2338 lines
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2338 lines
46 KiB
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{
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"needed":{
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"impossible to do without":{
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"examples":[
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"pack only what will be needed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"critical",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"must-have",
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"necessary",
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"necessitous",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"prerequisite",
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"compulsory",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"consequential",
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"crucial",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"weighty",
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"basic",
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"central",
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"fundamental",
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"key",
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"organic",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"undesired",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"unimportant",
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"excess",
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"external",
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"extra",
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"extraneous",
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"superfluous",
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"surplus"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dispensable",
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"inessential",
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"needless",
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"nonessential",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded"
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]
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},
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"to have as a requirement":{
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"examples":[
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"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bore",
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"challenged",
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"claimed",
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"demanded",
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"necessitated",
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"required",
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"took",
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"wanted",
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"warranted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entailed",
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"involved",
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"asked",
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"begged",
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"clamored (for)",
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"cried (for)",
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"hurt (for)",
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"lacked",
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"commanded",
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"enjoined",
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"exacted",
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"insisted",
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"pressed",
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"quested",
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"stipulated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"owned",
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"possessed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"had",
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"held"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"needle":{
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"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
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"examples":[
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"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hype",
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"hypodermic",
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"hypodermic needle",
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"hypodermic syringe",
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"syringe"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
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"examples":[
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"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hand",
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"index",
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"indicator",
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"pointer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dial",
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"face",
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"gauge",
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"gage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
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"examples":[
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"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bait",
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"hassle",
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"haze",
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"heckle",
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"ride",
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"taunt",
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"tease"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deride",
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"gibe",
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"jibe",
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"jeer",
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"mock",
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"ridicule",
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"annoy",
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"bother",
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"bug",
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"burn (up)",
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"chafe",
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"fret",
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"frost",
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"gall",
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"get",
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"gnaw (at)",
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"grate",
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"gripe",
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"hack (off)",
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"hagride",
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"irk",
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"irritate",
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"itch",
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"nag",
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"nark",
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"nettle",
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"peeve",
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"pester",
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"pique",
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"put out",
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"rasp",
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"rile",
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"ruffle",
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"spite",
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"trouble",
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"vex",
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"aggravate",
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"exasperate",
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"goad",
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"test",
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"try",
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"aggrieve",
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"agitate",
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"bedevil",
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"beleaguer",
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"discomfort",
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"disturb",
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"perturb",
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"badger",
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"dog",
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"hound",
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"browbeat",
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"bully",
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"hector",
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"harass",
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"harry",
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"persecute",
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"plague",
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"terrorize",
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"torment",
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"torture"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
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"examples":[
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"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dog",
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"henpeck",
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"hound",
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"nag",
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"peck (at)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carp (at)",
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"fuss (about or over)",
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"nitpick",
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"annoy",
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"badger",
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"bait",
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"bother",
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"bug",
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"chivy",
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"chivvy",
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"harass",
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"harry",
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"hassle",
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"irk",
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"pester",
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"plague",
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"ride",
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"vex",
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"yap (at)",
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"egg",
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"goad",
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"incite",
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"prod",
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"prompt",
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"spur",
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"urge",
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"exhort",
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"insist",
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"press",
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"pressure",
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"push",
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"blandish",
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"cajole",
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"coax",
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"wheedle",
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"beg",
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"importune",
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"plead"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compliment",
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"commend",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"recommend",
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"tout",
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"acclaim",
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"applaud",
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"build up",
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"eulogize",
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"extol",
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"extoll"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"needlelike":{
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"being of less than usual width":{
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"examples":[
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"I need a needlelike piece of wire to finish making this wreath"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fine",
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"hairline",
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"narrow",
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"paper-thin",
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"skinny",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"slim-jim",
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"thin",
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"ultrathin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attenuate",
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"attenuated",
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"elongate",
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"elongated",
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"linear",
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"bottleneck",
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"close",
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"squeezed",
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"tight",
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"tightened",
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"lanky",
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"rangy",
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"reedy",
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"shoestring",
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"spindly",
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"stalky",
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"stringy",
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"twiggy",
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"willowy",
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"wispy",
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"lank",
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"spare"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chunky",
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"squat",
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"stocky",
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"stumpy",
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"thick",
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"thickset",
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"bulky",
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"massive",
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"voluminous",
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"thickish",
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"widish"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"broad",
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"fat",
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"wide"
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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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"needless":{
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"not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{
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"examples":[
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"needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dispensable",
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"gratuitous",
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"inessential",
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"nonessential",
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"uncalled-for",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary",
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"unwarranted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discretionary",
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"elective",
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"optional",
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"extra",
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"extraneous",
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"irrelative",
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"irrelevant",
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"redundant",
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"superfluous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"crucial",
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"important",
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"vital",
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"imperative",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"essential",
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"indispensable",
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"necessary",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required"
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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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"needy":{
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"examples":[
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"those generous souls who regularly give money and donate clothes to help the needy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"destitute",
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"dirt-poor",
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"down-and-out",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"necessitous",
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"needful",
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"pauperized",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"dispossessed",
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"unaffluent",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"bust",
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"busted",
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"insolvent",
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"possessionless",
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"ruined",
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"depressed",
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"distressed",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"hardscrabble",
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"pinched",
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"poorish",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"cash-strapped",
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"low",
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"short",
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"tapped out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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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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"need":{
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"to have as a requirement":{
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"examples":[
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"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bear",
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"challenge",
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"claim",
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"demand",
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"necessitate",
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"require",
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"take",
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"want",
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"warrant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entail",
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"involve",
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"ask",
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"beg",
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"clamor (for)",
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"cry (for)",
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"hurt (for)",
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"lack",
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"command",
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"enjoin",
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"exact",
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"insist",
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"press",
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"quest",
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"stipulate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"own",
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"possess"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"have",
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"hold"
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]
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},
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"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
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"examples":[
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"you need not stand when she enters the room"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"have (to)",
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"must",
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"ought (to)",
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"shall",
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"should"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"will"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
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"examples":[
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"when it came time to wrap the presents, he found he was in need of adhesive tape"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absence",
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"lack",
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"needfulness",
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"want"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"dearth",
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"meagerness",
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scantiness",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"skimpiness",
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"defect",
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"minus",
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"deprivation",
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"famishment",
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"privation",
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"demand",
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"essential",
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"necessity",
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"requirement",
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"requisite"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adequacy",
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"enough",
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"sufficiency",
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"fund",
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"pool",
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"stock",
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"supply",
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"excess",
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"fill",
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"overabundance",
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"oversupply",
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"plenty",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"hoard",
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"stockpile"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
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"examples":[
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"got a job that barely provided for his basic needs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"demand",
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"essential",
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"must",
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"must-have",
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"necessary",
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"necessity",
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"needful",
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"requirement",
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"requisite",
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"sine qua non"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precondition",
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"prerequisite",
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"advantage",
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"edge",
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"plus",
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"desideration",
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"desideratum",
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"wish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amenity",
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"comfort",
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"extra",
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"extravagance",
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"frill",
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"indulgence",
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"luxury",
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"superfluity",
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"surplus",
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"surplusage"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonessential",
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"nonnecessity"
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]
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},
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"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
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"examples":[
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"no need to apologize"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burden",
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"charge",
|
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"commitment",
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"devoir",
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"do",
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"duty",
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"imperative",
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"incumbency",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"prearrangement",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"onus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"donating money to help those in need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needled":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed (at)",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"henpecked",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"pecked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carped (at)",
|
|
"fussed (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"yapped (at)",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"pleaded",
|
|
"pled",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlepoint":{
|
|
"as in cross-stitch , crewel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crewel",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"needlework",
|
|
"fagoting",
|
|
"faggoting",
|
|
"hemstitch",
|
|
"smocking",
|
|
"fancywork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlers":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those merciless needlers who had the child in tears almost every day at school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzers",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needful":{
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"purchase needful provisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's first help the needful families in our own community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, the family had the needful to stock up the larder before the long hard winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needleworkers":{
|
|
"as in embroiderers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiderers",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"knitters",
|
|
"weavers",
|
|
"needlewomen",
|
|
"seamstresses",
|
|
"seamsters",
|
|
"sewers",
|
|
"stitchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needler":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those merciless needlers who had the child in tears almost every day at school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needfuls":{
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"must-haves",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"necessaries",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites",
|
|
"sine qua nons",
|
|
"sine quibus non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preconditions",
|
|
"prerequisites",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"desiderata",
|
|
"desiderations",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlewoman":{
|
|
"as in seamstress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seamstress",
|
|
"seamster",
|
|
"sewer",
|
|
"stitcher",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"embroiderer",
|
|
"needleworker",
|
|
"knitter",
|
|
"weaver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needfulness":{
|
|
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can scarcely describe my needfulness for a hot shower after a hard-fought game of racquetball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needs":{
|
|
"because of necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dangers of global warming must needs be recognized\u2014and recognized soon\u2014by the industrialized nations of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ineluctably",
|
|
"inescapably",
|
|
"inevitably",
|
|
"ipso facto",
|
|
"necessarily",
|
|
"perforce",
|
|
"unavoidably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"necessitates",
|
|
"requires",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"clamors (for)",
|
|
"cries (for)",
|
|
"hurts (for)",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"stipulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need not stand when she enters the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"has (to)",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"ought (to)",
|
|
"shall",
|
|
"should"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a job that barely provided for his basic needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"must-haves",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"necessaries",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needfuls",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites",
|
|
"sine qua nons",
|
|
"sine quibus non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preconditions",
|
|
"prerequisites",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"desiderata",
|
|
"desiderations",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no need to apologize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"imperatives",
|
|
"incumbencies",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"prearrangements",
|
|
"pre-arrangements",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"payments",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"onuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"postponements",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"loopholes",
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needleworker":{
|
|
"as in embroiderer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiderer",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"knitter",
|
|
"weaver",
|
|
"needlewoman",
|
|
"seamstress",
|
|
"seamster",
|
|
"sewer",
|
|
"stitcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlewomen":{
|
|
"as in seamstresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seamstresses",
|
|
"seamsters",
|
|
"sewers",
|
|
"stitchers",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"embroiderers",
|
|
"needleworkers",
|
|
"knitters",
|
|
"weavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needling":{
|
|
"as in mocking , ridiculing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing (at)",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"aggrieving",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"henpecking",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pecking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carping (at)",
|
|
"fussing (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"yapping (at)",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"pleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needles":{
|
|
"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"hypes",
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"hypodermic needles",
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"hypodermics",
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"hypodermic syringes",
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"syringes"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"hands",
|
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"indexes",
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"indices",
|
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"indicators",
|
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"pointers"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"dials",
|
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"faces",
|
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"gauges",
|
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"gages"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"baits",
|
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"hassles",
|
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"hazes",
|
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"heckles",
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"rides",
|
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"taunts",
|
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"teases"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"derides",
|
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"gibes",
|
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"jibes",
|
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"jeers",
|
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"mocks",
|
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"ridicules",
|
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"annoys",
|
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"bothers",
|
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"bugs",
|
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"burns (up)",
|
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"chafes",
|
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"frets",
|
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"frosts",
|
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"galls",
|
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"gets",
|
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"gnaws (at)",
|
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"grates",
|
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"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
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"spites",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"aggrieves",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"henpecks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pecks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carps (at)",
|
|
"fusses (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"yaps (at)",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"pleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needing":{
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"necessitating",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"crying (for)",
|
|
"hurting (for)",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"stipulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlework":{
|
|
"decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a visit to the art museum to see an exhibition of 18th-century needlework"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"embroidery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crewel",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"needlepoint",
|
|
"fagoting",
|
|
"faggoting",
|
|
"hemstitch",
|
|
"smocking",
|
|
"fancywork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needless to say":{
|
|
"according to the usual course of things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After a day of hard labor she collapsed on the couch and, needless to say , fell right to sleep."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"natch",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customarily",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"familiarly",
|
|
"conventionally",
|
|
"traditionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"funnily",
|
|
"oddly",
|
|
"peculiarly",
|
|
"queerly",
|
|
"strangely",
|
|
"weirdly",
|
|
"anomalously",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"radically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"atypically",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"untypically",
|
|
"unusually"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neediness":{
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family's general level of neediness is the determining factor in the allocation of charitable donations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |