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{
"revalidate":{
"as in recertify , reapprove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalue":{
"as in reevaluate , reassess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reevaluate",
"rejudge",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"set",
"valuate",
"value",
"adjudge",
"deem",
"judge",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"discover",
"learn",
"price",
"prize",
"decide",
"settle",
"analyze",
"assay",
"survey",
"test",
"transvaluate",
"transvalue",
"misesteem",
"misjudge",
"misprize",
"underestimate",
"undervalue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalued":{
"as in reevaluated , reassessed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"rejudged",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"guesstimated",
"rated",
"set",
"valuated",
"valued",
"adjudged",
"deemed",
"judged",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"discovered",
"learned",
"priced",
"prized",
"decided",
"settled",
"analyzed",
"assayed",
"surveyed",
"tested",
"transvaluated",
"transvalued",
"misesteemed",
"misjudged",
"misprized",
"underestimated",
"undervalued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalues":{
"as in reevaluates , reassesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reevaluates",
"rejudges",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"guesstimates",
"rates",
"sets",
"valuates",
"values",
"adjudges",
"deems",
"judges",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"discovers",
"learns",
"prices",
"prizes",
"decides",
"settles",
"analyzes",
"assays",
"surveys",
"tests",
"transvaluates",
"transvalues",
"misesteems",
"misjudges",
"misprizes",
"underestimates",
"undervalues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revel":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"birl",
"carouse",
"roister",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booze",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reveling":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revelling":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reverberate":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"reecho",
"resonate",
"resound",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberated":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberates":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoes",
"reechos",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rings",
"rolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revered":{
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"reverend",
"sacred",
"venerable",
"venerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"deified",
"glorified",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"honored",
"loved",
"regarded",
"respected",
"apotheosized",
"canonized",
"dignified",
"exalted",
"lionized",
"magnified",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemed",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"violated",
"affronted",
"dishonored",
"disrespected",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"piqued",
"ridiculed",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"displeased",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"smeared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reverenced":{
"as in considered , respected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"hallowed",
"revered",
"reverend",
"sacred",
"venerable",
"venerated",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"devotees coming to reverence their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"deified",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"honored",
"loved",
"regarded",
"respected",
"apotheosized",
"canonized",
"dignified",
"exalted",
"lionized",
"magnified",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemed",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"violated",
"affronted",
"dishonored",
"disrespected",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"piqued",
"ridiculed",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"displeased",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"smeared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reverted":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"returned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"relapsed",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviews":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"a review of yesterday's football game gave us a lot of good ideas on how to improve for the next one"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisals",
"reconsiderations",
"reexaminations",
"re-examinations",
"retrospections",
"retrospects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"rehashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"previews"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"took the car to her mechanic for a complete mechanical review before she decided to sell it"
],
"synonyms":[
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"had his poetry published in a literary review"
],
"synonyms":[
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"serials",
"zines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an essay evaluating or analyzing something":{
"examples":[
"a harsh movie review of an expected summer blockbuster"
],
"synonyms":[
"criticisms",
"critiques",
"examens",
"notices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"columns",
"commentaries",
"editorials",
"punditries",
"appraisals",
"assessments",
"evaluations",
"analyses",
"examinations",
"opinions",
"outlines",
"studies",
"surveys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"the company decided that the 100-year-old office building could use a review"
],
"synonyms":[
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"revises",
"revisions",
"variations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
"reforms",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
]
},
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
],
"synonyms":[
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"parses",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"picks over",
"reinspects",
"rereviews",
"resurveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revised":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
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"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
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"rethinking",
"reviewing",
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"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
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"restudying",
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"correcting",
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"rectifying",
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"maintaining",
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"upholds"
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"resurgence",
"resurrection",
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"revival",
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"renascence",
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"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
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"death",
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"extinction"
],
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},
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"restore",
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"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
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"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
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"update"
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],
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"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
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"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
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"puissant",
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"beefy",
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"listless",
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"torpid",
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"faint",
"feeble",
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"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
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"prostrate",
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"tired",
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"spineless",
"wimpy",
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"unsound",
"unwell",
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"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
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"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
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"revived",
"revivified"
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"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
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"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
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"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
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"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
],
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"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
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"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
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"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
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"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
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"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revivify"
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"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
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"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
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"to gain consciousness again":{
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"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to"
],
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"pull through",
"rally",
"recover",
"awake",
"awaken",
"wake up"
],
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"black out",
"faint",
"pass out"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
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"the runaway success of the handheld PDA led to a stunning revivification of the computer company's fortunes"
],
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"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals"
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"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
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"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
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"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
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"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
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"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
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"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
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"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
"examples":[
"took a reviving vacation in the Caribbean"
],
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"bracing",
"cordial",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"restorative",
"stimulating",
"stimulative",
"tonic",
"vital",
"vitalizing"
],
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"conditioning",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"quickening",
"sharp",
"corrective",
"curative",
"curing",
"medicinal",
"rectifying",
"recuperative",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"rehabilitative",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"reparative",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
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"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"numbing",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"wearying",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
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"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
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"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
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"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
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},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
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"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying"
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"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
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"to gain consciousness again":{
"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pulling through",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"waking up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacking out",
"fainting",
"passing out"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges"
],
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"abandonment",
"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission"
],
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"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
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"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
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"continuation"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
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"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"scrap",
"scrub"
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"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
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"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
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"hold back",
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"give up",
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"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in rejected , refused":{
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"rejected",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"objectionable",
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"prevented",
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"unsuitable",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
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"unmentionable",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
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"unlicensed"
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"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable",
"acceptable",
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"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
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"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
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"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
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"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
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"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
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"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
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"surrendered"
],
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"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
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"continued",
"kept"
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"filled with disgust":{
"examples":[
"we were revolted when we learned about the prevalence of child labor in the Third World"
],
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"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"shocked",
"sick",
"sickened"
],
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"fed up",
"weary",
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"cheesed off",
"displeased",
"enraged",
"fuming",
"furious",
"horn-mad",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"upset",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)"
],
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"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"fascinated",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
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"disgusted",
"grossed out",
"nauseated",
"put off",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
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"displeased",
"distressed",
"appalled",
"disquieted",
"horrified",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"shocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"drew",
"enchanted",
"enticed",
"fascinated",
"lured",
"pulled",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"appealed (to)",
"interested",
"intrigued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinied",
"rebelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"revolutionized",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"submitted",
"attended",
"served"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revolting (against)":{
"as in mutinying (against)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mutinying (against)",
"disobliging",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"rebelling (against)",
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
"keeping",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolved":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivoted",
"rolled",
"rotated",
"spun",
"swirled",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"swung",
"turned",
"twirled",
"twisted",
"wheeled",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screwed",
"unscrewed",
"twiddled",
"coiled",
"cranked",
"reeled",
"wound",
"winded",
"circulated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrated",
"pinwheeled",
"pirouetted",
"rolled",
"rotated",
"spun",
"turned",
"twirled",
"wheeled",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coiled",
"curled",
"curved",
"rounded",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"swirled",
"twined",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"circled",
"circulated",
"encircled",
"orbited",
"ringed",
"pivoted",
"swiveled",
"swivelled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolver":{
"as in handgun , pistol":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revulsions":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"examples":[
"the publication of the autopsy photos prompted expressions of outrage and revulsion"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversions",
"disgusts",
"distastes",
"horrors",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrences",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"execrations",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"allergies",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetites",
"bents",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"preferences",
"propensities",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revving":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir",
"build a fire under"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionize":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerate",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary",
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverences":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"devotees coming to reverence their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"deifies",
"glorifies",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in deferences , adorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adorations",
"deferences",
"glorifications",
"venerations",
"adulations",
"deifications",
"hero worships",
"idolatries",
"idolizations",
"worships",
"idealizations",
"romanticizations",
"affections",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"approvals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismissals",
"disregards",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revitalizations":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the mayor was present at the ceremony marking the revitalization of the old industrial neighborhood as a new center for art galleries and lofts"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reviewed":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
],
"synonyms":[
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"categorized",
"classified",
"picked over",
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revving (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalidated":{
"as in recertified , reapproved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"rechartered",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalidating":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revamp":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"redraft",
"revise",
"rework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviles":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"anathematizes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"decries",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"attacks",
"blames",
"blasts",
"criticizes",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"dooms",
"sentences",
"convicts",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reproves",
"berates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rakes",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"vituperates",
"curses",
"imprecates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"hails",
"salutes",
"touts",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"blesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revulsive":{
"as in horrible , disgusting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
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"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revamped":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
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"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
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"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edited",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"reworked"
],
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"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
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"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverend":{
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"our reverend elders should be accorded a special place of honor at the ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"revered",
"sacred",
"venerable",
"venerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"called their reverend and asked if he could marry them next June"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reviling":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"decrying",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating",
"blessing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolts":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"soon the revolt had spread to every corner of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgences",
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"outbreaks",
"rebellions",
"revolutions",
"risings",
"uprisings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"overthrows",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"sabotages",
"subversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgencies",
"counterrevolutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusts",
"grosses out",
"nauseates",
"puts off",
"repels",
"repulses",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeases",
"distresses",
"appalls",
"appals",
"disquiets",
"horrifies",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"shocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"draws",
"enchants",
"entices",
"fascinates",
"lures",
"pulls",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"appeals (to)",
"interests",
"intrigues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinies",
"rebels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"revolutionizes",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"submits",
"attends",
"serves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revivals":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"there was a revival of interest in the author's classic horror stories after a film version of his best-known tale was released"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverse":{
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
"examples":[
"the appeals court reversed the district court's decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"switch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"overturn",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"strike down",
"about-face",
"backtrack",
"countermand",
"revert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it",
"you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look"
],
"synonyms":[
"flip",
"invert",
"turn over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transpose",
"exchange",
"interchange",
"shift",
"switch",
"overturn",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the party has suffered some major reverses as a result of the corruption scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knock",
"lapse",
"reversal",
"setback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointment",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"comedown",
"decline",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"recession",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"relapse",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"how could you think I don't like pizza, when it's just the reverse : I love pizza"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"contrary",
"counter",
"negative",
"obverse",
"opposite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negation",
"antonym",
"counterpoint",
"converse",
"inverse",
"mirror image"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonym",
"analogue",
"analog",
"counterpart",
"carbon copy",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"replica"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"on the reverse of the ticket you'll find the notice that it's nontransferable"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"tail"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
]
},
"as in reversed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reversed",
"backward",
"rearward",
"retrograde",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inverse , obverse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite",
"polar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncontradictory",
"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionizers":{
"as in rebels , revolters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"recusants",
"refuseniks",
"refusniks",
"refusers",
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"recreants",
"renegades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revived":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the farmers felt revived as they headed back to the fields after a hearty lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gain consciousness again":{
"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
"synonyms":[
"came around",
"came round",
"came to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pulled through",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"woke up",
"waked up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacked out",
"fainted",
"passed out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revealer":{
"as in teller , gossiper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"teller",
"gaper",
"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
"peeper",
"peeping Tom",
"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"betrayer",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"busybody",
"buttinsky",
"buttinski",
"interferer",
"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"meddler",
"nosey parker",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverie":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"study",
"trance",
"woolgathering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelers":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partyers",
"partiers",
"partygoers",
"roisterers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanals",
"bingers",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolt":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"soon the revolt had spread to every corner of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"rebellion",
"revolution",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coup",
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
"coup d'etat",
"overthrow",
"misprision",
"sedition",
"treachery",
"treason",
"sabotage",
"subversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgency",
"counterrevolution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
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},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutiny",
"rebel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock",
"revolutionize",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"submit",
"attend",
"serve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reverses":{
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
"examples":[
"the appeals court reversed the district court's decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"switches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"overturns",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"strikes down",
"about-faces",
"backtracks",
"countermands",
"reverts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it",
"you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look"
],
"synonyms":[
"flips",
"inverts",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposes",
"exchanges",
"interchanges",
"shifts",
"switches",
"overturns",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the party has suffered some major reverses as a result of the corruption scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knocks",
"lapses",
"reversals",
"setbacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointments",
"frustrations",
"letdowns",
"comedowns",
"declines",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"relapses",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quos"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"how could you think I don't like pizza, when it's just the reverse : I love pizza"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"counters",
"negatives",
"obverses",
"opposites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negations",
"antonyms",
"counterpoints",
"converses",
"inverses",
"mirror images"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonyms",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"counterparts",
"carbon copies",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"replicas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"on the reverse of the ticket you'll find the notice that it's nontransferable"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"rears",
"tails"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"faces",
"foreheads",
"foreparts",
"fronts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revelings":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revolutions":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"revved the engine to 3000 revolutions per minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"reels",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"spins",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"spirals",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circles",
"orbits",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the revolution by which the American colonies gained their independence from Great Britain necessitated going up against the world's most powerful army"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgences",
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"outbreaks",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"risings",
"uprisings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"overthrows",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"sabotages",
"subversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgencies",
"counterrevolutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelry":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reviewer":{
"a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"critic",
"pundit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyst",
"annotator",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"observer",
"appraiser",
"evaluator",
"judge",
"referee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolutionizer":{
"as in rebel , revolter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"recusant",
"refusenik",
"refusnik",
"refuser",
"apostate",
"defector",
"deserter",
"recreant",
"renegade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reveries":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"studies",
"trances",
"woolgatherings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"musings",
"absorptions",
"abstractions",
"preoccupations",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolters":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"Spartacus, who led a slave revolt in ancient Rome, has served as an inspiration for a number of other revolters over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolts (against)":{
"as in mutinies (against)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mutinies (against)",
"disobliges",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"rebels (against)",
"brushes (off)",
"dismisses",
"flouts",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"capitulates (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"defers (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"serves",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"cooperates (with)",
"keeps",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"obliges",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reversible":{
"as in undoable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"undoable",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revolutionist":{
"being very far from the center of public opinion":{
"examples":[
"his revolutionist ideas won't get him elected"
],
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"ultra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subversive",
"violent",
"wild",
"reactionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"traditional",
"liberal",
"progressive"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-road",
"nonrevolutionary",
"unrevolutionary"
]
},
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
"examples":[
"after a long series of weak leaders, the people were ready for a revolutionist who promised to bring sweeping change to the nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"crazy",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"young Turk",
"leftist",
"lefty",
"red",
"progressive",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"subversive",
"agitator",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"rebel",
"secessionist",
"separationist",
"separatist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"fuddy-duddy",
"reactionary",
"rightist",
"standpatter",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-roader",
"moderate"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"historically, revolutionists have generally been young men willing to risk everything, even their lives, in the pursuit of their cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"revise":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"redraft",
"revamp",
"rework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"that paper needs one more revise , and then I think it's ready to turn in"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revitalizes":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering \"disco bowling\" every Friday night with disco music and free soda"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revivifying":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revilement":{
"as in denunciation , censure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"denunciation",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"aspersion",
"innuendo",
"belittlement",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"defamation",
"libel",
"maligning",
"slander",
"smearing",
"vilification",
"character assassination",
"mudslinging",
"name-calling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelled (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reversal":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knock",
"lapse",
"reverse",
"setback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointment",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"comedown",
"decline",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"recession",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"relapse",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelatory":{
"clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{
"examples":[
"ended his tall tale with a revelatory wink that indicated that it had all been an elaborate put-on"
],
"synonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaning",
"meaningful",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"significant",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graphic",
"graphical",
"pictorial",
"vivid",
"evocative",
"redolent",
"reminiscent",
"sententious",
"weighty",
"flavorful",
"full-bodied",
"rich"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reveal":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confide",
"share",
"debunk",
"show up",
"unclothe",
"undrape",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"bring out",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"betray",
"blab",
"give away",
"leak",
"inform",
"squeal",
"talk",
"communicate",
"impart",
"relate",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"avow",
"concede",
"confess",
"own",
"disinter",
"rake up",
"smoke out",
"unearth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"betray",
"communicate",
"declare",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"evince",
"expose",
"give away",
"manifest",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"placard",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belie",
"misrepresent",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"twist",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"conceal",
"counterfeit",
"cover",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberant":{
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"the pastor's reverberant voice could be heard all over the cemetery as he read the final prayers for the deceased"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revoking":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"crying off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revellings":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revolting":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"the revolting sight of animals being slaughtered for no good reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusting",
"grossing out",
"nauseating",
"putting off",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"appalling",
"disquieting",
"horrifying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"drawing",
"enchanting",
"enticing",
"fascinating",
"luring",
"pulling",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rejoicing",
"tickling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"appealing (to)",
"interesting",
"intriguing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinying",
"rebelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"revolutionizing",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"submitting",
"attending",
"serving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revealers":{
"as in tellers , gossipers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbers",
"disclosers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"prattlers",
"quidnuncs",
"tellers",
"gapers",
"gawkers",
"gawpers",
"gazers",
"peepers",
"peeping Toms",
"priers",
"pryers",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"betrayers",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"busybodies",
"buttinskies",
"interferers",
"interlopers",
"intermeddlers",
"intruders",
"kibitzers",
"kibbitzers",
"meddlers",
"nosey parkers",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Reverend Mother":{
"as in mother superior , anchoress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbess",
"anchoress",
"ancress",
"cloistress",
"conventual",
"mother superior",
"novice",
"prioress",
"religious",
"votary",
"nun",
"sister",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"high priestess",
"priestess",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"high priest",
"minister",
"preacher",
"reverend",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revivify":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverently":{
"as in worshipfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"worshipfully",
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably",
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"revved (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroused",
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"impassioned",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"motived",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revival":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"there was a revival of interest in the author's classic horror stories after a film version of his best-known tale was released"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reveling (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolvers":{
"as in handguns , pistols":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derringers",
"forty-fives",
".45s",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"arms",
"firearms",
"guns",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms",
"self-loaders",
"semiautomatics",
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"flintlocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"rifles",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"repeaters",
"submachine guns",
"tommy guns",
"spearguns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolter":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"Spartacus, who led a slave revolt in ancient Rome, has served as an inspiration for a number of other revolters over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revisited":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"this idea isn't practical now, but we probably should revisit it at a later time"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolving door":{
"as in double door , storm door":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"Dutch door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"portcullis",
"postern",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket",
"door",
"gate",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverent":{
"showing a lot of respect":{
"examples":[
"a reverent crowd of worshippers",
"They used a reverent tone of voice when speaking about their father."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reverential",
"worshipful",
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"spiritual",
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"pietistic",
"religiose",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"disrespectful",
"undutiful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revering":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"deifying",
"glorifying",
"reverencing",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"honoring",
"loving",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"apotheosizing",
"canonizing",
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"lionizing",
"magnifying",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheming",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"violating",
"affronting",
"dishonoring",
"disrespecting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"piquing",
"ridiculing",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"displeasing",
"defaming",
"disparaging",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"smearing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revere":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"deify",
"glorify",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"honor",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"apotheosize",
"canonize",
"dignify",
"exalt",
"lionize",
"magnify",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"affront",
"dishonor",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"ridicule",
"scorn",
"slight",
"displease",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reveler":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partyer",
"partier",
"partygoer",
"roisterer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanal",
"binger",
"carouser",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"cutup",
"skylarker",
"noisemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revokes":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"cancels",
"cries off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"scraps",
"scrubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"countermands",
"reverses",
"rolls back",
"breaks off",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"holds back",
"interrupts",
"suspends",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engages",
"pledges",
"promises",
"begins",
"commences",
"initiates",
"starts",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"keeps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revilements":{
"as in excoriations , execrations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excoriations",
"execrations",
"belittlements",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"lectures",
"sermons",
"abuses",
"castigations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"broadsides",
"invectives",
"lashings",
"tongue-lashings",
"vituperations",
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"jeremiads",
"philippics",
"rants",
"tirades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"rhapsodies",
"tributes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"accolades",
"citations",
"homages",
"honors",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverential":{
"showing or having a lot of respect":{
"examples":[
"a reverential attitude",
"They spoke in reverential terms about their recently departed spiritual advisor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reverent",
"worshipful",
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"spiritual",
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"pietistic",
"religiose",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"disrespectful",
"undutiful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revivifies":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revenge":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"both sides were determined to get revenge for perceived wrongs and showed little interest in ending the feud"
],
"synonyms":[
"payback",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"vengeance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"venge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reveals":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"spills",
"tells",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confides",
"shares",
"debunks",
"shows up",
"unclothes",
"undrapes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"brings out",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"gives away",
"leaks",
"informs",
"squeals",
"talks",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"relates",
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"owns",
"disinters",
"rakes up",
"smokes out",
"unearths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"shrouds",
"veils"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betrays",
"communicates",
"declares",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"evinces",
"exposes",
"gives away",
"manifests",
"shows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"placards",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"projects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belies",
"misrepresents",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"twists",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"conceals",
"counterfeits",
"covers",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolving":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivoting",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"spinning",
"swinging",
"swirling",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"turning",
"twirling",
"twisting",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screwing",
"unscrewing",
"twiddling",
"coiling",
"cranking",
"reeling",
"winding",
"circulating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrating",
"pinwheeling",
"pirouetting",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"spinning",
"turning",
"twirling",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coiling",
"curling",
"curving",
"rounding",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding",
"circling",
"circulating",
"encircling",
"orbiting",
"ringing",
"pivoting",
"swiveling",
"swivelling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reversion":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"examples":[
"after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion , acting like a baby himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"regression",
"retrogression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"atavism",
"return",
"nondevelopment",
"decline",
"degeneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"progression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolted (against)":{
"as in mutinied (against)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mutinied (against)",
"disobliged",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
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"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
"kept",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
"reverting":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"returning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"relapsing",
"throwing back",
"ebbing",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"dropping",
"falling",
"retrograding",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"developing",
"evolving",
"progressing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revery":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"study",
"trance",
"woolgathering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revels (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"rejoices (in)",
"relishes",
"savors",
"savours"
],
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"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionized":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied",
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelries":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revamps":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edits",
"redrafts",
"revises",
"reworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"copyedits",
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"reedits",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revs (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motivates",
"motives",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reveres":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"deifies",
"glorifies",
"reverences",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberative":{
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"the reverberative sounds of the pipe organ filled every corner of the majestic Gothic cathedral"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reversals":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knocks",
"lapses",
"reverses",
"setbacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointments",
"frustrations",
"letdowns",
"comedowns",
"declines",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"relapses",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quos"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-faces",
"about-turns",
"flip-flops",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revising":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it"
],
"synonyms":[
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"reworking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"reediting",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionaries":{
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
"examples":[
"after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries"
],
"synonyms":[
"crazies",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"young Turks",
"lefties",
"leftists",
"reds",
"progressives",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"subversives",
"agitators",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"rebels",
"secessionists",
"separationists",
"separatists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservatives",
"fuddy-duddies",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"standpatters",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-roaders",
"moderates"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reviewers":{
"a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"critics",
"pundits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysts",
"annotators",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"observers",
"appraisers",
"evaluators",
"judges",
"referees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reviled":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"anathematized",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"decried",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"attacked",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"convicted",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reproved",
"berated",
"lambasted",
"raked",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"vituperated",
"cursed",
"imprecated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"touted",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"honored",
"revered",
"venerated",
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolves":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivots",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"swings",
"swirls",
"swivels",
"turns",
"twirls",
"twists",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screws",
"unscrews",
"twiddles",
"coils",
"cranks",
"reels",
"winds",
"circulates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrates",
"pinwheels",
"pirouettes",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"turns",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"rounds",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twines",
"twists",
"winds",
"circles",
"circulates",
"encircles",
"orbits",
"rings",
"pivots",
"swivels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelations":{
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
"examples":[
"the revelation of the movie star's secret marriage by the tabloids",
"a new biography of the former president that contains several shocking revelations"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"exposures"
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"kicks",
"surprises",
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"acknowledgements",
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"concessions",
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"noun"
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"returns"
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"ripens"
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"verb"
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"retrospect",
"retrospection"
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"rehash"
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"preview"
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"look-see",
"scan",
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"dissection",
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"probe",
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"resurvey",
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"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
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"had his poetry published in a literary review"
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"paper",
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"rag",
"serial",
"zine"
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"biweekly",
"daily",
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"quarterly",
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"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
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"critique",
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"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
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"revision",
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"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
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"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
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"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
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"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
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"fixation",
"stabilization"
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"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
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"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
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"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
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"rehear",
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"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
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"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
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"oversee",
"scan",
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"view"
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"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
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"dissect",
"parse",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
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"plumb",
"probe",
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"study",
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"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
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"skim",
"miss"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in double doors , storm doors":{
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"double doors",
"Dutch doors",
"French doors",
"lattices",
"portcullises",
"posterns",
"storm doors",
"trapdoors",
"wickets",
"doors",
"gates",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to take pleasure in":{
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"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
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"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring"
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"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
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"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"revenger":{
"as in scourge , avenger":{
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"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"nemesis",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante",
"redresser",
"righter",
"requiter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
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"regenerates",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
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"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
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"reworks",
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"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
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"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in counterclockwise , anticlockwise":{
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"near synonyms":[
"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"retrograde",
"widdershins",
"withershins",
"back",
"backward",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"revenues":{
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
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"the struggling business didn't create much revenue during its first year of operation"
],
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"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"incoming(s)",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the runaway success of the handheld PDA led to a stunning revivification of the computer company's fortunes"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revenged":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
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"a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother"
],
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"avenged",
"redressed",
"requited",
"retaliated",
"venged"
],
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"castigated",
"fixed",
"got",
"penalized",
"punished",
"scourged",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"righted",
"compensated",
"paid (back)",
"recompensed",
"repaid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolved",
"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"revengers":{
"as in scourges , avengers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avengers",
"castigators",
"chastisers",
"nemeses",
"punishers",
"scourges",
"vigilantes",
"redressers",
"righters",
"requiters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomers",
"redeemers",
"vindicators"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
"examples":[
"the appeals court reversed the district court's decision"
],
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"switching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"overturning",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"striking down",
"about-facing",
"backtracking",
"countermanding",
"reverting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
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},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it",
"you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look"
],
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"flipping",
"inverting",
"turning over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposing",
"exchanging",
"interchanging",
"shifting",
"switching",
"overturning",
"upsetting"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverends":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"called their reverend and asked if he could marry them next June"
],
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"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
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"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"reworks",
"varies"
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"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
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"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
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"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it"
],
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"edits",
"redrafts",
"revamps",
"reworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"copyedits",
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"reedits",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"that paper needs one more revise , and then I think it's ready to turn in"
],
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"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"reviews",
"revisions",
"variations"
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"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
"reforms",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
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"antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revile":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"attack",
"blame",
"blast",
"criticize",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"doom",
"sentence",
"convict",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprove",
"berate",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rake",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"vituperate",
"curse",
"imprecate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate",
"bless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelation":{
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
"examples":[
"the revelation of the movie star's secret marriage by the tabloids",
"a new biography of the former president that contains several shocking revelations"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"exposure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bombshell",
"kick",
"kicker",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealment",
"cover-up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reveller":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partyer",
"partier",
"partygoer",
"roisterer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanal",
"binger",
"carouser",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"cutup",
"skylarker",
"noisemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"a finicky author who makes countless revisions before submitting a work for publication"
],
"synonyms":[
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"reviews",
"revises",
"variations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
"reforms",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolutionizing":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerating",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying",
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
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"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in missionaries , evangelists":{
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"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"high priestesses",
"high priests",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
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"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in mutiny (against)":{
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"mutiny (against)",
"disoblige",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock",
"rebel (against)",
"brush (off)",
"dismiss",
"flout",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
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"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"capitulate (to)",
"concede (to)",
"defer (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"serve",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"cooperate (with)",
"keep",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"oblige",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch"
],
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"verb"
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"reverence":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"devotees coming to reverence their god"
],
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"adore",
"deify",
"glorify",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship"
],
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"admire",
"honor",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"apotheosize",
"canonize",
"dignify",
"exalt",
"lionize",
"magnify",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"affront",
"dishonor",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"ridicule",
"scorn",
"slight",
"displease",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear"
],
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},
"as in deference , adoration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adoration",
"deference",
"glorification",
"veneration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"hero worship",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"idealization",
"romanticization",
"affection",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"approval"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismissal",
"disregard",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionists":{
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
"examples":[
"after a long series of weak leaders, the people were ready for a revolutionist who promised to bring sweeping change to the nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"crazies",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"young Turks",
"lefties",
"leftists",
"reds",
"progressives",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"subversives",
"agitators",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"rebels",
"secessionists",
"separationists",
"separatists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservatives",
"fuddy-duddies",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"standpatters",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-roaders",
"moderates"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"historically, revolutionists have generally been young men willing to risk everything, even their lives, in the pursuit of their cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reversed":{
"as in reverse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reverse",
"backward",
"rearward",
"retrograde",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
"examples":[
"the appeals court reversed the district court's decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"switched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"overturned",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"struck down",
"about-faced",
"backtracked",
"countermanded",
"reverted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it",
"you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look"
],
"synonyms":[
"flipped",
"inverted",
"turned over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposed",
"exchanged",
"interchanged",
"shifted",
"switched",
"overturned",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reverencing":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"devotees coming to reverence their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"deifying",
"glorifying",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"honoring",
"loving",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"apotheosizing",
"canonizing",
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"lionizing",
"magnifying",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheming",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"violating",
"affronting",
"dishonoring",
"disrespecting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"piquing",
"ridiculing",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"displeasing",
"defaming",
"disparaging",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"smearing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revellers":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partyers",
"partiers",
"partygoers",
"roisterers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanals",
"bingers",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revamping":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"despite the extensive revamping , much of the factory's equipment is still obsolete"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revising",
"reworking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"reediting",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revisit":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"this idea isn't practical now, but we probably should revisit it at a later time"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revitalizing":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering \"disco bowling\" every Friday night with disco music and free soda"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revels":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"binges",
"flings",
"frisks",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"larks",
"ploys",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"sprees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capers",
"escapades",
"pranks",
"benders",
"brannigans",
"bums",
"busts",
"carouses",
"souses",
"splores",
"toots",
"antics",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"field days",
"festivities",
"merriments",
"merrymakings",
"enjoyments",
"indulgences",
"pleasures",
"self-indulgences",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"binges",
"birls",
"carouses",
"roisters",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozes",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"liquors (up)",
"soaks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionary":{
"being very far from the center of public opinion":{
"examples":[
"a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for"
],
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"radical",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subversive",
"violent",
"wild",
"reactionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"traditional",
"liberal",
"progressive"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-road",
"nonrevolutionary",
"unrevolutionary"
]
},
"taking part in a rebellion":{
"examples":[
"revolutionary forces that were soundly defeated before reaching the capital"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"mutinous",
"rebellious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seditious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"treasonous",
"agitating",
"demagogic",
"rabble-rousing",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true",
"true-blue",
"compliant",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
"examples":[
"after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries"
],
"synonyms":[
"crazy",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"young Turk",
"leftist",
"lefty",
"red",
"progressive",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"subversive",
"agitator",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"rebel",
"secessionist",
"separationist",
"separatist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"fuddy-duddy",
"reactionary",
"rightist",
"standpatter",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-roader",
"moderate"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"revengeful":{
"likely to seek revenge":{
"examples":[
"the minister urged his congregation to be less revengeful and more forgiving in spirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"vengeful",
"vindictive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avenging",
"retaliatory",
"resentful",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"sadistic",
"spiteful",
"venomous",
"vicious",
"viperish",
"virulent",
"narrow-minded",
"petty",
"small-minded",
"grim",
"implacable",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"unrelenting",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charitable",
"forgiving",
"merciful",
"relenting",
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"brotherly",
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"altruistic",
"humane",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"high-minded",
"magnanimous",
"noble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revenging":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenging",
"redressing",
"requiting",
"retaliating",
"venging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigating",
"fixing",
"getting",
"penalizing",
"punishing",
"scourging",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"righting",
"compensating",
"paying (back)",
"recompensing",
"repaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolving",
"condoning",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revealing":{
"clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{
"examples":[
"the pundit's comments were particularly revealing and exposed some of his more distasteful prejudices"
],
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"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaning",
"meaningful",
"pregnant",
"revelatory",
"significant",
"suggestive"
],
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"graphic",
"graphical",
"pictorial",
"vivid",
"evocative",
"redolent",
"reminiscent",
"sententious",
"weighty",
"flavorful",
"full-bodied",
"rich"
],
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},
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger"
],
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"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confiding",
"sharing",
"debunking",
"showing up",
"unclothing",
"undraping",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"bringing out",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"betraying",
"blabbing",
"giving away",
"leaking",
"informing",
"squealing",
"talking",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"relating",
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"owning",
"disinterring",
"raking up",
"smoking out",
"unearthing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering (up)",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people"
],
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"bespeaking",
"betraying",
"communicating",
"declaring",
"demonstrating",
"displaying",
"evincing",
"exposing",
"giving away",
"manifesting",
"showing"
],
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"baring",
"disclosing",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"placarding",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"projecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belying",
"misrepresenting",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"twisting",
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"concealing",
"counterfeiting",
"covering",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revulsion":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"examples":[
"the publication of the autopsy photos prompted expressions of outrage and revulsion"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"displeasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"bent",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"preference",
"propensity",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reversions":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"examples":[
"after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion , acting like a baby himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"atavisms",
"returns",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"progressions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revalidates":{
"as in recertifies , reapproves":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revision":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"a finicky author who makes countless revisions before submitting a work for publication"
],
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"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revenges":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"both sides were determined to get revenge for perceived wrongs and showed little interest in ending the feud"
],
"synonyms":[
"paybacks",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"retaliations",
"retributions",
"vengeances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counters",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths",
"amends",
"compensations",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"restitutions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemencies",
"graces",
"leniencies",
"lenities",
"mercies",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenges",
"redresses",
"requites",
"retaliates",
"venges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigates",
"fixes",
"gets",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"scourges",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"rights",
"compensates",
"pays (back)",
"recompenses",
"repays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolves",
"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revocations":{
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"abortions",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recalls",
"recisions",
"repeals",
"rescissions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolution":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"revved the engine to 3000 revolutions per minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyration",
"pirouette",
"reel",
"roll",
"rotation",
"spin",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuit",
"circulation",
"ring",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"spiral",
"twist",
"whorl",
"circle",
"orbit",
"eddy",
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the revolution by which the American colonies gained their independence from Great Britain necessitated going up against the world's most powerful army"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coup",
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
"coup d'etat",
"overthrow",
"misprision",
"sedition",
"treachery",
"treason",
"sabotage",
"subversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgency",
"counterrevolution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelled":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"binged",
"birled",
"caroused",
"roistered",
"wassailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozed",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"liquored (up)",
"soaked",
"tippled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberating":{
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"the temple was filled with the reverberating sound of the gong"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"sounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ringing",
"rolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revives":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gain consciousness again":{
"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pulls through",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"wakes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacks out",
"faints",
"passes out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revel (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rev (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revenue":{
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"the struggling business didn't create much revenue during its first year of operation"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"incoming(s)",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reveled (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revert":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling"
],
"synonyms":[
"regress",
"retrogress",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"throw back",
"ebb",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"drop",
"fall",
"retrograde",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"develop",
"evolve",
"progress"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reveled":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"binged",
"birled",
"caroused",
"roistered",
"wassailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozed",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"liquored (up)",
"soaked",
"tippled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviewing":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
],
"synonyms":[
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"conning",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noticing",
"observing",
"watching",
"combing",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"analyzing",
"dissecting",
"parsing",
"delving (into)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"plumbing",
"probing",
"researching",
"studying",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"picking over",
"reinspecting",
"rereviewing",
"re-reviewing",
"resurveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimming",
"missing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revealed":{
"as in displayed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"displayed",
"bald",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"open",
"peeled",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"hairless",
"shaven",
"disrobed",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"furless",
"skinned",
"divested",
"unprotected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"mantled",
"overgrown",
"overrun",
"overspread",
"bearded",
"hairy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confided",
"shared",
"debunked",
"showed up",
"unclothed",
"undraped",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"brought out",
"declared",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"gave away",
"leaked",
"informed",
"squealed",
"talked",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"related",
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"owned",
"disinterred",
"raked up",
"smoked out",
"unearthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"betrayed",
"communicated",
"declared",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"evinced",
"exposed",
"gave away",
"manifested",
"showed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"placarded",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"sounded",
"trumpeted",
"projected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belied",
"misrepresented",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"twisted",
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"concealed",
"counterfeited",
"covered",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occluded",
"veiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revolve":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivot",
"roll",
"rotate",
"spin",
"swing",
"swirl",
"swivel",
"turn",
"twirl",
"twist",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screw",
"unscrew",
"twiddle",
"coil",
"crank",
"reel",
"wind",
"circulate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrate",
"pinwheel",
"pirouette",
"roll",
"rotate",
"spin",
"turn",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"round",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twine",
"twist",
"wind",
"circle",
"circulate",
"encircle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"pivot",
"swivel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revivalist":{
"as in missionary , evangelist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"high priest",
"high priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revved":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir",
"build a fire under"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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