
        "binding",
        "chaining",
        "haltering",
        "leashing",
        "tethering",
        "tying",
        "tieing",
        "arresting",
        "braking",
        "delaying",
        "retaining",
        "retarding",
        "barricading",
        "blockading",
        "blocking",
        "roadblocking",
        "bogging (down)",
        "miring",
        "choking",
        "smothering",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "suffocating",
        "baffling",
        "foiling",
        "frustrating",
        "stumping",
        "thwarting",
        "derailing",
        "disrupting",
        "sabotaging",
        "muzzling",
        "repressing",
        "suppressing",
        "confining",
        "hedging (in)",
        "hemming (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clearing",
        "making way",
        "opening",
        "unclogging",
        "unplugging",
        "unstopping",
        "freeing",
        "liberating",
        "releasing",
        "untying",
        "untieing",
        "loosening",
        "smoothing",
        "encouraging",
        "furthering",
        "promoting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "facilitating",
        "helping"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "choking (back)",
        "pocketing",
        "repressing",
        "sinking",
        "smothering",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "submerging",
        "suppressing",
        "swallowing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "controlling",
        "governing",
        "managing",
        "bridling",
        "checking",
        "curbing",
        "quashing",
        "quelling",
        "bottling up",
        "containing",
        "muffling",
        "squelching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "expressing",
        "loosing",
        "releasing",
        "taking out",
        "unleashing",
        "venting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold on to":{
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "She still holds on to that feeling."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "cherish",
        "entertain",
        "harbor",
        "have",
        "hold",
        "nurse"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivate",
        "foster",
        "nurture",
        "support",
        "sustain",
        "carry",
        "keep",
        "maintain",
        "preserve",
        "remember",
        "retain",
        "treasure",
        "cleave (to)",
        "cling (to)",
        "hug",
        "stick (to)",
        "brood (about or over)",
        "fixate (on or upon)",
        "obsess (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregard",
        "drop",
        "forget",
        "ignore",
        "neglect",
        "overlook",
        "abjure",
        "decline",
        "deny",
        "disdain",
        "refuse",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "scorn",
        "abandon",
        "desert",
        "discard",
        "forsake",
        "give up",
        "part (with)",
        "quit",
        "renounce",
        "throw out",
        "erase",
        "expunge"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clench",
        "cling (to)",
        "clutch",
        "grip",
        "hold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "carry",
        "bag",
        "capture",
        "catch",
        "collar",
        "corral",
        "grab",
        "grapple",
        "hook",
        "land",
        "latch (on or onto)",
        "nab",
        "nail",
        "seize",
        "snap (up)",
        "snare",
        "snatch",
        "take",
        "trap",
        "feel",
        "finger",
        "handle",
        "paw",
        "clasp",
        "embrace",
        "grasp",
        "hug",
        "cradle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drop",
        "give",
        "hand",
        "unclasp",
        "unhand",
        "cede",
        "deliver",
        "give up",
        "hand out",
        "hand over",
        "release",
        "relinquish",
        "render",
        "turn over",
        "yield"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hold",
        "keep",
        "reserve",
        "retain",
        "withhold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserve",
        "guard",
        "preserve",
        "protect",
        "save",
        "boast",
        "enjoy",
        "have",
        "own",
        "possess",
        "command",
        "control",
        "detain",
        "direct",
        "manage",
        "rule",
        "bear",
        "harbor",
        "cherish",
        "cling (to)",
        "hug",
        "treasure"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandon",
        "cede",
        "drop",
        "contribute",
        "donate",
        "give",
        "hand out",
        "discard",
        "dump",
        "decline",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "spurn",
        "lose"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "give up",
        "hand over",
        "release",
        "relinquish",
        "surrender",
        "yield"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holds up":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defers",
        "delays",
        "holds off (on)",
        "holds over",
        "lays over",
        "postpones",
        "puts off",
        "puts over",
        "remits",
        "shelves"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspends",
        "hesitates",
        "pauses",
        "stays",
        "detains",
        "retards",
        "slows",
        "extends",
        "lengthens",
        "prolongs",
        "protracts",
        "stretches (out)",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acts",
        "deals (with)",
        "decides (upon)",
        "does",
        "works (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to bring (something) to a standstill":{
      "examples":[
        "traffic was held up for miles by the accident"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrests",
        "brings up",
        "catches",
        "checks",
        "draws up",
        "fetches up",
        "halts",
        "pulls up",
        "stalls",
        "stays",
        "stills",
        "stops"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffles",
        "balks",
        "blockades",
        "blocks",
        "bottlenecks",
        "clogs",
        "dams",
        "detains",
        "hinders",
        "holds",
        "holds back",
        "impedes",
        "obstructs",
        "snags",
        "stems",
        "concludes",
        "cuts off",
        "ends",
        "terminates",
        "calls",
        "discontinues",
        "suspends",
        "chokes off",
        "reins (in)",
        "represses",
        "squashes",
        "squelches",
        "stanches",
        "staunches",
        "stunts",
        "suppresses",
        "turns back"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "carries on",
        "continues",
        "follows through (with)",
        "keeps (on)",
        "keeps up",
        "persists",
        "runs on",
        "advances",
        "fares",
        "goes along",
        "marches",
        "moves",
        "proceeds",
        "progresses",
        "wends",
        "actuates",
        "budges",
        "drives",
        "goads",
        "impels",
        "propels",
        "pushes",
        "spurs",
        "stirs"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up , I can give you a ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clogs",
        "cramps",
        "embarrasses",
        "encumbers",
        "fetters",
        "hampers",
        "handcuffs",
        "handicaps",
        "hinders",
        "hobbles",
        "hog-ties",
        "holds back",
        "impedes",
        "inhibits",
        "interferes (with)",
        "manacles",
        "obstructs",
        "shackles",
        "short-circuits",
        "stymies",
        "ties up",
        "trammels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balks",
        "checks",
        "constrains",
        "curbs",
        "reins",
        "restrains",
        "binds",
        "chains",
        "halters",
        "leashes",
        "tethers",
        "ties",
        "arrests",
        "brakes",
        "delays",
        "retains",
        "retards",
        "barricades",
        "blockades",
        "blocks",
        "roadblocks",
        "bogs (down)",
        "mires",
        "chokes",
        "smothers",
        "stifles",
        "strangles",
        "suffocates",
        "baffles",
        "foils",
        "frustrates",
        "stumps",
        "thwarts",
        "derails",
        "disrupts",
        "sabotages",
        "muzzles",
        "represses",
        "suppresses",
        "confines",
        "hedges (in)",
        "hems (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clears",
        "makes way",
        "opens",
        "unclogs",
        "unplugs",
        "unstops",
        "frees",
        "liberates",
        "releases",
        "unties",
        "loosens",
        "smooths",
        "smoothes",
        "encourages",
        "furthers",
        "promotes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aids",
        "assists",
        "facilitates",
        "helps"
      ]
    },
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holds out",
        "keeps up",
        "lasts",
        "prevails",
        "survives"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bears up",
        "carries on",
        "copes",
        "endures",
        "fares",
        "gets along",
        "gets by",
        "gets on",
        "goes",
        "hangs in",
        "makes out",
        "manages",
        "perseveres",
        "abides",
        "continues",
        "draws out",
        "hangs on",
        "holds on",
        "lingers",
        "persists",
        "remains",
        "runs on",
        "stretches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breaks",
        "breaks down",
        "collapses",
        "conks (out)",
        "crashes",
        "cuts out",
        "dies",
        "expires",
        "stalls",
        "stops",
        "runs down",
        "wanes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fails",
        "fizzles",
        "gives out",
        "goes out",
        "peters (out)",
        "runs out"
      ]
    },
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abides",
        "bides",
        "continues",
        "endures",
        "holds on",
        "keeps up",
        "lasts",
        "perdures",
        "persists",
        "remains",
        "runs on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lingers",
        "stays",
        "sticks around",
        "tarries",
        "carries through",
        "prevails",
        "survives"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abates",
        "dies (down)",
        "ebbs",
        "lets up",
        "moderates",
        "subsides",
        "wanes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ceases",
        "closes",
        "concludes",
        "desists",
        "dies",
        "discontinues",
        "ends",
        "expires",
        "finishes",
        "lapses",
        "leaves off",
        "passes",
        "quits",
        "stops",
        "terminates",
        "winds up"
      ]
    },
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "an argument that won't hold up in court"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flies",
        "passes",
        "stands up",
        "washes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gets through",
        "goes down",
        "goes over",
        "goes through",
        "plays",
        "takes",
        "works"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds":{
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "this casserole dish is too hot to hold , so grab a potholder"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clenches",
        "clings (to)",
        "clutches",
        "grips"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "carries",
        "bags",
        "captures",
        "catches",
        "collars",
        "corrals",
        "grabs",
        "grapples",
        "hooks",
        "lands",
        "latches (on or onto)",
        "nabs",
        "nails",
        "seizes",
        "snaps (up)",
        "snares",
        "snatches",
        "takes",
        "traps",
        "feels",
        "fingers",
        "handles",
        "paws",
        "clasps",
        "embraces",
        "grasps",
        "hugs",
        "cradles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drops",
        "gives",
        "hands",
        "unclasps",
        "unhands",
        "cedes",
        "delivers",
        "gives up",
        "hands out",
        "hands over",
        "releases",
        "relinquishes",
        "renders",
        "turns over",
        "yields"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "she, and she alone, held the keys to the mysterious chest"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "keeps",
        "reserves",
        "retains",
        "withholds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserves",
        "guards",
        "preserves",
        "protects",
        "saves",
        "boasts",
        "enjoys",
        "has",
        "owns",
        "possesses",
        "commands",
        "controls",
        "detains",
        "directs",
        "manages",
        "rules",
        "bears",
        "harbors",
        "cherishes",
        "clings (to)",
        "hugs",
        "treasures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandons",
        "cedes",
        "drops",
        "contributes",
        "donates",
        "gives",
        "hands out",
        "discards",
        "dumps",
        "declines",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "spurns",
        "loses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "gives up",
        "hands over",
        "releases",
        "relinquishes",
        "surrenders",
        "yields"
      ]
    },
    "to have as an opinion":{
      "examples":[
        "\"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal\""
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "allows",
        "believes",
        "conceives",
        "considers",
        "deems",
        "esteems",
        "feels",
        "figures",
        "guesses",
        "imagines",
        "judges",
        "reckons",
        "supposes",
        "thinks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "regards",
        "views",
        "accepts",
        "perceives",
        "depends",
        "relies",
        "trusts",
        "assumes",
        "presumes",
        "presupposes",
        "surmises",
        "concludes",
        "deduces",
        "infers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "distrusts",
        "doubts",
        "mistrusts",
        "questions",
        "suspects",
        "disbelieves",
        "discredits",
        "rejects"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have within":{
      "examples":[
        "the mysterious chest held an ancient book on magic spells and potions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "boasts",
        "contains"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodates",
        "fits",
        "takes",
        "cases",
        "encases",
        "encloses",
        "incloses",
        "encompasses",
        "harbors",
        "houses",
        "lodges",
        "shelters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "still held her close to his heart, though they had long parted"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "cherishes",
        "entertains",
        "harbors",
        "has",
        "nurses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivates",
        "fosters",
        "nurtures",
        "supports",
        "sustains",
        "carries",
        "keeps",
        "maintains",
        "preserves",
        "remembers",
        "retains",
        "treasures",
        "cleaves (to)",
        "clings (to)",
        "hugs",
        "sticks (to)",
        "broods (about or over)",
        "fixates (on or upon)",
        "obsesses (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregards",
        "drops",
        "forgets",
        "ignores",
        "neglects",
        "overlooks",
        "abjures",
        "declines",
        "denies",
        "disdains",
        "refuses",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "scorns",
        "abandons",
        "deserts",
        "discards",
        "forsakes",
        "gives up",
        "parts (with)",
        "quits",
        "renounces",
        "throws out",
        "erases",
        "expunges"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
      "examples":[
        "the same family has held this piece of land for over 100 years"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "commands",
        "enjoys",
        "has",
        "owns",
        "possesses",
        "retains"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "keeps",
        "reserves",
        "withholds",
        "bears",
        "carries",
        "boasts",
        "shows off",
        "sports"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandons",
        "cedes",
        "disclaims",
        "disowns",
        "hands over",
        "relinquishes",
        "renounces",
        "surrenders",
        "yields",
        "discards",
        "dumps",
        "declines",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "spurns",
        "needs",
        "requires"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "lacks",
        "wants"
      ]
    },
    "to make or have room for":{
      "examples":[
        "the couple needed to rent a hall that would hold 300 people"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accommodates",
        "fits",
        "takes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "carries",
        "contains",
        "seats",
        "encloses",
        "incloses",
        "encompasses",
        "enfolds",
        "harbors",
        "houses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
      "examples":[
        "please hold my arm on these slippery stairs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clasps",
        "grasps",
        "grips",
        "takes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clenches",
        "clings (to)",
        "clutches",
        "holds on (to)",
        "catches",
        "nabs",
        "seizes",
        "snatches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "discharges",
        "drops",
        "frees",
        "liberates",
        "releases",
        "delivers",
        "entrusts",
        "intrusts",
        "gives",
        "hands",
        "hands over",
        "passes",
        "relinquishes",
        "transfers",
        "transmits",
        "turns over",
        "unhands"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to think of in a particular way":{
      "examples":[
        "held to be the best blueberry pies in the state"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accounts",
        "calls",
        "considers",
        "counts",
        "esteems",
        "looks (on or upon)",
        "rates",
        "reckons",
        "regards",
        "sets down",
        "views"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "believes",
        "deems",
        "feels",
        "senses",
        "thinks",
        "conceives",
        "fancies",
        "imagines"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
      "examples":[
        "we managed to hold our laughter until we got outside",
        "hold your temper until you hear the whole story"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bridles",
        "checks",
        "constrains",
        "contains",
        "controls",
        "curbs",
        "governs",
        "inhibits",
        "keeps",
        "measures",
        "pulls in",
        "regulates",
        "reins (in)",
        "restrains",
        "rules",
        "tames"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bottles (up)",
        "chokes (back)",
        "holds back",
        "minces",
        "muffles",
        "pockets",
        "represses",
        "sinks",
        "smothers",
        "squelches",
        "stifles",
        "strangles",
        "suppresses",
        "swallows",
        "arrests",
        "interrupts",
        "stops",
        "blocks",
        "hampers",
        "handcuffs",
        "hinders",
        "impedes",
        "obstructs",
        "gags",
        "muzzles",
        "silences"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberates",
        "loosens",
        "looses",
        "unleashes",
        "airs",
        "expresses",
        "takes out",
        "vents"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "loses"
      ]
    },
    "to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
      "examples":[
        "held the camera on the actor throughout the scene"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aims",
        "bends",
        "casts",
        "directs",
        "heads",
        "levels",
        "pinpoints",
        "sets",
        "trains"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sights",
        "bears",
        "faces",
        "concentrates",
        "focuses",
        "focusses",
        "inclines",
        "orients",
        "steers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "averts",
        "curves",
        "deflects",
        "detours",
        "diverts",
        "rechannels",
        "shunts",
        "sidetracks"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the act or manner of holding":{
      "examples":[
        "make sure you have a firm hold on the chain saw before you turn it on"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clasps",
        "clenches",
        "grapples",
        "grasps",
        "grips",
        "handgrips",
        "handholds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anchorages",
        "leverages",
        "purchases",
        "grabs",
        "seizures",
        "footholds",
        "footings",
        "toeholds",
        "clinches",
        "embraces",
        "hugs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "releases",
        "relinquishments"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
      "examples":[
        "the ruins of an ancient Roman hold"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bastions",
        "castles",
        "citadels",
        "fortifications",
        "fortresses",
        "forts",
        "redoubts",
        "strongholds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "battlements",
        "breastworks",
        "bulwarks",
        "earthworks",
        "embattlements",
        "parapets",
        "ramparts",
        "bunkers",
        "dugouts",
        "blockhouses",
        "garrison houses",
        "alcazars",
        "casbahs",
        "kasbahs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the right or means to command or control others":{
      "examples":[
        "the government has no hold over where we live and work"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arms",
        "authorities",
        "clutches",
        "commands",
        "controls",
        "death grips",
        "dominions",
        "grips",
        "masteries",
        "powers",
        "reigns",
        "reins",
        "sways"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clouts",
        "influences",
        "leverages",
        "pulls",
        "voices",
        "weights",
        "jurisdictions",
        "directions",
        "managements",
        "dominances",
        "imperiums",
        "predominances",
        "sovereignties",
        "sovranties",
        "supremacies",
        "prerogatives",
        "privileges",
        "rights",
        "eminences",
        "importances",
        "moments"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "weaknesses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "impotences",
        "impotencies"
      ]
    },
    "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
      "examples":[
        "upon hearing the guilty verdict, the accused realized that he would lie in that godforsaken hold for the remainder of his life"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bastilles",
        "big houses",
        "bridewells",
        "brigs",
        "calabooses",
        "cans",
        "clinks",
        "coolers",
        "coops",
        "guardrooms",
        "hocks",
        "hoosegows",
        "jailhouses",
        "jails",
        "joints",
        "jugs",
        "lockups",
        "nicks",
        "penitentiaries",
        "pens",
        "pokeys",
        "prisons",
        "quods",
        "slammers",
        "slams",
        "stirs",
        "stockades",
        "tolbooths"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bull pens",
        "cages",
        "cells",
        "holes",
        "tanks",
        "blocks",
        "wards",
        "glasshouses",
        "guardhouses",
        "hulks",
        "concentration camps",
        "gulags",
        "labor camps",
        "prison camps",
        "stalags",
        "work camps",
        "dungeons",
        "keeps",
        "oubliettes",
        "reformatories",
        "reform schools",
        "training schools"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "outsides"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
      "examples":[
        "I need to get hold of the situation before planning a course of action"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appreciations",
        "apprehensions",
        "comprehensions",
        "grasps",
        "grips",
        "perceptions",
        "percipiences",
        "understandings"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "absorptions",
        "assimilations",
        "digestions",
        "uptakes",
        "conceptions",
        "visualizations",
        "enlightenments",
        "realizations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "misapprehensions",
        "miscomprehensions",
        "misinterpretations",
        "misperceptions",
        "misunderstandings"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "incomprehensions"
      ]
    },
    "the state of being held in lawful custody":{
      "examples":[
        "a suspected terrorist who was abducted at an airport and put in hold at an undisclosed location"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "detainers",
        "detainments",
        "detentions",
        "immurements",
        "imprisonments",
        "incarcerations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "captivities",
        "confinements",
        "internments",
        "apprehensions",
        "arrestments",
        "arrests",
        "busts",
        "collars",
        "pinches",
        "captures",
        "entrapments",
        "seizures",
        "enchainments",
        "restraints"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "emancipations",
        "freedoms",
        "liberations"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discharges",
        "releases"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds one's horses":{
    "to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
      "examples":[
        "We'll eat when everyone is here, so just hold your horses ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breaks",
        "pauses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hesitates",
        "breaks in",
        "interrupts",
        "ceases",
        "discontinues",
        "ends",
        "finishes",
        "stops",
        "terminates",
        "knocks off",
        "lays off",
        "quits",
        "lapses",
        "lets up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continues",
        "persists",
        "advances",
        "progresses",
        "extends",
        "prolongs",
        "stretches"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding with":{
    "to have a favorable opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't hold with many of my parents' views."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accepting",
        "approving (of)",
        "caring (for)",
        "countenancing",
        "favoring",
        "OK'ing",
        "okaying",
        "subscribing (to)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acclaiming",
        "applauding",
        "lauding",
        "praising",
        "saluting",
        "backing (up)",
        "concurring (in)",
        "standing by",
        "supporting",
        "sustaining",
        "upholding",
        "bearing",
        "enduring",
        "tolerating",
        "assenting (to)",
        "consenting (to)",
        "commending",
        "recommending",
        "enjoying",
        "liking"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blacklisting",
        "censuring",
        "condemning",
        "criticizing",
        "damning",
        "denouncing",
        "deprecating",
        "depreciating",
        "disparaging",
        "reprehending",
        "reprobating",
        "disliking",
        "minding",
        "detesting",
        "hating",
        "loathing",
        "dissenting (from)",
        "objecting (to)",
        "opposing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disapproving (of)",
        "discountenancing",
        "disfavoring",
        "frowning (on or upon)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holds off (on)":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defers",
        "delays",
        "holds over",
        "holds up",
        "lays over",
        "postpones",
        "puts off",
        "puts over",
        "remits",
        "shelves"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspends",
        "hesitates",
        "pauses",
        "stays",
        "detains",
        "retards",
        "slows",
        "extends",
        "lengthens",
        "prolongs",
        "protracts",
        "stretches (out)",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acts",
        "deals (with)",
        "decides (upon)",
        "does",
        "works (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold off (on)":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defer",
        "delay",
        "hold over",
        "hold up",
        "lay over",
        "postpone",
        "put off",
        "put over",
        "remit",
        "shelve"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspend",
        "hesitate",
        "pause",
        "stay",
        "detain",
        "retard",
        "slow",
        "extend",
        "lengthen",
        "prolong",
        "protract",
        "stretch (out)",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "act",
        "deal (with)",
        "decide (upon)",
        "do",
        "work (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds on (to)":{
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "She still holds on to that feeling."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "cherishes",
        "entertains",
        "harbors",
        "has",
        "holds",
        "nurses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivates",
        "fosters",
        "nurtures",
        "supports",
        "sustains",
        "carries",
        "keeps",
        "maintains",
        "preserves",
        "remembers",
        "retains",
        "treasures",
        "cleaves (to)",
        "clings (to)",
        "hugs",
        "sticks (to)",
        "broods (about or over)",
        "fixates (on or upon)",
        "obsesses (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregards",
        "drops",
        "forgets",
        "ignores",
        "neglects",
        "overlooks",
        "abjures",
        "declines",
        "denies",
        "disdains",
        "refuses",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "scorns",
        "abandons",
        "deserts",
        "discards",
        "forsakes",
        "gives up",
        "parts (with)",
        "quits",
        "renounces",
        "throws out",
        "erases",
        "expunges"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clenches",
        "clings (to)",
        "clutches",
        "grips",
        "holds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "carries",
        "bags",
        "captures",
        "catches",
        "collars",
        "corrals",
        "grabs",
        "grapples",
        "hooks",
        "lands",
        "latches (on or onto)",
        "nabs",
        "nails",
        "seizes",
        "snaps (up)",
        "snares",
        "snatches",
        "takes",
        "traps",
        "feels",
        "fingers",
        "handles",
        "paws",
        "clasps",
        "embraces",
        "grasps",
        "hugs",
        "cradles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drops",
        "gives",
        "hands",
        "unclasps",
        "unhands",
        "cedes",
        "delivers",
        "gives up",
        "hands out",
        "hands over",
        "releases",
        "relinquishes",
        "renders",
        "turns over",
        "yields"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holds",
        "keeps",
        "reserves",
        "retains",
        "withholds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserves",
        "guards",
        "preserves",
        "protects",
        "saves",
        "boasts",
        "enjoys",
        "has",
        "owns",
        "possesses",
        "commands",
        "controls",
        "detains",
        "directs",
        "manages",
        "rules",
        "bears",
        "harbors",
        "cherishes",
        "clings (to)",
        "hugs",
        "treasures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandons",
        "cedes",
        "drops",
        "contributes",
        "donates",
        "gives",
        "hands out",
        "discards",
        "dumps",
        "declines",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "spurns",
        "loses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "gives up",
        "hands over",
        "releases",
        "relinquishes",
        "surrenders",
        "yields"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold on":{
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the ancient beliefs still held on in remote mountain villages"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abide",
        "bide",
        "continue",
        "endure",
        "hold up",
        "keep up",
        "last",
        "perdure",
        "persist",
        "remain",
        "run on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "linger",
        "stay",
        "stick around",
        "tarry",
        "carry through",
        "prevail",
        "survive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abate",
        "die (down)",
        "ebb",
        "let up",
        "moderate",
        "subside",
        "wane"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cease",
        "close",
        "conclude",
        "desist",
        "die",
        "discontinue",
        "end",
        "expire",
        "finish",
        "lapse",
        "leave off",
        "pass",
        "quit",
        "stop",
        "terminate",
        "wind up"
      ]
    },
    "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
      "examples":[
        "hold on a minute\u2014it's not your turn"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "await",
        "bide",
        "stay",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hang around",
        "linger",
        "remain",
        "stick around",
        "tarry",
        "stand by",
        "anticipate",
        "expect",
        "watch (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holy wars":{
    "as in civil wars , world wars":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "civil wars",
        "cold wars",
        "limited wars",
        "police actions",
        "world wars",
        "conflagrations",
        "conflicts",
        "hostilities",
        "hot wars",
        "wars",
        "actions",
        "battles",
        "engagements",
        "skirmishes",
        "combats",
        "warfares"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "peaces",
        "demilitarizations",
        "demobilizations",
        "disarmaments",
        "pacifications",
        "cease-fires",
        "truces",
        "calms",
        "tranquillities",
        "tranquilities"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hold back":{
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "there'll be a holdback on production until the new machinery is fully installed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delay",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "holding pattern",
        "holdup",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferment",
        "deferral",
        "postponement",
        "reprieve",
        "respite",
        "foot-dragging",
        "hesitation",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "setback",
        "slowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "haste",
        "rush",
        "dispatch",
        "promptitude",
        "promptness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
      "examples":[
        "the only holdback to starting the new job is my contractual commitment to my current position"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "bar",
        "block",
        "chain",
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "crimp",
        "deterrent",
        "drag",
        "embarrassment",
        "encumbrance",
        "fetter",
        "handicap",
        "hindrance",
        "hurdle",
        "impediment",
        "inhibition",
        "interference",
        "let",
        "manacle",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction",
        "shackles",
        "stop",
        "stumbling block",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catch",
        "hitch",
        "rub",
        "snag",
        "barrier",
        "blockade",
        "blockage",
        "brick wall",
        "stone wall",
        "arrest",
        "bit",
        "brake",
        "check",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "hobble",
        "rein",
        "restraint",
        "embargo",
        "stoppage",
        "delay",
        "holdup",
        "stall",
        "burden",
        "cumber",
        "load",
        "danger",
        "hazard",
        "peril",
        "reef",
        "adversity",
        "difficulty",
        "disadvantage",
        "drawback",
        "hardship"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "catalyst",
        "goad",
        "impetus",
        "incentive",
        "spur",
        "stimulant",
        "stimulus",
        "advantage",
        "break",
        "edge",
        "aid",
        "assistance",
        "benefit",
        "boost",
        "handmaiden",
        "handmaid",
        "help"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "embarrass",
        "encumber",
        "fetter",
        "hamper",
        "handcuff",
        "handicap",
        "hinder",
        "hobble",
        "hog-tie",
        "hold up",
        "impede",
        "inhibit",
        "interfere (with)",
        "manacle",
        "obstruct",
        "shackle",
        "short-circuit",
        "stymie",
        "tie up",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "check",
        "constrain",
        "curb",
        "rein",
        "restrain",
        "bind",
        "chain",
        "halter",
        "leash",
        "tether",
        "tie",
        "arrest",
        "brake",
        "delay",
        "retain",
        "retard",
        "barricade",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "roadblock",
        "bog (down)",
        "mire",
        "choke",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "suffocate",
        "baffle",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "stump",
        "thwart",
        "derail",
        "disrupt",
        "sabotage",
        "muzzle",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "confine",
        "hedge (in)",
        "hem (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "make way",
        "open",
        "unclog",
        "unplug",
        "unstop",
        "free",
        "liberate",
        "release",
        "untie",
        "loosen",
        "smooth",
        "encourage",
        "further",
        "promote"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aid",
        "assist",
        "facilitate",
        "help"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "choke (back)",
        "pocket",
        "repress",
        "sink",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "submerge",
        "suppress",
        "swallow"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "control",
        "govern",
        "manage",
        "bridle",
        "check",
        "curb",
        "quash",
        "quell",
        "bottle up",
        "contain",
        "muffle",
        "squelch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "express",
        "loose",
        "release",
        "take out",
        "unleash",
        "vent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holy days":{
    "as in feasts , legal holidays":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "feasts",
        "legal holidays",
        "interims",
        "intermissions",
        "intervals",
        "breathers",
        "relaxations",
        "respites",
        "rests",
        "furloughs",
        "liberties",
        "sabbaticals",
        "breaks",
        "holidays",
        "hols",
        "leaves",
        "recesses",
        "vacations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holding on (to)":{
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "She still holds on to that feeling."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "cherishing",
        "entertaining",
        "harboring",
        "having",
        "holding",
        "nursing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivating",
        "fostering",
        "nurturing",
        "supporting",
        "sustaining",
        "carrying",
        "keeping",
        "maintaining",
        "preserving",
        "remembering",
        "retaining",
        "treasuring",
        "cleaving (to)",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hugging",
        "sticking (to)",
        "brooding (about or over)",
        "fixating (on or upon)",
        "obsessing (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregarding",
        "dropping",
        "forgetting",
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "overlooking",
        "abjuring",
        "declining",
        "denying",
        "disdaining",
        "refusing",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "scorning",
        "abandoning",
        "deserting",
        "discarding",
        "forsaking",
        "giving up",
        "parting (with)",
        "quitting",
        "renouncing",
        "throwing out",
        "erasing",
        "expunging"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clenching",
        "clinging (to)",
        "clutching",
        "gripping",
        "holding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "carrying",
        "bagging",
        "capturing",
        "catching",
        "collaring",
        "corralling",
        "grabbing",
        "grappling",
        "hooking",
        "landing",
        "latching (on or onto)",
        "nabbing",
        "nailing",
        "seizing",
        "snapping (up)",
        "snaring",
        "snatching",
        "taking",
        "trapping",
        "feeling",
        "fingering",
        "handling",
        "pawing",
        "clasping",
        "embracing",
        "grasping",
        "hugging",
        "cradling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dropping",
        "giving",
        "handing",
        "unclasping",
        "unhanding",
        "ceding",
        "delivering",
        "giving up",
        "handing out",
        "handing over",
        "releasing",
        "relinquishing",
        "rendering",
        "turning over",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holding",
        "keeping",
        "reserving",
        "retaining",
        "withholding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserving",
        "guarding",
        "preserving",
        "protecting",
        "saving",
        "boasting",
        "enjoying",
        "having",
        "owning",
        "possessing",
        "commanding",
        "controlling",
        "detaining",
        "directing",
        "managing",
        "ruling",
        "bearing",
        "harboring",
        "cherishing",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hugging",
        "treasuring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandoning",
        "ceding",
        "dropping",
        "contributing",
        "donating",
        "giving",
        "handing out",
        "discarding",
        "dumping",
        "declining",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "spurning",
        "losing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "giving up",
        "handing over",
        "releasing",
        "relinquishing",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding up":{
    "as in holding on , running on":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "biding",
        "continuing",
        "enduring",
        "holding on",
        "keeping up",
        "lasting",
        "perduring",
        "persisting",
        "running on",
        "lingering",
        "residual",
        "staying",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "leftover",
        "remaining",
        "carrying through",
        "prevailing",
        "surviving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abating",
        "dying (down)",
        "ebbing",
        "letting up",
        "moderating",
        "subsiding",
        "waning",
        "ceasing",
        "closing",
        "concluding",
        "desisting",
        "discontinuing",
        "dying",
        "ending",
        "expiring",
        "finishing",
        "lapsing",
        "leaving off",
        "passing",
        "quitting",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "winding up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deferring",
        "delaying",
        "holding off (on)",
        "holding over",
        "laying over",
        "postponing",
        "putting off",
        "putting over",
        "remitting",
        "shelving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspending",
        "hesitating",
        "pausing",
        "staying",
        "detaining",
        "retarding",
        "slowing",
        "extending",
        "lengthening",
        "prolonging",
        "protracting",
        "stretching (out)",
        "waiting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acting",
        "dealing (with)",
        "deciding (upon)",
        "doing",
        "working (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to bring (something) to a standstill":{
      "examples":[
        "traffic was held up for miles by the accident"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arresting",
        "bringing up",
        "catching",
        "checking",
        "drawing up",
        "fetching up",
        "halting",
        "pulling up",
        "stalling",
        "staying",
        "stilling",
        "stopping"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffling",
        "balking",
        "blockading",
        "blocking",
        "bottlenecking",
        "clogging",
        "damming",
        "detaining",
        "hindering",
        "holding",
        "holding back",
        "impeding",
        "obstructing",
        "snagging",
        "stemming",
        "concluding",
        "cutting off",
        "ending",
        "terminating",
        "calling",
        "discontinuing",
        "suspending",
        "choking off",
        "reining (in)",
        "repressing",
        "squashing",
        "squelching",
        "stanching",
        "staunching",
        "stunting",
        "suppressing",
        "turning back"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "carrying on",
        "continuing",
        "following through (with)",
        "keeping (on)",
        "keeping up",
        "persisting",
        "running on",
        "advancing",
        "faring",
        "going along",
        "marching",
        "moving",
        "proceeding",
        "progressing",
        "wending",
        "actuating",
        "budging",
        "driving",
        "goading",
        "impelling",
        "propelling",
        "pushing",
        "spurring",
        "stirring"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up , I can give you a ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clogging",
        "cramping",
        "embarrassing",
        "encumbering",
        "fettering",
        "hampering",
        "handcuffing",
        "handicapping",
        "hindering",
        "hobbling",
        "hog-tying",
        "holding back",
        "impeding",
        "inhibiting",
        "interfering (with)",
        "manacling",
        "obstructing",
        "shackling",
        "short-circuiting",
        "stymieing",
        "trammeling",
        "trammelling",
        "tying up",
        "tieing up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balking",
        "checking",
        "constraining",
        "curbing",
        "reining",
        "restraining",
        "binding",
        "chaining",
        "haltering",
        "leashing",
        "tethering",
        "tying",
        "tieing",
        "arresting",
        "braking",
        "delaying",
        "retaining",
        "retarding",
        "barricading",
        "blockading",
        "blocking",
        "roadblocking",
        "bogging (down)",
        "miring",
        "choking",
        "smothering",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "suffocating",
        "baffling",
        "foiling",
        "frustrating",
        "stumping",
        "thwarting",
        "derailing",
        "disrupting",
        "sabotaging",
        "muzzling",
        "repressing",
        "suppressing",
        "confining",
        "hedging (in)",
        "hemming (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clearing",
        "making way",
        "opening",
        "unclogging",
        "unplugging",
        "unstopping",
        "freeing",
        "liberating",
        "releasing",
        "untying",
        "untieing",
        "loosening",
        "smoothing",
        "encouraging",
        "furthering",
        "promoting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "facilitating",
        "helping"
      ]
    },
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holding out",
        "keeping up",
        "lasting",
        "prevailing",
        "surviving"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bearing up",
        "carrying on",
        "coping",
        "enduring",
        "faring",
        "getting along",
        "getting by",
        "getting on",
        "going",
        "hanging in",
        "making out",
        "managing",
        "persevering",
        "abiding",
        "continuing",
        "drawing out",
        "hanging on",
        "holding on",
        "lingering",
        "persisting",
        "remaining",
        "running on",
        "stretching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breaking",
        "breaking down",
        "collapsing",
        "conking (out)",
        "crashing",
        "cutting out",
        "dying",
        "expiring",
        "stalling",
        "stopping",
        "running down",
        "waning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "failing",
        "fizzling",
        "giving out",
        "going out",
        "petering (out)",
        "running out"
      ]
    },
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "biding",
        "continuing",
        "enduring",
        "holding on",
        "keeping up",
        "lasting",
        "perduring",
        "persisting",
        "remaining",
        "running on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lingering",
        "staying",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "carrying through",
        "prevailing",
        "surviving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abating",
        "dying (down)",
        "ebbing",
        "letting up",
        "moderating",
        "subsiding",
        "waning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ceasing",
        "closing",
        "concluding",
        "desisting",
        "discontinuing",
        "dying",
        "ending",
        "expiring",
        "finishing",
        "lapsing",
        "leaving off",
        "passing",
        "quitting",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "winding up"
      ]
    },
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "an argument that won't hold up in court"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flying",
        "passing",
        "standing up",
        "washing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "getting through",
        "going down",
        "going over",
        "going through",
        "playing",
        "taking",
        "working"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold one's horses":{
    "to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
      "examples":[
        "We'll eat when everyone is here, so just hold your horses ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "break",
        "pause"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hesitate",
        "break in",
        "interrupt",
        "cease",
        "discontinue",
        "end",
        "finish",
        "stop",
        "terminate",
        "knock off",
        "lay off",
        "quit",
        "lapse",
        "let up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "continue",
        "persist",
        "advance",
        "progress",
        "extend",
        "prolong",
        "stretch"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding pattern":{
    "a state of temporary inactivity":{
      "examples":[
        "repair work on the bridge was in a holding pattern for the duration of the winter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abeyance",
        "cold storage",
        "deep freeze",
        "doldrums",
        "dormancy",
        "latency",
        "moratorium",
        "quiescence",
        "suspended animation",
        "suspense",
        "suspension"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "inaction",
        "inertia",
        "inertness",
        "motionlessness",
        "impasse",
        "standstill",
        "coma",
        "hibernation",
        "hypnosis",
        "repose",
        "rest",
        "sleep",
        "slumber",
        "torpor",
        "recess",
        "recession",
        "remission",
        "downtime",
        "idleness",
        "layoff"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "recommencement",
        "renewal",
        "resumption",
        "resuscitation"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "continuance",
        "continuation"
      ]
    },
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "the couple has been trapped in this holding pattern for six months, as adoption officials create more red tape"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delay",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "holdback",
        "holdup",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferment",
        "deferral",
        "postponement",
        "reprieve",
        "respite",
        "foot-dragging",
        "hesitation",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "setback",
        "slowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "haste",
        "rush",
        "dispatch",
        "promptitude",
        "promptness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holocaust":{
    "a destructive burning":{
      "examples":[
        "the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "conflagration",
        "fire",
        "inferno"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blaze",
        "flare-up",
        "backfire",
        "bonfire",
        "brush fire",
        "campfire",
        "forest fire",
        "wildfire",
        "arson"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the killing of a large number of people":{
      "examples":[
        "as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bloodbath",
        "butchery",
        "carnage",
        "death",
        "massacre",
        "slaughter"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bloodletting",
        "bloodshed",
        "foul play",
        "homicide",
        "killing",
        "manslaughter",
        "murder",
        "slaying",
        "mortality",
        "annihilation",
        "decimation",
        "demolishing",
        "destruction",
        "devastation",
        "eradication",
        "extermination",
        "genocide",
        "pogrom",
        "assassination",
        "execution"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hold forth":{
    "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
      "examples":[
        "The professor held forth on the current state of politics until everyone was sick of the topic."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "declaim",
        "descant",
        "discourse",
        "expatiate",
        "harangue",
        "lecture",
        "orate",
        "speak",
        "talk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "recite",
        "soliloquize",
        "dissert",
        "expound",
        "pontificate",
        "sermonize",
        "mouth",
        "spout",
        "filibuster"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holing up":{
    "to remain out of sight":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hiding",
        "lurking",
        "lying",
        "reposing",
        "skulking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "slinking",
        "sneaking",
        "avoiding",
        "eluding",
        "evading"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coming out",
        "materializing",
        "showing up",
        "turning up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "appearing"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holy war":{
    "as in civil war , world war":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "civil war",
        "cold war",
        "limited war",
        "police action",
        "world war",
        "conflagration",
        "conflict",
        "hostilities",
        "hot war",
        "war",
        "action",
        "battle",
        "engagement",
        "skirmish",
        "combat",
        "fighting",
        "warfare"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "peace",
        "demilitarization",
        "demobilization",
        "disarmament",
        "pacification",
        "cease-fire",
        "truce",
        "calm",
        "peacefulness",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hold-downs":{
    "as in ties , fasteners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fasteners",
        "hobbles",
        "holdings",
        "holds",
        "ties",
        "collars",
        "straitjackets",
        "straightjackets",
        "entanglements",
        "nets",
        "trammels",
        "traps",
        "captivities",
        "confinements",
        "constraints",
        "curbs",
        "enchainments",
        "enslavements",
        "hindrances",
        "immurements",
        "imprisonments",
        "incarcerations",
        "restraints",
        "restrictions",
        "bands",
        "binds",
        "bonds",
        "bracelets",
        "chains",
        "cuffs",
        "fetters",
        "handcuffs",
        "irons",
        "ligatures",
        "manacles",
        "shackles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hollowing (out)":{
    "as in shoveling , excavating":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "excavating",
        "scooping (out)",
        "shoveling",
        "shovelling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blocking",
        "bunging",
        "damming",
        "filling",
        "packing",
        "plugging",
        "stopping",
        "stuffing",
        "choking",
        "clogging",
        "closing (off)",
        "clotting",
        "congesting",
        "jamming",
        "obstructing",
        "occluding",
        "caulking",
        "calking",
        "chinking",
        "sealing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds back":{
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clogs",
        "cramps",
        "embarrasses",
        "encumbers",
        "fetters",
        "hampers",
        "handcuffs",
        "handicaps",
        "hinders",
        "hobbles",
        "hog-ties",
        "holds up",
        "impedes",
        "inhibits",
        "interferes (with)",
        "manacles",
        "obstructs",
        "shackles",
        "short-circuits",
        "stymies",
        "ties up",
        "trammels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balks",
        "checks",
        "constrains",
        "curbs",
        "reins",
        "restrains",
        "binds",
        "chains",
        "halters",
        "leashes",
        "tethers",
        "ties",
        "arrests",
        "brakes",
        "delays",
        "retains",
        "retards",
        "barricades",
        "blockades",
        "blocks",
        "roadblocks",
        "bogs (down)",
        "mires",
        "chokes",
        "smothers",
        "stifles",
        "strangles",
        "suffocates",
        "baffles",
        "foils",
        "frustrates",
        "stumps",
        "thwarts",
        "derails",
        "disrupts",
        "sabotages",
        "muzzles",
        "represses",
        "suppresses",
        "confines",
        "hedges (in)",
        "hems (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clears",
        "makes way",
        "opens",
        "unclogs",
        "unplugs",
        "unstops",
        "frees",
        "liberates",
        "releases",
        "unties",
        "loosens",
        "smooths",
        "smoothes",
        "encourages",
        "furthers",
        "promotes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aids",
        "assists",
        "facilitates",
        "helps"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chokes (back)",
        "pockets",
        "represses",
        "sinks",
        "smothers",
        "stifles",
        "strangles",
        "submerges",
        "suppresses",
        "swallows"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "controls",
        "governs",
        "manages",
        "bridles",
        "checks",
        "curbs",
        "quashes",
        "quells",
        "bottles up",
        "contains",
        "muffles",
        "squelches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "expresses",
        "looses",
        "releases",
        "takes out",
        "unleashes",
        "vents"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding":{
    "a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
      "examples":[
        "the court's holding was based on an interpretation of the First Amendment"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "doom",
        "finding",
        "judgment",
        "judgement",
        "ruling",
        "sentence"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "inquest",
        "verdict",
        "authority",
        "decree",
        "edict",
        "injunction",
        "order",
        "arbitrament",
        "award",
        "declaration",
        "deliverance",
        "dictum",
        "pronouncement",
        "conclusion",
        "decision",
        "determination",
        "opinion",
        "resolution",
        "discipline",
        "penalty",
        "punishment"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "transportable items that one owns":{
      "examples":[
        "the museum's holdings of ancient manuscripts are among the rarest in the world"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belongings",
        "chattels",
        "duds",
        "effects",
        "gear",
        "goods",
        "movables",
        "moveables",
        "paraphernalia",
        "personal effects",
        "personal property",
        "personalty",
        "plunder",
        "possession",
        "stuff",
        "things"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "treasures",
        "valuables",
        "appointments",
        "fixtures",
        "furnishings",
        "estate",
        "property",
        "tangibles",
        "collateral"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "immovables",
        "real estate"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "this casserole dish is too hot to hold , so grab a potholder"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clenching",
        "clinging (to)",
        "clutching",
        "gripping"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "carrying",
        "bagging",
        "capturing",
        "catching",
        "collaring",
        "corralling",
        "grabbing",
        "grappling",
        "hooking",
        "landing",
        "latching (on or onto)",
        "nabbing",
        "nailing",
        "seizing",
        "snapping (up)",
        "snaring",
        "snatching",
        "taking",
        "trapping",
        "feeling",
        "fingering",
        "handling",
        "pawing",
        "clasping",
        "embracing",
        "grasping",
        "hugging",
        "cradling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dropping",
        "giving",
        "handing",
        "unclasping",
        "unhanding",
        "ceding",
        "delivering",
        "giving up",
        "handing out",
        "handing over",
        "releasing",
        "relinquishing",
        "rendering",
        "turning over",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "she, and she alone, held the keys to the mysterious chest"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "keeping",
        "reserving",
        "retaining",
        "withholding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserving",
        "guarding",
        "preserving",
        "protecting",
        "saving",
        "boasting",
        "enjoying",
        "having",
        "owning",
        "possessing",
        "commanding",
        "controlling",
        "detaining",
        "directing",
        "managing",
        "ruling",
        "bearing",
        "harboring",
        "cherishing",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hugging",
        "treasuring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandoning",
        "ceding",
        "dropping",
        "contributing",
        "donating",
        "giving",
        "handing out",
        "discarding",
        "dumping",
        "declining",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "spurning",
        "losing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "giving up",
        "handing over",
        "releasing",
        "relinquishing",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding"
      ]
    },
    "to have as an opinion":{
      "examples":[
        "\"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal\""
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "allowing",
        "believing",
        "conceiving",
        "considering",
        "deeming",
        "esteeming",
        "feeling",
        "figuring",
        "guessing",
        "imagining",
        "judging",
        "reckoning",
        "supposing",
        "thinking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "regarding",
        "viewing",
        "accepting",
        "perceiving",
        "depending",
        "relying",
        "trusting",
        "assuming",
        "presuming",
        "presupposing",
        "surmising",
        "concluding",
        "deducing",
        "inferring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "distrusting",
        "doubting",
        "mistrusting",
        "questioning",
        "suspecting",
        "disbelieving",
        "discrediting",
        "rejecting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have within":{
      "examples":[
        "the mysterious chest held an ancient book on magic spells and potions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "boasting",
        "containing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodating",
        "fitting",
        "taking",
        "casing",
        "encasing",
        "enclosing",
        "inclosing",
        "encompassing",
        "harboring",
        "housing",
        "lodging",
        "sheltering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "still held her close to his heart, though they had long parted"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "cherishing",
        "entertaining",
        "harboring",
        "having",
        "nursing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivating",
        "fostering",
        "nurturing",
        "supporting",
        "sustaining",
        "carrying",
        "keeping",
        "maintaining",
        "preserving",
        "remembering",
        "retaining",
        "treasuring",
        "cleaving (to)",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hugging",
        "sticking (to)",
        "brooding (about or over)",
        "fixating (on or upon)",
        "obsessing (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregarding",
        "dropping",
        "forgetting",
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "overlooking",
        "abjuring",
        "declining",
        "denying",
        "disdaining",
        "refusing",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "scorning",
        "abandoning",
        "deserting",
        "discarding",
        "forsaking",
        "giving up",
        "parting (with)",
        "quitting",
        "renouncing",
        "throwing out",
        "erasing",
        "expunging"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
      "examples":[
        "the same family has held this piece of land for over 100 years"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "commanding",
        "enjoying",
        "having",
        "owning",
        "possessing",
        "retaining"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "keeping",
        "reserving",
        "withholding",
        "bearing",
        "carrying",
        "boasting",
        "showing off",
        "sporting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandoning",
        "ceding",
        "disclaiming",
        "disowning",
        "handing over",
        "relinquishing",
        "renouncing",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding",
        "discarding",
        "dumping",
        "declining",
        "rejecting",
        "repudiating",
        "spurning",
        "needing",
        "requiring"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "lacking",
        "wanting"
      ]
    },
    "to make or have room for":{
      "examples":[
        "the couple needed to rent a hall that would hold 300 people"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accommodating",
        "fitting",
        "taking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "carrying",
        "containing",
        "seating",
        "enclosing",
        "inclosing",
        "encompassing",
        "enfolding",
        "harboring",
        "housing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
      "examples":[
        "please hold my arm on these slippery stairs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clasping",
        "grasping",
        "gripping",
        "taking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clenching",
        "clinging (to)",
        "clutching",
        "holding on (to)",
        "catching",
        "nabbing",
        "seizing",
        "snatching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "discharging",
        "dropping",
        "freeing",
        "liberating",
        "releasing",
        "delivering",
        "entrusting",
        "intrusting",
        "giving",
        "handing",
        "handing over",
        "passing",
        "relinquishing",
        "transferring",
        "transmitting",
        "turning over",
        "unhanding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to think of in a particular way":{
      "examples":[
        "held to be the best blueberry pies in the state"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accounting",
        "calling",
        "considering",
        "counting",
        "esteeming",
        "looking (on or upon)",
        "rating",
        "reckoning",
        "regarding",
        "setting down",
        "viewing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "believing",
        "deeming",
        "feeling",
        "sensing",
        "thinking",
        "conceiving",
        "fancying",
        "imagining"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
      "examples":[
        "we managed to hold our laughter until we got outside",
        "hold your temper until you hear the whole story"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bridling",
        "checking",
        "constraining",
        "containing",
        "controlling",
        "curbing",
        "governing",
        "inhibiting",
        "keeping",
        "measuring",
        "pulling in",
        "regulating",
        "reining (in)",
        "restraining",
        "ruling",
        "taming"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bottling (up)",
        "choking (back)",
        "holding back",
        "mincing",
        "muffling",
        "pocketing",
        "repressing",
        "sinking",
        "smothering",
        "squelching",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "suppressing",
        "swallowing",
        "arresting",
        "interrupting",
        "stopping",
        "blocking",
        "hampering",
        "handcuffing",
        "hindering",
        "impeding",
        "obstructing",
        "gagging",
        "muzzling",
        "silencing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberating",
        "loosening",
        "loosing",
        "unleashing",
        "airing",
        "expressing",
        "taking out",
        "venting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "losing"
      ]
    },
    "to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
      "examples":[
        "held the camera on the actor throughout the scene"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aiming",
        "bending",
        "casting",
        "directing",
        "heading",
        "leveling",
        "levelling",
        "pinpointing",
        "setting",
        "training"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sighting",
        "bearing",
        "facing",
        "concentrating",
        "focusing",
        "focussing",
        "inclining",
        "orienting",
        "steering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "averting",
        "curving",
        "deflecting",
        "detouring",
        "diverting",
        "rechanneling",
        "shunting",
        "sidetracking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollos":{
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawls",
        "bays",
        "bellows",
        "calls",
        "cries",
        "hollers",
        "roars",
        "shouts",
        "sounds off",
        "thunders",
        "vociferates",
        "yells"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crows",
        "whoops",
        "screams",
        "screeches",
        "shrieks",
        "shrills",
        "squeaks",
        "squeals",
        "caterwauls",
        "howls",
        "ululates",
        "wails",
        "yawps",
        "yaups",
        "yowls",
        "hails",
        "speaks out",
        "speaks up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathes",
        "mumbles",
        "murmurs",
        "mutters",
        "whispers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holloing":{
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawling",
        "baying",
        "bellowing",
        "calling",
        "crying",
        "hollering",
        "roaring",
        "shouting",
        "sounding off",
        "thundering",
        "vociferating",
        "yelling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crowing",
        "whooping",
        "screaming",
        "screeching",
        "shrieking",
        "shrilling",
        "squeaking",
        "squealing",
        "caterwauling",
        "howling",
        "ululating",
        "wailing",
        "yawping",
        "yauping",
        "yowling",
        "hailing",
        "speaking out",
        "speaking up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathing",
        "mumbling",
        "murmuring",
        "muttering",
        "whispering"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holidayers":{
    "as in holidaymakers , vacationers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "holidaymakers",
        "vacationers",
        "vacationists",
        "excursionists",
        "rubberneckers",
        "rubbernecks",
        "sightseers",
        "tourists",
        "travelers",
        "travellers",
        "trippers",
        "guests",
        "hostelers",
        "hostellers",
        "visitors",
        "transients",
        "journeyers",
        "pilgrims",
        "wayfarers",
        "snowbirds",
        "sunseekers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hold down":{
    "to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cap",
        "circumscribe",
        "confine",
        "limit",
        "restrict"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "block",
        "hamper",
        "hinder",
        "impede",
        "obstruct",
        "constrict",
        "contract",
        "lessen",
        "narrow",
        "pinch",
        "squeeze",
        "tighten",
        "quell",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "number",
        "modify",
        "qualify"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broaden",
        "expand",
        "widen",
        "overextend",
        "overreach"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "exceed"
      ]
    },
    "as in tie , fastener":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fastener",
        "hobble",
        "hold",
        "holding",
        "tie",
        "collar",
        "straitjacket",
        "straightjacket",
        "entanglement",
        "net",
        "trammel",
        "trap",
        "captivity",
        "confinement",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "enchainment",
        "enslavement",
        "hindrance",
        "immurement",
        "imprisonment",
        "incarceration",
        "restraint",
        "restriction",
        "band",
        "bind",
        "bond",
        "bracelet",
        "chain",
        "cuff(s)",
        "fetter",
        "handcuff(s)",
        "irons",
        "ligature",
        "manacle(s)",
        "shackle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds to":{
    "to give steadfast support to":{
      "examples":[
        "She held to her goal of becoming a veterinarian."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adheres (to)",
        "clings (to)",
        "hews (to)",
        "keeps (to)",
        "stands by",
        "sticks (to or with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cleaves (to)",
        "advocates",
        "backs",
        "champions",
        "confirms",
        "defends",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "espouses",
        "supports",
        "upholds",
        "accepts",
        "adopts",
        "cherishes",
        "cultivates",
        "embraces",
        "follows",
        "fosters",
        "heeds",
        "backstops",
        "bolsters",
        "boosts",
        "buttresses",
        "enforces",
        "reinforces",
        "reenforces"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandons",
        "abnegates",
        "deserts",
        "forsakes",
        "gives up",
        "relinquishes",
        "spurns",
        "surrenders",
        "abjures",
        "recalls",
        "recants",
        "reconsiders",
        "reneges",
        "renounces",
        "retracts",
        "revokes",
        "takes back",
        "unsays",
        "withdraws",
        "controverts",
        "disagrees (with)",
        "disproves",
        "disputes",
        "rebuts",
        "refutes",
        "contradicts",
        "denies",
        "disavows",
        "disclaims",
        "disowns",
        "gainsays",
        "negates",
        "negatives",
        "repudiates",
        "backs down",
        "backs off",
        "backtracks"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "defects (from)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holds down":{
    "to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "caps",
        "circumscribes",
        "confines",
        "limits",
        "restricts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "blocks",
        "hampers",
        "hinders",
        "impedes",
        "obstructs",
        "constricts",
        "contracts",
        "lessens",
        "narrows",
        "pinches",
        "squeezes",
        "tightens",
        "quells",
        "represses",
        "suppresses",
        "numbers",
        "modifies",
        "qualifies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broadens",
        "expands",
        "widens",
        "overextends",
        "overreaches"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "exceeds"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holidays":{
    "a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
      "examples":[
        "the member of parliament met his wife while on holiday in the south of France"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breaks",
        "hols",
        "leaves",
        "recesses",
        "vacations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sabbaticals",
        "furloughs",
        "liberties",
        "breathers",
        "relaxations",
        "respites",
        "rests",
        "interims",
        "intermissions",
        "intervals",
        "feasts",
        "holy days",
        "legal holidays"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or spend a vacation":{
      "examples":[
        "saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "vacations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "escapes",
        "gets (away)",
        "gets off",
        "breaks",
        "recesses",
        "eases (up)",
        "lets up",
        "relaxes",
        "reposes",
        "rests",
        "bums",
        "goldbricks",
        "idles",
        "lazes",
        "loafs",
        "lounges",
        "slacks (off)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudges",
        "endeavors",
        "grubs",
        "humps",
        "hustles",
        "labors",
        "moils",
        "pegs (away)",
        "plods",
        "plows",
        "plugs",
        "slaves",
        "slogs",
        "strains",
        "strives",
        "struggles",
        "sweats",
        "toils",
        "travails",
        "works"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holidaying":{
    "to take or spend a vacation":{
      "examples":[
        "saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "vacationing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "escaping",
        "getting (away)",
        "getting off",
        "breaking",
        "recessing",
        "easing (up)",
        "letting up",
        "relaxing",
        "reposing",
        "resting",
        "bumming",
        "goldbricking",
        "idling",
        "lazing",
        "loafing",
        "lounging",
        "slacking (off)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudging",
        "endeavoring",
        "grubbing",
        "humping",
        "hustling",
        "laboring",
        "moiling",
        "pegging (away)",
        "plodding",
        "plowing",
        "plugging",
        "slaving",
        "slogging",
        "straining",
        "striving",
        "struggling",
        "sweating",
        "toiling",
        "travailing",
        "working"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holes":{
    "a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
      "examples":[
        "line up the pegs on section A with the holes in section B and press the two together"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apertures",
        "openings",
        "orifices",
        "perforations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "loopholes",
        "breaches",
        "breaks",
        "chinks",
        "clefts",
        "cracks",
        "crannies",
        "crevices",
        "cuts",
        "fissures",
        "gashes",
        "notches",
        "rents",
        "rifts",
        "ruptures",
        "slashes",
        "slits",
        "splits",
        "tears",
        "slots",
        "spaces",
        "exits",
        "mouths",
        "outlets",
        "pores",
        "vents",
        "entrances",
        "inlets",
        "intakes",
        "pinholes",
        "pinpricks",
        "punches",
        "punctures",
        "airholes",
        "armholes",
        "buttonholes",
        "keyholes",
        "knotholes",
        "peepholes",
        "potholes",
        "wormholes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fillers",
        "fillings",
        "fills",
        "patches",
        "plugs",
        "seals",
        "stoppers",
        "barriers",
        "blockages",
        "obstacles",
        "obstructions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a sunken area forming a separate space":{
      "examples":[
        "dig a hole big enough to plant the tree"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cavities",
        "concavities",
        "dents",
        "depressions",
        "dints",
        "hollows",
        "indentations",
        "indentures",
        "pits",
        "recesses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrows",
        "caverns",
        "caves",
        "ditches",
        "excavations",
        "furrows",
        "grooves",
        "gutters",
        "trenches",
        "troughs",
        "basins",
        "bowls",
        "valleys",
        "alcoves",
        "clefts",
        "niches",
        "nooks",
        "openings",
        "sockets",
        "alveoli",
        "dimples",
        "gouges",
        "impressions",
        "imprints",
        "notches",
        "pockets",
        "boreholes",
        "chuckholes",
        "craters",
        "postholes",
        "potholes",
        "sinkholes",
        "wallows",
        "water holes",
        "wells",
        "abysses",
        "chasms",
        "gulfs",
        "vacuities",
        "vacuums",
        "vacua",
        "voids"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hills",
        "mounds",
        "rises",
        "bumps",
        "bunches",
        "humps",
        "lumps",
        "pimples",
        "swellings",
        "swells",
        "tumors"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bulges",
        "cambers",
        "convexities",
        "juts",
        "projections",
        "protrusions",
        "protuberances"
      ]
    },
    "a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
      "examples":[
        "Bill dug himself into a hole by promising to be in two places at the same time"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "binds",
        "boxes",
        "catch-22's",
        "catch-22s",
        "corners",
        "dilemmas",
        "fixes",
        "impasses",
        "jackpots",
        "jams",
        "mires",
        "pickles",
        "predicaments",
        "quagmires",
        "rabbit holes",
        "rattraps",
        "spots",
        "sticky wickets",
        "swamps"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "difficulties",
        "nodes",
        "hot waters",
        "soups",
        "pinches",
        "plights",
        "quandaries",
        "scrapes",
        "troubles",
        "deadlocks",
        "halts",
        "logjams",
        "stalemates",
        "standstills",
        "clutches",
        "crises",
        "crossroads",
        "emergencies",
        "exigencies",
        "junctures",
        "straits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a dirty or messy place":{
      "examples":[
        "when people see my room, they often ask, \"How can you live in this hole ?\""
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dumps",
        "hellholes",
        "pigpens",
        "pigsties",
        "shambles",
        "sties",
        "styes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chaoses",
        "confusions",
        "disarrangements",
        "disarrays",
        "disorders",
        "disorganizations",
        "messes",
        "muddles",
        "musses",
        "havoc",
        "hells",
        "mare's nests",
        "mares' nests",
        "snake pits",
        "clutters",
        "jumbles",
        "litters",
        "mishmashes",
        "welters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
      "examples":[
        "found a hole in the chain-link fence big enough to squeeze through"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breaches",
        "breaks",
        "discontinuities",
        "gaps",
        "gulfs",
        "hiatuses",
        "interstices",
        "intervals",
        "openings",
        "rents",
        "rifts",
        "separations",
        "voids"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chinks",
        "clefts",
        "cracks",
        "crannies",
        "crevices",
        "fissures",
        "notches",
        "slits",
        "slots",
        "splits",
        "interspaces",
        "pores",
        "abysses",
        "apertures",
        "cavities",
        "chasms",
        "gapes",
        "orifices",
        "fractures",
        "ruptures",
        "severances"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the shelter or resting place of a wild animal":{
      "examples":[
        "watched the snake slither into its hole"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burrows",
        "dens",
        "houses",
        "lairs",
        "lodges"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nests",
        "territories"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make a hole or series of holes in":{
      "examples":[
        "holed the target with a round of shots"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bores",
        "drills",
        "perforates",
        "pierces",
        "punches",
        "punctures",
        "riddles"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broaches",
        "taps",
        "pokes",
        "prickles",
        "pricks",
        "penetrates",
        "burrows (into)",
        "excavates",
        "gouges",
        "grooves",
        "hollows",
        "breaks",
        "cuts",
        "gashes",
        "notches",
        "rends",
        "ruptures",
        "slashes",
        "slits",
        "splits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fills",
        "patches",
        "plugs",
        "seals"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holidayed":{
    "to take or spend a vacation":{
      "examples":[
        "saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "vacationed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "escaped",
        "got (away)",
        "got off",
        "broke",
        "recessed",
        "eased (up)",
        "let up",
        "relaxed",
        "reposed",
        "rested",
        "bummed",
        "goldbricked",
        "idled",
        "lazed",
        "loafed",
        "lounged",
        "slacked (off)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudged",
        "endeavored",
        "grubbed",
        "humped",
        "hustled",
        "labored",
        "moiled",
        "pegged (away)",
        "plodded",
        "plowed",
        "plugged",
        "slaved",
        "slogged",
        "strained",
        "strove",
        "strived",
        "struggled",
        "sweat",
        "sweated",
        "toiled",
        "travailed",
        "worked",
        "wrought"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold one's tongue":{
    "to stop talking":{
      "examples":[
        "There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belt up",
        "clam up",
        "dry up",
        "dummy up",
        "hush",
        "pipe down",
        "quiet (down)",
        "shut up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calm (down)",
        "cool (down)",
        "settle (down)",
        "haw",
        "hem"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pipe up",
        "sound off",
        "speak out",
        "speak up",
        "spout (off)",
        "talk up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "speak",
        "talk"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold one's breath":{
    "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
      "examples":[
        "The audience was holding their breath for the movie's final action scene.",
        "Don't hold your breath waiting for that swindler to return your money."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "await",
        "bide",
        "hold on",
        "stay",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hang around",
        "linger",
        "remain",
        "stick around",
        "tarry",
        "stand by",
        "anticipate",
        "expect",
        "watch (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold (past)":{
    "as in last (beyond) , persist (beyond)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abide (beyond)",
        "endure (past)",
        "hold out (past)",
        "last (beyond)",
        "persist (beyond)",
        "outstay",
        "draw out",
        "perpetuate",
        "survive",
        "succeed",
        "outlast",
        "outlive",
        "outwear"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holy day":{
    "as in feast , legal holiday":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "feast",
        "legal holiday",
        "interim",
        "intermission",
        "interval",
        "idling",
        "loafing",
        "lounging",
        "slacking",
        "breather",
        "relaxation",
        "respite",
        "rest",
        "furlough",
        "liberty",
        "sabbatical",
        "break",
        "holiday",
        "hols",
        "leave",
        "recess",
        "vacation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hollo":{
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawl",
        "bay",
        "bellow",
        "call",
        "cry",
        "holler",
        "roar",
        "shout",
        "sound off",
        "thunder",
        "vociferate",
        "yell"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crow",
        "whoop",
        "scream",
        "screech",
        "shriek",
        "shrill",
        "squeak",
        "squeal",
        "caterwaul",
        "howl",
        "ululate",
        "wail",
        "yawp",
        "yaup",
        "yowl",
        "hail",
        "speak out",
        "speak up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathe",
        "mumble",
        "murmur",
        "mutter",
        "whisper"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds on to":{
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "She still holds on to that feeling."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "cherishes",
        "entertains",
        "harbors",
        "has",
        "holds",
        "nurses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivates",
        "fosters",
        "nurtures",
        "supports",
        "sustains",
        "carries",
        "keeps",
        "maintains",
        "preserves",
        "remembers",
        "retains",
        "treasures",
        "cleaves (to)",
        "clings (to)",
        "hugs",
        "sticks (to)",
        "broods (about or over)",
        "fixates (on or upon)",
        "obsesses (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregards",
        "drops",
        "forgets",
        "ignores",
        "neglects",
        "overlooks",
        "abjures",
        "declines",
        "denies",
        "disdains",
        "refuses",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "scorns",
        "abandons",
        "deserts",
        "discards",
        "forsakes",
        "gives up",
        "parts (with)",
        "quits",
        "renounces",
        "throws out",
        "erases",
        "expunges"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clenches",
        "clings (to)",
        "clutches",
        "grips",
        "holds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "carries",
        "bags",
        "captures",
        "catches",
        "collars",
        "corrals",
        "grabs",
        "grapples",
        "hooks",
        "lands",
        "latches (on or onto)",
        "nabs",
        "nails",
        "seizes",
        "snaps (up)",
        "snares",
        "snatches",
        "takes",
        "traps",
        "feels",
        "fingers",
        "handles",
        "paws",
        "clasps",
        "embraces",
        "grasps",
        "hugs",
        "cradles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drops",
        "gives",
        "hands",
        "unclasps",
        "unhands",
        "cedes",
        "delivers",
        "gives up",
        "hands out",
        "hands over",
        "releases",
        "relinquishes",
        "renders",
        "turns over",
        "yields"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holds",
        "keeps",
        "reserves",
        "retains",
        "withholds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserves",
        "guards",
        "preserves",
        "protects",
        "saves",
        "boasts",
        "enjoys",
        "has",
        "owns",
        "possesses",
        "commands",
        "controls",
        "detains",
        "directs",
        "manages",
        "rules",
        "bears",
        "harbors",
        "cherishes",
        "clings (to)",
        "hugs",
        "treasures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandons",
        "cedes",
        "drops",
        "contributes",
        "donates",
        "gives",
        "hands out",
        "discards",
        "dumps",
        "declines",
        "rejects",
        "repudiates",
        "spurns",
        "loses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "gives up",
        "hands over",
        "releases",
        "relinquishes",
        "surrenders",
        "yields"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold a candle to":{
    "to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
      "examples":[
        "This \"guilt free\" macaroni and cheese doesn't hold a candle to the real thing."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "approach",
        "approximate",
        "compare (with)",
        "measure up (to)",
        "stack up (against or with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "add up (to)",
        "amount (to)",
        "come (to)",
        "duplicate",
        "equal",
        "match",
        "mirror",
        "parallel",
        "reflect",
        "border (on)",
        "touch (on)",
        "verge (on)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "Holy Joes":{
    "as in fathers , clergymen":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "churchmen",
        "clergymen",
        "fathers",
        "padres",
        "clergypersons",
        "clericals",
        "clerics",
        "clerks",
        "deacons",
        "divines",
        "dominies",
        "ecclesiastics",
        "ministers",
        "preachers",
        "priests",
        "reverends",
        "clergywomen",
        "deaconesses",
        "priestesses",
        "abbots",
        "archbishops",
        "archpriests",
        "bishops",
        "deans",
        "diocesans",
        "monsignors",
        "monsignori",
        "popes",
        "prelates",
        "presbyters",
        "abb\u00e9s",
        "curates",
        "cur\u00e9s",
        "parsons",
        "pastors",
        "rectors",
        "shepherds",
        "vicars",
        "chaplains",
        "confessors",
        "sky pilots",
        "evangelists",
        "missionaries",
        "missioners",
        "missionizers",
        "revivalists",
        "friars",
        "mendicants",
        "monastics",
        "monks",
        "oblates",
        "religious",
        "high priestesses",
        "high priests"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "laymen",
        "laypeople",
        "seculars",
        "secular",
        "lay readers",
        "lectors"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holdalls":{
    "a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
      "examples":[
        "there was a forgotten holdall in the bus station loo"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "carryalls",
        "carry-ons",
        "grips",
        "handbags",
        "portmanteaus",
        "portmanteaux",
        "suitcases",
        "traveling bags",
        "wallets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overnight bags",
        "overnight cases",
        "weekend bags",
        "weekenders",
        "cosmetic cases",
        "traveling cases",
        "carpetbags",
        "duffel bags",
        "kit bags",
        "kits",
        "backpacks",
        "haversacks",
        "knapsacks",
        "packsacks",
        "rucksacks",
        "attach\u00e9 cases",
        "attach\u00e9s",
        "briefcases",
        "valises",
        "baggages",
        "bags",
        "luggage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hollowness":{
    "as in bleakness , barrenness":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bareness",
        "barrenness",
        "bleakness",
        "desolateness",
        "air",
        "open",
        "waste",
        "cavity",
        "gap",
        "hole",
        "hollow",
        "inane",
        "vacuum",
        "nothingness",
        "black hole",
        "blank",
        "blankness",
        "emptiness",
        "vacancy",
        "vacuity",
        "void"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fullness",
        "fulness",
        "repleteness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holed up":{
    "to remain out of sight":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hid",
        "lay",
        "lurked",
        "reposed",
        "skulked"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "slunk",
        "slinked",
        "sneaked",
        "snuck",
        "avoided",
        "eluded",
        "evaded"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "came out",
        "materialized",
        "showed up",
        "turned up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "appeared"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Hollywood":{
    "as in Bollywood":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "Bollywood",
        "big screen",
        "cinema",
        "film",
        "filmdom",
        "filmland",
        "filmmaking",
        "movie",
        "moviemaking",
        "pictures",
        "screen",
        "silver screen",
        "showbiz",
        "show business"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holidayer":{
    "as in holidaymaker , vacationer":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "holidaymaker",
        "vacationer",
        "vacationist",
        "excursionist",
        "rubberneck",
        "rubbernecker",
        "sightseer",
        "tourist",
        "traveler",
        "traveller",
        "tripper",
        "guest",
        "hosteler",
        "hosteller",
        "visitor",
        "transient",
        "journeyer",
        "pilgrim",
        "wayfarer",
        "snowbird",
        "sunseeker"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Holy Writ":{
    "a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
      "examples":[
        "quotes extensively from Holy Writ in his sermons"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "Bible",
        "Book",
        "Good Book",
        "Scripture"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "Polyglot"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holds out":{
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "we hoped our supply of firewood would hold out until power was restored",
        "luckily, the old outboard motor held out till we made it to shore"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "holds up",
        "keeps up",
        "lasts",
        "prevails",
        "survives"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bears up",
        "carries on",
        "copes",
        "endures",
        "fares",
        "gets along",
        "gets by",
        "gets on",
        "goes",
        "hangs in",
        "makes out",
        "manages",
        "perseveres",
        "abides",
        "continues",
        "draws out",
        "hangs on",
        "holds on",
        "lingers",
        "persists",
        "remains",
        "runs on",
        "stretches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breaks",
        "breaks down",
        "collapses",
        "conks (out)",
        "crashes",
        "cuts out",
        "dies",
        "expires",
        "stalls",
        "stops",
        "runs down",
        "wanes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fails",
        "fizzles",
        "gives out",
        "goes out",
        "peters (out)",
        "runs out"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds on":{
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the ancient beliefs still held on in remote mountain villages"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abides",
        "bides",
        "continues",
        "endures",
        "holds up",
        "keeps up",
        "lasts",
        "perdures",
        "persists",
        "remains",
        "runs on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lingers",
        "stays",
        "sticks around",
        "tarries",
        "carries through",
        "prevails",
        "survives"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abates",
        "dies (down)",
        "ebbs",
        "lets up",
        "moderates",
        "subsides",
        "wanes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ceases",
        "closes",
        "concludes",
        "desists",
        "dies",
        "discontinues",
        "ends",
        "expires",
        "finishes",
        "lapses",
        "leaves off",
        "passes",
        "quits",
        "stops",
        "terminates",
        "winds up"
      ]
    },
    "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
      "examples":[
        "hold on a minute\u2014it's not your turn"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "awaits",
        "bides",
        "stays",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hangs around",
        "lingers",
        "remains",
        "sticks around",
        "tarries",
        "stands by",
        "anticipates",
        "expects",
        "watches (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold off":{
    "as in fight , resist":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defy",
        "fight",
        "oppose",
        "resist",
        "stand off",
        "withstand",
        "beat off",
        "fend (off)",
        "rebut",
        "repel",
        "repulse",
        "stave off",
        "turn away",
        "turn back",
        "deflect",
        "ward (off)",
        "rebuff",
        "snub",
        "spurn"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "embrace",
        "hail",
        "welcome"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in put off , reserve":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defer",
        "postpone",
        "put off",
        "reserve",
        "shelve",
        "table",
        "break off",
        "disband",
        "discontinue",
        "disperse",
        "intermit",
        "interrupt",
        "dissolve",
        "end",
        "halt",
        "stop",
        "terminate",
        "adjourn",
        "prorogate",
        "prorogue",
        "recess",
        "suspend",
        "break up",
        "close",
        "conclude",
        "wind up",
        "wrap up",
        "abort",
        "call",
        "call off",
        "drop",
        "recall",
        "repeal",
        "rescind",
        "revoke",
        "abrogate",
        "annul",
        "invalidate",
        "negate",
        "nullify",
        "quash",
        "void"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inaugurate",
        "launch",
        "open",
        "carry on",
        "continue",
        "draw out",
        "extend",
        "proceed",
        "prolong",
        "renew",
        "reopen",
        "resume",
        "assemble",
        "call",
        "convene",
        "convoke",
        "muster",
        "rally",
        "summon"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds (past)":{
    "as in lasts (beyond) , persists (beyond)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abides (beyond)",
        "endures (past)",
        "holds out (past)",
        "lasts (beyond)",
        "persists (beyond)",
        "outstays",
        "draws out",
        "perpetuates",
        "survives",
        "succeeds",
        "outlasts",
        "outlives",
        "outwears"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holy":{
    "showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue":{
      "examples":[
        "the holy monk spent many hours on his knees in prayer"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "devout",
        "godly",
        "pious",
        "religious",
        "sainted",
        "saintly"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ascetic",
        "ascetical",
        "prayerful",
        "reverent",
        "reverential",
        "spiritual",
        "worshipful",
        "pietistic",
        "religiose",
        "beatified",
        "blessed",
        "blest",
        "canonized",
        "venerable",
        "angelic",
        "angelical",
        "cherubic",
        "chaste",
        "moral",
        "pure",
        "righteous",
        "upright",
        "virtuous"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blasphemous",
        "desecrating",
        "irreverent",
        "profanatory",
        "profane",
        "sacrilegious",
        "nonreligious",
        "secular",
        "unspiritual",
        "worldly",
        "backsliding",
        "unfaithful",
        "evil",
        "immoral",
        "iniquitous",
        "miscreant",
        "sinful",
        "sinning",
        "unrighteous",
        "wicked"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "antireligious",
        "faithless",
        "godless",
        "impious",
        "irreligious",
        "ungodly",
        "unholy"
      ]
    },
    "set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
      "examples":[
        "the Torah contains the holy writings of Judaism"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blessed",
        "blest",
        "consecrate",
        "consecrated",
        "hallowed",
        "sacral",
        "sacred",
        "sacrosanct",
        "sanctified"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adored",
        "enshrined",
        "glorified",
        "revered",
        "venerated",
        "worshipped",
        "worshiped",
        "ceremonial",
        "liturgical",
        "priestly",
        "religious",
        "ritual",
        "sacramental",
        "spiritual",
        "biblical",
        "scriptural"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonreligious",
        "unspiritual",
        "earthly",
        "mundane",
        "profane",
        "secular",
        "temporal",
        "worldly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "deconsecrated",
        "desacralized",
        "unconsecrated",
        "unhallowed"
      ]
    },
    "of, relating to, or being God":{
      "examples":[
        "the Holy Trinity"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blessed",
        "blest",
        "divine",
        "godlike",
        "godly",
        "heavenly",
        "sacred",
        "supernatural"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "eternal",
        "everlasting",
        "immortal",
        "all-powerful",
        "almighty",
        "omnipotent",
        "omniscient",
        "supreme"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "human",
        "mortal",
        "natural"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{
      "examples":[
        "the hour every Saturday she listens to her radio program is holy and you'd better not make her miss it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hallowed",
        "inviolable",
        "sacred",
        "sacrosanct",
        "unassailable",
        "untouchable"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "inviolate",
        "pure",
        "privileged",
        "protected",
        "secure",
        "shielded",
        "exempt",
        "immune"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blasphemous",
        "irreverent",
        "profane",
        "sacrilegious"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "holocausts":{
    "a destructive burning":{
      "examples":[
        "the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "conflagrations",
        "fires",
        "infernos"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blazes",
        "flare-ups",
        "backfires",
        "bonfires",
        "brush fires",
        "campfires",
        "forest fires",
        "wildfires",
        "arsons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the killing of a large number of people":{
      "examples":[
        "as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bloodbaths",
        "butcheries",
        "carnages",
        "deaths",
        "massacres",
        "slaughters"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bloodlettings",
        "bloodsheds",
        "foul play",
        "homicides",
        "killings",
        "manslaughters",
        "murders",
        "slayings",
        "mortalities",
        "annihilations",
        "decimations",
        "destructions",
        "devastations",
        "eradications",
        "exterminations",
        "genocides",
        "pogroms",
        "assassinations",
        "executions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holdup":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defer",
        "delay",
        "hold off (on)",
        "hold over",
        "lay over",
        "postpone",
        "put off",
        "put over",
        "remit",
        "shelve"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspend",
        "hesitate",
        "pause",
        "stay",
        "detain",
        "retard",
        "slow",
        "extend",
        "lengthen",
        "prolong",
        "protract",
        "stretch (out)",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "act",
        "deal (with)",
        "decide (upon)",
        "do",
        "work (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to bring (something) to a standstill":{
      "examples":[
        "traffic was held up for miles by the accident"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrest",
        "bring up",
        "catch",
        "check",
        "draw up",
        "fetch up",
        "halt",
        "pull up",
        "stall",
        "stay",
        "still",
        "stop"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffle",
        "balk",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "bottleneck",
        "clog",
        "dam",
        "detain",
        "hinder",
        "hold",
        "hold back",
        "impede",
        "obstruct",
        "snag",
        "stem",
        "conclude",
        "cut off",
        "end",
        "terminate",
        "call",
        "discontinue",
        "suspend",
        "choke off",
        "rein (in)",
        "repress",
        "squash",
        "squelch",
        "stanch",
        "staunch",
        "stunt",
        "suppress",
        "turn back"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "carry on",
        "continue",
        "follow through (with)",
        "keep (on)",
        "keep up",
        "persist",
        "run on",
        "advance",
        "fare",
        "go along",
        "march",
        "move",
        "proceed",
        "progress",
        "wend",
        "actuate",
        "budge",
        "drive",
        "goad",
        "impel",
        "propel",
        "push",
        "spur",
        "stir"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up , I can give you a ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "embarrass",
        "encumber",
        "fetter",
        "hamper",
        "handcuff",
        "handicap",
        "hinder",
        "hobble",
        "hog-tie",
        "hold back",
        "impede",
        "inhibit",
        "interfere (with)",
        "manacle",
        "obstruct",
        "shackle",
        "short-circuit",
        "stymie",
        "tie up",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "check",
        "constrain",
        "curb",
        "rein",
        "restrain",
        "bind",
        "chain",
        "halter",
        "leash",
        "tether",
        "tie",
        "arrest",
        "brake",
        "delay",
        "retain",
        "retard",
        "barricade",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "roadblock",
        "bog (down)",
        "mire",
        "choke",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "suffocate",
        "baffle",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "stump",
        "thwart",
        "derail",
        "disrupt",
        "sabotage",
        "muzzle",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "confine",
        "hedge (in)",
        "hem (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "make way",
        "open",
        "unclog",
        "unplug",
        "unstop",
        "free",
        "liberate",
        "release",
        "untie",
        "loosen",
        "smooth",
        "encourage",
        "further",
        "promote"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aid",
        "assist",
        "facilitate",
        "help"
      ]
    },
    "to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
      "examples":[
        "the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hold out",
        "keep up",
        "last",
        "prevail",
        "survive"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bear up",
        "carry on",
        "cope",
        "endure",
        "fare",
        "get along",
        "get by",
        "get on",
        "go",
        "hang in",
        "make out",
        "manage",
        "persevere",
        "abide",
        "continue",
        "draw out",
        "hang on",
        "hold on",
        "linger",
        "persist",
        "remain",
        "run on",
        "stretch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "break",
        "break down",
        "collapse",
        "conk (out)",
        "crash",
        "cut out",
        "die",
        "expire",
        "stall",
        "stop",
        "run down",
        "wane"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "fail",
        "fizzle",
        "give out",
        "go out",
        "peter (out)",
        "run out"
      ]
    },
    "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
      "examples":[
        "the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abide",
        "bide",
        "continue",
        "endure",
        "hold on",
        "keep up",
        "last",
        "perdure",
        "persist",
        "remain",
        "run on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "linger",
        "stay",
        "stick around",
        "tarry",
        "carry through",
        "prevail",
        "survive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abate",
        "die (down)",
        "ebb",
        "let up",
        "moderate",
        "subside",
        "wane"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cease",
        "close",
        "conclude",
        "desist",
        "die",
        "discontinue",
        "end",
        "expire",
        "finish",
        "lapse",
        "leave off",
        "pass",
        "quit",
        "stop",
        "terminate",
        "wind up"
      ]
    },
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "an argument that won't hold up in court"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fly",
        "pass",
        "stand up",
        "wash"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "get through",
        "go down",
        "go over",
        "go through",
        "play",
        "take",
        "work"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "a holdup in construction due to the weather"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delay",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "holdback",
        "holding pattern",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferment",
        "deferral",
        "postponement",
        "reprieve",
        "respite",
        "foot-dragging",
        "hesitation",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "setback",
        "slowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "haste",
        "rush",
        "dispatch",
        "promptitude",
        "promptness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hollers":{
    "a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
      "examples":[
        "heard a holler from somewhere in the woods and ran toward it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cries",
        "hoots",
        "howls",
        "shouts",
        "whoops",
        "yells",
        "yowls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ejaculations",
        "interjections",
        "screams",
        "screeches",
        "shrieks",
        "shrills",
        "squalls",
        "squeaks",
        "squeals",
        "yelps",
        "bawls",
        "bellows",
        "clamors",
        "outcries",
        "roars",
        "caterwauls",
        "plaints",
        "wails"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "mumbles",
        "murmurs",
        "mutters",
        "gasps",
        "whimpers",
        "whispers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
      "examples":[
        "there didn't seem to be a thermostat setting that wouldn't bring a holler from somebody"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beefs",
        "bitches",
        "bleats",
        "carps",
        "complaints",
        "fusses",
        "grievances",
        "gripes",
        "grouches",
        "grouses",
        "grumbles",
        "kvetches",
        "laments",
        "misereres",
        "moans",
        "murmurs",
        "plaints",
        "squawks",
        "wails",
        "whimpers",
        "whines",
        "whinges",
        "yammers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "challenges",
        "demurs",
        "expostulations",
        "kicks",
        "niggles",
        "objections",
        "protests",
        "quibbles",
        "remonstrances",
        "stinks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "commendations",
        "compliments",
        "plaudits",
        "acclaim",
        "applauses",
        "praises",
        "approvals",
        "endorsements",
        "indorsements",
        "sanctions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
      "examples":[
        "another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beefs",
        "bellyaches",
        "bitches",
        "bleats",
        "carps",
        "caterwauls",
        "complains",
        "crabs",
        "croaks",
        "fusses",
        "gripes",
        "grizzles",
        "grouches",
        "grouses",
        "growls",
        "grumbles",
        "grumps",
        "inveighs",
        "keens",
        "kicks",
        "kvetches",
        "maunders",
        "moans",
        "murmurs",
        "mutters",
        "nags",
        "repines",
        "screams",
        "squawks",
        "squeals",
        "wails",
        "whimpers",
        "whines",
        "whinges",
        "yammers",
        "yawps",
        "yaups",
        "yowls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "objects (to)",
        "protests",
        "quarrels (with)",
        "cavils",
        "quibbles",
        "frets",
        "stews",
        "worries",
        "blubbers",
        "cries",
        "sobs",
        "bemoans",
        "bewails",
        "deplores",
        "laments"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepts",
        "bears",
        "countenances",
        "endures",
        "takes",
        "tolerates",
        "applauds",
        "cheers",
        "commends"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crows",
        "delights",
        "rejoices"
      ]
    },
    "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
      "examples":[
        "there's no need to holler ; I'm in the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawls",
        "bays",
        "bellows",
        "calls",
        "cries",
        "hollos",
        "halloos",
        "roars",
        "shouts",
        "sounds off",
        "thunders",
        "vociferates",
        "yells"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crows",
        "whoops",
        "screams",
        "screeches",
        "shrieks",
        "shrills",
        "squeaks",
        "squeals",
        "caterwauls",
        "howls",
        "ululates",
        "wails",
        "yawps",
        "yaups",
        "yowls",
        "hails",
        "speaks out",
        "speaks up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breathes",
        "mumbles",
        "murmurs",
        "mutters",
        "whispers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds one's tongue":{
    "to stop talking":{
      "examples":[
        "There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belts up",
        "clams up",
        "dries up",
        "dummies up",
        "hushes",
        "pipes down",
        "quiets (down)",
        "shuts up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calms (down)",
        "cools (down)",
        "settles (down)",
        "haws",
        "hems"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pipes up",
        "sounds off",
        "speaks out",
        "speaks up",
        "spouts (off)",
        "talks up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "speaks",
        "talks"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hollowed (out)":{
    "as in shoveled , excavated":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "excavated",
        "scooped (out)",
        "shoveled",
        "shovelled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blocked",
        "bunged",
        "dammed",
        "filled",
        "packed",
        "plugged",
        "stopped",
        "stuffed",
        "choked",
        "clogged",
        "closed (off)",
        "clotted",
        "congested",
        "jammed",
        "obstructed",
        "occluded",
        "caulked",
        "calked",
        "chinked",
        "sealed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold water":{
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "a weak explanation that doesn't hold water"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fly",
        "hold up",
        "pass",
        "stand up",
        "wash"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "get through",
        "go down",
        "go over",
        "go through",
        "play",
        "take",
        "work"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold one's peace":{
    "to stop talking":{
      "examples":[
        "There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "belt up",
        "clam up",
        "dry up",
        "dummy up",
        "hush",
        "pipe down",
        "quiet (down)",
        "shut up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calm (down)",
        "cool (down)",
        "settle (down)",
        "haw",
        "hem"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pipe up",
        "sound off",
        "speak out",
        "speak up",
        "spout (off)",
        "talk up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "speak",
        "talk"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding (in)":{
    "as in hiding , concealing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cloaking",
        "concealing",
        "enshrouding",
        "hiding",
        "masking",
        "obscuring",
        "secreting",
        "shrouding",
        "veiling",
        "containing",
        "limiting",
        "restricting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broadcasting",
        "circulating",
        "disseminating",
        "propagating",
        "spreading",
        "radiating",
        "sprawling",
        "diffusing",
        "dispensing",
        "dispersing",
        "dissipating",
        "scattering",
        "sowing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds over":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defers",
        "delays",
        "holds off (on)",
        "holds up",
        "lays over",
        "postpones",
        "puts off",
        "puts over",
        "remits",
        "shelves"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspends",
        "hesitates",
        "pauses",
        "stays",
        "detains",
        "retards",
        "slows",
        "extends",
        "lengthens",
        "prolongs",
        "protracts",
        "stretches (out)",
        "waits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "acts",
        "deals (with)",
        "decides (upon)",
        "does",
        "works (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold over":{
    "to assign to a later time":{
      "examples":[
        "the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "defer",
        "delay",
        "hold off (on)",
        "hold up",
        "lay over",
        "postpone",
        "put off",
        "put over",
        "remit",
        "shelve"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "suspend",
        "hesitate",
        "pause",
        "stay",
        "detain",
        "retard",
        "slow",
        "extend",
        "lengthen",
        "prolong",
        "protract",
        "stretch (out)",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "act",
        "deal (with)",
        "decide (upon)",
        "do",
        "work (on)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hold on (to)":{
    "to keep in one's mind or heart":{
      "examples":[
        "She still holds on to that feeling."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "cherish",
        "entertain",
        "harbor",
        "have",
        "hold",
        "nurse"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultivate",
        "foster",
        "nurture",
        "support",
        "sustain",
        "carry",
        "keep",
        "maintain",
        "preserve",
        "remember",
        "retain",
        "treasure",
        "cleave (to)",
        "cling (to)",
        "hug",
        "stick (to)",
        "brood (about or over)",
        "fixate (on or upon)",
        "obsess (about or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregard",
        "drop",
        "forget",
        "ignore",
        "neglect",
        "overlook",
        "abjure",
        "decline",
        "deny",
        "disdain",
        "refuse",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "scorn",
        "abandon",
        "desert",
        "discard",
        "forsake",
        "give up",
        "part (with)",
        "quit",
        "renounce",
        "throw out",
        "erase",
        "expunge"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have or keep in one's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clench",
        "cling (to)",
        "clutch",
        "grip",
        "hold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bear",
        "carry",
        "bag",
        "capture",
        "catch",
        "collar",
        "corral",
        "grab",
        "grapple",
        "hook",
        "land",
        "latch (on or onto)",
        "nab",
        "nail",
        "seize",
        "snap (up)",
        "snare",
        "snatch",
        "take",
        "trap",
        "feel",
        "finger",
        "handle",
        "paw",
        "clasp",
        "embrace",
        "grasp",
        "hug",
        "cradle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drop",
        "give",
        "hand",
        "unclasp",
        "unhand",
        "cede",
        "deliver",
        "give up",
        "hand out",
        "hand over",
        "release",
        "relinquish",
        "render",
        "turn over",
        "yield"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
      "examples":[
        "He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hold",
        "keep",
        "reserve",
        "retain",
        "withhold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserve",
        "guard",
        "preserve",
        "protect",
        "save",
        "boast",
        "enjoy",
        "have",
        "own",
        "possess",
        "command",
        "control",
        "detain",
        "direct",
        "manage",
        "rule",
        "bear",
        "harbor",
        "cherish",
        "cling (to)",
        "hug",
        "treasure"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandon",
        "cede",
        "drop",
        "contribute",
        "donate",
        "give",
        "hand out",
        "discard",
        "dump",
        "decline",
        "reject",
        "repudiate",
        "spurn",
        "lose"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "give up",
        "hand over",
        "release",
        "relinquish",
        "surrender",
        "yield"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hols":{
    "a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
      "examples":[
        "my friends from university are all going abroad for the summer hols"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "break",
        "holiday",
        "leave",
        "recess",
        "vacation"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sabbatical",
        "furlough",
        "liberty",
        "breather",
        "relaxation",
        "respite",
        "rest",
        "interim",
        "intermission",
        "interval",
        "feast",
        "holy day",
        "legal holiday",
        "idling",
        "loafing",
        "lounging",
        "slacking"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "holders":{
    "one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership":{
      "examples":[
        "the holders of the land gave us permission to camp on it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "owners",
        "possessors",
        "proprietors"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "co-owners",
        "coproprietors",
        "co-proprietors",
        "landlords",
        "landowners"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "squatters",
        "lessees",
        "renters",
        "tenants"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
      "examples":[
        "her hat made a good holder for the shells she collected on the beach"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "containers",
        "receptacles",
        "vessels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "carriers",
        "cartridges",
        "baskets",
        "bins",
        "boxes",
        "caddies",
        "cartons",
        "cases",
        "caskets",
        "crates",
        "handbaskets",
        "lockers",
        "trunks",
        "bags",
        "hampers",
        "pockets",
        "sacks",
        "coolers",
        "warmers",
        "basins",
        "bottles",
        "bowls",
        "buckets",
        "cans",
        "jars",
        "jugs",
        "kegs",
        "kettles",
        "kits",
        "packs",
        "pails",
        "pitchers",
        "pots",
        "tubs",
        "vats"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hold with":{
    "to have a favorable opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't hold with many of my parents' views."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accept",
        "approve (of)",
        "care (for)",
        "countenance",
        "favor",
        "OK",
        "okay",
        "subscribe (to)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acclaim",
        "applaud",
        "laud",
        "praise",
        "salute",
        "back (up)",
        "concur (in)",
        "stand by",
        "support",
        "sustain",
        "uphold",
        "bear",
        "endure",
        "tolerate",
        "assent (to)",
        "consent (to)",
        "commend",
        "recommend",
        "enjoy",
        "like"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blacklist",
        "censure",
        "condemn",
        "criticize",
        "damn",
        "denounce",
        "deprecate",
        "depreciate",
        "disparage",
        "reprehend",
        "reprobate",
        "dislike",
        "mind",
        "detest",
        "hate",
        "loathe",
        "dissent (from)",
        "object (to)",
        "oppose"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disapprove (of)",
        "discountenance",
        "disfavor",
        "frown (on or upon)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hole":{
    "a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
      "examples":[
        "line up the pegs on section A with the holes in section B and press the two together"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aperture",
        "opening",
        "orifice",
        "perforation"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "loophole",
        "breach",
        "break",
        "chink",
        "cleft",
        "crack",
        "cranny",
        "crevice",
        "cut",
        "fissure",
        "gash",
        "notch",
        "rent",
        "rift",
        "rupture",
        "slash",
        "slit",
        "split",
        "tear",
        "slot",
        "space",
        "exit",
        "mouth",
        "outlet",
        "pore",
        "vent",
        "entrance",
        "inlet",
        "intake",
        "pinhole",
        "pinprick",
        "punch",
        "puncture",
        "airhole",
        "armhole",
        "buttonhole",
        "keyhole",
        "knothole",
        "peephole",
        "pothole",
        "wormhole"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fill",
        "filler",
        "filling",
        "patch",
        "plug",
        "seal",
        "stopper",
        "barrier",
        "blockage",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a sunken area forming a separate space":{
      "examples":[
        "dig a hole big enough to plant the tree"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cavity",
        "concavity",
        "dent",
        "depression",
        "dint",
        "hollow",
        "indentation",
        "indenture",
        "pit",
        "recess"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrow",
        "cave",
        "cavern",
        "ditch",
        "excavation",
        "furrow",
        "groove",
        "gutter",
        "trench",
        "trough",
        "basin",
        "bowl",
        "valley",
        "alcove",
        "cleft",
        "niche",
        "nook",
        "opening",
        "socket",
        "alveolus",
        "dimple",
        "gouge",
        "impression",
        "imprint",
        "notch",
        "pocket",
        "borehole",
        "chuckhole",
        "crater",
        "posthole",
        "pothole",
        "sinkhole",
        "wallow",
        "water hole",
        "well",
        "abyss",
        "chasm",
        "gulf",
        "vacuity",
        "vacuum",
        "void"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hill",
        "mound",
        "rise",
        "bump",
        "bunch",
        "hump",
        "lump",
        "pimple",
        "swell",
        "swelling",
        "tumor"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bulge",
        "camber",
        "convexity",
        "jut",
        "projection",
        "protrusion",
        "protuberance"
      ]
    },
    "a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
      "examples":[
        "Bill dug himself into a hole by promising to be in two places at the same time"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bind",
        "box",
        "catch-22",
        "corner",
        "dilemma",
        "fix",
        "impasse",
        "jackpot",
        "jam",
        "mire",
        "pickle",
        "predicament",
        "quagmire",
        "rabbit hole",
        "rattrap",
        "spot",
        "sticky wicket",
        "swamp"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "difficulty",
        "node",
        "hot water",
        "soup",
        "pinch",
        "plight",
        "quandary",
        "scrape",
        "trouble",
        "deadlock",
        "halt",
        "logjam",
        "stalemate",
        "standstill",
        "clutch",
        "crisis",
        "crossroad",
        "emergency",
        "exigency",
        "juncture",
        "strait"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a dirty or messy place":{
      "examples":[
        "when people see my room, they often ask, \"How can you live in this hole ?\""
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dump",
        "hellhole",
        "pigpen",
        "pigsty",
        "shambles",
        "sty"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chaos",
        "confusion",
        "disarrangement",
        "disarray",
        "disorder",
        "disorganization",
        "mess",
        "muddle",
        "muss",
        "havoc",
        "hell",
        "mare's nest",
        "snake pit",
        "clutter",
        "jumble",
        "litter",
        "mishmash",
        "welter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
      "examples":[
        "found a hole in the chain-link fence big enough to squeeze through"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breach",
        "break",
        "discontinuity",
        "gap",
        "gulf",
        "hiatus",
        "interstice",
        "interval",
        "opening",
        "rent",
        "rift",
        "separation",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chink",
        "cleft",
        "crack",
        "cranny",
        "crevice",
        "fissure",
        "notch",
        "slit",
        "slot",
        "split",
        "interspace",
        "pore",
        "abyss",
        "aperture",
        "cavity",
        "chasm",
        "gape",
        "orifice",
        "fracture",
        "rupture",
        "severance",
        "sundering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the shelter or resting place of a wild animal":{
      "examples":[
        "watched the snake slither into its hole"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burrow",
        "den",
        "house",
        "lair",
        "lodge"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nest",
        "territory"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an incomplete or deficient area":{
      "examples":[
        "there's a huge hole in your logic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gap",
        "hiatus",
        "lacuna",
        "space",
        "void"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defectiveness",
        "detriment",
        "disability",
        "failing",
        "fault",
        "impairment",
        "weakness",
        "deficiency",
        "deficit",
        "imperfection",
        "inadequacy",
        "inadequateness",
        "incompleteness",
        "insufficience",
        "insufficiency",
        "lack",
        "need",
        "shortcoming",
        "shortfall",
        "want"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "completeness",
        "fullness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make a hole or series of holes in":{
      "examples":[
        "holed the target with a round of shots"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bore",
        "drill",
        "perforate",
        "pierce",
        "punch",
        "puncture",
        "riddle"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broach",
        "tap",
        "poke",
        "prick",
        "prickle",
        "penetrate",
        "burrow (into)",
        "excavate",
        "gouge",
        "groove",
        "hollow",
        "break",
        "cut",
        "gash",
        "notch",
        "rend",
        "rupture",
        "slash",
        "slit",
        "split"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fill",
        "patch",
        "plug",
        "seal"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holes up":{
    "to remain out of sight":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hides",
        "lies",
        "lurks",
        "reposes",
        "skulks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "slinks",
        "sneaks",
        "avoids",
        "eludes",
        "evades"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "comes out",
        "materializes",
        "shows up",
        "turns up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "appears"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds water":{
    "to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
      "examples":[
        "a weak explanation that doesn't hold water"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flies",
        "holds up",
        "passes",
        "stands up",
        "washes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gets through",
        "goes down",
        "goes over",
        "goes through",
        "plays",
        "takes",
        "works"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "Holy Joe":{
    "as in father , clergyman":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "churchman",
        "clergyman",
        "father",
        "padre",
        "clergyperson",
        "cleric",
        "clerical",
        "clerk",
        "deacon",
        "divine",
        "dominie",
        "ecclesiastic",
        "minister",
        "preacher",
        "priest",
        "reverend",
        "clergywoman",
        "deaconess",
        "priestess",
        "abbot",
        "archbishop",
        "archpriest",
        "bishop",
        "dean",
        "diocesan",
        "monsignor",
        "pope",
        "prelate",
        "presbyter",
        "abb\u00e9",
        "curate",
        "cur\u00e9",
        "parson",
        "pastor",
        "rector",
        "shepherd",
        "vicar",
        "chaplain",
        "confessor",
        "sky pilot",
        "evangelist",
        "missionary",
        "missioner",
        "missionizer",
        "revivalist",
        "friar",
        "mendicant",
        "monastic",
        "monk",
        "oblate",
        "religious",
        "high priest",
        "high priestess"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "layman",
        "layperson",
        "secular",
        "lay reader",
        "lector"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "holdback":{
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "there'll be a holdback on production until the new machinery is fully installed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delay",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "holding pattern",
        "holdup",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferment",
        "deferral",
        "postponement",
        "reprieve",
        "respite",
        "foot-dragging",
        "hesitation",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "setback",
        "slowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "haste",
        "rush",
        "dispatch",
        "promptitude",
        "promptness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
      "examples":[
        "the only holdback to starting the new job is my contractual commitment to my current position"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "bar",
        "block",
        "chain",
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "crimp",
        "deterrent",
        "drag",
        "embarrassment",
        "encumbrance",
        "fetter",
        "handicap",
        "hindrance",
        "hurdle",
        "impediment",
        "inhibition",
        "interference",
        "let",
        "manacle",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction",
        "shackles",
        "stop",
        "stumbling block",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catch",
        "hitch",
        "rub",
        "snag",
        "barrier",
        "blockade",
        "blockage",
        "brick wall",
        "stone wall",
        "arrest",
        "bit",
        "brake",
        "check",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "hobble",
        "rein",
        "restraint",
        "embargo",
        "stoppage",
        "delay",
        "holdup",
        "stall",
        "burden",
        "cumber",
        "load",
        "danger",
        "hazard",
        "peril",
        "reef",
        "adversity",
        "difficulty",
        "disadvantage",
        "drawback",
        "hardship"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "catalyst",
        "goad",
        "impetus",
        "incentive",
        "spur",
        "stimulant",
        "stimulus",
        "advantage",
        "break",
        "edge",
        "aid",
        "assistance",
        "benefit",
        "boost",
        "handmaiden",
        "handmaid",
        "help"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "embarrass",
        "encumber",
        "fetter",
        "hamper",
        "handcuff",
        "handicap",
        "hinder",
        "hobble",
        "hog-tie",
        "hold up",
        "impede",
        "inhibit",
        "interfere (with)",
        "manacle",
        "obstruct",
        "shackle",
        "short-circuit",
        "stymie",
        "tie up",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "check",
        "constrain",
        "curb",
        "rein",
        "restrain",
        "bind",
        "chain",
        "halter",
        "leash",
        "tether",
        "tie",
        "arrest",
        "brake",
        "delay",
        "retain",
        "retard",
        "barricade",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "roadblock",
        "bog (down)",
        "mire",
        "choke",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "suffocate",
        "baffle",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "stump",
        "thwart",
        "derail",
        "disrupt",
        "sabotage",
        "muzzle",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "confine",
        "hedge (in)",
        "hem (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "make way",
        "open",
        "unclog",
        "unplug",
        "unstop",
        "free",
        "liberate",
        "release",
        "untie",
        "loosen",
        "smooth",
        "encourage",
        "further",
        "promote"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aid",
        "assist",
        "facilitate",
        "help"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "choke (back)",
        "pocket",
        "repress",
        "sink",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "submerge",
        "suppress",
        "swallow"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "control",
        "govern",
        "manage",
        "bridle",
        "check",
        "curb",
        "quash",
        "quell",
        "bottle up",
        "contain",
        "muffle",
        "squelch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "express",
        "loose",
        "release",
        "take out",
        "unleash",
        "vent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds with":{
    "to have a favorable opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't hold with many of my parents' views."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accepts",
        "approves (of)",
        "cares (for)",
        "countenances",
        "favors",
        "OKs",
        "okays",
        "subscribes (to)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acclaims",
        "applauds",
        "lauds",
        "praises",
        "salutes",
        "backs (up)",
        "concurs (in)",
        "stands by",
        "supports",
        "sustains",
        "upholds",
        "bears",
        "endures",
        "tolerates",
        "assents (to)",
        "consents (to)",
        "commends",
        "recommends",
        "enjoys",
        "likes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blacklists",
        "censures",
        "condemns",
        "criticizes",
        "damns",
        "denounces",
        "deprecates",
        "depreciates",
        "disparages",
        "reprehends",
        "reprobates",
        "dislikes",
        "minds",
        "detests",
        "hates",
        "loathes",
        "dissents (from)",
        "objects (to)",
        "opposes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disapproves (of)",
        "discountenances",
        "disfavors",
        "frowns (on or upon)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "holding one's breath":{
    "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "awaiting",
        "biding",
        "holding on",
        "staying",
        "waiting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hanging around",
        "lingering",
        "remaining",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "standing by",
        "anticipating",
        "expecting",
        "watching (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "hollowing":{
    "as in excavating , grooving":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burrowing (into)",
        "excavating",
        "gouging",
        "grooving",
        "penetrating",
        "breaking",
        "cutting",
        "gashing",
        "notching",
        "rending",
        "rupturing",
        "slashing",
        "slitting",
        "splitting",
        "poking",
        "pricking",
        "prickling",
        "broaching",
        "tapping",
        "boring",
        "drilling",
        "holing",
        "perforating",
        "piercing",
        "punching",
        "puncturing",
        "riddling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "filling",
        "patching",
        "plugging",
        "sealing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hole up":{
    "to remain out of sight":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hide",
        "lie",
        "lurk",
        "repose",
        "skulk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "slink",
        "sneak",
        "avoid",
        "elude",
        "evade"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "come out",
        "materialize",
        "show up",
        "turn up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "appear"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holds off":{
    "as in fights , resists":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defies",
        "fights",
        "opposes",
        "resists",
        "stands off",
        "withstands",
        "beats off",
        "fends (off)",
        "rebuts",
        "repels",
        "repulses",
        "staves off",
        "turns away",
        "turns back",
        "deflects",
        "wards (off)",
        "rebuffs",
        "snubs",
        "spurns"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "embraces",
        "hails",
        "welcomes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in puts off , reserves":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "defers",
        "postpones",
        "puts off",
        "reserves",
        "shelves",
        "tables",
        "breaks off",
        "disbands",
        "discontinues",
        "disperses",
        "intermits",
        "interrupts",
        "dissolves",
        "ends",
        "halts",
        "stops",
        "terminates",
        "adjourns",
        "prorogates",
        "prorogues",
        "recesses",
        "suspends",
        "breaks up",
        "closes",
        "concludes",
        "winds up",
        "wraps up",
        "aborts",
        "calls",
        "calls off",
        "drops",
        "recalls",
        "repeals",
        "rescinds",
        "revokes",
        "abrogates",
        "annuls",
        "invalidates",
        "negates",
        "nullifies",
        "quashes",
        "voids"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inaugurates",
        "launches",
        "opens",
        "carries on",
        "continues",
        "draws out",
        "extends",
        "proceeds",
        "prolongs",
        "renews",
        "reopens",
        "resumes",
        "assembles",
        "calls",
        "convenes",
        "convokes",
        "musters",
        "rallies",
        "summons"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holding to":{
    "to give steadfast support to":{
      "examples":[
        "She held to her goal of becoming a veterinarian."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adhering (to)",
        "clinging (to)",
        "hewing (to)",
        "keeping (to)",
        "standing by",
        "sticking (to or with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cleaving (to)",
        "advocating",
        "backing",
        "championing",
        "confirming",
        "defending",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "espousing",
        "supporting",
        "upholding",
        "accepting",
        "adopting",
        "cherishing",
        "cultivating",
        "embracing",
        "following",
        "fostering",
        "heeding",
        "backstopping",
        "bolstering",
        "boosting",
        "buttressing",
        "enforcing",
        "reinforcing",
        "reenforcing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abandoning",
        "abnegating",
        "deserting",
        "forsaking",
        "giving up",
        "relinquishing",
        "spurning",
        "surrendering",
        "abjuring",
        "recalling",
        "recanting",
        "reconsidering",
        "reneging",
        "renouncing",
        "retracting",
        "revoking",
        "taking back",
        "unsaying",
        "withdrawing",
        "controverting",
        "disagreeing (with)",
        "disproving",
        "disputing",
        "rebutting",
        "refuting",
        "contradicting",
        "denying",
        "disavowing",
        "disclaiming",
        "disowning",
        "gainsaying",
        "negating",
        "negativing",
        "repudiating",
        "backing down",
        "backing off",
        "backtracking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "defecting (from)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "hold (back)":{
    "an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
      "examples":[
        "there'll be a holdback on production until the new machinery is fully installed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "delay",
        "detainment",
        "detention",
        "holding pattern",
        "holdup",
        "wait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deferment",
        "deferral",
        "postponement",
        "reprieve",
        "respite",
        "foot-dragging",
        "hesitation",
        "lag",
        "pause",
        "setback",
        "slowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "haste",
        "rush",
        "dispatch",
        "promptitude",
        "promptness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
      "examples":[
        "the only holdback to starting the new job is my contractual commitment to my current position"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "bar",
        "block",
        "chain",
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "crimp",
        "deterrent",
        "drag",
        "embarrassment",
        "encumbrance",
        "fetter",
        "handicap",
        "hindrance",
        "hurdle",
        "impediment",
        "inhibition",
        "interference",
        "let",
        "manacle",
        "obstacle",
        "obstruction",
        "shackles",
        "stop",
        "stumbling block",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catch",
        "hitch",
        "rub",
        "snag",
        "barrier",
        "blockade",
        "blockage",
        "brick wall",
        "stone wall",
        "arrest",
        "bit",
        "brake",
        "check",
        "constraint",
        "curb",
        "hobble",
        "rein",
        "restraint",
        "embargo",
        "stoppage",
        "delay",
        "holdup",
        "stall",
        "burden",
        "cumber",
        "load",
        "danger",
        "hazard",
        "peril",
        "reef",
        "adversity",
        "difficulty",
        "disadvantage",
        "drawback",
        "hardship"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "catalyst",
        "goad",
        "impetus",
        "incentive",
        "spur",
        "stimulant",
        "stimulus",
        "advantage",
        "break",
        "edge",
        "aid",
        "assistance",
        "benefit",
        "boost",
        "handmaiden",
        "handmaid",
        "help"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
      "examples":[
        "the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clog",
        "cramp",
        "embarrass",
        "encumber",
        "fetter",
        "hamper",
        "handcuff",
        "handicap",
        "hinder",
        "hobble",
        "hog-tie",
        "hold up",
        "impede",
        "inhibit",
        "interfere (with)",
        "manacle",
        "obstruct",
        "shackle",
        "short-circuit",
        "stymie",
        "tie up",
        "trammel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balk",
        "check",
        "constrain",
        "curb",
        "rein",
        "restrain",
        "bind",
        "chain",
        "halter",
        "leash",
        "tether",
        "tie",
        "arrest",
        "brake",
        "delay",
        "retain",
        "retard",
        "barricade",
        "block",
        "blockade",
        "roadblock",
        "bog (down)",
        "mire",
        "choke",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "suffocate",
        "baffle",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "stump",
        "thwart",
        "derail",
        "disrupt",
        "sabotage",
        "muzzle",
        "repress",
        "suppress",
        "confine",
        "hedge (in)",
        "hem (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "make way",
        "open",
        "unclog",
        "unplug",
        "unstop",
        "free",
        "liberate",
        "release",
        "untie",
        "loosen",
        "smooth",
        "encourage",
        "further",
        "promote"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aid",
        "assist",
        "facilitate",
        "help"
      ]
    },
    "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
      "examples":[
        "held back her tears until she was alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "choke (back)",
        "pocket",
        "repress",
        "sink",
        "smother",
        "stifle",
        "strangle",
        "submerge",
        "suppress",
        "swallow"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "control",
        "govern",
        "manage",
        "bridle",
        "check",
        "curb",
        "quash",
        "quell",
        "bottle up",
        "contain",
        "muffle",
        "squelch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "express",
        "loose",
        "release",
        "take out",
        "unleash",
        "vent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "holier-than-thou":{
    "having or showing the annoying attitude of people who believe that they are morally better than other people":{
      "examples":[
        "a holier-than-thou attitude"
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "self-righteous",
        "assured",
        "biggety",
        "biggity",
        "bigheaded",
        "complacent",
        "conceited",
        "consequential",
        "egoistic",
        "egoistical",
        "egotistic",
        "egotistical",
        "important",
        "overweening",
        "pompous",
        "prideful",
        "proud",
        "self-conceited",
        "self-important",
        "self-opinionated",
        "self-satisfied",
        "smug",
        "stuck-up",
        "swellheaded",
        "vain",
        "vainglorious",
        "didactic",
        "homiletic",
        "homiletical",
        "moralistic",
        "moralizing",
        "preachy",
        "sententious",
        "admonishing",
        "admonitory",
        "cautionary",
        "dogmatic",
        "dogmatical",
        "prescriptive",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "pretentious",
        "blusterous",
        "blustery",
        "boastful",
        "bombastic",
        "braggart",
        "bragging",
        "braggy",
        "cocky",
        "swaggering",
        "arrogant",
        "assumptive",
        "bumptious",
        "cavalier",
        "chesty",
        "disdainful",
        "fastuous",
        "haughty",
        "high-and-mighty",
        "high-hat",
        "huffy",
        "lofty",
        "lordly",
        "masterful",
        "peremptory",
        "pontifical",
        "self-asserting",
        "self-assertive",
        "snobbish",
        "snobby",
        "snooty",
        "supercilious",
        "superior",
        "toplofty",
        "toploftical",
        "uppish",
        "uppity",
        "domineering",
        "high-handed",
        "imperious",
        "overconfident",
        "presuming",
        "presumptuous",
        "confident",
        "self-assured",
        "self-confident",
        "self-adulatory",
        "self-congratulatory",
        "self-contented",
        "self-gratulatory",
        "self-applauding",
        "self-dramatizing",
        "self-glorifying",
        "self-promoting",
        "self-affected",
        "self-centered",
        "self-engrossed",
        "selfish",
        "condescending",
        "patronizing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "diffident",
        "self-critical",
        "self-distrustful",
        "self-doubting",
        "self-reproachful",
        "self-reproving",
        "meek",
        "timid",
        "unassertive",
        "down-to-earth",
        "unarrogant",
        "unassuming",
        "unpretentious",
        "bashful",
        "demure",
        "introverted",
        "mousy",
        "mousey",
        "overmodest",
        "retiring",
        "sheepish",
        "shrinking",
        "shy",
        "egoless",
        "humble",
        "modest",
        "uncomplacent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}