15785 lines
313 KiB
JSON
15785 lines
313 KiB
JSON
{
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"cord":{
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"a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things":{
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"examples":[
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"a vacuum cleaner with an extra long cord"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cable",
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"lace",
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"lacing",
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"line",
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"rope",
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"string",
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"wire"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"guy",
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"halyard",
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"lanyard",
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"stay",
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"bungee cord",
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"whipcord"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
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"examples":[
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"the cords of trust and affection that exist between the longtime friends"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bond",
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"cement",
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"knot",
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"ligature",
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"link",
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"tie"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attachment",
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"connection",
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"fastening",
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"hookup",
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"joint",
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"linkage",
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"linkup",
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"nexus",
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"tie-up",
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"union",
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"yoke",
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"affection",
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"fondness",
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"sympathy",
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"fetter",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"hampering",
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"limit",
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"limitation",
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"restraint",
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"restriction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detaching",
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"disengaging",
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"parting",
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"separation",
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"unbinding",
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"unfastening",
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"unfettering",
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"untying",
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"untieing",
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"emancipation",
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"freedom",
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"liberation",
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"release"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in strap , wire":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cinch",
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"rope",
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"strap",
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"thread",
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"wire",
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"band",
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"bind",
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"tie",
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"truss",
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"gird",
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"girt",
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"lash",
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"leash",
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"tether",
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"interlace",
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"intertwine",
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"interweave",
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"lace",
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"entangle",
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"knot",
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"snarl",
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"tangle",
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"twist",
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"coil",
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"wind"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unbind",
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"untie",
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"undo",
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"unfasten",
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"unlace",
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"unlash",
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"unloose",
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"unloosen",
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"unstrap",
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"unstring",
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"unthread",
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"unleash",
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"untether",
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"disentangle",
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"unravel",
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"unsnarl",
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"untangle",
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"untwine",
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"untwist",
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"uncoil",
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"unspool",
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"unwind"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cordial":{
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"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
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"examples":[
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"a cordial inquiry about her mother's health"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amicable",
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"bonhomous",
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"buddy-buddy",
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"chummy",
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"collegial",
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"companionable",
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"comradely",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"hail-fellow",
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"hail-fellow-well-met",
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"hearty",
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"matey",
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"neighborly",
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"palsy",
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"palsy-walsy",
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"warm",
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"warmhearted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"approachable",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"nice",
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"sweet",
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"clubby",
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"convivial",
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"folksy",
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"gregarious",
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"hospitable",
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"sociable",
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"social",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"merry",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"outgoing",
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"brotherly",
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"fraternal",
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"sisterly",
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"close",
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"familiar",
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"intimate",
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"adoring",
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"affectionate",
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"devoted",
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"fond",
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"lovesome",
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"loving",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alienated",
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"estranged",
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"chilly",
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"cold",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cool",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
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"glacial",
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"icy",
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"wintry",
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"wintery",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial",
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"aggressive",
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"argumentative",
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"bellicose",
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"belligerent",
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"combative",
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"contentious",
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"disputatious",
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"pugnacious",
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"quarrelsome",
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"scrappy",
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"truculent",
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"inhospitable",
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"inimical"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"antagonistic",
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"hostile",
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"unfriendly"
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]
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},
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"showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
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"examples":[
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"a cordial hostess who makes sure everyone is comfortable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affable",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"hospitable",
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"sociable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"benign",
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"benignant",
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"congenial",
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"convivial",
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"friendly",
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"kind",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"accommodating",
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"obliging",
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"considerate",
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"courteous",
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"polite",
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"thoughtful",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"sophisticated",
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"urbane",
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"approachable",
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"attentive",
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"outgoing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boorish",
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"churlish",
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"abrupt",
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"blunt",
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"brusque",
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"brusk",
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"curt",
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"gruff",
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"sharp",
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"snippy",
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"antisocial",
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"disagreeable",
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"discourteous",
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"ill-mannered",
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"impolite",
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"rude",
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"sullen",
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"surly",
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"uncivil",
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"unfriendly",
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"unkind",
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"unmannerly",
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"crabbed",
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"crabby",
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"cross",
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"crusty",
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"grumpy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"inhospitable",
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"ungenial",
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"ungracious",
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"unsociable"
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]
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},
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"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
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"examples":[
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"he insisted that a cordial nip of brandy would be just the thing for someone suffering from shock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bracing",
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"invigorating",
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"refreshing",
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"rejuvenating",
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"restorative",
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"reviving",
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"stimulating",
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"stimulative",
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"tonic",
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"vital",
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"vitalizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"life-giving",
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"conditioning",
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"strengthening",
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"animating",
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"exhilarating",
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"exhilarative",
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"quickening",
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"sharp",
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"corrective",
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"curative",
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"curing",
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"medicinal",
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"rectifying",
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"recuperative",
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"reformative",
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"reformatory",
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"rehabilitative",
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"remedial",
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"remedying",
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"reparative",
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"therapeutic",
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"beneficial",
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"healthful",
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"healthy",
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"helpful",
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"salubrious",
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"salutary",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deadening",
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"debilitating",
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"draining",
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"enervating",
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"enfeebling",
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"exhausting",
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"numbing",
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"sapping",
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"weakening",
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"wearying",
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"deleterious",
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"injurious",
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"pernicious",
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"insalubrious",
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"noxious",
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"unhealthful",
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"unhealthy",
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"unwholesome"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in tonic , potion":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"potion",
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"tonic",
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"cure",
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"drug",
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"medicament",
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"medication",
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"medicinal",
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"medicine",
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"pharmaceutical",
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"physic",
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"remedy",
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"specific",
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"cure-all",
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"nostrum",
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"panacea",
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"botanical",
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"patent medicine",
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"prescription",
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"prescription drug",
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"miracle drug",
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"wonder drug",
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"cap",
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"capsule",
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"pill",
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"tablet",
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"injection",
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"shot",
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"embrocation",
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"liniment",
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"lotion",
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"ointment",
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"poultice",
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"salve",
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"syrup",
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"sirup",
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"tincture"
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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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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cordialness":{
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"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
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"examples":[
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"an affluent suburb that has never been known for its cordialness toward the downtrodden"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amity",
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"benevolence",
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"brotherhood",
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"charity",
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"cordiality",
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"fellowship",
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"friendliness",
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"friendship",
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"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
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"good-fellowship",
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"goodwill",
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"kindliness",
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"neighborliness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bonhomie",
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"camaraderie",
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"collegiality",
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"community",
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"companionship",
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"company",
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"comradeship",
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"civility",
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"comity",
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"concord",
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"harmony",
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"rapport",
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"rapprochement",
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"generosity",
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"affinity",
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"communion",
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"empathy",
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"kindness",
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"sympathy",
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"tolerance",
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"altruism",
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"philanthropy",
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"selflessness",
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"unselfishness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disfavor",
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"intolerance",
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"animosity",
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"antagonism",
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"antipathy",
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"enmity",
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"hate",
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"hatred",
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"hostility",
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"incivility",
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"malice",
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"rancor",
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"belligerency",
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"quarrelsomeness",
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"querulousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ill will",
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"malevolence",
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"venom"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cordovan":{
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"as in calfskin , deerskin":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alligator",
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"antelope",
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"buckskin",
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"cabretta",
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"calfskin",
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"capeskin",
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"chamois",
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"cowhide",
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"crocodile",
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"deerskin",
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"doeskin",
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"goatskin",
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"horsehide",
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"kid",
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"kidskin",
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"lambskin",
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"morocco",
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"ostrich",
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"pigskin",
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"seal",
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"sharkskin",
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"sheepskin",
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"snakeskin",
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"coat",
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"fleece",
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"fur",
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"pelt",
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"nubuck",
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"patent leather",
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"suede",
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"hide",
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"leather",
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"skin"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cores":{
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"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
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"examples":[
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"in my very core I knew that an injustice was being committed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bellies",
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"blood",
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"bones",
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"bosoms",
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"breasts",
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"guts",
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"hearts",
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"heartstrings",
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"inner spaces",
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"insides",
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"quicks",
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"souls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"consciences",
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"minds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
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"examples":[
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"the capitol building is the core of the political life of the state"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"axes",
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"bases",
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"capitals",
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"centers",
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"centrals",
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"cynosures",
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"epicenters",
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"eyes",
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"foci",
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"focuses",
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"ground zeros",
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"hearts",
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"hubs",
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"loci",
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"meccas",
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"navels",
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"nerve centers",
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"nexuses",
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"nexus",
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"nuclei",
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"nucleuses",
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"omphali",
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"seats"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"headquarters",
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"happy hunting grounds",
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"hives",
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"hotbeds",
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"hot spots",
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"playgrounds",
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"playlands",
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"kernels",
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"nubs",
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"piths",
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"deeps",
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"thicks",
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"essences",
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"quintessences",
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"souls",
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"attractions",
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"lodestones",
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"loadstones",
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"magnets",
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"polestars"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
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"examples":[
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"at last, we come to the core of the issue that has been dividing us"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottom lines",
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"bull's-eyes",
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"bullseyes",
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"centerpieces",
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"cruxes",
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"cruces",
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"essences",
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"gists",
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"hearts",
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"kernels",
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"keynotes",
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"meat and potatoes",
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"meats",
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"nets",
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"nubbins",
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"nubs",
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"nuclei",
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"nucleuses",
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"piths",
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"pivots",
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"points",
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|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a starfish can even survive the division of its core into two parts; both halves then regenerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"brunts",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum totals",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mountain rises from ground that is almost precisely at the island's core"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"midpoints",
|
|
"midsts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corner":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"rattrap",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"node",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"soup",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll meet at the corner tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"crossway(s)",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"watershed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hog , bogart":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogart",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"monopolize",
|
|
"sew up",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"reign (over)",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in approach , accost":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave",
|
|
"outface",
|
|
"face up (to)",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"square (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"sidestep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornered":{
|
|
"as in hogged , bogarted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"hogged",
|
|
"monopolized",
|
|
"sewed up",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"reigned (over)",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in approached , accosted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosted",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved",
|
|
"outfaced",
|
|
"faced up (to)",
|
|
"fronted",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"squared (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"funked",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"sidestepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornering":{
|
|
"as in hogging , bogarting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"hogging",
|
|
"monopolizing",
|
|
"sewing up",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"reigning (over)",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in approaching , accosting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving",
|
|
"outfacing",
|
|
"facing up (to)",
|
|
"fronting",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"squaring (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"funking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"sidestepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornerstone":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a concern for basic human rights was the cornerstone of the president's foreign policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornerwise":{
|
|
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fold the napkin cornerwise and then fold it again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerways",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"crosswise",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"transversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthwise",
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporate":{
|
|
"fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chain hotels, even high-end ones, tend to all have the same corporate decor that doesn't evoke a sense of place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"marketable",
|
|
"mass-market",
|
|
"salable",
|
|
"saleable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"wholesale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncommercial",
|
|
"nonsalable",
|
|
"uncommercial",
|
|
"unmarketable",
|
|
"unsalable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corps d'elite":{
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the atomic bomb developers for the Manhattan Project constituted the corps d'elite of American science"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpus":{
|
|
"the complete works of an author":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"oeuvre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"output",
|
|
"canon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadaver",
|
|
"carcass",
|
|
"corpse",
|
|
"corse",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummy",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"carrion",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correction":{
|
|
"a change designed to correct or improve a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the copy editor's corrections were marked in red"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"emendation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"deletion",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"adjustment",
|
|
"alteration",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"revision",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received a severe correction after the third offense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correctitude":{
|
|
"as in fitness , decorousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"straightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"propriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborated":{
|
|
"as in confirmed , substantiated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"colorable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"bore out",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"testified (to)",
|
|
"vouched (for)",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrosion":{
|
|
"a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corrosion of family values that is often brought on by great wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attrition",
|
|
"erosion",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrosive":{
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a corrosive satire on the fashion industry and its movers and shakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruptible":{
|
|
"open to improper influence and especially bribery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a rumor that that judge is eminently corruptible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"purchasable",
|
|
"venal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"temptable",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unmoral",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrupting":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"cankering",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribing",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"squaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"followings",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"retinues",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"retainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"processions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"callithumps",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coruscate":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"winkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coruscates":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"winkles",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corkscrewed":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"tore (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mined",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (out)",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborate":{
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"bear out",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"validate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborating":{
|
|
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corroborating information on the activities of the terrorists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmational",
|
|
"confirmatory",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborative",
|
|
"corroboratory",
|
|
"probative",
|
|
"probatory",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"opposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"validating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercutting",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cording":{
|
|
"as in strapping , wiring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"threading",
|
|
"wiring",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leashing",
|
|
"tethering",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlacing",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing",
|
|
"unstrapping",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"unthreading",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"untethering",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"unspooling",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrade":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrade",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"file",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"sandblast",
|
|
"sandpaper",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"wipe (away)",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"corrode",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordon":{
|
|
"a line of people or objects that are placed around or in front of a person or place to keep people away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correlates":{
|
|
"something that serves to complete or make up for a deficiency in something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the often uneasy relationship between the employer and his correlate , the employee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accompaniments",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"additives",
|
|
"fillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"relates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compares",
|
|
"equates",
|
|
"likens",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"lumps (together)",
|
|
"ties (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"differentiates",
|
|
"discriminates",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornucopian":{
|
|
"being more than enough without being excessive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were cornucopian profits for the last three quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"aplenty",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"galore",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing abundantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most cornucopian sources of all of literature, the legend of King Arthur has inspired everything from epic poems to musical dramas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fructuous",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"generative",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrodes":{
|
|
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water slowly corrodes iron"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bites (at)",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"nibbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornerstones":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a concern for basic human rights was the cornerstone of the president's foreign policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"warp and woofs",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"infrastructures",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"substrata",
|
|
"substructures",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"touchstones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrigible":{
|
|
"capable of being corrected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are corrigible lapses in the author's grammar, but nothing that a good editor cannot readily fix"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correctable",
|
|
"fixable",
|
|
"redeemable",
|
|
"remediable",
|
|
"repairable",
|
|
"reparable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amendable",
|
|
"emendable",
|
|
"improvable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"reversible",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"reconstructible",
|
|
"reformable",
|
|
"regenerable",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"unrecoverable",
|
|
"irreplaceable",
|
|
"irreversible",
|
|
"irrevocable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irredeemable",
|
|
"irremediable",
|
|
"irreparable",
|
|
"unredeemable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornettists":{
|
|
"as in pianists , trumpeters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"bassoonists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"fiddlers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"percussionists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists",
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"soloists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corona":{
|
|
"as in aura":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"starburst",
|
|
"sunburst",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"nimbus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrode":{
|
|
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water slowly corrodes iron"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite (at)",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"nibble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coryphaeus":{
|
|
"as in leader":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"turncoat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acolyte",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"epigone",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"liege man",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"votarist",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"proselytizer",
|
|
"soldier",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corsair":{
|
|
"someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows the fate of the corsair's treasure-filled ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buccaneer",
|
|
"freebooter",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"rover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"marauder",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"privateer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondences":{
|
|
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the correspondence in hair color is about all that the siblings have in common"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonalities",
|
|
"common denominators",
|
|
"congruities",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"similarities",
|
|
"similitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"analogies",
|
|
"homologies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"discrepancies",
|
|
"deviances",
|
|
"divergences",
|
|
"incongruences",
|
|
"incongruities",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"modifications",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilarities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"piles of unanswered correspondence littered the office of the reclusive author"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"snail mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special deliveries",
|
|
"special handlings",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrosions":{
|
|
"a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corrosion of family values that is often brought on by great wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attritions",
|
|
"erosions",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordilleras":{
|
|
"as in ranges , sierras":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mountain ranges",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondents":{
|
|
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"pressmen",
|
|
"reporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"newspaperwomen",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"byliners",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"copyreaders",
|
|
"editors",
|
|
"muckrakers",
|
|
"photojournalists",
|
|
"police reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters",
|
|
"staffers",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornpone":{
|
|
"tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the comedian's cornpone wisecracks were old even in the days of vaudeville"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"cornball",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"down-home",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"hickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborations":{
|
|
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a serious charge, so you certainly should have corroboration for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attestations",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"proofs",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"testaments",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"testimonies",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"vouchers",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"(the) goods",
|
|
"certificates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"identifications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"verifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"accusations",
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspicions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproofs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruptibility":{
|
|
"as in corruption , corruptness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"disgracefulness",
|
|
"disreputableness",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"venality",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"blameworthiness",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"unrighteousness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"rottenness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"reputability",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"right-mindedness",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporeal":{
|
|
"of or relating to the human body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corporeal cravings such as hunger and thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"somatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"physiological",
|
|
"physiologic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coresident":{
|
|
"as in cohabitant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cohabitant",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"inhabiter",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"tenant",
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"settler",
|
|
"burgher",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localite",
|
|
"townee",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny",
|
|
"townsman",
|
|
"villager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"nonresident",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"emigrant",
|
|
"escaper",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"refugee"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordillera":{
|
|
"as in range , sierra":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondent (with or to)":{
|
|
"not having or showing any apparent conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordant",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"concordant",
|
|
"conformable (to)",
|
|
"congruent",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"nonconflicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-consistent",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"conflictive",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"noncompatible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"cormorant":{
|
|
"one who eats greedily or too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glutton",
|
|
"gorger",
|
|
"gormandizer",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"overeater",
|
|
"pig",
|
|
"stuffer",
|
|
"swiller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feaster",
|
|
"trencherman",
|
|
"muncher",
|
|
"guzzler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieter",
|
|
"nibbler",
|
|
"picker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornetists":{
|
|
"as in pianists , trumpeters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"bassoonists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"fiddlers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"percussionists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists",
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"soloists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corkscrew":{
|
|
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an angelic child with beautiful corkscrew curls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"helical",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"screwlike",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"swirly",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lineal",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (out)",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpulence":{
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coruscated":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"winked",
|
|
"winkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrosiveness":{
|
|
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unconscionable corrosiveness with which he voiced his criticisms diminished their value and effectiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"virulency",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"sour grapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corral":{
|
|
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horses live in our corral , along with a cow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kennel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"kraal",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"cote",
|
|
"dovecote",
|
|
"dovecot",
|
|
"henhouse",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"sheepfold",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"aquarium",
|
|
"terrarium",
|
|
"live-box",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"box (in)",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"coop (up)",
|
|
"encage",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"mew (up)",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"wall (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enframe",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"encapsule",
|
|
"encyst",
|
|
"ensheathe",
|
|
"ensphere",
|
|
"enwomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corral all the members of the tour group in the lounge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"bulk (up)",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"archive",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"collate",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collect",
|
|
"regather",
|
|
"regroup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"send"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrupt":{
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corrupt businessmen who are out to fleece the public",
|
|
"corrupt business practices that should be investigated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rakehelly",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"square"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpses":{
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadavers",
|
|
"carcasses",
|
|
"corpora",
|
|
"corses",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummies",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"carrions",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornice":{
|
|
"as in entablature , architrave":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"architrave",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"entablature",
|
|
"frieze",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"socle",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"dais",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"podium",
|
|
"rostrum",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"tribune",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"plinth",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corses":{
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would have to inter the corse of many a fallen comrade before the war's end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadavers",
|
|
"carcasses",
|
|
"corpora",
|
|
"corpses",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummies",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"carrions",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corsages":{
|
|
"as in boutonnieres":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronals":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Renaissance portrait of a noble woman of Florence wearing a bejeweled coronal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplets",
|
|
"coronets",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"diadems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadems",
|
|
"tiaras",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"laurels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornrows":{
|
|
"as in dreadlocks , perms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afros",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"coiffures",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"haircuts",
|
|
"hairdos",
|
|
"hairstyles",
|
|
"beehives",
|
|
"big hairs",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"chignons",
|
|
"French twists",
|
|
"pageboys",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"updos",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"pigtails",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"ponytails",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
|
"ducktails",
|
|
"pompadours",
|
|
"roaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corduroys":{
|
|
"as in jeans , denims":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"blue jeans",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
"trousers",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correctly":{
|
|
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed correctly for an appearance in court"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appositely",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"duly",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"well",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"inopportunely",
|
|
"unfortunately",
|
|
"unseasonably",
|
|
"inappositely",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"irrelevantly",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"ungracefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incongruously",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornices":{
|
|
"as in entablatures , architraves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"architraves",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"entablatures",
|
|
"friezes",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"socles",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"daises",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"podiums",
|
|
"podia",
|
|
"rostra",
|
|
"rostrums",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"tribunes",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"plinths",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"core city":{
|
|
"as in downtown , inner city":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"inner city",
|
|
"midtown",
|
|
"central city",
|
|
"edge city",
|
|
"garden city",
|
|
"exurb",
|
|
"suburb",
|
|
"suburbia",
|
|
"urban sprawl",
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"borough",
|
|
"asphalt jungle",
|
|
"burg",
|
|
"city",
|
|
"cosmopolis",
|
|
"megacity",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"metropolis",
|
|
"municipality",
|
|
"town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondingly":{
|
|
"in like manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you're nice to someone, they'll probably be correspondingly polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"similarly",
|
|
"so"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equally",
|
|
"equivalently",
|
|
"identically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrarily",
|
|
"conversely",
|
|
"inversely",
|
|
"oppositely",
|
|
"vice versa",
|
|
"diversely",
|
|
"unequally",
|
|
"variously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differently",
|
|
"dissimilarly",
|
|
"otherwise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpulency":{
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her corpulency is such that she requires two seats on public conveyances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrades":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrades",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"files",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"wipes (away)",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"corrodes",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"hones",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corralled":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxed (in)",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"cooped (up)",
|
|
"encaged",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"mewed (up)",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"walled (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enframed",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"encapsuled",
|
|
"encysted",
|
|
"ensheathed",
|
|
"ensphered",
|
|
"enwombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corral all the members of the tour group in the lounge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"bulked (up)",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"constellated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rounded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"batched",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"brigaded",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"hived",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"archived",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"collated",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collected",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"regrouped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"sent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborees":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quite a corroboree when Britain's royal couple paid a visit to Sydney"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordiality":{
|
|
"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone appreciated the cordiality and thoughtfulness of the welcoming committee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"cordialness",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"good-fellowship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"neighborliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonhomie",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"collegiality",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"rapprochement",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrected":{
|
|
"as in fixed , repaired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"reconstructible",
|
|
"reformable",
|
|
"regenerable",
|
|
"reversible",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"amendable",
|
|
"emendable",
|
|
"improvable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"correctable",
|
|
"corrigible",
|
|
"fixable",
|
|
"redeemable",
|
|
"remediable",
|
|
"repairable",
|
|
"reparable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irredeemable",
|
|
"irremediable",
|
|
"irreparable",
|
|
"unredeemable",
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"unrecoverable",
|
|
"irreplaceable",
|
|
"irreversible",
|
|
"irrevocable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more time will be needed to correct the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"debugged",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"redrew",
|
|
"restyled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"righted",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"modified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully the young entrepreneur's professionalism will serve to correct his partner's extreme enthusiasm in the eyes of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insensitive boss who liked to correct subordinates in front of their colleagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"punished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"levied",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"sentenced",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"wreaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"spared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondence":{
|
|
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the correspondence in hair color is about all that the siblings have in common"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common denominator",
|
|
"commonality",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"similitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"homology"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the best friends' correspondence in looks is so striking that they could pass for twins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"comparability",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"similitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"equation",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"parity",
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"exchangeability",
|
|
"interchangeability",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"polarity",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"piles of unanswered correspondence littered the office of the reclusive author"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"parcel post",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"snail mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"airpost",
|
|
"certified mail",
|
|
"registered mail",
|
|
"rural delivery",
|
|
"rural free delivery",
|
|
"special delivery",
|
|
"special handling",
|
|
"direct mail",
|
|
"junk mail",
|
|
"mailer",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"missive",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"postal card",
|
|
"postcard",
|
|
"printed matter",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"shipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coruscating":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"lustering",
|
|
"lustring",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"winkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordoned (off)":{
|
|
"as in closed in , fenced (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrupters":{
|
|
"as in debauchers , perverters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"degraders",
|
|
"depravers",
|
|
"perverters",
|
|
"undoers",
|
|
"bribers",
|
|
"inducers",
|
|
"inveiglers",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"tantalizers",
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"solicitors",
|
|
"tempters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in transgressors , miscreants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"misdoers",
|
|
"misfeasors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"immoralists",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"wrongdoers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correctness":{
|
|
"as in accuracy , authenticity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"facticity",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"sooth",
|
|
"trueness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"erroneousness",
|
|
"fallaciousness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in appropriateness , rightness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"tolerability",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenteousness",
|
|
"plentifulness",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"rareness",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coracle":{
|
|
"as in pirogue , skiff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"curragh",
|
|
"currach",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornet":{
|
|
"something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornucopia",
|
|
"horn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corkscrewing":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mining",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking (out)",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coracles":{
|
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"curraghs",
|
|
"currachs",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corvettes":{
|
|
"as in yachts , sloops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"bugeyes",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"cat rigs",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"frigates",
|
|
"galleons",
|
|
"galleys",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"sailers",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"sloops",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corps":{
|
|
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reporter who is widely respected throughout the press corps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"sodality",
|
|
"vocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporation":{
|
|
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial corporation that showed that he was a sucker for all-you-can-eat buffets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bay window",
|
|
"beer belly",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"paunch",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potbelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breadbasket",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tummy",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"paunchiness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"chunkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"stoutness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroboree":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quite a corroboree when Britain's royal couple paid a visit to Sydney"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corresponds":{
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old friends who have been corresponding for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"writes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"intercommunicates",
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"e-mails",
|
|
"telegraphs",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chords",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consists",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differs (from)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correctional":{
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done",
|
|
"the state's largest correctional institution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corteges":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"followings",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"retinues",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"retainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"processions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"callithumps",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrivals":{
|
|
"one who strives for the same thing as another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two universities that are long-standing corrivals for the title of best in the nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challengers",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"rivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archrivals",
|
|
"finalists",
|
|
"semifinalists",
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coresidents":{
|
|
"as in cohabitants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cohabitants",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"inhabiters",
|
|
"occupants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"residers",
|
|
"tenants",
|
|
"aborigines",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"colonists",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9s",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"settlers",
|
|
"burghers",
|
|
"localites",
|
|
"locals",
|
|
"townees",
|
|
"townies",
|
|
"townsmen",
|
|
"villagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"nonresidents",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"tourists",
|
|
"visitors",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"emigrants",
|
|
"escapers",
|
|
"evacuees",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correcting":{
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questions the value of such correcting measures as prison sentences for drug addicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more time will be needed to correct the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"debugging",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"redrawing",
|
|
"restyling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"rewriting",
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"righting",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"modifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully the young entrepreneur's professionalism will serve to correct his partner's extreme enthusiasm in the eyes of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insensitive boss who liked to correct subordinates in front of their colleagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"convicting",
|
|
"sentencing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"wreaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"sparing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornballs":{
|
|
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie about a cornball making his way through a world of cynical sophisticates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkins",
|
|
"chawbacons",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"hayseed",
|
|
"hayseeds",
|
|
"hicks",
|
|
"provincials",
|
|
"rubes",
|
|
"rustics",
|
|
"yokels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"peasants",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"backwoodsmen",
|
|
"mountaineers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"metropolitans",
|
|
"suburbanites",
|
|
"urbanites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitans",
|
|
"cosmopolites",
|
|
"sophisticates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corks":{
|
|
"as in stoppers , bungs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"spiles",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"stopples",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops (up)",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"silts",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"opens (up)",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corded":{
|
|
"as in tabby":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strapped , wired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"threaded",
|
|
"wired",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlaced",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unloosed",
|
|
"unloosened",
|
|
"unstrapped",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"unthreaded",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"untethered",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"unspooled",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpulences":{
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corraded":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped (away)",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corking":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they've done a really corking job on restoring that old house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novel is a corking good read"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stoppering , bunging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"spiling",
|
|
"stoppering",
|
|
"stoppling",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping (up)",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"gridlocking",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"furring",
|
|
"silting",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening (up)",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspond (to)":{
|
|
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the British chancellor of the exchequer corresponds to the U.S. secretary of the treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blend (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"coordinate (with)",
|
|
"go (with)",
|
|
"harmonize (with)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"mirror",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"measure (up)",
|
|
"partake (of)",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"shut up\" and \"please be quiet\" may correspond to each other in meaning, but please use the more polite phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"emulate",
|
|
"equal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"measure (up)",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"smack (of)",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpse":{
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadaver",
|
|
"carcass",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"corse",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummy",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"carrion",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corresponds (to)":{
|
|
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the British chancellor of the exchequer corresponds to the U.S. secretary of the treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blends (with)",
|
|
"conforms (to)",
|
|
"coordinates (with)",
|
|
"goes (with)",
|
|
"harmonizes (with)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"mirrors",
|
|
"repeats",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"comes (to)",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"measures (up)",
|
|
"partakes (of)",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"suggests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"shut up\" and \"please be quiet\" may correspond to each other in meaning, but please use the more polite phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"comes (to)",
|
|
"emulates",
|
|
"equals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"measures (up)",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"smacks (of)",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"suggests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpora":{
|
|
"the complete works of an author":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Jane Austen's corpus is modest in number but magnificent in achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"oeuvres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outputs",
|
|
"canons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"international conventions requiring that the corpus of the enemy combatant be treated with respect and dignity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadavers",
|
|
"carcasses",
|
|
"corpses",
|
|
"corses",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummies",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"carrions",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordially":{
|
|
"as in cheerfully , graciously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"congenially",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"hospitably",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"selflessly",
|
|
"ungrudgingly",
|
|
"unselfishly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"bounteously",
|
|
"bountifully",
|
|
"freehandedly",
|
|
"freeheartedly",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"liberally",
|
|
"munificently",
|
|
"openhandedly",
|
|
"unstintingly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"beneficently",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"bigheartedly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"philanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"parsimoniously",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"ungenerously",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"provocatively",
|
|
"coldly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"frigidly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"angrily",
|
|
"belligerently",
|
|
"begrudgingly",
|
|
"grudgingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coral snake":{
|
|
"as in sea snake , rat snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coresearchers":{
|
|
"as in codevelopers , coinventors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"codevelopers",
|
|
"co-developers",
|
|
"coinventors",
|
|
"co-inventors",
|
|
"coproducers",
|
|
"co-producers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"builders",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"groundbreakers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"planners",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"creators",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"instituters",
|
|
"institutors",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"contrivers",
|
|
"designers",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"devisers",
|
|
"formulators",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"originators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"copiers",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"duplicators",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"mimics"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corniches":{
|
|
"as in switchbacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corn-fed":{
|
|
"tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the musical's corn-fed humor harkens back to a more innocent, unjaded era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornball",
|
|
"cornpone",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"down-home",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"hickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cords":{
|
|
"a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vacuum cleaner with an extra long cord"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cables",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lacings",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"halyards",
|
|
"lanyards",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"bungee cords",
|
|
"bungees",
|
|
"whipcords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cords of trust and affection that exist between the longtime friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"ligatures",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"fastenings",
|
|
"hookups",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"tie-ups",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"sympathies",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"partings",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in straps , wires":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"girts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unlaces",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses",
|
|
"unstraps",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"unthreads",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"untethers",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"untwists",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"unspools",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corollary":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one corollary of the rise of television was a massive makeover of radio's programming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is found along with something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"increased taxes\u2014or expanding deficits\u2014are the inevitable corollary to any new government spending program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"concomitant",
|
|
"incident",
|
|
"obbligato"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"follow-up",
|
|
"fixings",
|
|
"trimmings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corralling":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxing (in)",
|
|
"caging",
|
|
"closeting",
|
|
"cooping (up)",
|
|
"encaging",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"mewing (up)",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"walling (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enframing",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"armoring",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"encapsuling",
|
|
"encysting",
|
|
"ensheathing",
|
|
"ensphering",
|
|
"enwombing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corral all the members of the tour group in the lounge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"bulking (up)",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"constellating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balling",
|
|
"batching",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"brigading",
|
|
"mustering",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"herding",
|
|
"hiving",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"pooling",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"archiving",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"collating",
|
|
"compiling",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collecting",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"regrouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"sending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondent":{
|
|
"having qualities in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reading and writing are actually correspondent activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commensurate",
|
|
"proportionate",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"virtual",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"congeneric",
|
|
"congenerous",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"connatural",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relatable",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"coextensive",
|
|
"coincident",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"fungible",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"interchangeable",
|
|
"me-too",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"substitutable",
|
|
"synonymous",
|
|
"twin",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvaried",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"nonequivalent",
|
|
"noninterchangeable",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unrelated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unakin",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsman",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"pressman",
|
|
"reporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"newspaperwoman",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorperson",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"byliner",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"copyreader",
|
|
"editor",
|
|
"muckraker",
|
|
"photojournalist",
|
|
"police reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter",
|
|
"staffer",
|
|
"stringer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrugations":{
|
|
"as in layers , seams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"tucks",
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"crow's-feet",
|
|
"crow's feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrugates":{
|
|
"as in folds , creases":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"rucks",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"crisps",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"musses (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"irons out",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"uncrumples",
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroded":{
|
|
"as in deteriorated , disintegrated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"gangrenous",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water slowly corrodes iron"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bit (at)",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"nibbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornettist":{
|
|
"as in pianist , trumpeter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"drummer",
|
|
"fiddler",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"percussionist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist",
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"soloist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corsairs":{
|
|
"someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows the fate of the corsair's treasure-filled ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buccaneers",
|
|
"freebooters",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"rovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"looters",
|
|
"marauders",
|
|
"pillagers",
|
|
"plunderers",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"privateers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruptors":{
|
|
"as in debauchers , perverters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"degraders",
|
|
"depravers",
|
|
"perverters",
|
|
"undoers",
|
|
"bribers",
|
|
"inducers",
|
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"inveiglers",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"tantalizers",
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"solicitors",
|
|
"tempters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in transgressors , miscreants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"misdoers",
|
|
"misfeasors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"immoralists",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"wrongdoers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornucopia":{
|
|
"an abundant source":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even to the computer-addicted children, the old-fashioned toy chest was a cornucopia of delights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"gold mine",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"mother lode",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"repository",
|
|
"stockpot",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"storehouse",
|
|
"treasure-house",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"Golconda",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"honeypot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black hole",
|
|
"sinkhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rabbits found a cornucopia of food in the vegetable garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overdose",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"superfluousness",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"barrenness",
|
|
"infertility",
|
|
"sterility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"undersupply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cornucopia filled with fruits and vegetables in celebration of the harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornet",
|
|
"horn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corresponded (to)":{
|
|
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the British chancellor of the exchequer corresponds to the U.S. secretary of the treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blended (with)",
|
|
"blent (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"coordinated (with)",
|
|
"harmonized (with)",
|
|
"went (with)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"mirrored",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"measured (up)",
|
|
"partook (of)",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"shut up\" and \"please be quiet\" may correspond to each other in meaning, but please use the more polite phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"emulated",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"measured (up)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"smacked (of)",
|
|
"spelled",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporal":{
|
|
"of or relating to the human body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started to suffer the corporal ailments that come with advancing age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"somatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"physiological",
|
|
"physiologic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrugating":{
|
|
"as in folding , creasing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creasing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"pleating",
|
|
"puckering",
|
|
"rucking",
|
|
"crinkling",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"wrinkling",
|
|
"crisping",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"furrowing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"uncrumpling",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"ironing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corresponded":{
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old friends who have been corresponding for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"intercommunicated",
|
|
"airmailed",
|
|
"e-mailed",
|
|
"telegraphed",
|
|
"mailed",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"chorded",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consisted",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"rhymed",
|
|
"rimed",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"registered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"jarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differed (from)",
|
|
"disagreed (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corresponding (to)":{
|
|
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the British chancellor of the exchequer corresponds to the U.S. secretary of the treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"paralleling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blending (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"coordinating (with)",
|
|
"going (with)",
|
|
"harmonizing (with)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"mirroring",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"measuring (up)",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"shut up\" and \"please be quiet\" may correspond to each other in meaning, but please use the more polite phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"measuring (up)",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"smacking (of)",
|
|
"spelling",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordials":{
|
|
"as in tonics , potions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coral snakes":{
|
|
"as in sea snakes , rat snakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordons (off)":{
|
|
"as in closes in , fences (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrections":{
|
|
"a change designed to correct or improve a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the copy editor's corrections were marked in red"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"emendations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"deletions",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"adjustments",
|
|
"alterations",
|
|
"modifications",
|
|
"revisions",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received a severe correction after the third offense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"comeuppances",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"wraths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisals",
|
|
"retaliations",
|
|
"retributions",
|
|
"revenges",
|
|
"vengeances",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denouncements",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesties",
|
|
"indemnities",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"paroles",
|
|
"acquittals",
|
|
"exculpations",
|
|
"exonerations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"immunities",
|
|
"impunities",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolutions",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"remitments",
|
|
"condonations",
|
|
"disregards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correctable":{
|
|
"capable of being corrected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a racehorse with some minor, correctable faults"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrigible",
|
|
"fixable",
|
|
"redeemable",
|
|
"remediable",
|
|
"repairable",
|
|
"reparable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amendable",
|
|
"emendable",
|
|
"improvable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"reversible",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"reconstructible",
|
|
"reformable",
|
|
"regenerable",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"unrecoverable",
|
|
"irreplaceable",
|
|
"irreversible",
|
|
"irrevocable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irredeemable",
|
|
"irremediable",
|
|
"irreparable",
|
|
"unredeemable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporations":{
|
|
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial corporation that showed that he was a sucker for all-you-can-eat buffets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bay windows",
|
|
"beer bellies",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"paunches",
|
|
"potbellies",
|
|
"pots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breadbaskets",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"tummies",
|
|
"corpulences",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"obesities",
|
|
"overweights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corked":{
|
|
"as in stoppered , bunged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"silted",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened (up)",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrival":{
|
|
"one who strives for the same thing as another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two universities that are long-standing corrivals for the title of best in the nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenger",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archrival",
|
|
"finalist",
|
|
"semifinalist",
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronas":{
|
|
"as in auras":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"starbursts",
|
|
"sunbursts",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruptor":{
|
|
"as in debaucher , perverter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"solicitor",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in transgressor , miscreant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"misdoer",
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"immoralist",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"wrongdoer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruptness":{
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such corruptness in government threatens our democratic institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"core cities":{
|
|
"as in downtowns , inner cities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downtowns",
|
|
"inner cities",
|
|
"midtowns",
|
|
"central cities",
|
|
"edge cities",
|
|
"garden cities",
|
|
"exurbs",
|
|
"suburbias",
|
|
"suburbs",
|
|
"urban sprawls",
|
|
"conurbations",
|
|
"boroughs",
|
|
"asphalt jungles",
|
|
"burgs",
|
|
"cities",
|
|
"cosmopolises",
|
|
"megacities",
|
|
"megalopolises",
|
|
"metropolises",
|
|
"municipalities",
|
|
"towns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correlate":{
|
|
"something that serves to complete or make up for a deficiency in something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the often uneasy relationship between the employer and his correlate , the employee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"additive",
|
|
"filler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"relate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compare",
|
|
"equate",
|
|
"liken",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"lump (together)",
|
|
"tie (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"differentiate",
|
|
"discriminate",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborative":{
|
|
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results of the DNA fingerprinting was all the corroborative evidence the jury needed to convict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmational",
|
|
"confirmatory",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"corroboratory",
|
|
"probative",
|
|
"probatory",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"opposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corkers":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last race was a real corker !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauts",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"daisies",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"dillies",
|
|
"doozies",
|
|
"doozers",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdingers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lollapaloozas",
|
|
"lulus",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"pippins",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"rippers",
|
|
"ripsnorters",
|
|
"snorters",
|
|
"sockdolagers",
|
|
"sockdologers",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"sweethearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"imperials",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"plums",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corsage":{
|
|
"as in boutonniere":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrupted":{
|
|
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corrupted corpses that sickened the animal control officers sent to investigate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"cankered",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"bribed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"squared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronel":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Renaissance portrait of a noble woman of Florence wearing a bejeweled coronal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplet",
|
|
"coronet",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"diadem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadem",
|
|
"tiara",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"laurel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coroners":{
|
|
"as in pathologists , medical examiners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"medical examiners",
|
|
"pathologists",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"docs",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicos",
|
|
"medics",
|
|
"physicians",
|
|
"sawbones",
|
|
"sawboneses",
|
|
"anesthesiologists",
|
|
"dermatologists",
|
|
"gynecologists",
|
|
"internists",
|
|
"neurologists",
|
|
"ob-gyns",
|
|
"obstetricians",
|
|
"ophthalmologists",
|
|
"optometrists",
|
|
"orthopedists",
|
|
"pediatricians",
|
|
"pediatrists",
|
|
"physiatrists",
|
|
"podiatrists",
|
|
"radiologists",
|
|
"urologists",
|
|
"family doctors",
|
|
"family physicians",
|
|
"family practitioners",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"attendings",
|
|
"clinicians",
|
|
"hospitalists",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"plastic surgeons",
|
|
"surgeons",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"aidmen",
|
|
"nurse-practitioners",
|
|
"nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondoctors",
|
|
"nonphysicians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordons":{
|
|
"a line of people or objects that are placed around or in front of a person or place to keep people away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"cushionings",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coroner":{
|
|
"as in pathologist , medical examiner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"medical examiner",
|
|
"pathologist",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"doc",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medic",
|
|
"medico",
|
|
"physician",
|
|
"sawbones",
|
|
"anesthesiologist",
|
|
"dermatologist",
|
|
"gynecologist",
|
|
"internist",
|
|
"neurologist",
|
|
"ob-gyn",
|
|
"obstetrician",
|
|
"ophthalmologist",
|
|
"optometrist",
|
|
"orthopedist",
|
|
"pediatrician",
|
|
"pediatrist",
|
|
"physiatrist",
|
|
"podiatrist",
|
|
"radiologist",
|
|
"urologist",
|
|
"family doctor",
|
|
"family physician",
|
|
"family practitioner",
|
|
"general practitioner",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"clinician",
|
|
"hospitalist",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"plastic surgeon",
|
|
"surgeon",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"aidman",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurse-practitioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondoctor",
|
|
"nonphysician"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporality":{
|
|
"the fact of being or of being real":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the age-old debate about the corporality of the human soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"corporeality",
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"thingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"realness",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"prevalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"virtuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexistence",
|
|
"nonbeing",
|
|
"nonexistence",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordovans":{
|
|
"as in calfskins , deerskins":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"antelopes",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"cabrettas",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"capeskins",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"nubucks",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroboration":{
|
|
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a serious charge, so you certainly should have corroboration for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"proof",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"voucher",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"(the) goods",
|
|
"certificate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"identification",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coral reefs":{
|
|
"as in keys , barrier reefs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atolls",
|
|
"barrier reefs",
|
|
"cays",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"islands",
|
|
"isles",
|
|
"islets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continents",
|
|
"mainlands",
|
|
"mains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordon (off)":{
|
|
"as in close in , fence (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coresearcher":{
|
|
"as in codeveloper , coinventor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"codeveloper",
|
|
"coinventor",
|
|
"coproducer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"builder",
|
|
"maker",
|
|
"producer",
|
|
"groundbreaker",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"planner",
|
|
"researcher",
|
|
"researchist",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"begetter",
|
|
"creator",
|
|
"establisher",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"inaugurator",
|
|
"initiator",
|
|
"instituter",
|
|
"institutor",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"contriver",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"developer",
|
|
"deviser",
|
|
"formulator",
|
|
"innovator",
|
|
"introducer",
|
|
"inventor",
|
|
"originator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"copier",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"duplicator",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"mimic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornets":{
|
|
"something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornucopias",
|
|
"horns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"tubes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cortege":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"retinue",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"retainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"procession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"callithump",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corker":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last race was a real corker !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coryphaei":{
|
|
"as in leaders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acolytes",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"epigones",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"liege men",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"votarists",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"proselytizers",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"loyalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrals":{
|
|
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horses live in our corral , along with a cow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kennels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"kraals",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"cotes",
|
|
"dovecotes",
|
|
"dovecots",
|
|
"henhouses",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"sheepfolds",
|
|
"pigpens",
|
|
"aquariums",
|
|
"aquaria",
|
|
"terraria",
|
|
"terrariums",
|
|
"live-boxes",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes (in)",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"coops (up)",
|
|
"encages",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"mews (up)",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"walls (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enframes",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"encapsules",
|
|
"encysts",
|
|
"ensheathes",
|
|
"enspheres",
|
|
"enwombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corral all the members of the tour group in the lounge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"bulks (up)",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"constellates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"collates",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collects",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"regroups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"sends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corridor":{
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the urban corridor along the state's eastern coast is considerably more liberal than the rural areas to the west"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"part(s)",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"district",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"latitude(s)",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long, sterile corridors give the government building a forbidding air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concourse",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"passageway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcade",
|
|
"breezeway",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"loggia",
|
|
"piazza"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornerways":{
|
|
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buttered toast cut cornerways"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerwise",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"crosswise",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"transversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthwise",
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrugate":{
|
|
"as in fold , crease":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"ruck",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"wrinkle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen",
|
|
"uncrumple",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corulers":{
|
|
"as in kings , princes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Caesars",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"emirs",
|
|
"amirs",
|
|
"ameers",
|
|
"emperors",
|
|
"empresses",
|
|
"kaisers",
|
|
"khans",
|
|
"khedives",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"mikados",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"satraps",
|
|
"shahs",
|
|
"sultans",
|
|
"suzerains",
|
|
"authoritarians",
|
|
"Big Brothers",
|
|
"despots",
|
|
"dictators",
|
|
"f\u00fchrers",
|
|
"fuehrers",
|
|
"monocrats",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"paramounts",
|
|
"tyrants",
|
|
"autocrats",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroding":{
|
|
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water slowly corrodes iron"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting (at)",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"nibbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"refreshening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroborates":{
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"bears out",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"backs (up)",
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
|
"vouches (for)",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"validates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correlating":{
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"relating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comparing",
|
|
"equating",
|
|
"likening",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"lumping (together)",
|
|
"tying (together)",
|
|
"tieing (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"differentiating",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"setting off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrects":{
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more time will be needed to correct the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"debugs",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"redraws",
|
|
"restyles",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"rewrites",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"modifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully the young entrepreneur's professionalism will serve to correct his partner's extreme enthusiasm in the eyes of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"compensates (for)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"makes up (for)",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"neuters",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"atones (for)",
|
|
"outbalances",
|
|
"outweighs",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insensitive boss who liked to correct subordinates in front of their colleagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"wreaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corners":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll meet at the corner tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefours",
|
|
"crossings",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"intersections",
|
|
"junctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleafs",
|
|
"cloverleaves",
|
|
"interchanges",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"underpasses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"rotaries",
|
|
"roundabouts",
|
|
"traffic circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climacterics",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"watersheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"clinchers",
|
|
"crushers",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hogs , bogarts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarts",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"monopolizes",
|
|
"sews up",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"reigns (over)",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in approaches , accosts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves",
|
|
"outfaces",
|
|
"faces up (to)",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"squares (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"sidesteps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corollaries":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one corollary of the rise of television was a massive makeover of radio's programming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"blowbacks",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is found along with something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"increased taxes\u2014or expanding deficits\u2014are the inevitable corollary to any new government spending program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompaniments",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"concomitants",
|
|
"incidents",
|
|
"obbligatos",
|
|
"obbligati"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"follow-ups",
|
|
"fixings",
|
|
"trimmings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornball":{
|
|
"tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the show's shamelessly cornball jokes appealed to small-town America"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"cornpone",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"down-home",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"hickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie about a cornball making his way through a world of cynical sophisticates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkin",
|
|
"chawbacon",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"hayseed",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rube",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"yokel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"peasant",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"backwoodsman",
|
|
"mountaineer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"cosmopolite",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornrow":{
|
|
"as in perm , dreadlocks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afro",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"coiffure",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"haircut",
|
|
"hairdo",
|
|
"hairstyle",
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"big hair",
|
|
"bun",
|
|
"chignon",
|
|
"French twist",
|
|
"pageboy",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"updo",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
|
"crew cut",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"ponytail",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"comb-over",
|
|
"ducktail",
|
|
"pompadour",
|
|
"roach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordwood":{
|
|
"as in firewood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"firewood",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"ridgepole",
|
|
"sill",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"timber",
|
|
"wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corporeality":{
|
|
"the fact of being or of being real":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a philosophical discussion about the corporeality of the intellect, as distinct from the brain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"corporality",
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"thingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"realness",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"prevalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"virtuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexistence",
|
|
"nonbeing",
|
|
"nonexistence",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronels":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Renaissance portrait of a noble woman of Florence wearing a bejeweled coronal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplets",
|
|
"coronets",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"diadems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadems",
|
|
"tiaras",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"laurels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrading":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"fraying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"sandblasting",
|
|
"sandpapering",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wiping (away)",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"corroding",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"honing",
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"whetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronet":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince wore a small gold coronet to denote his rank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplet",
|
|
"coronal",
|
|
"coronel",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"diadem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadem",
|
|
"tiara",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"laurel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspond":{
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old friends who have been corresponding for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"intercommunicate",
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
"telegraph",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consist",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ (from)",
|
|
"disagree (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corpulent":{
|
|
"having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a corpulent , elegantly dressed opera singer came out and sang, and we knew it was over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbery",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"plumpish",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornucopias":{
|
|
"an abundant source":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even to the computer-addicted children, the old-fashioned toy chest was a cornucopia of delights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"gold mines",
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"mother lodes",
|
|
"treasure troves",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armories",
|
|
"repositories",
|
|
"stockpots",
|
|
"storehouses",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"treasure-houses",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"stashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"Golcondas",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"honeypots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black holes",
|
|
"sinkholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cornucopia filled with fruits and vegetables in celebration of the harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornets",
|
|
"horns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"tubes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cork":{
|
|
"as in stopper , bung":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open (up)",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corvette":{
|
|
"as in yacht , sloop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"bugeye",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"cat rig",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"frigate",
|
|
"galleon",
|
|
"galley",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"sailer",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"sloop",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correctives":{
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial outflow of people proved to be the necessary corrective for the spiraling cost of housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"cancelers",
|
|
"cancellers",
|
|
"counteractions",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterforces",
|
|
"counter-forces",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterweights",
|
|
"equipoises",
|
|
"neutralizers",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-offs",
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only corrective to bad behavior is good, firm discipline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"curatives",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"rectifiers",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"therapeutics",
|
|
"therapies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"palliatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordwoods":{
|
|
"as in firewoods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"firewoods",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"ridgepoles",
|
|
"sills",
|
|
"splints",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"timbers",
|
|
"woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruption":{
|
|
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Egyptians used special preservatives to spare their dead from complete corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrefaction",
|
|
"putrescence",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corruption of the upper classes eventually led to the fall of the Roman empire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Socrates was put to death because the ancient Athenians believed he was spreading corruption to their youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"turpitude",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"lousiness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"pureness",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"cleanness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corridors":{
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the urban corridor along the state's eastern coast is considerably more liberal than the rural areas to the west"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"necks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"zones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"districts",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"neighborhoods",
|
|
"vicinities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long, sterile corridors give the government building a forbidding air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concourses",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"passageways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcades",
|
|
"breezeways",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"loggias",
|
|
"loggie",
|
|
"piazzas",
|
|
"piazze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correlation":{
|
|
"the relation between things that happen or change together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The study found no correlation between the popular diet and decreased risk of heart disease."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"comparability",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"similitude",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"equation",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"parity",
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"exchangeability",
|
|
"interchangeability",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"polarity",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coruscant":{
|
|
"as in glimmering , glinting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corroboratory":{
|
|
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered corroboratory testimony for the defendant's alibi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmational",
|
|
"confirmatory",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"corroborative",
|
|
"probative",
|
|
"probatory",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"opposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronal":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Renaissance portrait of a noble woman of Florence wearing a bejeweled coronal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplet",
|
|
"coronet",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"diadem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadem",
|
|
"tiara",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"laurel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cornetist":{
|
|
"as in pianist , trumpeter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"drummer",
|
|
"fiddler",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"percussionist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist",
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"soloist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corresponding":{
|
|
"having qualities in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"solving a crime and diagnosing a disease are corresponding tasks: they both require a meticulous search for clues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commensurate",
|
|
"proportionate",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"virtual",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"congeneric",
|
|
"congenerous",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"connatural",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relatable",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"coextensive",
|
|
"coincident",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"fungible",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"interchangeable",
|
|
"me-too",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"substitutable",
|
|
"synonymous",
|
|
"twin",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvaried",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"nonequivalent",
|
|
"noninterchangeable",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unrelated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unakin",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old friends who have been corresponding for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"writing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"intercommunicating",
|
|
"airmailing",
|
|
"e-mailing",
|
|
"telegraphing",
|
|
"mailing",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the menu for the wedding banquet corresponds exactly with everyone's special requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"chording",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"coinciding",
|
|
"comporting",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consisting",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"rhyming",
|
|
"riming",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"registering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"jarring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differing (from)",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correlated":{
|
|
"as in associated , connected":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"interconnected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diacritical",
|
|
"diacritic",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"unrelated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"related"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compared",
|
|
"equated",
|
|
"likened",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"lumped (together)",
|
|
"tied (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"differentiated",
|
|
"discriminated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corny":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corny violin music during the movie's love scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the audience groaned as the emcee told one corny joke after another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornball",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"cornpone",
|
|
"hokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"down-home",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"hickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrective":{
|
|
"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eyeglasses are called corrective lenses by the department of motor vehicles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amendatory",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"reformative",
|
|
"reformatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"reparative",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"antidotal",
|
|
"counteractive",
|
|
"counterbalancing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a corrective sentence of five years' hard labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial outflow of people proved to be the necessary corrective for the spiraling cost of housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"canceler",
|
|
"canceller",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counteraction",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterforce",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"counterweight",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"neutralizer",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only corrective to bad behavior is good, firm discipline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrupts":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dead mouse corrupting in the walls produced a terrible smell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"rusts",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers believe that grossly violent movies corrupt the people who watch them as well as the people who make them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he bragged about having corrupted half of the officials on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"squares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coruler":{
|
|
"as in king , prince":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Caesar",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"emir",
|
|
"amir",
|
|
"ameer",
|
|
"emperor",
|
|
"empress",
|
|
"kaiser",
|
|
"khan",
|
|
"khedive",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"mikado",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"satrap",
|
|
"shah",
|
|
"sultan",
|
|
"suzerain",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"despot",
|
|
"dictator",
|
|
"f\u00fchrer",
|
|
"fuehrer",
|
|
"monocrat",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"tyrant",
|
|
"autocrat",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrugated":{
|
|
"as in folded , creased":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creased",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"pleated",
|
|
"puckered",
|
|
"rucked",
|
|
"crinkled",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"crisped",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"furrowed",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"smoothened",
|
|
"uncrumpled",
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"ironed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cormorants":{
|
|
"one who eats greedily or too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gluttons",
|
|
"gorgers",
|
|
"gormandizers",
|
|
"gourmands",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"overeaters",
|
|
"pigs",
|
|
"stuffers",
|
|
"swillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feasters",
|
|
"trenchermen",
|
|
"munchers",
|
|
"guzzlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieters",
|
|
"nibblers",
|
|
"pickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corkscrews":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"tears (out)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes (out)",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coronets":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince wore a small gold coronet to denote his rank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplets",
|
|
"coronals",
|
|
"coronels",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"diadems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadems",
|
|
"tiaras",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"laurels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corniche":{
|
|
"as in switchback":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corn":{
|
|
"something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a story about a lost puppy that was pure corn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goo",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"soap opera",
|
|
"sorghum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"tripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coral reef":{
|
|
"as in key , barrier reef":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atoll",
|
|
"barrier reef",
|
|
"cay",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"island",
|
|
"isle",
|
|
"islet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mainland"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrugation":{
|
|
"as in layer , seam":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"seam",
|
|
"tuck",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"wrinkle",
|
|
"crow's-foot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"retinue",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"retainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"procession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"callithump",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cordoning (off)":{
|
|
"as in closing in , fencing (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"core":{
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in my very core I knew that an injustice was being committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the capitol building is the core of the political life of the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at last, we come to the core of the issue that has been dividing us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a starfish can even survive the division of its core into two parts; both halves then regenerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"brunt",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mountain rises from ground that is almost precisely at the island's core"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midpoint",
|
|
"midst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corniness":{
|
|
"as in schmaltz , corn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"hokeyness",
|
|
"hokiness",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"bathos",
|
|
"gooeyness",
|
|
"lovey-doveyness",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"mushiness",
|
|
"saccharinity",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentalism",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"soppiness",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correct":{
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real brainteaser with only one correct solution to it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"spot-on",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
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"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"painfully correct dress for the state dinner at the White House"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"de rigueur",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unseemly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the correct method for folding the American flag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"red-carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more time will be needed to correct the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"debug",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"redraw",
|
|
"restyle",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"rewrite",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully the young entrepreneur's professionalism will serve to correct his partner's extreme enthusiasm in the eyes of investors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"compensate (for)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"make up (for)",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"neuter",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"atone (for)",
|
|
"outbalance",
|
|
"outweigh",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insensitive boss who liked to correct subordinates in front of their colleagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"penalize",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"wreak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corruptions":{
|
|
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Egyptians used special preservatives to spare their dead from complete corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrefaction",
|
|
"putrescence",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corruption of the upper classes eventually led to the fall of the Roman empire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Socrates was put to death because the ancient Athenians believed he was spreading corruption to their youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"turpitude",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"lousiness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"pureness",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"cleanness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corrupter":{
|
|
"as in debaucher , perverter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"solicitor",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in transgressor , miscreant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"misdoer",
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"immoralist",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"wrongdoer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correlative":{
|
|
"related to each other in such a way that one completes the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the correlative contributions that both teacher and student make to the learning process"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complementary",
|
|
"reciprocal",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"mutual",
|
|
"symbiotic",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"conjoint",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncomplementary",
|
|
"nonreciprocal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"corse":{
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would have to inter the corse of many a fallen comrade before the war's end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadaver",
|
|
"carcass",
|
|
"corpse",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummy",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"carrion",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"correspondent (with":{
|
|
"not having or showing any apparent conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordant",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"concordant",
|
|
"conformable (to)",
|
|
"congruent",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"nonconflicting",
|
|
"of a piece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-consistent",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"conflictive",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"noncompatible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
}
|
|
} |