dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lia_MWT.json
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{
"liaison":{
"the fact or state of having something in common":{
"examples":[
"a variety of political factions are attracted to that presidential contender, but there doesn't appear to be much of a liaison between them and the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"affinity",
"association",
"bearing",
"connection",
"kinship",
"linkage",
"relation",
"relationship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correlation",
"interrelation",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"bond",
"link",
"tie",
"affiliation",
"alliance",
"union",
"identicalness",
"sameness",
"alikeness",
"community",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"variability",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
"examples":[
"the strong liaison between the parents and teachers is based on the fact that both have the students' best interests at heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliation",
"alliance",
"association",
"collaboration",
"confederation",
"connection",
"cooperation",
"hookup",
"linkup",
"partnership",
"relation",
"relationship",
"tie-up",
"union"
],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"dealings",
"interaction",
"exchange",
"interconnection",
"interrelation",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"merger",
"unification",
"affinity",
"attachment",
"closeness",
"intimacy",
"rapport",
"sympathy",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"colleagueship",
"companionship",
"company",
"fellowship",
"bed",
"cahoots",
"league"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakup",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"separation",
"severance",
"split",
"alienation",
"divorce",
"estrangement"
],
"antonyms":[
"disaffiliation",
"dissociation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"liabilities":{
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"your liabilities total about $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"arrears",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"liable":{
"being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{
"examples":[
"because of his frail constitution, he's liable to diseases"
],
"synonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likely",
"prone",
"uncovered",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unscreened",
"unsecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"antonyms":[
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
]
},
"being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so":{
"examples":[
"the owner of a pet is liable for any damage that that pet might do"
],
"synonyms":[
"accountable",
"amenable",
"answerable",
"responsible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholden",
"indebted",
"obligated",
"obliged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"antonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"nonaccountable",
"unaccountable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"liar":{
"a person who tells lies":{
"examples":[
"she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricator",
"fabulist",
"fibber",
"prevaricator",
"storyteller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaggerator",
"mythomaniac",
"calumniator",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"slanderer",
"perjurer",
"distorter",
"falsifier",
"equivocator",
"palterer",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"charlatan",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"counterfeiter",
"cozener",
"deceiver",
"defrauder",
"dissembler",
"dissimulator",
"double-dealer",
"fraud",
"hustler",
"knave",
"mountebank",
"operator",
"pretender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"liars":{
"a person who tells lies":{
"examples":[
"she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricators",
"fabulists",
"fibbers",
"prevaricators",
"storytellers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaggerators",
"mythomaniacs",
"calumniators",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"slanderers",
"perjurers",
"distorters",
"falsifiers",
"equivocators",
"palterers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"charlatans",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"counterfeiters",
"cozeners",
"deceivers",
"defrauders",
"dissemblers",
"dissimulators",
"double-dealers",
"frauds",
"hustlers",
"knaves",
"mountebanks",
"operators",
"pretenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"liaisons":{
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
"examples":[
"the strong liaison between the parents and teachers is based on the fact that both have the students' best interests at heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliations",
"alliances",
"associations",
"collaborations",
"confederations",
"connections",
"cooperations",
"hookups",
"linkups",
"partnerships",
"relations",
"relationships",
"tie-ups",
"unions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"dealings",
"interactions",
"exchanges",
"interconnections",
"interrelations",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"affinities",
"attachments",
"intimacies",
"rapports",
"sympathies",
"kinships",
"solidarities",
"unities",
"colleagueships",
"companies",
"companionships",
"fellowships",
"beds",
"cahoots",
"leagues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakups",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"separations",
"severances",
"splits",
"alienations",
"divorces",
"estrangements"
],
"antonyms":[
"disaffiliations",
"dissociations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"liability":{
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"though his small size is a liability as a football player, he makes up for it with speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"debit",
"disadvantage",
"disbenefit",
"downside",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"incommodity",
"minus",
"negative",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"albatross",
"millstone",
"stranglehold",
"disability",
"impairment",
"failing",
"shortcoming",
"bar",
"catch",
"check",
"clog",
"crimp",
"embarrassment",
"hindrance",
"hitch",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"rub",
"shackle",
"stop",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"vantage",
"head start",
"jump",
"lead",
"margin",
"start",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"better",
"command",
"control",
"drop",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence",
"upper hand",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"break",
"opportunity",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantage",
"asset",
"edge",
"plus"
]
},
"the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right":{
"examples":[
"the liability for the accident is held by the person who was driving too fast"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accountability",
"answerability"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful":{
"examples":[
"failure to properly clean the wound could increase your liability to infection"
],
"synonyms":[
"exposure",
"openness",
"vulnerability"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predisposition",
"susceptibility",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"sheltering",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being likely to occur":{
"examples":[
"what's the liability that he'll file a formal complaint if he's refused admission?"
],
"synonyms":[
"likelihood",
"probability"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credibility",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"feasibility",
"feasibleness",
"possibility",
"potentiality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"viability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"impracticability",
"impracticality",
"implausibility",
"incredibility",
"incredibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"improbability",
"unlikelihood",
"unlikeliness"
]
},
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"your liabilities total about $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"arrears",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}