4555 lines
90 KiB
JSON
4555 lines
90 KiB
JSON
{
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"mulct":{
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"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
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"examples":[
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"the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"damages",
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"fine",
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"forfeit",
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"forfeiture",
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"penalty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reparations",
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"assessment",
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"award",
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"compensation",
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"indemnity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"bilk",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"chouse",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"do",
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"do in",
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"euchre",
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"fiddle",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"gaff",
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"hose",
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"hustle",
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"nobble",
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"pluck",
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"ream",
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"rip off",
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"rook",
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"screw",
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"shake down",
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"short",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"stiff",
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"sting",
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"sucker",
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"swindle",
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"thimblerig",
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"victimize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extort",
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"wrench",
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"wrest",
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"wring",
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"clip",
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"gouge",
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"nick",
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"overcharge",
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"soak",
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"exploit",
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"milk",
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"deceive",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"trick",
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"rope (in)",
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"betray",
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"bitch",
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"double-cross",
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"bamboozle",
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"fast-talk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mulcted":{
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"bilked",
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"bled",
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"cheated",
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"chiseled",
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"chiselled",
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"choused",
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"conned",
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"cozened",
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"defrauded",
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"did",
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"diddled",
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"did in",
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"euchred",
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"fiddled",
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"fleeced",
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"flimflammed",
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"gaffed",
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"hosed",
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"hustled",
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"nobbled",
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"plucked",
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"reamed",
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"ripped off",
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"rooked",
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"screwed",
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"shook down",
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"shortchanged",
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"shorted",
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"skinned",
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"skunked",
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"squeezed",
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"stiffed",
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"stuck",
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"stung",
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"suckered",
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"swindled",
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"thimblerigged",
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"victimized"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorted",
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"wrenched",
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"wrested",
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"wrung",
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"clipped",
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"gouged",
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"nicked",
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"overcharged",
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"soaked",
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"exploited",
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"milked",
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"deceived",
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"duped",
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"fooled",
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"gulled",
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"tricked",
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"roped (in)",
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"betrayed",
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"bitched",
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"double-crossed",
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"bamboozled",
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"fast-talked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mules":{
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"as in coyotes , gunrunners":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coyotes",
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"coyote",
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"gunrunners",
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"bootleggers",
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"contrabandists",
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"couriers",
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"runners",
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"smugglers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in hinnies":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hinnies",
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"jacks",
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"jennets",
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"jennies",
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"pack animals",
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"asses",
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"burros",
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"donkeys",
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"jackasses",
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"mokes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in crosses , hybrids":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crossbreds",
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"crossbreeds",
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"crosses",
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"hybrids",
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"intercrosses",
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"mongrels",
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"outcrosses",
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"half-breds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"full-bloods",
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"purebloods",
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"purebreds",
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"thoroughbreds"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mull (over)":{
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"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
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"mull over the idea for a while and then let me know"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chew over",
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"cogitate",
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"consider",
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"contemplate",
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"debate",
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"deliberate",
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"entertain",
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"eye",
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"kick around",
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"meditate",
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"perpend",
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"ponder",
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"pore (over)",
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"question",
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"revolve",
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"ruminate",
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"study",
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"think (about or over)",
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"turn",
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"weigh",
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"wrestle (with)",
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"beat one's brains out (about)",
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"chew on",
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"cudgel one's brains (about)",
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"look at"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"muse (upon)",
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"reflect (on or upon)",
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"reminisce",
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"analyze",
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"explore",
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"review",
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"conclude",
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"reason",
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"second-guess",
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"speculate (about)",
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"brood (about or over)",
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"dwell (on or upon)",
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"fixate (on or upon)",
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"fret (about or over)",
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"obsess (about or over)",
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"believe",
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"conceive",
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"opine",
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"absorb",
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"assimilate",
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"digest",
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"drink (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"slight",
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"dismiss",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"reject"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"multicolored":{
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"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
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"examples":[
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"displays of multicolored pottery from her native Mexico"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chromatic",
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"colored",
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"colorful",
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"kaleidoscopic",
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"motley",
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"multihued",
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"polychromatic",
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"polychrome",
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"prismatic",
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"rainbow",
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"varicolored",
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"varied",
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"variegated",
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"various"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"iridescent",
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"opalescent",
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"brave",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"gay",
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"vibrant",
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"flashy",
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"garish",
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"gaudy",
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"loud",
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"showy",
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"splashy",
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"checkered",
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"dotted",
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"patterned",
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"plaid",
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"plaided",
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"striped",
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"dappled",
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"dapple",
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"marbled",
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"mottled",
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"parti-color",
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"parti-colored",
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"piebald",
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"pied",
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"pinto",
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"flecked",
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"specked",
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"speckled",
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"spotted",
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"banded",
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"barred",
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"brindled",
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"brindle",
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"streaked",
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"striated",
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"bichrome",
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"bicolored",
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"bicolor",
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"dichromatic",
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"trichromatic",
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"tricolor",
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"tricolored",
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"two-tone",
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"two-toned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"achromatic",
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"bleached",
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"decolorized",
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"faded",
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"washed-out",
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"dull",
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"faint",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"neutral",
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"pale",
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"pallid",
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"unbrilliant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"colorless",
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"monochromatic",
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"monochromic",
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"monotone",
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"self-colored",
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"solid"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"multicultural":{
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"relating to or including many different cultures":{
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"examples":[
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"a multicultural society"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"external",
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"international",
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"multiculti",
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"multilateral",
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"multinational",
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"alien",
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"foreign",
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"nonnative",
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"strange",
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"imported",
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"introduced",
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"naturalized",
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"transplanted",
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"foreign-born",
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"nonindigenous",
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"distant",
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"far-off",
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"overseas",
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"remote"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"endemic",
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"local",
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"aboriginal",
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"indigenous",
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"domestic",
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"native"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"multifaceted":{
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"having many different parts; having many facets":{
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"examples":[
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"a multifaceted approach to health care"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"composite",
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"compound",
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"heterogeneous",
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"mixed",
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"multibranched",
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"multifarious",
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"multipart",
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"varied",
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"baroque",
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"byzantine",
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"complex",
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"complicate",
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"complicated",
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"convoluted",
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"daedal",
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"elaborate",
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"intricate",
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"involute",
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"involved",
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"knotty",
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"labyrinthian",
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"labyrinthine",
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"sophisticated",
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"tangled",
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"overcomplex",
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"overcomplicated",
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"challenging",
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"difficult",
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"tough",
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"impenetrable",
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"incomprehensible",
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"inexplicable",
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"Kafkaesque",
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"unfathomable",
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"unintelligible"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"oversimplified",
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"simplified",
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"simplistic",
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"homogeneous",
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"uniform",
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"unvaried",
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"noncomplex",
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"noncomplicated",
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"plain",
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"simple",
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"uncomplicated"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"multihued":{
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"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
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"examples":[
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"used multihued dinnerware and stemware to give the table settings a casual, festive look"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chromatic",
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"colored",
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"colorful",
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"kaleidoscopic",
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"motley",
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"multicolored",
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"polychromatic",
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"polychrome",
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"prismatic",
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"rainbow",
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"varicolored",
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"varied",
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"variegated",
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"various"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"iridescent",
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"opalescent",
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"brave",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"gay",
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"vibrant",
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"flashy",
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"garish",
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"gaudy",
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"loud",
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"showy",
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"splashy",
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"checkered",
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"dotted",
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"patterned",
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"plaid",
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"plaided",
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"striped",
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"dappled",
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"dapple",
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"marbled",
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"mottled",
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"parti-color",
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"parti-colored",
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"piebald",
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"pied",
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"pinto",
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"flecked",
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"specked",
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"speckled",
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"spotted",
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"banded",
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"barred",
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"brindled",
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"brindle",
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"streaked",
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"striated",
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"bichrome",
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"bicolored",
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"bicolor",
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"dichromatic",
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"trichromatic",
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"tricolor",
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"tricolored",
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"two-tone",
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"two-toned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"achromatic",
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"bleached",
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"decolorized",
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"faded",
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"washed-out",
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"dull",
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"faint",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"neutral",
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"pale",
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"pallid",
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"unbrilliant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"colorless",
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"monochromatic",
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"monochromic",
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"monotone",
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"self-colored",
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"solid"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"multipart":{
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"as in mixed , heterogeneous":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"composite",
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"compound",
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"heterogeneous",
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"mixed",
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"multibranched",
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"multifaceted",
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"multifarious",
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"varied",
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"baroque",
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"byzantine",
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"complex",
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"complicate",
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"complicated",
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"convoluted",
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"daedal",
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"elaborate",
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"intricate",
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"involute",
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"involved",
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"knotty",
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"labyrinthian",
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"labyrinthine",
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"sophisticated",
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"tangled",
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"overcomplex",
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"overcomplicated",
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"challenging",
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"difficult",
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"tough",
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"impenetrable",
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"incomprehensible",
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"inexplicable",
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"Kafkaesque",
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"unfathomable",
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"unintelligible"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"oversimplified",
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"simplified",
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"simplistic",
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"homogeneous",
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"uniform",
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"unvaried",
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"noncomplex",
|
|
"noncomplicated",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncomplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplex":{
|
|
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multifold",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"few"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in megaplex , plex":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"megaplex",
|
|
"plex",
|
|
"'plex",
|
|
"nickelodeon",
|
|
"art house",
|
|
"art theater",
|
|
"cinematheque",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"fleapit",
|
|
"grind house",
|
|
"drive-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplied":{
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"procreated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"gendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"parented",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"spawned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with each attempt the problems multiplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplies":{
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"procreates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"genders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"parents",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"spawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with each attempt the problems multiplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multitalented":{
|
|
"as in well-rounded , multiskilled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"general-purpose",
|
|
"mixed-use",
|
|
"multipurpose",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multitude":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtail",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtail",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"peerage",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiple sclerosis":{
|
|
"as in cerebral palsy , poliomyelitis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral palsy",
|
|
"poliomyelitis",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"diplegia",
|
|
"hemiplegia",
|
|
"paraplegia",
|
|
"paresis",
|
|
"quadriplegia",
|
|
"spastic paralysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiyear":{
|
|
"as in multiday":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multiday",
|
|
"all-day",
|
|
"all-night",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"aeonian",
|
|
"aeonic",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"marathon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"short-range"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulls (over)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mull over the idea for a while and then let me know"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"perpends",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiday":{
|
|
"as in multiyear":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multiyear",
|
|
"all-day",
|
|
"all-night",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"aeonian",
|
|
"aeonic",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"marathon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"short-range"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplicity":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multiplicity of suggestions for turning the company around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Shakespeare's works seem to encompass the full multiplicity of human experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"manifoldness",
|
|
"miscellaneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"fewness",
|
|
"paucity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiply":{
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"procreate",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"gender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"parent",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"spawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with each attempt the problems multiplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multimillionaires":{
|
|
"as in billionaires , millionaires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multilateral":{
|
|
"involving more than two groups or countries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multilateral treaty/agreement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"external",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"multiculti",
|
|
"multicultural",
|
|
"multinational",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"foreign-born",
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"overseas",
|
|
"remote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"indigenous",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multimillionaire":{
|
|
"as in billionaire , millionaire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking",
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multibillionaires":{
|
|
"as in billionaires , multimillionaires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multimillionaires",
|
|
"multi-millionaires",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulcting":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multipurpose":{
|
|
"having more than one use or purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"multipurpose furniture",
|
|
"The band practiced in the school's multipurpose room."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"general-purpose",
|
|
"mixed-use",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"all-purpose",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"unspecialized",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiculti":{
|
|
"as in international , multicultural":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"external",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"multicultural",
|
|
"multilateral",
|
|
"multinational",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"foreign-born",
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"overseas",
|
|
"remote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"indigenous",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplexes":{
|
|
"as in megaplexes , plexes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"megaplexes",
|
|
"plexes",
|
|
"'plexes",
|
|
"nickelodeons",
|
|
"art houses",
|
|
"art theaters",
|
|
"cinematheques",
|
|
"cinemas",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres",
|
|
"fleapits",
|
|
"grind houses",
|
|
"drive-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muliebrity":{
|
|
"the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her warm hospitality and graceful manners, she demonstrated a refined muliebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"femininity",
|
|
"feminity",
|
|
"womanhood",
|
|
"womanishness",
|
|
"womanliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"femaleness",
|
|
"girlishness",
|
|
"effeminacy",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"maidenhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"androgyny",
|
|
"boyishness",
|
|
"mannishness",
|
|
"tomboyishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"manhood",
|
|
"manliness",
|
|
"masculinity",
|
|
"virility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplication":{
|
|
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a steady multiplication in our attic of obsolete video equipment as new technologies come on the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubling",
|
|
"quadrupling",
|
|
"tripling",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"escalation",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"distension",
|
|
"distention",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"cumulation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constriction",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulling (over)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mull over the idea for a while and then let me know"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplying":{
|
|
"to bring forth offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"procreating",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"gendering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"parenting",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"spawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stoking",
|
|
"supersizing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"following up",
|
|
"parlaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with each attempt the problems multiplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulcts":{
|
|
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"forfeitures",
|
|
"penalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"compensations",
|
|
"indemnities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulishness":{
|
|
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed their mulishness for failing to own up to what seemed like an obvious mistake to him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multifariousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the remarkable multifariousness of the conglomerate's commercial activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"manifoldness",
|
|
"miscellaneousness",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"fewness",
|
|
"paucity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multimillionairess":{
|
|
"as in billionaire , millionaire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e",
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulled":{
|
|
"as in reduced , pulverized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close-grained",
|
|
"comminuted",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"micronized",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"pestled",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"triturated",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"levigated",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"buttery",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"floury",
|
|
"powdery",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"ultrafine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"grained",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"granulated",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"sandy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"brayed",
|
|
"comminuted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"kibbled",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"crunched",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"micronized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multi-millionairesses":{
|
|
"as in billionaires , millionaires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"multimillionaires",
|
|
"multi-millionaires",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplicities":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a multiplicity of suggestions for turning the company around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mule":{
|
|
"as in coyote , gunrunner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyote",
|
|
"gunrunner",
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"contrabandist",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"runner",
|
|
"smuggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hinny":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hinny",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jennet",
|
|
"jenny",
|
|
"pack animal",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"burro",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"moke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cross , hybrid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossbreed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"intercross",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"outcross",
|
|
"half-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"pureblood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulled (over)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mull over the idea for a while and then let me know"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multifarious":{
|
|
"being of many and various kinds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the multifarious interests and activities in which Benjamin Franklin immersed himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multiform",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"heterogenous",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unvaried",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multinational":{
|
|
"relating to or involving two or more nations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"transnational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intercontinental",
|
|
"transcontinental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"national"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chain , conglomerate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"megacorporation",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"big business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulling":{
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"braying",
|
|
"comminuting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"milling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"kibbling",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"crunching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"micronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multifold":{
|
|
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advantages of the new accounting system are multifold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"few"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulls":{
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"comminutes",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"kibbles",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"micronizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in duffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"alluviums",
|
|
"alluvia",
|
|
"colluvia",
|
|
"colluviums",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loesses",
|
|
"marls",
|
|
"sediments",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"silts",
|
|
"subsoils",
|
|
"substrata",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravels",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"blacklands",
|
|
"clays",
|
|
"gaults",
|
|
"gleys",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"kaolins",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"humuses",
|
|
"loams",
|
|
"topsoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multitudes":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebes",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"rank and files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtails",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtails",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwasheds",
|
|
"bourgeoisies",
|
|
"middle classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentilities",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"haute mondes",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"patriciates",
|
|
"peerages",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multibranched":{
|
|
"as in mixed , varied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"multifaceted",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multipart",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"byzantine",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"daedal",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"labyrinthian",
|
|
"labyrinthine",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"overcomplex",
|
|
"overcomplicated",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"oversimplified",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvaried",
|
|
"noncomplex",
|
|
"noncomplicated",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncomplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multitudinous":{
|
|
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the multitudinous questions that seem to be an inevitable part of opening day at school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multifold",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"few"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiplications":{
|
|
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a steady multiplication in our attic of obsolete video equipment as new technologies come on the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"proliferations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"escalations",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"distensions",
|
|
"distentions",
|
|
"inflations",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"cumulations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"compressions",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"constrictions",
|
|
"contractions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"retrenchments",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mull":{
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"comminute",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"kibble",
|
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"crumble",
|
|
"crunch",
|
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"break",
|
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"bust",
|
|
"dash",
|
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"fracture",
|
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"fragment",
|
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"shatter",
|
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"smash",
|
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"splinter",
|
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"micronize"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"as in duff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"duff",
|
|
"alluvium",
|
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"colluvium",
|
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"detritus",
|
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"loess",
|
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"marl",
|
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"sediment",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"silt",
|
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"subsoil",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
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"topsoil",
|
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"dust",
|
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"gravel",
|
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"sand",
|
|
"blackland",
|
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"clay",
|
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"gault",
|
|
"gley",
|
|
"guck",
|
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"gook",
|
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"gumbo",
|
|
"kaolin",
|
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"muck",
|
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"mud",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"soil"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiform":{
|
|
"as in multiple , multitudinous":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"heterogenous",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unvaried",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multinationals":{
|
|
"as in chains , conglomerates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"megacorporations",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mulish":{
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mulish determination to have his own way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multi-millionaires":{
|
|
"as in billionaires , millionaires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multibillionaire":{
|
|
"as in billionaire , multimillionaire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking",
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiskilled":{
|
|
"as in well-rounded , multitalented":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multitalented",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"general-purpose",
|
|
"mixed-use",
|
|
"multipurpose",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multiple":{
|
|
"used or done by a number of people as a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"multiple ownership of a vacation condo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborative",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"conjoint",
|
|
"conjunct",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"mutual",
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bilateral",
|
|
"consensual",
|
|
"reciprocal",
|
|
"symbiotic",
|
|
"synergic",
|
|
"synergistic",
|
|
"two-way",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"one-man",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"one-way",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"unilateral"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the multiple achievements of her long career in public service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multifold",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"few"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"multimillionairesses":{
|
|
"as in billionaires , millionaires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"multimillionaires",
|
|
"multi-millionaires",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
}
|
|
} |