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13212 lines
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{
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"paseos":{
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"as in parades , promenades":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"parades",
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"promenades",
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"ambles",
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"constitutionals",
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"perambulations",
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"rambles",
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"ranges",
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"saunters",
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"strolls",
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"turns",
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"walks",
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"wanders",
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"expeditions",
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"hikes",
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"marches",
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"peregrinations",
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"traipses",
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"tramps",
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"travels",
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"traversals",
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"traverses",
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"treks",
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"trips",
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"walkabouts",
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"excursions",
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"jaunts",
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"junkets",
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"outings",
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"sallies",
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"sashays",
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"spins",
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"tours",
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"pilgrimages",
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"progresses",
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"safaris"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pasquinade":{
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"a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general":{
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"examples":[
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"a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lampoon",
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"satire"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"parody",
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"spoof",
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"takeoff",
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"comedy",
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"farce",
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"sketch",
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"skit",
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"slapstick",
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"squib",
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"derision",
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"ridicule",
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"cartoon",
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"mockery",
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"travesty"
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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 lampoon , satirize":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lampoon",
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"satirize",
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"do",
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"imitate",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"parody",
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"send up",
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"spoof",
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"travesty",
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"deride",
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"gibe",
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"jibe",
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"ridicule",
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"ape",
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"copycat",
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"monkey",
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"parrot",
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"duplicate",
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"emulate",
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"replicate",
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"reproduce",
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"act",
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"counterfeit",
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"dissemble",
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"fake",
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"feign",
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"pretend",
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"sham",
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"simulate",
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"elaborate",
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"embellish",
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"embroider",
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"exaggerate",
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"magnify",
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"pad",
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"play up",
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"stretch",
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"amplify",
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"enhance",
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"enlarge (on or upon)",
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"expand",
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"flesh (out)",
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"overdraw",
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"overstate",
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"put on",
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"mime",
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"pantomime",
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"impersonate",
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"perform",
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"personate",
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"play"
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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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"pass":{
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"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
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"examples":[
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"could you please pass me the phone?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buck",
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"hand",
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"hand over",
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"reach",
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"transfer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"relay",
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"bear",
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"carry",
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"finger",
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"handle",
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"paw",
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"cede",
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"deliver",
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"give",
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"give up",
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"release",
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"relinquish",
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"render",
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"surrender",
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"turn over",
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"yield"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to come to an end":{
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"examples":[
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"eventually, the storm passed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break off",
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"break up",
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"cease",
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"close",
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"conclude",
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"dead-end",
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"determine",
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"die",
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"discontinue",
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"elapse",
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"end",
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"expire",
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"finish",
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"go",
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"halt",
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"lapse",
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"leave off",
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"let up",
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"quit",
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"stop",
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"terminate",
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"wind up",
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"wink (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"desist (from)",
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"lay off (of)",
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"refrain (from)",
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"give over",
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"knock off",
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"pack (up or in)",
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"break down",
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"conk (out)",
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"cut out",
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"stall",
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"pause",
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"stay",
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"suspend",
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"abate",
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"peter (out)",
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"wind down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"draw out",
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"extend",
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"prolong",
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"protract"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continue",
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"hang on",
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"persist"
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]
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},
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"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
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"examples":[
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"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"commend",
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"commit",
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"confide",
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"consign",
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"delegate",
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"deliver",
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"entrust",
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"intrust",
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"give",
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"give over",
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"hand",
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"hand over",
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"leave",
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"recommend",
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"repose",
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"transfer",
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"transmit",
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"trust",
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"turn over",
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"vest"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"confer",
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"grant",
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"assign",
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"deal (out)",
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"dispense",
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"disperse",
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"distribute",
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"divide",
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"hand in",
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"release",
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"relinquish",
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"submit",
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"surrender",
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"turn in",
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"yield",
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"bequeath",
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"hand down",
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"hand on",
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"will",
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"advance",
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"lend",
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"loan",
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"furnish",
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"supply",
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"recommit",
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"redeliver",
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"retransfer",
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"retransmit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detain",
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"hold back",
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"reserve",
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"withhold",
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"own",
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"possess",
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"accept",
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"receive",
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"take in",
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"occupy",
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"take",
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"take over"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hold",
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"keep",
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"retain"
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]
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},
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"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
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"examples":[
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"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"constitute",
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"enact",
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"lay down",
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"legislate",
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"make",
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"ordain"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reenact",
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"repass",
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"bring about",
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"effect",
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"allow",
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"authorize",
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"permit",
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"sanction",
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"decree",
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"dictate",
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"proclaim",
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"administer",
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"execute",
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"approve",
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"confirm",
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"ratify"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abolish",
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"abrogate",
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"annul",
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"cancel",
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"invalidate",
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"kill",
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"nullify",
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"overturn",
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"reverse",
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"void"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"repeal",
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"rescind",
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"revoke"
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]
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},
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"to take place":{
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"examples":[
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"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"be",
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"befall",
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"betide",
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"chance",
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"come",
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"come about",
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"come down",
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"come off",
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"cook",
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"do",
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"go down",
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"go on",
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"hap",
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"happen",
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"occur",
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"transpire"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"break",
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"develop",
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"rise",
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"shape (up)",
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"arise",
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"come up",
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"crop (up)",
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"materialize",
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"spring (up)",
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"intervene",
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"fall out",
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"follow",
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"result",
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"turn out",
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"go off",
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"proceed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
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"examples":[
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"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"endure",
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"experience",
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"feel",
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"have",
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"know",
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"see",
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"suffer",
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"sustain",
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"taste",
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"undergo",
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"witness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"encounter",
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"meet",
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"accept",
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"receive",
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"assimilate",
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"digest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
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"examples":[
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"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"articulate",
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"bring out",
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"enunciate",
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"say",
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"speak",
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"state",
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"talk",
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"tell",
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"utter",
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"verbalize",
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"vocalize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"air",
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"discuss",
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"give",
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"look",
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"share",
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"sound",
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"vent",
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"ventilate",
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"voice",
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"blabber",
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"bolt",
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"blurt",
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"get off",
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"shoot",
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"declare",
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"post",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"publicize",
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"publish",
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"affirm",
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"allege",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"avouch",
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"avow",
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"breathe",
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"chirp",
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"drawl",
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"gasp",
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"lip",
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"mouth",
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"murmur",
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"purr",
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"shout",
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"splutter",
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"spout",
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"whisper",
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"clothe",
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"couch",
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"formulate",
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"formulize",
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"phrase",
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"put",
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"word",
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"comment",
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"pipe up (with)",
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"remark",
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"rip (out)",
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"snarl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifle",
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"suppress"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
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"examples":[
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"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
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"I'll pass on the coffee"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balk (at)",
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"decline",
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"deselect",
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"disapprove",
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"negative",
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"nix",
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"pass up",
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"refuse",
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"reject",
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"reprobate",
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"repudiate",
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"spurn",
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"throw out",
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"throw over",
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"turn down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blow off",
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"disdain",
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"rebuff",
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"scorn",
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"scout",
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"shoot down",
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"overrule",
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"veto",
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"forbid",
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"prohibit",
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"proscribe",
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"dismiss",
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"ignore",
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"abstain (from)",
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"forbear",
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"refrain (from)",
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"deny",
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"disavow",
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"disclaim",
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"dispute",
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"gainsay",
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"stick",
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"abjure",
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"forswear",
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"foreswear",
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"recant",
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"renounce",
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"retract",
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"take back",
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"unsay",
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"withdraw",
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"avoid",
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"bypass",
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"detour",
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"contradict",
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"deny",
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"disown",
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"negate",
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"controvert",
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"disagree (with)",
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"disprove",
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"dispute",
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"rebut",
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"refute",
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"back down",
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"back off",
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"backtrack",
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"disallow",
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"recall",
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"renege",
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"revoke"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"condone",
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"countenance",
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"swallow",
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"tolerate",
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"adopt",
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"embrace",
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"receive",
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"take",
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"welcome",
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"accede",
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"acquiesce",
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"agree",
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"assent",
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"consent",
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"choose",
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"handpick",
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"select",
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"espouse",
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"support"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accept",
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"agree (to)",
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"approve"
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]
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},
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"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
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"examples":[
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"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fly",
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"hold up",
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"stand up",
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"wash"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"get through",
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"go down",
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"go over",
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"go through",
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"play",
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"take",
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"work"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
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"examples":[
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"a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"canyon",
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"ca\u00f1on",
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"col",
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"couloir",
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"defile",
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"flume",
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"gap",
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"gill",
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"gorge",
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"gulch",
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"gulf",
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"kloof",
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"linn",
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"notch",
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"ravine",
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"saddle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abyss",
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"chasm",
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"cirque",
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"cleft",
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"crevasse",
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"crevice",
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"cwm",
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"fissure",
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"combe",
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"coombe",
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|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take the second pass on the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pass to leave the military base for the weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"coupon",
|
|
"pasteboard",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certificate",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"voucher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a final pass at the assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"trial and error"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, all their career goals came to pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"fruition",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonsuccess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass out":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I passed out from the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"keel (over)",
|
|
"swoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"zonk (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed (on)":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed (over)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scanted",
|
|
"skimped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed up":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passengers":{
|
|
"as in travelers , sightseers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sightseers",
|
|
"travelers",
|
|
"travellers",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"sojourners",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"gadabouts",
|
|
"gypsies",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"maunderers",
|
|
"nomads",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"strollers",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes out":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I passed out from the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"faints",
|
|
"keels (over)",
|
|
"swoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"zonks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing out":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I passed out from the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"fainting",
|
|
"keeling (over)",
|
|
"swooning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"zonking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coming around",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing up":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passional":{
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rather passional declaration of love from someone she had just started dating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasteurized":{
|
|
"as in uncontaminated , undiluted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"maculate",
|
|
"maculated",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in distilled , cleaned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"larded",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"richened",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"envenomed",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasteurizes":{
|
|
"as in distills , cleans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"leaches",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"fertilizes",
|
|
"lards",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"richens",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"sophisticates",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"envenoms",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastiches":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each addition to the house was done in a markedly different architectural idiom, and the result is a whimsical pastiche"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastime":{
|
|
"an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her favorite pastime is gardening.",
|
|
"Baseball has been a national pastime for years."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"hobbyhorse",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastings":{
|
|
"as in beatings , thrashings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasturing":{
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"foraging",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"rustling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"overgrazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"password":{
|
|
"a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countersign",
|
|
"watchword",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shibboleth",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"parole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastiche":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each addition to the house was done in a markedly different architectural idiom, and the result is a whimsical pastiche"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastimes":{
|
|
"an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her favorite pastime is gardening.",
|
|
"Baseball has been a national pastime for years."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbies",
|
|
"hobbyhorses",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"pleasances",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"devilments",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"hanky-pankies",
|
|
"hobs",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"knaveries",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"rascalities",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"hilarities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"whoopees",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplays",
|
|
"tomfooleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed (into)":{
|
|
"as in penetrated , diffused (through)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffused (through)",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"interpenetrated",
|
|
"percolated (into)",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"suffused",
|
|
"transfused",
|
|
"filled (up)",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasquinading":{
|
|
"as in lampooning , satirizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"burlesquing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"sending up",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"travestying",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"replicating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"personating",
|
|
"playing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing (on)":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passwords":{
|
|
"a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countersigns",
|
|
"watchwords",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"paroles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasturelands":{
|
|
"as in pastures , grasslands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heathlands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crofts",
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed over":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scanted",
|
|
"skimped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passions":{
|
|
"general emotional condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who are swayed by their passions and not by reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"sensibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasquinaded":{
|
|
"as in lampooned , satirized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"sent up",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"travestied",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"emulated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes (on)":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"past masters":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie director who was widely regarded as the past master of suspense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"hired guns",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"journeymen",
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"mistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"past":{
|
|
"the events or experience of former times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auld lang syne",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"yesterday",
|
|
"yesteryear",
|
|
"yore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"flashback",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"long ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-by",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"futurity",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"tomorrow",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been such at some previous time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a past editor of the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"onetime",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"quondam",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"long-ago",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"prospective",
|
|
"unborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"on or to the farther side of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I drive past the school every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"subsequent to in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's ten minutes past six o'clock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"apr\u00e8s",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"next to"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"since"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead of",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"ere",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"previous to",
|
|
"prior to",
|
|
"to"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing (for)":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pas":{
|
|
"a male human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I cherish my memories of the times that I went fishing with my pa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daddies",
|
|
"dads",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"papas",
|
|
"poppas",
|
|
"paters",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"sires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patresfamilias",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"father figures",
|
|
"father images",
|
|
"stepfathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passionate":{
|
|
"having a strong sexual desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passionate couple plunging into a new relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscent",
|
|
"goatish",
|
|
"horny",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hypersexual",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"licentious",
|
|
"lubricious",
|
|
"lubricous",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"randy",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"satyric",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"celibate",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"maidenly",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"undersexed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passionate defense of the controversial play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass over":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink (at)",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"wave (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass\u00e9":{
|
|
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that literary style is a bit pass\u00e9 nowadays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"mossy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"Stone Age",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"obsolescent",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passports":{
|
|
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"open sesames",
|
|
"secrets",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"passwords",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entr\u00e9es",
|
|
"entrees",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"open doors",
|
|
"welcome mats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passiveness":{
|
|
"as in passivity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"resignation",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"conformism",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passive":{
|
|
"receiving or enduring without offering resistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the union rank and file were surprisingly passive about the givebacks in the new labor contract"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"nonresistant",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"guidable",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"obeisant",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"incompliant",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"balky",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobbing off",
|
|
"foisting",
|
|
"palming",
|
|
"palming off",
|
|
"wishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"misrepresenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes away":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman passed away quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasteboard":{
|
|
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those pasteboards I got from a scalper cost me four times their face value"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"coupon",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certificate",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"voucher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasteurize":{
|
|
"as in distill , clean":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"fertilize",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"richen",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passages":{
|
|
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypaths",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passageways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routeways",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"walkways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"airways",
|
|
"bikeways",
|
|
"cycleways",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"portals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an arduous passage across the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"grand tours",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"walkabouts",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passage to Britain requires several days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossings",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"voyages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part taken from a longer work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news report quoted a passage from the novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"sound bites",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"quotations",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"longueurs",
|
|
"purple passages",
|
|
"contexts",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swift passage from mere liking to actual love"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
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"furtherances",
|
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"goings",
|
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"headways",
|
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"marches",
|
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"onrushes",
|
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"processes",
|
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"processions",
|
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"progresses",
|
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"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"currents",
|
|
"drifts",
|
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"flows",
|
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"fluxes",
|
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"streams",
|
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"ways",
|
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"advents",
|
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"approaches",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"jumps",
|
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"leaps",
|
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"steps",
|
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"strides",
|
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"impetuses",
|
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"momenta",
|
|
"momentums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"backwashes",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"refluxes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"retrogressions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"expiries",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"great divides",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"self-destructions",
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passim":{
|
|
"in one place and another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book belonged to my father, and his trenchant comments are found passim \u2014both in the margins and between the lines of text"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"here and there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"everyplace",
|
|
"everywhere",
|
|
"far and wide",
|
|
"high and low",
|
|
"right and left",
|
|
"throughout",
|
|
"ubiquitously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nowhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing":{
|
|
"lasting only for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"deciduous",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugacious",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifelong",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"indestructible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing strange turn of events"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you please pass me the phone?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"transferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaying",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"fingering",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, the storm passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repassing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befalling",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"betiding",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"coming down",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going on",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"transpiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"resulting",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"proceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"experiencing",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"having",
|
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"knowing",
|
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"seeing",
|
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"suffering",
|
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"sustaining",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"undergoing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
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"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blurting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"drawling",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
|
|
"I'll pass on the coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"standing up",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"getting through",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"going through",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passionateness":{
|
|
"depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivers his sermons with a degree of passionateness that is positively electrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"white heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cathexis",
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"emotionality",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stoniness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"insensibleness",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobbed off",
|
|
"foisted",
|
|
"palmed",
|
|
"palmed off",
|
|
"wished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"misrepresented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes":{
|
|
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you please pass me the phone?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"transfers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relays",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, the storm passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"ordains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenacts",
|
|
"repasses",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"ratifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befalls",
|
|
"betides",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"comes down",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes on",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"transpires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"springs (up)",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"proceeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"undergoes",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blurts",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"formulizes",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"pipes up (with)",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"rips (out)",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
|
|
"I'll pass on the coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"deselects",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"stands up",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gets through",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"goes through",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"ca\u00f1ons",
|
|
"cols",
|
|
"couloirs",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"linns",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"saddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"cirques",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cwms",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"shut-ins",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"arroyos",
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"coulees",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"nullahs",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"wadis",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take the second pass on the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pass to leave the military base for the weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"coupons",
|
|
"pasteboards",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certificates",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"vouchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a final pass at the assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, all their career goals came to pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"fruitions",
|
|
"fulfillments",
|
|
"fulfilments",
|
|
"realizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"nonsuccesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naughts",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes muster":{
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"stands up",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gets through",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"goes through",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passingly":{
|
|
"as in eminently , uncommonly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasteboards":{
|
|
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those pasteboards I got from a scalper cost me four times their face value"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"coupons",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certificates",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"vouchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passable":{
|
|
"capable of being traveled on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the snowstorm ends, the roads might not be passable for the morning ride to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"navigable",
|
|
"negotiable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unobstructed",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"unnegotiable",
|
|
"unpassable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capable of being passed into or through":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the jungle is not passable without a machete"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"penetrable",
|
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"permeable",
|
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"pervious",
|
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"porous"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"absorbent",
|
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"breathable"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"airtight",
|
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"watertight",
|
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"close",
|
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"compact",
|
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"dense",
|
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"thick"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"impassable",
|
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"impassible",
|
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"impenetrable",
|
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"impermeable",
|
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"impervious",
|
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"nonporous"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a passable paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
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"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fairish",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"respectable",
|
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"satisfactory",
|
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"serviceable",
|
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"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"agreeable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"optimal",
|
|
"optimum",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of average to below average quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's Scottish accent is passable at best"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"so-so"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"optimal",
|
|
"optimum",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastoral":{
|
|
"of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"painted a pastoral scene of a flower-filled meadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucolic",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"backwoodsy",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural",
|
|
"nonurban",
|
|
"semirural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"urbanized",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"nonfarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"urban"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pastoral advice to a young couple preparing to marry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerkly",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"sacerdotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evangelical",
|
|
"evangelic",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"apostolic",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"diaconal",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"episcopal",
|
|
"papal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"ecclesiastical",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monachal",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"caliphal",
|
|
"rabbinic",
|
|
"rabbinical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ode , elegy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontic",
|
|
"clerihew",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"eclogue",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"English sonnet",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"epode",
|
|
"epopee",
|
|
"epos",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"limerick",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"ode",
|
|
"pastorale",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"rondeau",
|
|
"rondel",
|
|
"rondelle",
|
|
"rondelet",
|
|
"sonnet",
|
|
"triolet",
|
|
"villanelle",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"poem",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tanka",
|
|
"blank verse",
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"versification",
|
|
"vers libre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passion":{
|
|
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"married at the age of 18, they share a passion that has lasted for over half a century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"misanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong but often short-lived liking for another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her passion passed when she got to know him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passion to become a doctor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people are sometimes slaves to their own passions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sentiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"unfeelingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your passion for your cause is admirable, but you still can't insult people who disagree with you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passionateness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"white heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cathexis",
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"emotionality",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stoniness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"insensibleness",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"general emotional condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who are swayed by their passions and not by reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"sensibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"intense sexual desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their relationship began with passion but a deep love quickly grew between them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"concupiscence",
|
|
"eros",
|
|
"eroticism",
|
|
"horniness",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"lustfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erotomania",
|
|
"nymphomania",
|
|
"satyriasis",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"libidinousness",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"lickerishness",
|
|
"randiness",
|
|
"salaciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frigidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexual appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of pent-up passion that comes from having spent the winter in remote isolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscence",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"eroticism",
|
|
"horniness",
|
|
"hots",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"lech",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"libidinousness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"lustfulness",
|
|
"lustihood",
|
|
"salaciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"libido",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"erotomania",
|
|
"hypersexuality",
|
|
"lecherousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"nymphomania",
|
|
"satyriasis",
|
|
"venery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass (for)":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass (on)":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes (over)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scants",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"tends (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paste":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in epoxy , superglue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epoxy",
|
|
"epoxy resin",
|
|
"library paste",
|
|
"mucilage",
|
|
"superglue",
|
|
"water glass",
|
|
"adhesive",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"size",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"goo",
|
|
"gum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rhinestone , zircon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhinestone",
|
|
"zircon",
|
|
"baguette",
|
|
"cabochon",
|
|
"cameo",
|
|
"scarab",
|
|
"solitaire",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"jewelry",
|
|
"birthstone",
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bijou",
|
|
"trinket",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"gemstone",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"rock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passings":{
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"expiries",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"great divides",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"self-destructions",
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing over":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking (at)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasquinades":{
|
|
"a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"satires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"skits",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"squibs",
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lampoons , satirizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"satirizes",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"sends up",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"travesties",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"emulates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"overdraws",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"personates",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed muster":{
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"stood up",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"went through",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasture":{
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"horses grazing in a fenced pasture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"pasturage",
|
|
"range"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"feedlot",
|
|
"stockyard",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"rustle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"overgraze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passels":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastured":{
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"foraged",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"rustled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"overgrazed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes over":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scants",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"tends (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobs off",
|
|
"foists",
|
|
"palms",
|
|
"palms off",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"misrepresents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passageway":{
|
|
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passageway to the other side of the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concourse",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcade",
|
|
"breezeway",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"loggia",
|
|
"piazza"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passionless":{
|
|
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passionless prose of the divorce papers gave little hint of the bitter feelings that accompanied the end of their marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"unmoved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"stone-faced",
|
|
"straight-faced",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"vehement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastes":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in epoxies , superglues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epoxies",
|
|
"epoxy resins",
|
|
"library pastes",
|
|
"mucilages",
|
|
"superglues",
|
|
"water glasses",
|
|
"adhesives",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"sizes",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"goos",
|
|
"gums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rhinestones , zircons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhinestones",
|
|
"zircons",
|
|
"baguettes",
|
|
"cabochons",
|
|
"cameos",
|
|
"scarabs",
|
|
"solitaires",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"jewelries",
|
|
"birthstones",
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bijous",
|
|
"bijoux",
|
|
"trinkets",
|
|
"brilliants",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"gemstones",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"rocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passage":{
|
|
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypath",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"passageway",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"routeway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"airway",
|
|
"bikeway",
|
|
"cycleway",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"portal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an arduous passage across the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"travel(s)",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"grand tour",
|
|
"odyssey",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"safari",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passage to Britain requires several days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part taken from a longer work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news report quoted a passage from the novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"extract"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"sound bite",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"quotation",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"longueur",
|
|
"purple passage",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swift passage from mere liking to actual love"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"onrush",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"momentum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"reflux",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"retrogression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"past master":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie director who was widely regarded as the past master of suspense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasturage":{
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the cows out on the back pasturage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"range"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"feedlot",
|
|
"stockyard",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass away":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman passed away quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasted":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasty":{
|
|
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's pasty after a whole winter spent indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing away":{
|
|
"as in fading , sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"terminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman passed away quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastureland":{
|
|
"as in pasture , grassland":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glade",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"heathland",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"common(s)",
|
|
"croft",
|
|
"grass",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greensward",
|
|
"lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paseo":{
|
|
"as in parade , promenade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"perambulation",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traversal",
|
|
"traverse",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"walkabout",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"safari"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass muster":{
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"stand up",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"get through",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"go through",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastor":{
|
|
"as in rector , vicar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastry":{
|
|
"as in dessert , candy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afters",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dessert",
|
|
"entremets",
|
|
"confectionary",
|
|
"confectionery",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"confection",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetmeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passively":{
|
|
"as in mildly , meekly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasturages":{
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the cows out on the back pasturage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"ranges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"feedlots",
|
|
"stockyards",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass (over)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink (at)",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"wave (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing muster":{
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"standing up",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"getting through",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"going through",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passenger":{
|
|
"as in traveler , sightseer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sightseer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"sojourner",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"gadabout",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"maunderer",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"stroller",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebody",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes up":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"deselects",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"turns one's back on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastorales":{
|
|
"as in odes , elegies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"clerihews",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorals",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fob off",
|
|
"foist",
|
|
"palm",
|
|
"palm off",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"inflict",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"misrepresent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastoralism":{
|
|
"as in monoculture , animal husbandry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal husbandry",
|
|
"mixed farming",
|
|
"monoculture",
|
|
"agriculture",
|
|
"farming",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"farmwork",
|
|
"gardening",
|
|
"horticulture",
|
|
"tillage",
|
|
"agribusiness",
|
|
"agroecology",
|
|
"agronomy",
|
|
"agroforestry",
|
|
"arboriculture",
|
|
"pomology",
|
|
"aquaculture",
|
|
"aquiculture",
|
|
"hydroponics",
|
|
"sharecropping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passibility":{
|
|
"as in typicalness , unremarkableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"commonplaceness",
|
|
"everydayness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"mundaneness",
|
|
"mundanity",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"normalness",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"second-rateness",
|
|
"typicality",
|
|
"typicalness",
|
|
"unremarkableness",
|
|
"usualness",
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"crumminess",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionality",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fabulousness",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"marvellousness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"specialness",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"sterlingness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"superlativeness",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"supremeness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastors":{
|
|
"as in rectors , vicars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing (over)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passed over two bridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking (at)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed (down)":{
|
|
"as in willed , left":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"aliened",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"leased",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes (into)":{
|
|
"as in penetrates , diffuses (through)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuses (through)",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"interpenetrates",
|
|
"percolates (into)",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"suffuses",
|
|
"transfuses",
|
|
"fills (up)",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing (down)":{
|
|
"as in willing , leaving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"aliening",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"leasing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passport":{
|
|
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"open sesame",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"password",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"admittance",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entr\u00e9e",
|
|
"entree",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"open door",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastiness":{
|
|
"as in whiteness , pallor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"pallor",
|
|
"wanness",
|
|
"whiteness",
|
|
"greenishness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"sallowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blush",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"pinkness",
|
|
"reddishness",
|
|
"redness",
|
|
"rosiness",
|
|
"ruddiness",
|
|
"sanguineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastries":{
|
|
"as in desserts , candies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afters",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"entremets",
|
|
"confectionaries",
|
|
"confectioneries",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"confections",
|
|
"sweetmeats",
|
|
"sweets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passageways":{
|
|
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passageway to the other side of the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concourses",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"hallways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcades",
|
|
"breezeways",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"loggias",
|
|
"loggie",
|
|
"piazzas",
|
|
"piazze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass up":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deselect",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasteurizing":{
|
|
"as in distilling , cleaning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"richening",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasting":{
|
|
"as in beating , hammering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
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"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass (into)":{
|
|
"as in penetrate , diffuse (through)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuse (through)",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"interpenetrate",
|
|
"percolate (into)",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"suffuse",
|
|
"transfuse",
|
|
"fill (up)",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastel":{
|
|
"lacking intensity of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pastel blue to go with the pale pink walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drawing , sketch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"finger painting",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"tempera",
|
|
"acrylic",
|
|
"aquarelle",
|
|
"gouache",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"masterpiece",
|
|
"diptych",
|
|
"triptych",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpiece",
|
|
"fresco",
|
|
"mural",
|
|
"panorama",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"oil",
|
|
"oil painting",
|
|
"painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pasts":{
|
|
"the events or experience of former times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auld lang synes",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"yesterdays",
|
|
"yesteryears",
|
|
"yores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygones",
|
|
"flashbacks",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"long agos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passivity":{
|
|
"as in acquiescence , submissiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in apathy , inertia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"overfatigue",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"burnout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"refreshment",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastels":{
|
|
"as in drawings , sketches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"etchings",
|
|
"finger paintings",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"temperas",
|
|
"acrylics",
|
|
"aquarelles",
|
|
"gouaches",
|
|
"watercolors",
|
|
"masterpieces",
|
|
"diptychs",
|
|
"triptychs",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpieces",
|
|
"frescoes",
|
|
"murals",
|
|
"panoramas",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"oil paintings",
|
|
"oils",
|
|
"paintings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passably":{
|
|
"in a satisfactory way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for a business partner who is experienced as well as passably responsible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"serviceably",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"effectively",
|
|
"effectually",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"tidily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"terribly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed":{
|
|
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you please pass me the phone?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"transferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relayed",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"fingered",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, the storm passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
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"gave",
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"gave over",
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"handed",
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"handed over",
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"left",
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"recommended",
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"reposed",
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"transferred",
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"transmitted",
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"trusted",
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"turned over",
|
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"vested"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"conferred",
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"granted",
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"assigned",
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"dealt (out)",
|
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"dispensed",
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"dispersed",
|
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"distributed",
|
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"divided",
|
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"handed in",
|
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"released",
|
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"relinquished",
|
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"submitted",
|
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"surrendered",
|
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"turned in",
|
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"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
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"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
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"loaned",
|
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"furnished",
|
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"supplied",
|
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"recommitted",
|
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"redelivered",
|
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"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
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"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
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"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
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"took",
|
|
"took over"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"held",
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"kept",
|
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"retained"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"constituted",
|
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"enacted",
|
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"laid down",
|
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"legislated",
|
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"made",
|
|
"ordained"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"reenacted",
|
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"repassed",
|
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"brought about",
|
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"effected",
|
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"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befell",
|
|
"betided",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"came down",
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"cropped (up)",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"resulted",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"underwent",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blurted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"formulized",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
|
|
"I'll pass on the coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"stood up",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"went through",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passel":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastorale":{
|
|
"as in ode , elegy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontic",
|
|
"clerihew",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"eclogue",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"English sonnet",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"epode",
|
|
"epopee",
|
|
"epos",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"limerick",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"ode",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"rondeau",
|
|
"rondel",
|
|
"rondelle",
|
|
"rondelet",
|
|
"sonnet",
|
|
"triolet",
|
|
"villanelle",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"poem",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tanka",
|
|
"blank verse",
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"versification",
|
|
"vers libre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing (into)":{
|
|
"as in penetrating , diffusing (through)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffusing (through)",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"interpenetrating",
|
|
"percolating (into)",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"pervading",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"suffusing",
|
|
"transfusing",
|
|
"filling (up)",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes (for)":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pass (down)":{
|
|
"as in will , leave":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passes (down)":{
|
|
"as in wills , leaves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastures":{
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"horses grazing in a fenced pasture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"pasturages",
|
|
"ranges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"feedlots",
|
|
"stockyards",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"forages",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"rustles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"overgrazes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed (for)":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed out":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I passed out from the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"fainted",
|
|
"keeled (over)",
|
|
"swooned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"zonked (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came around",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passed away":{
|
|
"as in dead , gone":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"moribund"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman passed away quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastorals":{
|
|
"as in odes , elegies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"clerihews",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorales",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pastoralist":{
|
|
"as in pastoral , bucolic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bucolic",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"agronomic",
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"monocultural",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural",
|
|
"farming",
|
|
"aquacultural",
|
|
"arboricultural",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"villatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"urban",
|
|
"industrial",
|
|
"industrialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |