12946 lines
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12946 lines
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{
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"groan":{
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"a crying out in grief":{
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"examples":[
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"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"howl",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"lamentation",
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"moan",
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"plaint",
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"wail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cry",
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"sob",
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"tears",
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"agonizing",
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"grieving",
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"mourning",
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"sorrowing",
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"suffering",
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"weeping",
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"hand-wringing",
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"regret",
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"complaint",
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"cri de coeur",
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"outcry",
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"protest",
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"anguish",
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"dolor",
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"grief",
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"heartache",
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"heartbreak",
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"sorrow",
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"woe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cheering",
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"laughing",
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"smiling"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"exultation",
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"rejoicing"
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]
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},
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"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
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"examples":[
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"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"moan",
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"wail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blubbering",
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"crying",
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"sniveling",
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"sobbing",
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"weeping",
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"whimpering",
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"whining",
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"yammering",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"lamentation",
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"plaint",
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"bawl",
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"cry",
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"howl",
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"shriek",
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"squall",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"yelp",
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"yowl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackle",
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"chortle",
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"chuckle",
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"giggle",
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"guffaw",
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"laugh",
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"snicker",
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"snigger",
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"titter",
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"twitter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to utter a moan":{
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"examples":[
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"heard someone groaning in pain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"moan",
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"wail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blubber",
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"cry",
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"sob",
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"weep",
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"sniff",
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"snivel",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"bemoan",
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"bewail",
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"deplore",
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"keen",
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"lament",
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"rue",
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"agonize",
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"anguish",
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"bleed",
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"grieve",
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"hurt",
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"mourn",
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"sorrow",
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"suffer",
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"bawl",
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"howl",
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"shriek",
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"squall",
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"yammer",
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"yelp",
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"yowl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackle",
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"chortle",
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"chuckle",
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"crack up",
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"giggle",
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"guffaw",
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"laugh",
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"snicker",
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"titter",
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"twitter"
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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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"groaned":{
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"to utter a moan":{
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"examples":[
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"heard someone groaning in pain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"moaned",
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"wailed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"wept",
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"sniffed",
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"sniveled",
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"snivelled",
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"whimpered",
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"whined",
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"bemoaned",
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"bewailed",
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"deplored",
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"keened",
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"lamented",
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"rued",
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"agonized",
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"anguished",
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"bled",
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"grieved",
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"hurt",
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"mourned",
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"sorrowed",
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"suffered",
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"bawled",
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"howled",
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"shrieked",
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"squalled",
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"yammered",
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"yelped",
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"yowled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackled",
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"chortled",
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"chuckled",
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"cracked up",
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"giggled",
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"guffawed",
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"laughed",
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"snickered",
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"tittered",
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"twittered"
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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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"groaner":{
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"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"the play's dialogue featured all of the groaners that seem to be de rigueur for any dysfunctional-family drama"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banality",
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"bromide",
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"chestnut",
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"clich\u00e9",
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"cliche",
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"commonplace",
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"homily",
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"platitude",
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"shibboleth",
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"trope",
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"truism"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conventional wisdom",
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"party line",
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"routine",
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"inanity",
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"generality",
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"generalization",
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"simplification",
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"adage",
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"proverb",
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"saw",
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"saying",
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"old wives' tale",
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"stereotype"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"profundity"
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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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"groans":{
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"a crying out in grief":{
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"examples":[
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"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"howls",
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"keens",
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"lamentations",
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"laments",
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"moans",
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"plaints",
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"wails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"tears",
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"mournings",
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"sufferings",
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"hand-wringings",
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"regrets",
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"complaints",
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"cris de coeur",
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"outcries",
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"protests",
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"anguishes",
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"dolors",
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"griefs",
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"heartaches",
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"heartbreaks",
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"sorrows",
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"woes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"exultations",
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"rejoicings"
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]
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},
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"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
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"examples":[
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"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"moans",
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"wails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"whinings",
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"keens",
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"lamentations",
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"laments",
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"plaints",
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"bawls",
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"cries",
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"howls",
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"shrieks",
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"squalls",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"yelps",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackles",
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"chortles",
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"chuckles",
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"giggles",
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"guffaws",
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"laughs",
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"snickers",
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"sniggers",
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"titters",
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"twitters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to utter a moan":{
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"examples":[
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"heard someone groaning in pain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"moans",
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"wails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blubbers",
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"weeps",
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"sniffs",
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"snivels",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"bemoans",
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"bewails",
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"deplores",
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"keens",
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"laments",
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"rues",
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"agonizes",
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"anguishes",
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"bleeds",
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"grieves",
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"hurts",
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"mourns",
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"sorrows",
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"suffers",
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"bawls",
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"howls",
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"shrieks",
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"squalls",
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"yammers",
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"yelps",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cackles",
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"chortles",
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"chuckles",
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"cracks up",
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"giggles",
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"guffaws",
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"laughs",
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"snickers",
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"titters",
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"twitters"
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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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"grog":{
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"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
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"examples":[
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"sailors clamoring for more grog"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alcohol",
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"aqua vitae",
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"ardent spirits",
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"booze",
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"bottle",
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"drink",
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"firewater",
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"hooch",
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"inebriant",
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"intoxicant",
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"John Barleycorn",
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"juice",
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"liquor",
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"lush",
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"moonshine",
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"potable",
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"rum",
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"sauce",
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"spirits",
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"stimulant",
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"strong drink",
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"tipple"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aperitif",
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"bracer",
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"chaser",
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"digestif",
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"nightcap",
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"belt",
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"load",
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"nip",
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"peg",
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"pop",
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"shooter",
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"shot",
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"slug",
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"snifter",
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"snort",
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"tot",
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"whet",
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"cocktail",
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"mixed drink",
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"ale",
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"beer",
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"brew",
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"brewage",
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"brewski",
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"home brew",
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"malt liquor",
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"microbrew",
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"mum",
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"nappy",
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"mead",
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"sake",
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"saki",
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"wine",
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"barley-bree",
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"barley-broo",
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"brandy",
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"gin",
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"liqueur",
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"mao-tai",
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"mescal",
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"schnapps",
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"tequila",
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"vodka",
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"whiskey",
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"whisky",
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"Dutch courage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"grokked":{
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"to have a clear idea of":{
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"examples":[
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"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appreciated",
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"apprehended",
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"assimilated",
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"beheld",
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"caught",
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"caught on (to)",
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"cognized",
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"compassed",
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"comprehended",
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"conceived",
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"cottoned (to or on to)",
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"deciphered",
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"decoded",
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"discerned",
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"dug",
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"got",
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"grasped",
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"intuited",
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"knew",
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"made",
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"made out",
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"perceived",
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"recognized",
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"registered",
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"savvied",
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"saw",
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"seized",
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"sensed",
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"tumbled (to)",
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"twigged",
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"understood"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absorbed",
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"digested",
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"took in",
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"realized",
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"fathomed",
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"penetrated",
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"pierced"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misapprehended",
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"misconceived",
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"misconstrued",
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"misinterpreted",
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"misperceived",
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"misread",
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"mistook",
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"misunderstood"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"missed"
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]
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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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"groom":{
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"to make ready in advance":{
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"examples":[
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"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fit",
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"fix",
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"lay",
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"prep",
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"prepare",
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"ready"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brace",
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"fortify",
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"gird",
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"steel",
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"batten",
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"gather",
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"gear up",
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"mount",
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"educate",
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"indoctrinate",
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"instruct",
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"school",
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"train",
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"tutor",
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"boot (up)",
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"prime",
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"arrange",
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"set",
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"spread",
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"arm",
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"equip",
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"forearm",
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"furnish",
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"outfit",
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"provide",
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"supply",
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"incline",
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"predispose",
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"draft",
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"draw up",
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"frame",
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"warm (up)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in man , husband":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bridegroom",
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"hubby",
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"husband",
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"man",
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"mister",
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"old man",
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"better half",
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"consort",
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"mate",
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"partner",
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"significant other",
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"soul mate",
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"domestic partner",
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"bride",
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"helpmate",
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"helpmeet",
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"lady",
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"wife"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ex",
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"single",
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"bachelor",
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"bachelorette",
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"maid",
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"maiden",
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"spinster"
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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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"grooving (on)":{
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"to take pleasure in":{
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"examples":[
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"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adoring",
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"delighting (in)",
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"digging",
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"enjoying",
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"fancying",
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"getting off (on)",
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"liking",
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"loving",
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"rejoicing (in)",
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"relishing",
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"reveling (in)",
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"revelling (in)",
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"savoring",
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"savouring"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"admiring",
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"appreciating",
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"cherishing",
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"revering",
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"venerating",
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"worshipping",
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"worshiping",
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"prizing",
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"treasuring",
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"valuing",
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"devouring",
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"drinking (in)",
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|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groovy":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a great movie with groovy special effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old college buddies fondly recalling the days when bell-bottom jeans were about the grooviest thing around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"def",
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"hep",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"turned-on",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unhip",
|
|
"untrendy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotesqueness":{
|
|
"as in garishness , tastelessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"tackiness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"unfashionableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"hipness",
|
|
"hipsterism",
|
|
"modishness",
|
|
"stylishness",
|
|
"trendiness",
|
|
"voguishness",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chicness",
|
|
"dapperness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"stateliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ugliness , plainness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"homeliness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"ugliness",
|
|
"unattractiveness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unloveliness",
|
|
"unsightliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"horribleness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"terribleness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetics",
|
|
"esthetics",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"beauteousness",
|
|
"beautifulness",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"comeliness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"loveliness",
|
|
"prettiness",
|
|
"sightliness",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"sublimity",
|
|
"superbness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotesques":{
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesqueries",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogresses",
|
|
"Frankensteins",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeymen",
|
|
"bogymen",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotty":{
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"get rid of that grotty old rag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouchiness":{
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their grouchiness after waiting in line for an hour was understandable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground":{
|
|
"the area around and belonging to a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acres",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"real estate",
|
|
"realty",
|
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"campus",
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"dooryard",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"enclosure",
|
|
"inclosure",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"garth",
|
|
"plaza"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strain the coffee to remove the grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"settlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"wherefore",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small area of usually open land":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll meet you at the parade ground in two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"tract"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common(s)",
|
|
"croft",
|
|
"grass",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greensward",
|
|
"lawn",
|
|
"glade",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"heathland",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"pastureland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opposed to the notion that religious law should be used as a ground for civil law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuck the shovel in the ground and went inside for a glass of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackland",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"gault",
|
|
"gley",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"kaolin",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"topsoil",
|
|
"alluvium",
|
|
"colluvium",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loess",
|
|
"marl",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"subsoil",
|
|
"substratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"background"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreground",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"focal point",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was glad to be back on the ground after a turbulent flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"terra firma"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"landmass",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"island",
|
|
"isthmus",
|
|
"mainland",
|
|
"peninsula"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chopping wood with a finely ground axe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clawlike",
|
|
"daggerlike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find a basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"predicate",
|
|
"rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"postulate",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"presuppose",
|
|
"suppose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groups":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"passels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifications",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"genera",
|
|
"genuses",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"subclasses",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"subgroups",
|
|
"subspecieses",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"headings",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"bulks (up)",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"constellates",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"collates",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collects",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"regroups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"sends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grousers":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the misfortune of waiting on a table full of grousers , who sent her back to the kitchen constantly and then refused to tip her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grove":{
|
|
"a small group of trees":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"woodlot",
|
|
"boscage",
|
|
"boskage",
|
|
"bosk",
|
|
"bosque",
|
|
"bosquet",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"brushwood",
|
|
"chaparral",
|
|
"coppice",
|
|
"copse",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"thicket",
|
|
"canebrake",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"scrubland",
|
|
"bramble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"forest",
|
|
"greenwood",
|
|
"wildwood",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"woodland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grovel":{
|
|
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cower",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"quail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"whiten",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"toady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slither",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grovelled":{
|
|
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowered",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"quailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"toadied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slithered",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grow (in)":{
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double (in)",
|
|
"triple (in)",
|
|
"accrue",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"ramp (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decline (in)",
|
|
"diminish (in)",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"fall (in)",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease (in)",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growled":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"thundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rumbled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"belled",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whimpered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"drummed",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"bellowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growly":{
|
|
"as in guttural , growling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grown":{
|
|
"covered with a thick healthy natural growth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a field lavishly grown with poppies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"leafy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"leafless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sown",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled (up)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grown up",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"gotten along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"gotten on",
|
|
"grayed",
|
|
"greyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrogressed",
|
|
"reverted",
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"backslidden",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"become",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"been",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gross out":{
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"nauseate",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"shock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"tickle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grows":{
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows up",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"ripens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellows",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"grays",
|
|
"greys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogresses",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becomes",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"mutates",
|
|
"transfigures",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"transmutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grounding":{
|
|
"as in stranding , beaching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"stranding",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"scuttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in education , instruction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"basic training",
|
|
"boot camp",
|
|
"cadetship",
|
|
"candidacy",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"apprenticeship",
|
|
"externship",
|
|
"internship",
|
|
"practicum",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find a basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basing",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"predicating",
|
|
"resting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"postulating",
|
|
"premising",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presupposing",
|
|
"supposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growing up":{
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"graying",
|
|
"greying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrogressing",
|
|
"reverting",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"group":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"bulk (up)",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"archive",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"collate",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collect",
|
|
"regather",
|
|
"regroup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"send"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grots":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antres",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"delves",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grown-up":{
|
|
"relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they have yet to find a grown-up way of handling their marital problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"kiddish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fully grown person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grown",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"gotten along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"gotten on",
|
|
"grayed",
|
|
"greyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrogressed",
|
|
"reverted",
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"backslidden",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotesqueries":{
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesques",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogresses",
|
|
"Frankensteins",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeymen",
|
|
"bogymen",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grovelers":{
|
|
"as in fans , worshippers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"running dogs",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"me-tooers",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"company men",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"apple-polishers",
|
|
"bootlickers",
|
|
"brownnosers",
|
|
"fawners",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"suck-ups",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundwork":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they had collectively laid the groundwork for a new kind of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grottoes":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the heart of the shrine is a small rocky grotto into which pilgrims can descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antres",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"delves",
|
|
"grots"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grossed":{
|
|
"as in cleared , netted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groveling":{
|
|
"as in obsequious , fawning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"genuflecting",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"deferent",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"kid-glove",
|
|
"kid-gloved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"undutiful",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"quailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"squinching",
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"toadying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slithering",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooved":{
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"scribed",
|
|
"seamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"beveled",
|
|
"bevelled",
|
|
"chamfered",
|
|
"fluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"harmonized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouched":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always seems to be grouching about the weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground rules":{
|
|
"a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before the debate begins, let's lay out some ground rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bylaws",
|
|
"regs",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"codes",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"decalogues",
|
|
"directories",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
"statutes",
|
|
"behests",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"fiats",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"morals",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"traditions",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"guidelines",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gropes":{
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
|
|
"groping for the right answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"scrabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbles",
|
|
"casts about",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"seeks (out)",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groks":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundings":{
|
|
"as in educations , instructions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"educations",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"schoolings",
|
|
"tutelages",
|
|
"basic trainings",
|
|
"boot camps",
|
|
"cadetships",
|
|
"candidacies",
|
|
"probations",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"apprenticeships",
|
|
"externships",
|
|
"internships",
|
|
"practicums",
|
|
"trainings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groupies":{
|
|
"as in junkies , fanatics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"fanciers",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9s",
|
|
"habitues",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"junkies",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"collectors",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"rooters",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"faddists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfans",
|
|
"nonadmirers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"detractors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooved (on)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"got off (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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grovels":{
|
|
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowers",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"quails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"whitens",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"toadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slithers",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouchy":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lack of sleep would make anyone grouchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to complaining a lot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a grouchy kid who refuses to eat his vegetables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"querulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"squirmy",
|
|
"twitchy",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"wiggly",
|
|
"wriggly",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"dissatisfied",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotesquerie":{
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogress",
|
|
"Frankenstein",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground zeros":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that was once ground zero for the insurance industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centrals",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"navels",
|
|
"nerve centers",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"omphali",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hot spots",
|
|
"playgrounds",
|
|
"playlands",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"thicks",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets",
|
|
"polestars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growl":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"thunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rumble",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"peal",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"bell",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"whimper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"bellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in snarl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"moue",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grow":{
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"ripen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrogress",
|
|
"revert",
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"become",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"metamorphose",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"mutate",
|
|
"transfigure",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"transmute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groaners":{
|
|
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the play's dialogue featured all of the groaners that seem to be de rigueur for any dysfunctional-family drama"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banalities",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"tropes",
|
|
"truisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional wisdoms",
|
|
"party lines",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"generalizations",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"stereotypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"profundities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotesque":{
|
|
"disagreeable to one's aesthetic or artistic sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gaudy, overdecorated interior of the gambling casino was just too grotesque for my taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"unaesthetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"inartistic",
|
|
"unartistic",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"off-key",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"shocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unpleasant to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bloody Halloween mask is grotesque"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly",
|
|
"vile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapely",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogress",
|
|
"Frankenstein",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground (down)":{
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmastered",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"whelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groupie":{
|
|
"as in junkie , fanatic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfan",
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundworks":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they had collectively laid the groundwork for a new kind of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"cornerstones",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"warp and woofs",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"infrastructures",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"substrata",
|
|
"substructures",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"touchstones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grope":{
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
|
|
"groping for the right answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"scrabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabble",
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growers":{
|
|
"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orange growers in Florida were hard hit by the hurricane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agriculturists",
|
|
"agriculturalists",
|
|
"agronomists",
|
|
"cultivators",
|
|
"farmers",
|
|
"planters",
|
|
"tillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmhands",
|
|
"field hands",
|
|
"gleaners",
|
|
"harvesters",
|
|
"plowmen",
|
|
"reapers",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"crofters",
|
|
"croppers",
|
|
"gentlemen farmers",
|
|
"sharecroppers",
|
|
"subsistence farmers",
|
|
"tenant farmers",
|
|
"yeomen",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"nesters",
|
|
"grangers",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"ranchmen",
|
|
"campesinos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groveler":{
|
|
"as in fan , worshipper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"idolater",
|
|
"idolator",
|
|
"worshipper",
|
|
"worshiper",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"running dog",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"camp follower",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"me-tooer",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"apparatchik",
|
|
"company man",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"apple-polisher",
|
|
"bootlicker",
|
|
"brownnoser",
|
|
"fawner",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"lickspittle",
|
|
"suck-up",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growing (in)":{
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubling (in)",
|
|
"tripling (in)",
|
|
"accruing",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"ramping (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining (in)",
|
|
"diminishing (in)",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"falling (in)",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing (in)",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growler":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't figure out why our very happy and optimistic friend is dating that chronic growler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growling":{
|
|
"as in guttural , growly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rumbling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"pealing",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"belling",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"whimpering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"drumming",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"bellowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grogshops":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"last saw them heading down to the local grogshop for a pint of beer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grows up":{
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"ripens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellows",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"grays",
|
|
"greys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogresses",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groused":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground plans":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grosses":{
|
|
"as in amounts , totals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"censuses",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in revenues , incomes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"revenues",
|
|
"winnings",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"collections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clears , nets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"brings in",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"notches (up)",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"racks up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"reacquires",
|
|
"reattains",
|
|
"recaptures",
|
|
"regains",
|
|
"remakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouped":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"bulked (up)",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"constellated",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rounded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"batched",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"brigaded",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"hived",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"archived",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"collated",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collected",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"regrouped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"sent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groomed":{
|
|
"being clean and in good order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the front office is always carefully groomed in order to give customers a good first impression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trig",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-groomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"taut",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"systematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"unsystematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make ready in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"prepped",
|
|
"readied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"geared up",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"booted (up)",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"warmed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooms":{
|
|
"to make ready in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"readies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gears up",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"boots (up)",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"predisposes",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"warms (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in men , husbands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"domestic partners",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"wives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exes",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"bachelors",
|
|
"bachelorettes",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"spinsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooves (on)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"gets off (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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grow up":{
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"ripen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrogress",
|
|
"revert",
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundbursts":{
|
|
"as in airbursts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airbursts",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"shootings",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"detonations",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotesquery":{
|
|
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ogress",
|
|
"Frankenstein",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grossing out":{
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"shocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"tickling",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouses":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a forum in which employees can air their grouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground plan":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
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"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
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"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growing":{
|
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"as in robust , booming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"coming",
|
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"promising",
|
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"boffo",
|
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"gangbusters",
|
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"gangbuster",
|
|
"runaway",
|
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"socko",
|
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"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
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"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"culturing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling (up)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing up",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"graying",
|
|
"greying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrogressing",
|
|
"reverting",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"transfiguring",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"transmuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grokking":{
|
|
"as in understanding , knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"prehension",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehension",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"astigmatism",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooving":{
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"scribing",
|
|
"seaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"milling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"beveling",
|
|
"bevelling",
|
|
"chamfering",
|
|
"fluting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"harmonizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"correlating",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grounds":{
|
|
"the area around and belonging to a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acres",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"real estate",
|
|
"realty",
|
|
"campus",
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"dooryard",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"enclosure",
|
|
"inclosure",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"garth",
|
|
"plaza"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strain the coffee to remove the grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"settlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"wherefore",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find a basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"predicates",
|
|
"rests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"postulates",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"presupposes",
|
|
"supposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growls":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"thunders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"bells",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"whimpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"bellows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in snarls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"moues",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grounded":{
|
|
"resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once his boat was grounded , all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aground",
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"stranded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"alongshore",
|
|
"high and dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offshore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afloat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find a basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"based",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"predicated",
|
|
"rested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"postulated",
|
|
"premised",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundling":{
|
|
"as in philistine , materialist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"materialist",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"reviewer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groping":{
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
|
|
"groping for the right answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"fishing",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"scrabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbling",
|
|
"casting about",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"seeking (out)",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several years of aborted attempts, the band finally ground out a new album"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carved (out)",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churned out",
|
|
"cranked out",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"effected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grower":{
|
|
"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orange growers in Florida were hard hit by the hurricane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agriculturist",
|
|
"agriculturalist",
|
|
"agronomist",
|
|
"cultivator",
|
|
"farmer",
|
|
"planter",
|
|
"tiller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmhand",
|
|
"field hand",
|
|
"gleaner",
|
|
"harvester",
|
|
"plowman",
|
|
"reaper",
|
|
"workfolk",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"crofter",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"gentleman farmer",
|
|
"sharecropper",
|
|
"subsistence farmer",
|
|
"tenant farmer",
|
|
"yeoman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"nester",
|
|
"granger",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"ranchman",
|
|
"campesino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grotto":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the heart of the shrine is a small rocky grotto into which pilgrims can descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antre",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"cavern",
|
|
"delve",
|
|
"grot"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grown up":{
|
|
"relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they have yet to find a grown-up way of handling their marital problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"kiddish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fully grown person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grown",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"gotten along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"gotten on",
|
|
"grayed",
|
|
"greyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrogressed",
|
|
"reverted",
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"backslidden",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grogshop":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"last saw them heading down to the local grogshop for a pint of beer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grown (in)":{
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"picked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubled (in)",
|
|
"tripled (in)",
|
|
"accrued",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"ramped (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined (in)",
|
|
"diminished (in)",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"fallen (in)",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased (in)",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouches":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an uncle who is a real grouch when he's sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it wouldn't be a workday if we didn't hear his daily grouch about how bad the coffee is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always seems to be grouching about the weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grogs":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sailors clamoring for more grog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groves":{
|
|
"a small group of trees":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"woodlots",
|
|
"boscages",
|
|
"boskages",
|
|
"bosks",
|
|
"bosques",
|
|
"bosquets",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"brushwoods",
|
|
"chaparrals",
|
|
"coppices",
|
|
"copses",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"thickets",
|
|
"canebrakes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"scrublands",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"brambles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"forests",
|
|
"greenwoods",
|
|
"wildwoods",
|
|
"woodlands",
|
|
"woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grows (in)":{
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"picks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubles (in)",
|
|
"triples (in)",
|
|
"accrues",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"ramps (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines (in)",
|
|
"diminishes (in)",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"falls (in)",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases (in)",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundbreaker":{
|
|
"as in pioneer , innovator":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"innovator",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"bellwether",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"pacemaker",
|
|
"pacer",
|
|
"pacesetter",
|
|
"trendsetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"Johnny-come-lately",
|
|
"me-tooer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundburst":{
|
|
"as in airburst":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airburst",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonation",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groove":{
|
|
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't get into the groove on Monday morning without a cup of coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"lockstep",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daily dozen",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of bouncing from job to job, she discovered that her natural groove was social work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"slot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"score",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"seam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrade",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"bevel",
|
|
"chamfer",
|
|
"flute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growths":{
|
|
"an abnormal mass of tissue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a growth on the dog's neck under her collar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"excrescencies",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"neoplasms",
|
|
"tumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"carcinomas",
|
|
"carcinomata",
|
|
"lymphomas",
|
|
"lymphomata",
|
|
"malignancies",
|
|
"melanomas",
|
|
"melanomata",
|
|
"polyps",
|
|
"cysts",
|
|
"tubercles",
|
|
"warts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the growth of the gambling industry into an economic mainstay in some locations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"refinements",
|
|
"incubations",
|
|
"maturations",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"supplementations",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"evolvements",
|
|
"metamorphoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devaluations",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retrogressions",
|
|
"reversions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grottos":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the heart of the shrine is a small rocky grotto into which pilgrims can descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antres",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"delves",
|
|
"grots"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground zero":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that was once ground zero for the insurance industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouch":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an uncle who is a real grouch when he's sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having been proven wrong, he had a grouch on for hours afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snit",
|
|
"sulk",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"sullenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"fantods",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"sociality",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it wouldn't be a workday if we didn't hear his daily grouch about how bad the coffee is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"miserere",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always seems to be grouching about the weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground rule":{
|
|
"a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before the debate begins, let's lay out some ground rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
"reg",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"code",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"decalogue",
|
|
"directory",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"statute",
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"maxim",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guideline",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groped":{
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
|
|
"groping for the right answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fished",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"scrabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabbled",
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"sought (out)",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dredged",
|
|
"dug (through)",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scoured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groveled":{
|
|
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowered",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"quailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"toadied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slithered",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grovelling":{
|
|
"as in obsequious , fawning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"genuflecting",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"deferent",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"kid-glove",
|
|
"kid-gloved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"undutiful",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"quailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"squinching",
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"toadying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slithering",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growth":{
|
|
"an abnormal mass of tissue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a growth on the dog's neck under her collar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"neoplasm",
|
|
"tumor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"carcinoma",
|
|
"lymphoma",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"melanoma",
|
|
"polyp",
|
|
"cyst",
|
|
"tubercle",
|
|
"wart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the growth of the gambling industry into an economic mainstay in some locations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"betterment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"incubation",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"supplementation",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"metamorphosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devaluation",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the process of becoming mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her reflections and mature behavior certainly demonstrate just how much emotional growth took place last summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grown-ups":{
|
|
"a fully grown person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grot":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antre",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"cavern",
|
|
"delve",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundbreakers":{
|
|
"as in pioneers , innovators":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"foregoers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"bellwethers",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"pacemakers",
|
|
"pacers",
|
|
"pacesetters",
|
|
"trendsetters",
|
|
"trend-setters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"Johnny-come-latelies",
|
|
"Johnnies-come-lately",
|
|
"me-tooers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groggy":{
|
|
"not able to think or move normally because of being tired, sick, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm still a little groggy from my nap.",
|
|
"The medicine sometimes makes patients groggy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"aswoon",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"swimmy",
|
|
"vertiginous",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grossing":{
|
|
"as in clearing , netting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"bringing in",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
|
"reattaining",
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
"regaining",
|
|
"remaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grousing":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooming":{
|
|
"to make ready in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"prepping",
|
|
"readying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gearing up",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"indoctrinating",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"booting (up)",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"forearming",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"predisposing",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"warming (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground swells":{
|
|
"as in rollers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rollers",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"wavelets",
|
|
"tidal waves",
|
|
"tsunamis",
|
|
"tsunami",
|
|
"combers",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"breakers",
|
|
"whitecaps",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouse":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a forum in which employees can air their grouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"miserere",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grok":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundbreaking":{
|
|
"introducing new ideas or methods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was honored for her groundbreaking work in nuclear physics.",
|
|
"a groundbreaking new book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"cleverish",
|
|
"gadgety",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembly-line",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundless":{
|
|
"having no basis in reason or fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please stop making groundless accusations against innocent people",
|
|
"fears of a strike proved groundless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseless",
|
|
"foundationless",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonlogical",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grossed out":{
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"shocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouping":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"compartmenting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"typing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"winnowing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"recategorizing",
|
|
"reclassifying",
|
|
"regrouping",
|
|
"subcategorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"misclassifying",
|
|
"missorting",
|
|
"mis-sorting",
|
|
"mistyping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"bulking (up)",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"constellating",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balling",
|
|
"batching",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"brigading",
|
|
"mustering",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"herding",
|
|
"hiving",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"pooling",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"archiving",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"collating",
|
|
"compiling",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collecting",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"regrouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"sending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groove (on)":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"get off (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"rejoice (in)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"be partial to",
|
|
"get a kick out of",
|
|
"get a charge out of",
|
|
"go for",
|
|
"have a soft spot for",
|
|
"take to"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouser":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the misfortune of waiting on a table full of grousers , who sent her back to the kitchen constantly and then refused to tip her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grossness":{
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor warned that a high level of grossness is unhealthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie of such indisputable grossness that people who thought that they had seen everything were proven wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grossness of his table manners disgusted the other wedding guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"raffishness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rusticity",
|
|
"uncouthness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"inelegance",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"tackiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"tastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grosses out":{
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"nauseates",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"shocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"tickles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grossly":{
|
|
"as in egregiously , flagrantly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"abysmally",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grooves":{
|
|
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't get into the groove on Monday morning without a cup of coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"locksteps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"rotes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daily dozens",
|
|
"regimens",
|
|
"housekeepings",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of bouncing from job to job, she discovered that her natural groove was social work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"slots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"long suits",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"strong suits",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"seams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrades",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"bevels",
|
|
"chamfers",
|
|
"flutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"harmonizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gross":{
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was thrown out of class for making a gross gesture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very gross cat trying to squeeze through a small opening in the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbery",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"plumpish",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she haughtily refused to mix with what she called \"the gross masses who are unappreciative of fine art\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"incult",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"animallike",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gross mistake that some proofreader should have caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"invisible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little boy insisted that worms are gross"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"unchristian",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unexceptionable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in amount , total":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"census",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in revenue , income":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"winnings",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clear , net":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"bring in",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"notch (up)",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"reacquire",
|
|
"reattain",
|
|
"recapture",
|
|
"regain",
|
|
"remake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ground swell":{
|
|
"as in roller":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roller",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"wavelet",
|
|
"tidal wave",
|
|
"tsunami",
|
|
"comber",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"breaker",
|
|
"whitecap",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"sea(s)",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growlers":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't figure out why our very happy and optimistic friend is dating that chronic growler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groupings":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
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"cycles",
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"runs",
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"series",
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"suits"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
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"batches",
|
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"batteries",
|
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"bodies",
|
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"boodles",
|
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"bunches",
|
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"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
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"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
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"parcels",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"passels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grouching":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always seems to be grouching about the weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groaning":{
|
|
"as in crying , moaning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"dirgelike",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter a moan":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heard someone groaning in pain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"wailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"sniffing",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chortling",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"guffawing",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"tittering",
|
|
"twittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"groundlings":{
|
|
"as in philistines , materialists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"materialists",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"reviewers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |