5583 lines
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5583 lines
109 KiB
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{
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"sigh (for)":{
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"examples":[
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"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ache (for)",
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"covet",
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"crave",
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"desiderate",
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"desire",
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"die (for)",
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"hanker (for or after)",
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"hunger (for)",
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"itch (for)",
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"jones (for)",
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"long (for)",
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"lust (for or after)",
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"pant (after)",
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"pine (for)",
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"repine (for)",
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"salivate (for)",
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"thirst (for)",
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"want",
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"wish (for)",
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"yearn (for)",
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"yen (for)",
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"set one's heart on"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"spoil (for)",
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"adore",
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"delight (in)",
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"dig",
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"enjoy",
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"fancy",
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"groove (on)",
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"like",
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"love",
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"relish",
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"revel (in)",
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"favor",
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"prefer",
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"admire",
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"appreciate",
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"cherish",
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"prize",
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"treasure",
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"value"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhor",
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"abominate",
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"despise",
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"detest",
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"execrate",
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"hate",
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"loathe",
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"decline",
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"refuse",
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"reject",
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"spurn"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sighed (for)":{
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"examples":[
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"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ached (for)",
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"coveted",
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"craved",
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"desiderated",
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"desired",
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"died (for)",
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"hankered (for or after)",
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"hungered (for)",
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"itched (for)",
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"jonesed (for)",
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"longed (for)",
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"lusted (for or after)",
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"panted (after)",
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"pined (for)",
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"repined (for)",
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"salivated (for)",
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"thirsted (for)",
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"wanted",
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"wished (for)",
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"yearned (for)",
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"yenned (for)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"spoiled (for)",
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"spoilt (for)",
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"adored",
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"delighted (in)",
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"dug",
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"enjoyed",
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"fancied",
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"grooved (on)",
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"liked",
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"loved",
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"relished",
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"reveled (in)",
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"revelled (in)",
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"favored",
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"preferred",
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"admired",
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"appreciated",
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"cherished",
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"prized",
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"treasured",
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"valued"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"despised",
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"detested",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"declined",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"spurned"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sighing":{
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"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
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"examples":[
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"Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor\u2014which was often",
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"a breeze sighed through the leaves"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"soughing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gasping",
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"huffing",
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"panting",
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"puffing",
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"wheezing",
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"breathing",
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"respiring",
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"exhaling",
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"expiring",
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"inhaling",
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"inspiring",
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"sniffing",
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"snorting",
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"snuffling",
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"yawning"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sign":{
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"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
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"examples":[
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"you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"autograph",
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"ink",
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"subscribe"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sign up",
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"cosign",
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"countersign",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"register",
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"sign on",
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"inscribe",
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"author",
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"pen",
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"pencil (in)",
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"scratch (out)",
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"scrawl",
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"scribble",
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"notarize"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
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"examples":[
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"made a sign for the audience to be quiet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gesticulation",
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"gesture",
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"mime",
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"pantomime",
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"signal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beck",
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"beckon",
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"flourish",
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"shrug",
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"wave",
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"body language",
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"posture",
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"indication",
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"motion",
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"sign language"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader":{
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"examples":[
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"an \"and\" sign"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"character",
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"glyph",
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"icon",
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"ikon",
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"symbol"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cipher",
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"letter",
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"numeral",
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"hieroglyph",
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"ideogram",
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"pictogram",
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"pictograph",
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"rune"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sign off (on)":{
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"as in sign , initial":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"initial",
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"rubber-stamp",
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"sign",
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"bless",
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"canonize",
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"sanctify",
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"allow",
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"enable",
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"legalize",
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"license",
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"licence",
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"pass",
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"permit",
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"certify",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"validate",
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"reapprove",
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"accept",
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"acknowledge",
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"affirm",
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"accredit",
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"approbate",
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"approve",
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"authorize",
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"clear",
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"confirm",
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"finalize",
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"formalize",
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"homologate",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"ratify",
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"sanction",
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"warrant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decline",
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"deny",
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"disallow",
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"disapprove",
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"negative",
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"reject",
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"turn down",
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"veto",
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"ban",
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"enjoin",
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"forbid",
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"illegalize",
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"interdict",
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"prohibit",
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"proscribe",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"overlook",
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"rebuff",
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"rebut",
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"refuse",
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"spurn"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"signaled":{
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"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
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"examples":[
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"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beckoned",
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"flagged",
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"gestured",
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"motioned",
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"waved"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nodded",
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"gesticulated",
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"mimed",
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"pantomimed",
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"signed",
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"signalized",
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"acquainted",
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"advised",
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"informed",
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"related",
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"told",
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"flourished",
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"shrugged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"signalizing":{
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"as in signifying , signaling":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adverting",
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"mentioning",
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"pointing",
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"referring",
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"signaling",
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"signalling",
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"signifying",
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"alluding",
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"indicating",
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"inferring",
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"insinuating",
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"intimating",
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"suggesting",
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"smacking (of)",
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"smelling (of)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"announcing",
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"declaring",
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"proclaiming",
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"elucidating",
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"explaining",
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"spelling out",
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"delineating",
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"describing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"significantly":{
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"to a large extent or degree":{
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"examples":[
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"The recipe made significantly more cookies than I was expecting.",
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"The vet informed us that Fluffy was significantly overweight and would need to be put on a diet."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"considerably",
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"extensively",
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"substantially",
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"absolutely",
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"altogether",
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"completely",
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"downright",
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"entirely",
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"flat-out",
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"fully",
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"positively",
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"purely",
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"radically",
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"thoroughly",
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"totally",
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"utterly",
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"wholly",
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"deeply",
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"profoundly",
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"exceptionally",
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"notably",
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"remarkably",
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"appreciably",
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"discernibly",
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"markedly",
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"noticeably",
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"obviously",
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"palpably",
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"plainly",
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"visibly",
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"abundantly",
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"plentifully",
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"astronomically",
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"grandly",
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"monstrously",
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"monumentally",
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"excessively",
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"obscenely",
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"overmuch",
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"amazingly",
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"astonishingly",
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"staggeringly",
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"achingly",
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"almighty",
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"archly",
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"awful",
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"awfully",
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"badly",
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"beastly",
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"blisteringly",
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"bone",
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"colossally",
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"corking",
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"cracking",
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"damn",
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"damned",
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"dang",
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"deadly",
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"desperately",
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"eminently",
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"enormously",
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"especially",
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"ever",
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"exceedingly",
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"exceeding",
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"extra",
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"extremely",
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"fabulously",
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"fantastically",
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"far",
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"fiercely",
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"filthy",
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"frightfully",
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"full",
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"greatly",
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"heavily",
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"highly",
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"hugely",
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"immensely",
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"incredibly",
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"intensely",
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"jolly",
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"majorly",
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"mightily",
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"mighty",
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"monstrous",
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"mortally",
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"most",
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"much",
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"particularly",
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"passing",
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"rattling",
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"real",
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"really",
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"right",
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"roaring",
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"roaringly",
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"seriously",
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"severely",
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"so",
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"sore",
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"sorely",
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"spanking",
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"specially",
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"stinking",
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"such",
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"super",
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"supremely",
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"surpassingly",
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"terribly",
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"that",
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"thumping",
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"too",
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"unco",
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"uncommonly",
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"vastly",
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"very",
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"vitally",
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"way",
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"whacking",
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"wicked",
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"wildly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"marginally",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely",
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly",
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"somewhat",
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"meagerly",
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"scantily"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"signifying":{
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"indicating something":{
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"examples":[
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"his tendency to use weasel words is seen as a signifying character trait"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"denotative",
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"denoting",
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"indicative",
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"reflective",
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"significant",
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"telltale"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alluding",
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"allusive",
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"referring",
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"characteristic",
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"symptomatic",
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"demonstrative",
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"exhibiting",
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"expressive",
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"symbolic",
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"symbolical",
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"connoting",
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"insinuating",
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"suggestive"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be of importance":{
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"examples":[
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"never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"counting",
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"importing",
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"mattering",
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"meaning",
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"weighing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affecting",
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"concerning",
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"influencing",
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"swaying",
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"adding up (to)",
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"amounting (to)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
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"examples":[
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"the symbol failed to signify anything to me\u2014until I realized that it was upside down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"denoting",
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"expressing",
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"importing",
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"intending",
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"meaning",
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"spelling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"connoting",
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"implying",
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"suggesting",
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"adding up (to)",
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"amounting (to)",
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"hinting",
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"inferring",
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"insinuating",
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"intimating",
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"embodying",
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"epitomizing",
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"personifying",
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"representing",
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"symboling",
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"symbolling",
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"symbolizing",
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"adverting",
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"alluding (to)",
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"citing",
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"instancing",
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"mentioning",
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"referring (to)",
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"specifying",
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"touching (on or upon)",
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"designating",
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"indicating",
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"pointing (to)",
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"signaling",
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"signalling",
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"announcing",
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"declaring",
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"proclaiming",
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"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"betokening",
|
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"denoting",
|
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"indicating",
|
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"meaning",
|
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"pointing (to)",
|
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"telling (of)"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreshowing",
|
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"foretelling",
|
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"presaging"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing (up or on)":{
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
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"feeing",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
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"reengaging",
|
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"re-engaging",
|
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"rehiring",
|
|
"apprenticing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"jobbing",
|
|
"partnering",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"headhunting",
|
|
"scouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"locking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs on":{
|
|
"as in signs up , enrolls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"signs up",
|
|
"affiances",
|
|
"betroths",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"overcommits",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"mortgages",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"troths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reneges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs on (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I signed on for the crew team simply as a lark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlists (in)",
|
|
"enrolls (in)",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"signs up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlists",
|
|
"reenrolls",
|
|
"reenters",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"re-ups",
|
|
"gets in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sightless":{
|
|
"lacking the power of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bats are often thought to be completely sightless , but this is not really true"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"blindfold",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signaller":{
|
|
"as in waft , semaphore":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"semaphore",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"black flag",
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"white flag",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pennant",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sightly":{
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the calligrapher's sightly handwriting would be desirable on the diplomas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significant other":{
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has threatened to divorce her significant other if he doesn't stop gambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"spouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"domestic partner",
|
|
"bridegroom",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"hubby",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"old man",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ex",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"bachelor",
|
|
"bachelorette",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"spinster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signallers":{
|
|
"as in wafts , semaphores":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"semaphores",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"black flags",
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias",
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pendants",
|
|
"pendents",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"pennons",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signified":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"mattered",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the symbol failed to signify anything to me\u2014until I realized that it was upside down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"spelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"symboled",
|
|
"symbolled",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"betokened",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"told (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boded",
|
|
"foreshowed",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"presaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sightseer":{
|
|
"a person who travels for pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we shared the bus with a group of sightseers from out of town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excursionist",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"rubbernecker",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"tripper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"holidayer",
|
|
"holidaymaker",
|
|
"vacationer",
|
|
"vacationist",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"hosteler",
|
|
"hosteller",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"journeyer",
|
|
"pilgrim",
|
|
"wayfarer",
|
|
"snowbird",
|
|
"sunseeker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signaler":{
|
|
"as in waft , semaphore":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"semaphore",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"black flag",
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"white flag",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pennant",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing up (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they both signed up for a Spanish class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisting (in)",
|
|
"enrolling (in)",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"joining",
|
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"signing on (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlisting",
|
|
"re-enlisting",
|
|
"reenrolling",
|
|
"re-enrolling",
|
|
"reentering",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"re-upping",
|
|
"getting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed on":{
|
|
"as in signed up , enrolled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"signed up",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"plighted",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"swore",
|
|
"vowed",
|
|
"overcommitted",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"mortgaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"trothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reneged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs off (on)":{
|
|
"as in signs , initials":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"initials",
|
|
"rubber-stamps",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"reapproves",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"approbates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"homologates",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"illegalizes",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signal":{
|
|
"an object intended to give public notice or warning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop signs are signals for vehicles to come to a full stop\u2014not suggestions for slowing down, as some drivers seem to think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"tocsin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"red light",
|
|
"knell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quietly waiting for the signal to advance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gesticulation",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"shrug",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"sign language"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"gesticulate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signalize",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"shrug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Louisiana Purchase is cited by many historians as one of the most signal events in American history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sigh":{
|
|
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor\u2014which was often",
|
|
"a breeze sighed through the leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"respire",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"sniff",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"yawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whisper , gasp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signaling":{
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"gesturing",
|
|
"motioning",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"gesticulating",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"signalizing",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"shrugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalling":{
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"gesturing",
|
|
"motioning",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"gesticulating",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"signalizing",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"shrugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sightliness":{
|
|
"the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never known for their sightliness , prisons and landfills are unwelcomed in most communities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetics",
|
|
"esthetics",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"beauteousness",
|
|
"beautifulness",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"comeliness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"loveliness",
|
|
"prettiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"sublimity",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"nubility",
|
|
"pulchritude",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"sex appeal",
|
|
"sexiness",
|
|
"shapeliness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"glossiness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"splashiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"horribleness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"terribleness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"homeliness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"ugliness",
|
|
"unattractiveness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unloveliness",
|
|
"unsightliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signboard":{
|
|
"as in sign , billboard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"poster",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"ad",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signals":{
|
|
"an object intended to give public notice or warning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop signs are signals for vehicles to come to a full stop\u2014not suggestions for slowing down, as some drivers seem to think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"tocsins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"red lights",
|
|
"knells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quietly waiting for the signal to advance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gesticulations",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"becks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"shrugs",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"body languages",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"sign languages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"waves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"gesticulates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signalizes",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"shrugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signification":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we should assume that the author is using the word in its ordinary signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"significance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalled":{
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"gestured",
|
|
"motioned",
|
|
"waved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"gesticulated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signalized",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"shrugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighted":{
|
|
"as in seeing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"ocular",
|
|
"optic",
|
|
"optical",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in aware , observant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"eagle-eyed",
|
|
"hawkeyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless",
|
|
"astigmatic",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"nearsighted",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing on":{
|
|
"as in signing up , enrolling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"signing up",
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"plighting",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"vowing",
|
|
"overcommitting",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"mortgaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"trothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reneging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalized":{
|
|
"as in signified , signaled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"alluded",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"smacked (of)",
|
|
"smelled (of)",
|
|
"smelt (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"described"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significant others":{
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has threatened to divorce her significant other if he doesn't stop gambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"spouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"domestic partners",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"wives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exes",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"bachelors",
|
|
"bachelorettes",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"spinsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed up":{
|
|
"as in notarized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notarized",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"subscribed",
|
|
"cosigned",
|
|
"countersigned",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed on",
|
|
"initialed",
|
|
"initialled",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penciled (in)",
|
|
"pencilled (in)",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in volunteered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"volunteered",
|
|
"called up",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"recruited",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"conscribed",
|
|
"conscripted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"levied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"mustered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign up (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they both signed up for a Spanish class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlist (in)",
|
|
"enroll (in)",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"sign on (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlist",
|
|
"reenroll",
|
|
"reenter",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"re-up",
|
|
"get in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed":{
|
|
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"subscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"signed up",
|
|
"cosigned",
|
|
"countersigned",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed on",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penciled (in)",
|
|
"pencilled (in)",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"notarized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signboards":{
|
|
"as in signs , billboards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing on (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I signed on for the crew team simply as a lark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisting (in)",
|
|
"enrolling (in)",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"signing up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlisting",
|
|
"re-enlisting",
|
|
"reenrolling",
|
|
"re-enrolling",
|
|
"reentering",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"re-upping",
|
|
"getting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signatures":{
|
|
"a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll just need your signature on the application, and then we're all set"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"John Hancocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"franks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"countersigns",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed on (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I signed on for the crew team simply as a lark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisted (in)",
|
|
"enrolled (in)",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"signed up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlisted",
|
|
"re-enlisted",
|
|
"reenrolled",
|
|
"re-enrolled",
|
|
"reentered",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"re-upped",
|
|
"got in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significant":{
|
|
"clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after remarking that tardiness was on the rise, our boss cast a significant glance my way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"evocative",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"reminiscent",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"indicating something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town's generous library budget is significant of the value its residents place on learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotative",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"indicative",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding",
|
|
"allusive",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"symbolic",
|
|
"symbolical",
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a significant change in the procedure for applying for citizenship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great power or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a producer who is playing a significant role in the creation of the new film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"high-powered",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"paid a significant amount of money for the movie rights to the book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"substantive",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"picayunish",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"smallish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"nominal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighed":{
|
|
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor\u2014which was often",
|
|
"a breeze sighed through the leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"soughed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"respired",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"sniffed",
|
|
"snorted",
|
|
"snuffled",
|
|
"yawned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign (up or on)":{
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"reengage",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"headhunt",
|
|
"scout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"lock out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign up":{
|
|
"as in notarize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notarize",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"subscribe",
|
|
"cosign",
|
|
"countersign",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"sign on",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil (in)",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in volunteer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"volunteer",
|
|
"call up",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"conscribe",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"levy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"muster out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing up":{
|
|
"as in notarizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notarizing",
|
|
"autographing",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"subscribing",
|
|
"cosigning",
|
|
"countersigning",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"signing on",
|
|
"initialing",
|
|
"initialling",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"penciling (in)",
|
|
"pencilling (in)",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in volunteering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"volunteering",
|
|
"calling up",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"conscribing",
|
|
"conscripting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"levying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"mustering out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalers":{
|
|
"as in wafts , semaphores":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"semaphores",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"black flags",
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias",
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pendants",
|
|
"pendents",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"pennons",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighs (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed (up or on)":{
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"recruited",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"reengaged",
|
|
"re-engaged",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"apprenticed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"jobbed",
|
|
"partnered",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"headhunted",
|
|
"scouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"locked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"sacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed off (on)":{
|
|
"as in signed , initialed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"initialed",
|
|
"initialled",
|
|
"rubber-stamped",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"reapproved",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"approbated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"homologated",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"illegalized",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significance":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the significance of that word is much debated by biblical scholars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being important":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the political significance of the special commission's report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign languages":{
|
|
"as in body languages , signs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gesticulations",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"becks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"shrugs",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"body languages",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"motions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signify":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the symbol failed to signify anything to me\u2014until I realized that it was upside down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betoken",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"tell (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"foreshow",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"presage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs":{
|
|
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"subscribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"signs up",
|
|
"cosigns",
|
|
"countersigns",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"signs on",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"pencils (in)",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"notarizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a sign for the audience to be quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gesticulations",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"becks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"shrugs",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"body languages",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"sign languages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an \"and\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"glyphs",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"symbols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"numerals",
|
|
"hieroglyphs",
|
|
"ideograms",
|
|
"pictograms",
|
|
"pictographs",
|
|
"runes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sight":{
|
|
"a position within view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"get out of my sight !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"company",
|
|
"presence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"contiguity",
|
|
"immediacy",
|
|
"nearness",
|
|
"proximity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always fainted at the merest sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"side-glance",
|
|
"squinny",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"coup d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the frat house was a sight the morning after the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyesore",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"hideosity",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monstrosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eye-catcher",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to see":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost his sight in an accident when he was young"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"eyesight",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"myopia",
|
|
"nearsightedness",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"hypermetropia",
|
|
"hyperopia",
|
|
"presbyopia",
|
|
"aniseikonia",
|
|
"astigmatism",
|
|
"diplopia",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"strabismus",
|
|
"double vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this place sure is a good sight better than that last motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighing (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign on":{
|
|
"as in sign up , enroll":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"sign up",
|
|
"affiance",
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"overcommit",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"mortgage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"renege"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign language":{
|
|
"as in body language , sign":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gesticulation",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"shrug",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"motion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs up":{
|
|
"as in notarizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notarizes",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"subscribes",
|
|
"cosigns",
|
|
"countersigns",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"signs on",
|
|
"initials",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"pencils (in)",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in volunteers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"volunteers",
|
|
"calls up",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"conscribes",
|
|
"conscripts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"levies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"musters out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signifies":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the symbol failed to signify anything to me\u2014until I realized that it was upside down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaks",
|
|
"betokens",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"tells (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodes",
|
|
"foreshows",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"presages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing":{
|
|
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autographing",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"subscribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"signing up",
|
|
"cosigning",
|
|
"countersigning",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"signing on",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"penciling (in)",
|
|
"pencilling (in)",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"notarizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sights":{
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always fainted at the merest sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"leers",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"side-glances",
|
|
"squinnies",
|
|
"squints",
|
|
"coups d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the frat house was a sight the morning after the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyesores",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"hideosities",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monstrosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eye-catchers",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this place sure is a good sight better than that last motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signed up (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"they both signed up for a Spanish class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisted (in)",
|
|
"enrolled (in)",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"signed on (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlisted",
|
|
"re-enlisted",
|
|
"reenrolled",
|
|
"re-enrolled",
|
|
"reentered",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"re-upped",
|
|
"got in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significations":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we should assume that the author is using the word in its ordinary signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"significances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalizes":{
|
|
"as in signifies , signals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"alludes",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"smacks (of)",
|
|
"smells (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"describes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighting":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing off (on)":{
|
|
"as in signing , initialing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"initialing",
|
|
"initialling",
|
|
"rubber-stamping",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"reapproving",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"approbating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homologating",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"illegalizing",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significances":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the significance of that word is much debated by biblical scholars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"significations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sightseers":{
|
|
"a person who travels for pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we shared the bus with a group of sightseers from out of town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excursionists",
|
|
"rubberneckers",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"tourists",
|
|
"travelers",
|
|
"travellers",
|
|
"trippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"holidayers",
|
|
"holidaymakers",
|
|
"vacationers",
|
|
"vacationists",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"hostelers",
|
|
"hostellers",
|
|
"visitors",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"journeyers",
|
|
"pilgrims",
|
|
"wayfarers",
|
|
"snowbirds",
|
|
"sunseekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs (up or on)":{
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"reengages",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"headhunts",
|
|
"scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"locks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signature":{
|
|
"a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll just need your signature on the application, and then we're all set"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"John Hancock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"countersign",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign on (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I signed on for the crew team simply as a lark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlist (in)",
|
|
"enroll (in)",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"sign up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlist",
|
|
"reenroll",
|
|
"reenter",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"re-up",
|
|
"get in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs up (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they both signed up for a Spanish class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlists (in)",
|
|
"enrolls (in)",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"signs on (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlists",
|
|
"reenrolls",
|
|
"reenters",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"re-ups",
|
|
"gets in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sight(s)":{
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always fainted at the merest sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"leers",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"side-glances",
|
|
"squinnies",
|
|
"squints",
|
|
"coups d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the frat house was a sight the morning after the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyesores",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"hideosities",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monstrosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eye-catchers",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this place sure is a good sight better than that last motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
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"surfeits",
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"surpluses",
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"deluges",
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"floods",
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"overflows",
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"armies",
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"bevies",
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"crams",
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"crowds",
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"crushes",
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"droves",
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"flocks",
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"herds",
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"hordes",
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"hosts",
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"legions",
|
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"mobs",
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"multitudes",
|
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"presses",
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"scores",
|
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"seas",
|
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"swarms",
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"throngs",
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"gazillions",
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"jillions",
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"kazillions",
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"millions",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillions",
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"zillions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atoms",
|
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"crumbs",
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"dots",
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"flecks",
|
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"flyspecks",
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"fragments",
|
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"grains",
|
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"granules",
|
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"iotas",
|
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"jots",
|
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"modicums",
|
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"molecules",
|
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"motes",
|
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"nubbins",
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"particles",
|
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"rays",
|
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"scintillas",
|
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"scraps",
|
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"shreds",
|
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"tittles",
|
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"whits",
|
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"smatterings",
|
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"smatters",
|
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"dashes",
|
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"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
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"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
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"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
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"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighs":{
|
|
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor\u2014which was often",
|
|
"a breeze sighed through the leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"soughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"respires",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"sniffs",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"snuffles",
|
|
"yawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whispers , gasps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"suspirations",
|
|
"susurrations",
|
|
"susurruses",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalize":{
|
|
"as in signify , signal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"allude",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"smack (of)",
|
|
"smell (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |