13799 lines
274 KiB
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13799 lines
274 KiB
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{
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"delayer":{
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"as in procrastinator":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"procrastinator",
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"idler",
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"lazybones",
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"loafer",
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"lounger",
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"slouch",
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"slug",
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"sluggard",
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"latecomer",
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"crawler",
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"dallier",
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"dawdler",
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"dragger",
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"laggard",
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"lagger",
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"lingerer",
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"loiterer",
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"plodder",
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"slowpoke",
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"snail",
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"straggler"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"speedster",
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"go-getter",
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"hustler",
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"scrambler",
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"hurrier",
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"rusher",
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"speeder"
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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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]
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},
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"delaying":{
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"to move or act slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"diddling",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"lagging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"lollygagging",
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"lallygagging",
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"moping",
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"poking",
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"shilly-shallying",
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"tarrying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddling (around)",
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"fooling around",
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"messing around",
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"monkeying (around)",
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"playing",
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"pottering (around)",
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"puttering (around)",
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"trifling",
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"hanging (around or out)",
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"idling",
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"loafing",
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"lolling",
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"lounging",
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"ambling",
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"easing",
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"inching",
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"lumbering",
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"plodding",
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"sauntering",
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"shuffling",
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"staggering",
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"strolling",
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"decelerating",
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"slowing (down or up)",
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"filibustering",
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"procrastinating",
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"stalling",
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"temporizing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bowling",
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"breezing",
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"darting",
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"humping",
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"hurtling",
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"hustling",
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"scrambling",
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"stampeding",
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"galloping",
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"jogging",
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"running",
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"sprinting",
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"trotting",
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"accelerating",
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"quickening",
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"speeding (up)",
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"catching up",
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"fast-forwarding",
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"outpacing",
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"outrunning",
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"outstripping",
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"overtaking"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"barrelling",
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"bolting",
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"careering",
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"coursing",
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"dashing",
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"flying",
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"hastening",
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"hotfooting (it)",
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"hurrying",
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"racing",
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"ripping",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"speeding",
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"tearing",
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"whirling",
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"whisking",
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"whizzing",
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"zipping"
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]
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},
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"to assign to a later time":{
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"examples":[
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"our guests delayed their departure until after dinner"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deferring",
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"holding off (on)",
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"holding over",
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"holding up",
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"laying over",
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"postponing",
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"putting off",
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"putting over",
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"remitting",
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"shelving"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"suspending",
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"hesitating",
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"pausing",
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"staying",
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"detaining",
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"retarding",
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"slowing",
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"extending",
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"lengthening",
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"prolonging",
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"protracting",
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"stretching (out)",
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"waiting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acting",
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"dealing (with)",
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"deciding (upon)",
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"doing",
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"working (on)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"delays":{
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"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
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"examples":[
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"there was a delay for our boarding while the airplane unloaded incoming passengers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"detainments",
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"detentions",
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"holdbacks",
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"holding patterns",
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"holdups",
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"waits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deferments",
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"deferrals",
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"postponements",
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"reprieves",
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"respites",
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"foot-draggings",
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"hesitations",
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"lags",
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"pauses",
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"setbacks",
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"slowdowns"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hastes",
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"rushes",
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"dispatches",
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"promptitudes"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move or act slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawls",
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"creeps",
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"dallies",
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"dawdles",
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"diddles",
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"dillydallies",
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"drags",
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"lags",
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"lingers",
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"loiters",
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"lollygags",
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"lallygags",
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"mopes",
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"pokes",
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"shilly-shallies",
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"tarries"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddles (around)",
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"fools around",
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"messes around",
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"monkeys (around)",
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"plays",
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"potters (around)",
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"putters (around)",
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"trifles",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"idles",
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"loafs",
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"lolls",
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"lounges",
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"ambles",
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"eases",
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"inches",
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"lumbers",
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"plods",
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"saunters",
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"shuffles",
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"staggers",
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"strolls",
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"decelerates",
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"slows (down or up)",
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"filibusters",
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"procrastinates",
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"stalls",
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"temporizes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bowls",
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"breezes",
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"darts",
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"humps",
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"hurtles",
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"hustles",
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"scrambles",
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"stampedes",
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"gallops",
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"jogs",
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"runs",
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"sprints",
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"trots",
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"accelerates",
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"quickens",
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"speeds (up)",
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"catches up",
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"fast-forwards",
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"outpaces",
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"outruns",
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"outstrips",
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"overtakes"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barrels",
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"bolts",
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"careers",
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"courses",
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"dashes",
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"flies",
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"hastens",
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"hotfoots (it)",
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"hurries",
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"races",
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"rips",
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"rockets",
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"runs",
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"rushes",
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"scoots",
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"scuds",
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"scurries",
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"speeds",
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"tears",
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"whirls",
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"whisks",
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"whizzes",
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"zips"
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]
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},
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"to assign to a later time":{
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"examples":[
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"our guests delayed their departure until after dinner"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"defers",
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"holds off (on)",
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"holds over",
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"holds up",
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"lays over",
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"postpones",
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"puts off",
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"puts over",
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"remits",
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"shelves"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"suspends",
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"hesitates",
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"pauses",
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"stays",
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"detains",
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"retards",
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"slows",
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"extends",
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"lengthens",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts",
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"stretches (out)",
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"waits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acts",
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"deals (with)",
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"decides (upon)",
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"does",
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"works (on)"
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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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"delectable":{
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"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
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"examples":[
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"a delectable melody to listen to after a hard day"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agreeable",
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"congenial",
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"darling",
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"delicious",
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"delightful",
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"delightsome",
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"dreamy",
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"dulcet",
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"enjoyable",
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"felicitous",
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"good",
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"grateful",
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"gratifying",
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"heavenly",
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"jolly",
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"luscious",
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"nice",
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"palatable",
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"pleasant",
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"pleasing",
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"pleasurable",
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"pretty",
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"satisfying",
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"savory",
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"savoury",
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"sweet",
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"tasty",
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"welcome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alluring",
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"attractive",
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"desirable",
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"enviable",
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"inviting",
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"relishable",
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"tempting",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"fascinating",
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"calming",
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"comforting",
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"soothing",
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"amusing",
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"diverting",
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"entertaining",
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"recreative",
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"affable",
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"amiable",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"comfortable",
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"gem\u00fctlich",
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"genial",
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"goodly",
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"good-natured",
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"gracious",
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"hospitable",
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"kindly",
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"personable",
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"blissful",
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"felicific",
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"glad",
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"happy",
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"joyous",
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"elating",
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"exhilarating",
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"intoxicating",
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"ecstatic",
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"euphoric",
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"nirvanic",
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"rapturous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abominable",
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"ghastly",
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"god-awful",
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"hellish",
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"horrid",
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"miserable",
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"wretched",
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"bilious",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
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"obnoxious",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revulsive",
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"unsavory",
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"vile",
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"yucky",
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"yukky",
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"abhorrent",
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"detestable",
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"hateful",
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"odious",
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"boring",
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"commonplace",
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"dull",
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"flat",
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"insipid",
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"irksome",
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"stale",
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"tedious",
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"displeasing",
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"dissatisfying",
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"depressing",
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"disheartening",
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"dismal",
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"dreary",
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"gloomy",
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"heartbreaking",
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"heartrending",
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"joyless",
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"lachrymose",
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"sad",
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"unhappy",
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"deplorable",
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"doleful",
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"dolorous",
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"lamentable",
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"lugubrious",
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"mournful",
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"regrettable",
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"sorrowful",
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"tragic",
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"tragical",
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"aggravating",
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"annoying",
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"exasperating",
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"irritating",
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"peeving",
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"perturbing",
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"vexing",
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"forbidding",
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"hostile",
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"intimidating",
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"angering",
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"enraging",
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"incensing",
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"inflaming",
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"enflaming",
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"infuriating",
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"maddening",
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"outraging",
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"rankling",
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"riling",
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"distressing",
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"disturbing",
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"upsetting"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disagreeable",
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"pleasureless",
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"unpalatable",
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"unpleasant",
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"unwelcome"
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]
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},
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"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
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"examples":[
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"a delectable roast turkey lay on the table"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambrosial",
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"appetizing",
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"dainty",
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"delicious",
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"delish",
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"flavorful",
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"flavorsome",
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"luscious",
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"lush",
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"mouthwatering",
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"palatable",
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"savory",
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"savoury",
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"scrumptious",
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"succulent",
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"tasteful",
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"tasty",
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"toothsome",
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"toothy",
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"yummy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"digestible",
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"eatable",
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"edible",
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"delightful",
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"heavenly",
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"pleasing",
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"agreeable",
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"gratifying",
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"pleasant",
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"satisfying",
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"choice",
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"delicate",
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"exquisite",
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"rare"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"banal",
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"boring",
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"commonplace",
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"tedious",
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"noisome",
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"smelly",
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"stinky",
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"noxious",
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"unwholesome",
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"miserable",
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"wretched",
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"awful",
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"detestable",
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"disagreeable",
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"disgusting",
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"foul",
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"horrid",
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"nauseating",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"sickening",
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"unpleasant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"distasteful",
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"flat",
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"flavorless",
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"insipid",
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"stale",
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"tasteless",
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"unappetizing",
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"unpalatable",
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"unsavory",
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"yucky",
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"yukky"
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]
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},
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"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
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"examples":[
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"a gourmet shop filled with delectables for every palate, albeit not for every pocketbook"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bit",
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"cate",
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"dainty",
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"delicacy",
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"goody",
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"goodie",
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"kickshaw",
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"tidbit",
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"titbit",
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"treat",
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"viand"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"morsel",
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"candy",
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"dessert",
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"junket",
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"sweet",
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"sweetmeat"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delectations":{
|
|
"a source of great satisfaction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tourists enjoying the delectations of this tropical paradise for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"treats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"gratifications",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"ambrosias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delicacies":{
|
|
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented with a plate of national delicacies while they waited for the queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"cates",
|
|
"dainties",
|
|
"delectables",
|
|
"goodies",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"viands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"sweetmeats",
|
|
"sweets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delicacy":{
|
|
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented with a plate of national delicacies while they waited for the queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"cate",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"viand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dessert",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetmeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we never cease to marvel at the delicacy of a snowflake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frangibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diaphanousness",
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"wispiness",
|
|
"brittleness",
|
|
"crumbliness",
|
|
"friability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"rudeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the tendency to be or state of being squeamish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the urgent need for blood prompted many people to overcome their habitual delicacy and become first-time donors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"finicalness",
|
|
"finickiness",
|
|
"fussiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"gutsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indelicacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicacy of the watch movement is incredible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"ultraprecision",
|
|
"veracity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"determinacy",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"persnicketiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"roundness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of her life the shy poet gave the appearance of extreme delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicacy of the sensor is such that it will be affected by the slightest vibration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperacuity",
|
|
"hypersensitiveness",
|
|
"hypersensitivity",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"oversensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delicious":{
|
|
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family sat down to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"mouthwatering",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delicious breeze gave us welcome relief from the tropical heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delight (in)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been delighting in your company, so I was wondering if we might have another date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"get off (on)",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"rejoice (in)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"eat (up)",
|
|
"feast (on)",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"indulge (in)",
|
|
"luxuriate (in)",
|
|
"wallow (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delightedly":{
|
|
"as in gleefully , cheerfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delights":{
|
|
"a source of great satisfaction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opportunity for travel was one of the major delights of the couple's golden years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delectations",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"treats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"gratifications",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"ambrosias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his great sense of humor and bubbly personality, he is a delight to be around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"divertissements",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"recreations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"pastimes",
|
|
"time killers",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"convivialities",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"gaieties",
|
|
"gayeties",
|
|
"hilarities",
|
|
"jollifications",
|
|
"jollities",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"revelings",
|
|
"revellings",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"whoopees",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"games"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"exuberates",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"jubilates",
|
|
"kvells",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloats",
|
|
"preens",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give satisfaction to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees (with)",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"glads",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"warms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"tickles",
|
|
"titillates",
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"thrills",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"steams up",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displeases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delineate":{
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"define",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"line",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"map (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"limn",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vignette",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"redescribe",
|
|
"reimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delineation":{
|
|
"a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his simple but striking delineations of Dutch landscapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"engraving",
|
|
"etch",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"aquatint",
|
|
"charcoal",
|
|
"line drawing",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"blueprint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a finely wrought delineation of a young couple's first experience with love and loss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portraiture",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"vignette"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delinquencies":{
|
|
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we received a notice in the mail informing us of our delinquency in paying our utility bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"default",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"nonfeasance",
|
|
"oversight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"laxity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being late":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delinquency of our mortgage payment meant that we would have to pay a surcharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belatedness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"punctuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earliness",
|
|
"prematureness",
|
|
"prematurity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliquesce":{
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delist":{
|
|
"as in exclude , omit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"matriculate",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"impanel",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"muster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliver":{
|
|
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deliver us from evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrive",
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"sanctify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove from danger or harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers waited for the rescue ship to come and deliver them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"recover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"gamble (with)",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered up the ransom money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"cough up",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"resign",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"shed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inn endeavors to deliver the luxuries that its well-heeled guests have come to expect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ply (with)",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"transfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold (back)",
|
|
"keep (back)",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered the prisoners to the sheriff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a summer blockbuster that delivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch on",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"percolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"fall down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she delivered four healthy babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"calve",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"whelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miscarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deeply dissatisfied with his dissolute lifestyle, he resolved to deliver himself over to the ways of the Lord"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"luxuriate",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forgo",
|
|
"forego",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivery":{
|
|
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school bell signaled our delivery from the tortures of math class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her second delivery took only three hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accouchement",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"childbirth",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birth pang",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pregnancy",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"cesarean section",
|
|
"caesarean section",
|
|
"natural childbirth",
|
|
"childbed",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"lying-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delusory":{
|
|
"tending or having power to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delusory notion that wealth invariably brings happiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"subtile",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"nondeceptive",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delving":{
|
|
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we didn't want to pry and did as little personal delving as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"examen",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"feeler",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionary",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"cross-examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rehearing",
|
|
"reinvestigation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in digging , excavating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"shoveling",
|
|
"shovelling",
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"clawing",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"mining",
|
|
"quarrying",
|
|
"scooping",
|
|
"spading",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"digging in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filling (in)",
|
|
"smoothing (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliriums":{
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberately":{
|
|
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deliberately chose to break the rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisedly",
|
|
"consciously",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"knowingly",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely",
|
|
"purposively",
|
|
"willfully",
|
|
"wittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculatedly",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"voluntarily",
|
|
"willingly",
|
|
"premeditatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"incidentally",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unknowingly",
|
|
"unwittingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delusive":{
|
|
"tending or having power to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delusive promises of high-paying jobs for low-skilled workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"subtile",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"nondeceptive",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delightfully":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delightfully silly song about dancing bears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliveryman":{
|
|
"a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deliveryman dropped off a package for us while we were at the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliverer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery boy",
|
|
"bearer",
|
|
"carrier",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"messenger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deleted":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deles":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"strikes (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delay":{
|
|
"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a delay for our boarding while the airplane unloaded incoming passengers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferment",
|
|
"deferral",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"foot-dragging",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"slowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our guests delayed their departure until after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"hold off (on)",
|
|
"hold over",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"lay over",
|
|
"postpone",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shelve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"deal (with)",
|
|
"decide (upon)",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"work (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deleting":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluging":{
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deluged with requests for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gulfing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"draining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliveries":{
|
|
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school bell signaled our delivery from the tortures of math class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"quittances",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensations",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"immunities",
|
|
"waivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her second delivery took only three hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"childbirths",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"travails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birth pangs",
|
|
"contractions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pregnancies",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"cesarean sections",
|
|
"caesarean sections",
|
|
"natural childbirths",
|
|
"childbeds",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"lyings-in",
|
|
"lying-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluge":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvion",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exiting moviegoers were caught in the deluge without umbrellas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deluged with requests for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delicately":{
|
|
"as in faintly , shakily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deletes":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deles",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"strikes (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delve":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antre",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"cavern",
|
|
"grot",
|
|
"grotto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"crawlway",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"subway",
|
|
"tunnel",
|
|
"excavation",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"pit",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"foxhole",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"den",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dig , excavate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"shovel",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"quarry",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"spade",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"dig in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill (in)",
|
|
"smooth (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliverer":{
|
|
"a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we eagerly took the food and tipped the deliverer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliveryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery boy",
|
|
"bearer",
|
|
"carrier",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"messenger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surviving passengers thanked their deliverers profusely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeemer",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman",
|
|
"ransomer",
|
|
"salvager",
|
|
"salvor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delectables":{
|
|
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gourmet shop filled with delectables for every palate, albeit not for every pocketbook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"cates",
|
|
"dainties",
|
|
"delicacies",
|
|
"goodies",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"viands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"sweetmeats",
|
|
"sweets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivering":{
|
|
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deliver us from evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shriving",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"sanctifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove from danger or harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers waited for the rescue ship to come and deliver them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salvaging",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"recovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"gambling (with)",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"periling",
|
|
"perilling",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered up the ransom money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"coughing up",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"resigning",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"shedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inn endeavors to deliver the luxuries that its well-heeled guests have come to expect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plying (with)",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"transferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding (back)",
|
|
"keeping (back)",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered the prisoners to the sheriff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a summer blockbuster that delivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catching on",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"percolating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"falling down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she delivered four healthy babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"birthing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"whelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deeply dissatisfied with his dissolute lifestyle, he resolved to deliver himself over to the ways of the Lord"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"wallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delightfulness":{
|
|
"as in sweetness , pleasingness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"darlingness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasingness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"sex appeal",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"animal magnetism",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"charisma",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"duende",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"force field",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magnetism",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"witchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delights (in)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been delighting in your company, so I was wondering if we might have another date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"gets off (on)",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"rejoices (in)",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"eats (up)",
|
|
"feasts (on)",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"cottons (to)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"indulges (in)",
|
|
"luxuriates (in)",
|
|
"wallows (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delimits":{
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"demarks",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"marks (off)",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"describes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delirious":{
|
|
"feeling overwhelming fear or worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were delirious with anxiety when the boy failed to return home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distrait",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rushing about in a delirious state during the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenetic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delinquent":{
|
|
"not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bank was annoyed because our check was delinquent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"tardy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"early",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bankrupt , incorrigible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"satyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegating":{
|
|
"to appoint as one's representative":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nominating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"abdicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberates":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"perpends",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegitimizes":{
|
|
"as in invalidates , nullifies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"disempowers",
|
|
"disenfranchises",
|
|
"decertifies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"disqualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delimit":{
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"demark",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"mark (off)",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivered the goods":{
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The shrewd marketing campaign delivered the goods for the company and increased sales dramatically."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caught on",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"fell down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delists":{
|
|
"as in excludes , omits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"matriculates",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"impanels",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"conscripts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delve (into)":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dig (into)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"inquire (into)",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"look (into)",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"check into",
|
|
"check up on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim (through)",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivers the goods":{
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The shrewd marketing campaign delivered the goods for the company and increased sales dramatically."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches on",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"percolates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"falls down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delighting":{
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"exuberating",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"jubilating",
|
|
"kvelling",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloating",
|
|
"preening",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"regretting",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give satisfaction to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing (with)",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gladding",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasuring",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"tickling",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"steaming up",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displeasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivery boys":{
|
|
"as in carriers , couriers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearers",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"go-betweens",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"deliverymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delves":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antres",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"grots",
|
|
"grottoes",
|
|
"grottos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"crawlways",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"subways",
|
|
"tunnels",
|
|
"excavations",
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"foxholes",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in digs , excavates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"shovels",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"claws",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"quarries",
|
|
"scoops",
|
|
"spades",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"digs in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fills (in)",
|
|
"smooths (out or over)",
|
|
"smoothes (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliciousness":{
|
|
"the quality of being delicious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fancy feast was deliciousness itself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delectability",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"palatability",
|
|
"palatableness",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"tastiness",
|
|
"toothsomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestibility",
|
|
"edibility",
|
|
"edibleness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"unpalatability"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deled":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluges":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exiting moviegoers were caught in the deluge without umbrellas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deluged with requests for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deleing":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delinquents":{
|
|
"as in bankrupts , incorrigibles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegitimizing":{
|
|
"as in invalidating , nullifying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"disempowering",
|
|
"disenfranchising",
|
|
"decertifying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"disqualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"privileging",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delusional":{
|
|
"as in surreal , deceptive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in paranoid , neurotic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"overanxious",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unneurotic",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deletion":{
|
|
"something left out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elision",
|
|
"omission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"pretermission",
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"condensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inclusion",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegate":{
|
|
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delegate had a list of concerns to discuss with the country's new prime minister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambassadress",
|
|
"attach\u00e9",
|
|
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
|
|
"consul",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"diplomat",
|
|
"foreign minister",
|
|
"nuncio",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"deputation",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"legation",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the real estate developer sent a delegate to the town meeting to represent his interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"diplomat",
|
|
"diplomatist",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"foreign minister",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"plenipotentiary",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"pinch hitter",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"surrogate",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"arbiter",
|
|
"arbitrator",
|
|
"comprador",
|
|
"compradore",
|
|
"conciliator",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"intercessor",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"interposer",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"mediator",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"peacemaker",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to appoint as one's representative":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"depute",
|
|
"deputize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"abdicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegitimize":{
|
|
"as in invalidate , nullify":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"disempower",
|
|
"disenfranchise",
|
|
"decertify",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"disqualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delineating":{
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"tracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"mapping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"limning",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"vignetting",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"redescribing",
|
|
"reimaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"misdescribing",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliciously":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deliciously told anecdote on the DVD's commentary track"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delight":{
|
|
"a source of great satisfaction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opportunity for travel was one of the major delights of the couple's golden years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"treat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"ambrosia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his great sense of humor and bubbly personality, he is a delight to be around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"divertissement",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"pastime",
|
|
"time killer",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"drag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were filled with delight at the sight of everyone in the family together at last for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"joie de vivre",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"restfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"uneasiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"exuberate",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"jubilate",
|
|
"kvell",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloat",
|
|
"preen",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give satisfaction to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree (with)",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"tickle",
|
|
"titillate",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"steam up",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displease"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delete":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"dele",
|
|
"edit (out)",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delinquently":{
|
|
"after the due, usual, or proper time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always paid his bills, but usually delinquently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"eventually",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"latterly",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"thereafter",
|
|
"dilatorily",
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"sluggishly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"punctually",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beforehand",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"inopportunely",
|
|
"precociously",
|
|
"prematurely",
|
|
"unseasonably"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegations":{
|
|
"a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delegation from the local scout troop is being sent to the national jamboree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contingents",
|
|
"delegacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embassies",
|
|
"legations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delegation by the president to the secretary of state of complete control of the nation's foreign policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"empowerments",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"mandates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"consignments",
|
|
"entrustments",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"orderings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delectation":{
|
|
"a source of great satisfaction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tourists enjoying the delectations of this tropical paradise for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"treat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"ambrosia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a musical concert was presented for the delectation of the guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"joie de vivre",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"restfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"uneasiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delves (into)":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digs (into)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"inquires (into)",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"looks (into)",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims (through)",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delighting (in)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been delighting in your company, so I was wondering if we might have another date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"getting off (on)",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"rejoicing (in)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"feasting (on)",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"cottoning (to)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"indulging (in)",
|
|
"luxuriating (in)",
|
|
"wallowing (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberation":{
|
|
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the matter full deliberation before reaching a decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"advisement",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"thought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cogitation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"rumination",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a great deal of deliberation among the representatives about the wording of the public statement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"skull session",
|
|
"skull practice",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delectably":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delectably witty comedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivering the goods":{
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catching on",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"percolating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"falling down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivered":{
|
|
"as in released , freed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut (of)",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"unhampered",
|
|
"unimpeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deliver us from evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrived",
|
|
"shrove",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove from danger or harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers waited for the rescue ship to come and deliver them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"recovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventured",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"gambled (with)",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"jeopardized",
|
|
"periled",
|
|
"perilled",
|
|
"risked",
|
|
"ventured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered up the ransom money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"coughed up",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"shed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inn endeavors to deliver the luxuries that its well-heeled guests have come to expect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plied (with)",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"transferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held (back)",
|
|
"kept (back)",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered the prisoners to the sheriff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"handed in",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"recommitted",
|
|
"redelivered",
|
|
"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a summer blockbuster that delivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caught on",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"fell down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she delivered four healthy babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthed",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"calved",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"kittened",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"pupped",
|
|
"whelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"miscarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deeply dissatisfied with his dissolute lifestyle, he resolved to deliver himself over to the ways of the Lord"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"wallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"forwent",
|
|
"forewent",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delved (into)":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dug (into)",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"inquired (into)",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"looked (into)",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"researched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"skimmed (through)",
|
|
"surfed",
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delineations":{
|
|
"a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his simple but striking delineations of Dutch landscapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contours",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"engravings",
|
|
"etches",
|
|
"etchings",
|
|
"aquatints",
|
|
"charcoals",
|
|
"line drawings",
|
|
"pastels",
|
|
"watercolors",
|
|
"blueprints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a finely wrought delineation of a young couple's first experience with love and loss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portraitures",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"renderings",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"vignettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dele":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proofreader was instructed to dele stray characters and other typos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"edit (out)",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivery boy":{
|
|
"as in carrier , courier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearer",
|
|
"carrier",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"deliveryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluged":{
|
|
"as in flooded , inundated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deluged with requests for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gulfed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliquesced":{
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"thinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberated":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delightful":{
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delightful rendition of our favorite song"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"providing amusement or enjoyment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had a delightful time at the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"recreational",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegated":{
|
|
"to appoint as one's representative":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"deputed",
|
|
"deputized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"nominated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"abdicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"handed in",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"recommitted",
|
|
"redelivered",
|
|
"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberateness":{
|
|
"as in deliberation , shrewdness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"gingerliness",
|
|
"guardedness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"suddenness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delirium":{
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delude":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deletions":{
|
|
"something left out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the deletions from the final cut of the movie turned out to be my one line of dialogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elisions",
|
|
"omissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"blanks",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"subtractions",
|
|
"defaults",
|
|
"delinquencies",
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"negligences",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"pretermissions",
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"condensations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inclusions",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delisted":{
|
|
"as in excluded , omitted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"matriculated",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"impaneled",
|
|
"impanelled",
|
|
"empaneled",
|
|
"empanelled",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"conscripted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"mustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliverers":{
|
|
"a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we eagerly took the food and tipped the deliverer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliverymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery boys",
|
|
"bearers",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"go-betweens",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"messengers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surviving passengers thanked their deliverers profusely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeemers",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"savers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchers",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen",
|
|
"ransomers",
|
|
"salvagers",
|
|
"salvors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberating":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deleterious":{
|
|
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nicotine has long been recognized as a deleterious substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"contagious",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"palliative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"hurtless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliriousness":{
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the deliriousness of the emergency evacuation, a lot of things were overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliver the goods":{
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The shrewd marketing campaign delivered the goods for the company and increased sales dramatically."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch on",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"percolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"fall down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliverymen":{
|
|
"a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deliveryman dropped off a package for us while we were at the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliverers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery boys",
|
|
"bearers",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"go-betweens",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"messengers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delish":{
|
|
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the homemade chocolate sauce was absolutely delish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"mouthwatering",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberations":{
|
|
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the matter full deliberation before reaching a decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"advisements",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thoughts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cogitations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"ruminations",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"premeditations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a great deal of deliberation among the representatives about the wording of the public statement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"skull sessions",
|
|
"skull practices",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliberate":{
|
|
"decided on as a result of careful thought":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge made a deliberate decision to impose the maximum sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"thought-out",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aforethought",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"prudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"uncalculated",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deliberate act of vandalism that should not go unpunished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unpremeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondeliberate",
|
|
"nonpurposive",
|
|
"unintentional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muse (upon)",
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluxe":{
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a classy hotel with truly deluxe accommodations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delightsome":{
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any man would find it most delightsome to gaze upon her lovely face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delayers":{
|
|
"as in procrastinators":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"speedsters",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers",
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delimiting":{
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"demarking",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"describing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluded":{
|
|
"as in duped , deceived":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delusion":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her idea that her new man is a long lost prince is surely just a delusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he appears to suffer from the delusion that he's the best reporter in the business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factoid",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"sophism",
|
|
"sophistry",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delved":{
|
|
"as in dug , excavated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"shoveled",
|
|
"shovelled",
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"clawed",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"mined",
|
|
"quarried",
|
|
"scooped",
|
|
"spaded",
|
|
"dredged",
|
|
"dug in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filled (in)",
|
|
"smoothed (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliverance":{
|
|
"the saving from danger or evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"extrication",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"safekeeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury's deliverance shocked the courtroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"verdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"say-so",
|
|
"adjudication",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Delphic":{
|
|
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Delphic pronouncements that are so typical of many stock market prognosticators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"arcane",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"double-edged",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"opaque"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"obnubilated",
|
|
"obscurant",
|
|
"obscurantic",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"sphinxlike",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delicate":{
|
|
"satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heavy sauce would spoil the delicate flavor of this fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"nuanced",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"subtle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a person with delicate taste buds could tell the difference between these two wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"hair-trigger",
|
|
"hyperacute",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"oversensitive",
|
|
"supersensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"imperceptive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"accomplished with trained ability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicate handling of a difficult diplomatic situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"bravura",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"workmanlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily broken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delicate glassware that must be carefully wrapped for shipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"gossamer",
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"eggshell",
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"flimsy",
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"slight",
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"tenuous",
|
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"brittle",
|
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"crisp",
|
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"crispy",
|
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"crumbly",
|
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"crushable",
|
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"embrittled",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
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"friable",
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"shaky",
|
|
"shivery",
|
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"short",
|
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"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
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"soft",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"tender",
|
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"weak",
|
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"inelastic",
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"inflexible",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"compact",
|
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"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rubberlike",
|
|
"rubbery",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"stretchable",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"nonbreakable",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily injured without careful handling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicate ecosystem of the wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"eggshell",
|
|
"frangible",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"nonhardy",
|
|
"perishable",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"nonbreakable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hard to please":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person of delicate tastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosy",
|
|
"choosey",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussbudgety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"pernickety",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"picky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperfastidious",
|
|
"overdemanding",
|
|
"ultrafastidious",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"selective",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
|
"overcritical",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"niminy-piminy",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"indiscriminating",
|
|
"undiscriminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unfastidious",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delicate perfumes that only a connoisseur of scents would appreciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9",
|
|
"select"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijou",
|
|
"jewellike",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"ultrarare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delicate child who was never allowed to play sports"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or done with extreme care and accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delicate measurements of brain tumors that are only possible using the latest medical technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"finespun",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"nuanced",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"subtle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"picky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extremely delicate instruments such as an atomic clock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"mathematical",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"spot-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"meticulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delicate breeze was floating in from the open window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicate challenge of inviting two people who don't like each other to the same party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"scabrous",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unproblematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegitimized":{
|
|
"as in invalidated , nullified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"disempowered",
|
|
"disenfranchised",
|
|
"decertified",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"disqualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimated",
|
|
"legitimized",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dells":{
|
|
"as in canyons , rift valleys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"ca\u00f1ons",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"rift valleys",
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"denes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegatee":{
|
|
"as in agent , deputy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"endorsee",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"licensee",
|
|
"licentiate",
|
|
"permittee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"designee",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"selectee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliverances":{
|
|
"the saving from danger or evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"extrications",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"preservations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury's deliverance shocked the courtroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"verdicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behests",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"say-sos",
|
|
"adjudications",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"findings",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliquesces":{
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"thaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"thins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"thickens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"solidifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delusions":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her idea that her new man is a long lost prince is surely just a delusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he appears to suffer from the delusion that he's the best reporter in the business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"misbeliefs",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"untruths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factoids",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misperceptions",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledges",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"sophisms",
|
|
"sophistries",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"verities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Delhi belly":{
|
|
"abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her long-planned vacation was spoiled by a bad case of Delhi belly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diarrhea",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"Montezuma's revenge",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"turista"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dysentery",
|
|
"shigellosis",
|
|
"scour(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegacies":{
|
|
"a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the committee chose a five-person delegacy to attend the national conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contingents",
|
|
"delegations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embassies",
|
|
"legations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delighted (in)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been delighting in your company, so I was wondering if we might have another date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"got off (on)",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"rejoiced (in)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"ate (up)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"feasted (on)",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"indulged (in)",
|
|
"luxuriated (in)",
|
|
"wallowed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegacy":{
|
|
"a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the committee chose a five-person delegacy to attend the national conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"delegation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embassy",
|
|
"legation",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delayed":{
|
|
"as in late , belated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"posthumous",
|
|
"postmortem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in postponed , deferred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afoot",
|
|
"under way",
|
|
"under weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our guests delayed their departure until after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"held off (on)",
|
|
"held over",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"laid over",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shelved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"decided (upon)",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"worked (on)",
|
|
"wrought (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delimited":{
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"demarked",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"marked (off)",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"described"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegation":{
|
|
"a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delegation from the local scout troop is being sent to the national jamboree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"delegacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embassy",
|
|
"legation",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delegation by the president to the secretary of state of complete control of the nation's foreign policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empowerment",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"mandate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"consignment",
|
|
"entrustment",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"ordering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delusionary":{
|
|
"as in delusional , paranoid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"overanxious",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unneurotic",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delectability":{
|
|
"the quality of being delicious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frozen entr\u00e9es of surprising delectability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliciousness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"palatability",
|
|
"palatableness",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"tastiness",
|
|
"toothsomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestibility",
|
|
"edibility",
|
|
"edibleness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"unpalatability"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegatees":{
|
|
"as in agents , deputies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"draftees",
|
|
"endorsees",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"licensees",
|
|
"licentiates",
|
|
"permittees",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"appointees",
|
|
"designees",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"selectees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deliquescing":{
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluxing",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"liquefying",
|
|
"liquifying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"thawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"thinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"jelling",
|
|
"jellying",
|
|
"thickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"solidifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delineates":{
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"maps (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"limns",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vignettes",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"redescribes",
|
|
"reimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delinquency":{
|
|
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we received a notice in the mail informing us of our delinquency in paying our utility bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"default",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"nonfeasance",
|
|
"oversight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"laxity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being late":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delinquency of our mortgage payment meant that we would have to pay a surcharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belatedness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"punctuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earliness",
|
|
"prematureness",
|
|
"prematurity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delivers":{
|
|
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deliver us from evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrives",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"sanctifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove from danger or harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers waited for the rescue ship to come and deliver them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"recovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"gambles (with)",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered up the ransom money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"coughs up",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"resigns",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"sheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inn endeavors to deliver the luxuries that its well-heeled guests have come to expect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plies (with)",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"transfers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds (back)",
|
|
"keeps (back)",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered the prisoners to the sheriff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a summer blockbuster that delivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches on",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"percolates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"falls down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she delivered four healthy babies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deeply dissatisfied with his dissolute lifestyle, he resolved to deliver himself over to the ways of the Lord"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdoes",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"luxuriates",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"wallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forgoes",
|
|
"foregoes",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delighted":{
|
|
"experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're delighted to meet you finally!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"chuffed",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"thankful",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"beatific",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"dissatisfied",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unpleased",
|
|
"unsatisfied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"exuberated",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"joyed",
|
|
"jubilated",
|
|
"kvelled",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"triumphed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloated",
|
|
"preened",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"regretted",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give satisfaction to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed (with)",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"gladded",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"pleasured",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"titillated",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"steamed up",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displeased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deludes":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dell":{
|
|
"as in canyon , rift valley":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"ca\u00f1on",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dingle",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"rift valley",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dene",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"tableland"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deluding":{
|
|
"tending or having power to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deluding appearance of the surface of the river, which is actually quite fast-moving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"subtile",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"nondeceptive",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delisting":{
|
|
"as in excluding , omitting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"matriculating",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"impaneling",
|
|
"impanelling",
|
|
"empaneling",
|
|
"empanelling",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"conscripting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"mustering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delving (into)":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digging (into)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"inquiring (into)",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"looking (into)",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"researching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"skimming (through)",
|
|
"surfing",
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delineated":{
|
|
"producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finely delineated characters of the novel will seem real to the reader"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"descriptive",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"traced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"diagrammed",
|
|
"diagramed",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"mapped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"limned",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterized",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"vignetted",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"redescribed",
|
|
"reimaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"delegates":{
|
|
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delegate had a list of concerns to discuss with the country's new prime minister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"legates",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambassadresses",
|
|
"attach\u00e9s",
|
|
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
|
|
"consuls",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"diplomats",
|
|
"foreign ministers",
|
|
"nuncios",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"deputations",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"legations",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the real estate developer sent a delegate to the town meeting to represent his interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"attorneys",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"reps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"diplomatists",
|
|
"diplomats",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"foreign ministers",
|
|
"legates",
|
|
"plenipotentiaries",
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"pinch hitters",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"stand-ins",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"surrogates",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"arbiters",
|
|
"arbitrators",
|
|
"compradors",
|
|
"compradores",
|
|
"conciliators",
|
|
"go-betweens",
|
|
"intercessors",
|
|
"intermediaries",
|
|
"interposers",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"mediators",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"peacemakers",
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to appoint as one's representative":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"deputes",
|
|
"deputizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"abdicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |