dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/abo_MWT.json
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{
"abodes":{
"the place where one lives":{
"examples":[
"welcome to my humble abode"
],
"synonyms":[
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"McMansions",
"palaces",
"villas",
"farmhouses",
"granges",
"haciendas",
"homesteads",
"double-wides",
"houseboats",
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"motor homes",
"recreational vehicles",
"RVs",
"trailers",
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"rectories",
"vicarages",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aboil":{
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"examples":[
"even in the wee hours of the morning, his mind is aboil with new ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abolish":{
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"avoid",
"cancel",
"disannul",
"dissolve",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"null",
"nullify",
"quash",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"roll back",
"strike down",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermand",
"override",
"overrule",
"overturn",
"veto",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"retract",
"reverse",
"revoke",
"suspend",
"withdraw",
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"disallow",
"dismiss",
"reject",
"annihilate",
"break down",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"throw out",
"write off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"establish",
"found",
"institute",
"formalize",
"legalize",
"legitimate",
"legitimize",
"validate",
"pass",
"ratify",
"allow",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"permit",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"command",
"decree",
"mandate",
"order",
"prescribe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abomination":{
"something or someone that is hated":{
"examples":[
"most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"anathema",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"b\u00eate noire",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dread",
"hang-up",
"horror",
"phobia",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"annoyance",
"grievance",
"hassle",
"nuisance",
"peeve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"honey",
"sweetheart",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"felicity",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"favorite",
"like",
"preference",
"treasure"
],
"antonyms":[
"love"
]
},
"a very strong dislike":{
"examples":[
"the townspeople have such an abomination of taxes that they have even voted down increases that would have given their schools badly needed funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattiness",
"despite",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"odium",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spleen",
"venom",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"inclination",
"liking",
"admiration",
"adoration",
"veneration",
"worship",
"acceptance",
"tolerance",
"passion",
"relish",
"taste"
],
"antonyms":[
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abort":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aborted":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abounding":{
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
"examples":[
"a city abounding with inviting parks",
"it's a new field abounding in job opportunities"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundant",
"awash",
"flush",
"fraught",
"lousy",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"clogged",
"congested",
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"surfeited",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"lively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"deficient",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"crawling",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"pullulating",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abounds":{
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
],
"synonyms":[
"brims",
"bristles",
"bulges",
"bursts",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"crawls",
"hums",
"overflows",
"pullulates",
"swarms",
"teems"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacks",
"needs",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abominate":{
"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"he abominates the sight of the park he once loved being turned into a parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhor",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desire",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"prefer",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"admire",
"adore",
"approve (of)",
"esteem",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"antonyms":[
"love"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abolishes":{
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"avoids",
"cancels",
"disannuls",
"dissolves",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"nulls",
"quashes",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"rolls back",
"strikes down",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overrules",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"retracts",
"reverses",
"revokes",
"suspends",
"withdraws",
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"disallows",
"dismisses",
"rejects",
"annihilates",
"breaks down",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"throws out",
"writes off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"establishes",
"founds",
"institutes",
"formalizes",
"legalizes",
"legitimates",
"legitimizes",
"validates",
"passes",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"commands",
"decrees",
"mandates",
"orders",
"prescribes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blacks out",
"blots out",
"cancels",
"cleans (up)",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"sweeps (away)",
"wipes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"dismantles",
"flattens",
"mows (down)",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"dashes",
"dynamites",
"smashes",
"atomizes",
"consumes",
"devours",
"dissolves",
"fragments",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"shatters",
"splinters",
"dooms",
"finishes",
"kills",
"kills off",
"terminates",
"zaps",
"cuts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"ejects",
"excises",
"expels",
"jettisons",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"builds",
"constructs",
"creates",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"shapes",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renews",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abominable":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"your table manners are abominable !"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aborting":{
"as in miscarrying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"miscarrying",
"barren",
"infertile",
"delivered",
"nonpregnant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"gravid",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick",
"parturient",
"prenatal",
"childbearing",
"gestational"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"crying off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"about-turn":{
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"more than one London newspaper accused the prime minister of doing an about-turn on the issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-face",
"flip-flop",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abounded":{
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
],
"synonyms":[
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"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
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"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"afterlife",
"afterworld",
"hereafter",
"otherworld"
],
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"inferno",
"limbo",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"underworld",
"abyss",
"pit"
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"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
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"aforesaid",
"foregoing",
"forenamed",
"said",
"antecedent",
"anterior",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"prior",
"such",
"introductory",
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"erstwhile",
"former",
"whilom"
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"below",
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"following",
"subsequent",
"succeeding"
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"noun",
"preposition"
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"bristle",
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"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
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"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"recurrent calls for the abolishment of the electoral college"
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"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding"
],
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"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbiddance",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
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"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal"
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"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
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"noun"
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],
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"autochthon",
"indigene",
"indigen",
"native"
],
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"alien",
"foreigner"
],
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"nonnative"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"alarmingly",
"disturbingly",
"perturbingly",
"traumatically",
"unsettlingly",
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly",
"alack",
"alas",
"ay",
"wirra",
"woe",
"unhappily",
"unluckily",
"lamentably",
"regrettably",
"sadly",
"tragically",
"unfortunately"
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"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"thankfully",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently"
],
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"about-faces":{
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
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"the candidate's frequent about-faces on issues disturbs many voters"
],
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"about-turns",
"flip-flops",
"reversals",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces"
],
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"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
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"antonyms":[]
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"as in backtracks , reverts":{
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"backtracks",
"countermands",
"reverts",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"overturns",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"strikes down",
"reverses",
"switches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"near synonyms":[
"pivots",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"rounds",
"sweeps",
"wheels",
"circles",
"coils",
"curls",
"loops",
"spirals",
"skews",
"slews",
"slues",
"turns",
"twists",
"winds",
"breaks",
"cuts",
"sheers",
"swerves",
"veers",
"yaws",
"zags",
"zigs",
"weaves",
"zigzags",
"deviates",
"strays",
"wanders",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"aboveboard":{
"straightforward in manner":{
"examples":[
"The committee tried to be fair and aboveboard in its hiring.",
"an aboveboard and responsible proposal"
],
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"dependable",
"reliable",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"freehearted",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"believable",
"credible",
"true",
"veritable",
"artless",
"earnest",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"conscientious",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fallacious",
"false",
"untrue",
"unbelievable",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unscrupulous",
"untrustworthy",
"bluffing",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"duplicitous",
"equivocating",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"posing",
"pretending",
"artful",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"evasive",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"dishonest",
"fibbing",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"prevaricating",
"untruthful"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"about":{
"having to do with":{
"examples":[
"a poignant story about a young man who goes off to war"
],
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"apropos",
"apropos of",
"as far as",
"as for",
"as regards",
"as respects",
"as to",
"concerning",
"of",
"on",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"touching",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"over"
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},
"close to":{
"examples":[
"about the hedge there was a picket fence"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"near",
"next to",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"beside",
"across",
"along",
"at",
"circa",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
"examples":[
"sparrows hopping about the lawn near the bird feeder"
],
"synonyms":[
"across",
"around",
"over",
"round",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"on"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"on all sides or in every direction":{
"examples":[
"people standing about waiting for a salesclerk to assist them"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"round"
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"near synonyms":[
"all over",
"everyplace",
"everywhere",
"abroad",
"afloat",
"hereabouts",
"hereabout"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"toward the opposite direction":{
"examples":[
"turned about and saw the dog following him"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"back",
"backward",
"backwards",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behind",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"obversely",
"reversely",
"across",
"athwart",
"counter",
"counterclockwise",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clockwise",
"deasil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"about as many attendees as last year signed up for the conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"it's about a mile to the nearest gas station",
"we're about ready to get started"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"in one place and another":{
"examples":[
"his garage was a dirty, cluttered place with various tools and engine parts just lying about"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"here and there",
"passim"
],
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"all over",
"everyplace",
"everywhere",
"far and wide",
"high and low",
"right and left",
"throughout",
"ubiquitously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nowhere"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in up , astir":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"astir",
"up",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"roused",
"rousted",
"wakened",
"aware",
"conscious",
"awake",
"insomniac",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake",
"revived",
"reawakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"unawakened",
"dozy",
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"abolition":{
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"calls for the abolition of the death penalty"
],
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"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbiddance",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
"rejection",
"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abortiveness":{
"as in otioseness , bootlessness":{
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"near synonyms":[
"barrenness",
"bootlessness",
"emptiness",
"fruitlessness",
"otioseness",
"unavailingness",
"unprofitability",
"unprofitableness",
"vanity",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"hopelessness",
"inaneness",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"senselessness",
"futility",
"uselessness",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"setback",
"collapse",
"crash",
"cropper",
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"use",
"usefulness",
"utility",
"account",
"avail",
"mileage",
"service",
"serviceability",
"serviceableness",
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"victory",
"win",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"success",
"applicability",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"relevance",
"profit",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"about-turns":{
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"more than one London newspaper accused the prime minister of doing an about-turn on the issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-faces",
"flip-flops",
"reversals",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"calls for the abolition of the death penalty"
],
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"abatements",
"abolishments",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments"
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"near synonyms":[
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
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"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"recurrent calls for the abolishment of the electoral college"
],
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"abatements",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
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"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
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"type":[
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"examples":[
"a national sport whose origins can be traced to an ancient game first played by the aborigines"
],
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"autochthons",
"autochthones",
"indigenes",
"indigens",
"natives"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners"
],
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"nonnatives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"the abortion of the space mission caused the whole space program to be reexamined"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recalls",
"recisions",
"repeals",
"rescissions",
"revocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
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]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the place where one lives":{
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"welcome to my humble abode"
],
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"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof"
],
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"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"bungalow",
"cabin",
"casita",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"duplex",
"ranch",
"ranch house",
"saltbox",
"semi",
"split level",
"townhome",
"town house",
"tract house",
"triplex",
"apartment",
"apartment house",
"condo",
"condominium",
"flat",
"tenement",
"tenement house",
"walk-up",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"barracks",
"billet",
"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"flophouse",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house",
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"countryseat",
"estate",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"McMansion",
"palace",
"villa",
"farmhouse",
"grange",
"hacienda",
"homestead",
"double-wide",
"houseboat",
"house trailer",
"mobile home",
"motor home",
"recreational vehicle",
"RV",
"trailer",
"hermitage",
"manse",
"parsonage",
"rectory",
"vicarage",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abolished":{
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865"
],
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"abated",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance"
],
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"annihilated",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cleaned (up)",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abode (beyond)":{
"as in lasted (beyond) , persisted (beyond)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"endured (past)",
"held (past)",
"held out (past)",
"lasted (beyond)",
"persisted (beyond)",
"outstayed",
"drew out",
"perpetuated",
"survived",
"succeeded",
"outlasted",
"outlived",
"outwore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aboriginals":{
"a member of the first people to inhabit a region":{
"examples":[
"they still speak the language of the region's aboriginals"
],
"synonyms":[
"aborigines",
"autochthons",
"autochthones",
"indigenes",
"indigens",
"natives"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonnatives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"about-facing":{
"as in backtracking , reverting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backtracking",
"countermanding",
"reverting",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"overturning",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"striking down",
"reversing",
"switching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pivoting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pivoting",
"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"rounding",
"sweeping",
"wheeling",
"circling",
"coiling",
"curling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"skewing",
"turning",
"twisting",
"winding",
"breaking",
"cutting",
"sheering",
"swerving",
"veering",
"yawing",
"zagging",
"zigging",
"weaving",
"zigzagging",
"deviating",
"straying",
"wandering",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abominations":{
"something or someone that is hated":{
"examples":[
"most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrences",
"anathemas",
"antipathies",
"aversions",
"b\u00eates noires",
"detestations",
"execrations",
"hates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreads",
"hang-ups",
"horrors",
"phobias",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"annoyances",
"grievances",
"hassles",
"nuisances",
"peeves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"honeys",
"sweethearts",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"felicities",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"favorites",
"likes",
"preferences",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"loves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"about-face":{
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"the candidate's frequent about-faces on issues disturbs many voters"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backtrack , revert":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backtrack",
"countermand",
"revert",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"overturn",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"strike down",
"reverse",
"switch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pivot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pivot",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"wheel",
"circle",
"coil",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"skew",
"slew",
"slue",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"break",
"cut",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"veer",
"yaw",
"zag",
"zig",
"weave",
"zigzag",
"deviate",
"stray",
"wander",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"aborning":{
"beginning to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the new governor will have to deal with the state's aborning fiscal crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"budding",
"inceptive",
"inchoate",
"incipient",
"nascent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"first",
"formative",
"inaugural",
"inchoative",
"initial",
"original",
"elementary",
"embryonic",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"formless",
"incoherent",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"ripe",
"ripened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abortion":{
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"the abortion of the space mission caused the whole space program to be reexamined"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission",
"revocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abominating":{
"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"he abominates the sight of the park he once loved being turned into a parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorring",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desiring",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"liking",
"preferring",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"admiring",
"adoring",
"approving (of)",
"esteeming",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"loving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abominated":{
"as in hated , despised":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorred",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"unbeloved",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"fair-haired",
"favored",
"favorite",
"fond",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"special",
"sweet",
"white-headed",
"admired",
"adored",
"appreciated",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"prized",
"treasured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"he abominates the sight of the park he once loved being turned into a parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorred",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplored",
"deprecated",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desired",
"fancied",
"favored",
"liked",
"preferred",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"admired",
"adored",
"approved (of)",
"esteemed",
"hallowed",
"idolized",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured"
],
"antonyms":[
"loved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abolishing":{
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blacking out",
"blotting out",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"cleaning (up)",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"rooting (out)",
"rubbing out",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"sweeping (away)",
"wiping out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"dismantling",
"flattening",
"mowing (down)",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"dashing",
"dynamiting",
"smashing",
"atomizing",
"consuming",
"devouring",
"dissolving",
"fragmenting",
"powdering",
"pulverizing",
"shattering",
"splintering",
"dooming",
"finishing",
"killing",
"killing off",
"terminating",
"zapping",
"cutting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"ejecting",
"excising",
"expelling",
"jettisoning",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"building",
"constructing",
"creating",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"shaping",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renewing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aboveground":{
"as in surface":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belowground",
"subsurface",
"subterranean",
"underground"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aborts":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"calls",
"calls off",
"cancels",
"cries off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"scraps",
"scrubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"countermands",
"reverses",
"rolls back",
"breaks off",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"holds back",
"interrupts",
"suspends",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engages",
"pledges",
"promises",
"begins",
"commences",
"initiates",
"starts",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"keeps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aboriginal":{
"belonging to a particular place by birth or origin":{
"examples":[
"the aboriginal peoples of northern Alaska are known as Inupiats, which in their language literally means \"real people\""
],
"synonyms":[
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"endemic",
"indigenous",
"native"
],
"near synonyms":[
"local",
"regional",
"original"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imported",
"introduced",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"exotic",
"foreign",
"strange",
"expatriate",
"immigrant"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"nonnative"
]
},
"a member of the first people to inhabit a region":{
"examples":[
"they still speak the language of the region's aboriginals"
],
"synonyms":[
"aborigine",
"autochthon",
"indigene",
"indigen",
"native"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonnative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"about-faced":{
"as in backtracked , reverted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backtracked",
"countermanded",
"reverted",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"overturned",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"struck down",
"reversed",
"switched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pivoted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pivoted",
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"wheeled",
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"skewed",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"broke",
"cut",
"sheered",
"swerved",
"veered",
"yawed",
"zagged",
"zigged",
"weaved",
"zigzagged",
"deviated",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abominates":{
"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"he abominates the sight of the park he once loved being turned into a parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhors",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desires",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"prefers",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"admires",
"adores",
"approves (of)",
"esteems",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"loves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abortive":{
"producing no results":{
"examples":[
"an abortive attempt to recover the sunken pirate ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"bootless",
"empty",
"fruitless",
"futile",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficacious",
"otiose",
"profitless",
"unavailing",
"unproductive",
"unprofitable",
"unsuccessful",
"useless",
"vain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hollow",
"idle",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"lost",
"no-win",
"unattainable",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"counterproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meaningful",
"worthwhile",
"adequate",
"sufficient",
"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"realizable",
"usable",
"useable",
"workable"
],
"antonyms":[
"deadly",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"potent",
"productive",
"profitable",
"successful",
"virtuous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}