7850 lines
154 KiB
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7850 lines
154 KiB
JSON
{
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"Pollyanna":{
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"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hopeful",
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"optimistic",
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"Panglossian",
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"Pollyannaish",
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"Pollyannish",
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"rose-colored",
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"rosy",
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"upbeat",
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"auspicious",
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"bright",
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"encouraging",
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"fair",
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"golden",
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"heartening",
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"likely",
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"promising",
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"propitious",
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"cheering",
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"comforting",
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"reassuring",
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"favorable",
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"good",
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"positive",
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"idealist",
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"romantic",
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"utopian",
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"visionary",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"chipper",
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"sunny"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bearish",
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"defeatist",
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"despairing",
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"downbeat",
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"hopeless",
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"pessimistic",
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"cynical",
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"fatalistic",
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"nihilist",
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"nihilistic",
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"desperate",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"inauspicious",
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"unlikely",
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"unpromising"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in optimist , Micawber":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"Micawber",
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"optimist",
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"Don Quixote",
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"dreamer",
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"fantast",
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"idealist",
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"idealizer",
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"ideologue",
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"idealogue",
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"romantic",
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"romanticist",
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"utopian",
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"visionary",
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"emotionalist",
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"sentimentalist",
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"daydreamer",
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"fantasizer",
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"woolgatherer",
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"do-gooder",
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"reformer",
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"perfectionist",
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"doctrinaire",
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"theorist",
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"thinker"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cynic",
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"defeatist",
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"pessimist",
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"empiric",
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"empiricist",
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"hardnose",
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"pragmatist",
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"realist"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"polar":{
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"being as different as possible":{
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"examples":[
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"they're friends despite their polar positions on a number of issues"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antipodal",
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"antipodean",
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"antithetical",
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"contradictory",
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"contrary",
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"diametric",
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"diametrical",
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"opposite"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adverse",
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"negative",
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"unfavorable",
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"antagonistic",
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"antipathetic",
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"counter",
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"cross",
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"hostile",
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"converse",
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"inverse",
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"obverse",
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"reverse",
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"alien",
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"disparate",
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"dissimilar",
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"divergent",
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"unalike",
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"unlike"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alike",
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"analogous",
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"like",
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"similar",
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"equivalent",
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"identical",
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"same",
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"synonymous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"noncontradictory"
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]
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},
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"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
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"examples":[
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"a polar air mass seemed to have settled over our area in January"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"algid",
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"arctic",
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"bitter",
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"bone-chilling",
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"chill",
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"chilly",
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"cold",
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"coldish",
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"cool",
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"coolish",
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"freezing",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
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"gelid",
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"glacial",
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"ice-cold",
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"icy",
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"nipping",
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"nippy",
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"numbing",
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"shivery",
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"snappy",
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"wintry",
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"wintery"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cryogenic",
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"subfreezing",
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"subzero",
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"ultracold",
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"cutting",
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"keen",
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"penetrating",
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"piercing",
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"sharp",
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"bracing",
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"brisk",
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"crisp",
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"invigorating",
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"rigorous",
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"chilled",
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"cooled",
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"frosted",
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"frozen",
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"iced",
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"refrigerated",
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"unheated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lukewarm",
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"tepid",
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"heated",
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"overheated",
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"reheated",
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"warmed",
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"snug",
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"toasty",
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"warm",
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"feverish",
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"flushed",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"canicular",
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"equatorial",
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"muggy",
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"steamy",
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"summery",
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"tropical"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ardent",
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"blazing",
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"boiling",
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"broiling",
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"burning",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"fiery",
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"glowing",
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"hot",
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"igneous",
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"molten",
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"piping hot",
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"red-hot",
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"roasting",
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"scalding",
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"scorching",
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"searing",
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"seething",
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"sizzling",
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"sultry",
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"sweltering",
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"torrid",
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"ultrahot",
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"warming",
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"white-hot"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"polarizations":{
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"as in atomizations , dichotomizations":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"atomizations",
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"dichotomizations",
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"decompositions",
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"disassemblies",
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"dismemberments",
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"segmentations",
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"subdivisions",
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"diffusions",
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"dispersals",
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"dispersions",
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"scatterings",
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"divorces",
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"severances",
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"administrations",
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"apportionments",
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"distributions",
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"breaches",
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"ruptures",
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"isolations",
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"seclusions",
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"segregations",
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"sequestrations",
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"bifurcations",
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"breakups",
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"cleavages",
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"dissolutions",
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"disunions",
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"divisions",
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"fractionalizations",
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"fractionations",
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"partitions",
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"schisms",
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"scissions",
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"separations",
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"splits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unifications",
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"unions",
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"assemblages",
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"associations",
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"attachments",
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"conjunctions",
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"connections",
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"linkages",
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"links",
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"linkups",
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"aggregations",
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"combinations",
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"consolidations",
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"fusions"
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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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"police":{
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"the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes":{
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"examples":[
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"the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"law"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"judiciary",
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"jurisprudence",
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"justice"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a body of officers of the law":{
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"examples":[
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"the National Guard will serve as backup for the metropolitan police in the event of violent protests"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"constabulary",
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"finest",
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"force",
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"fuzz",
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"heat",
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"man",
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"police force"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bluecoat",
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"bobby",
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"bull",
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"constable",
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"cop",
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"copper",
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"gendarme",
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"officer",
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"peeler",
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"policeman",
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"police officer",
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"policewoman",
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"shamus",
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"trooper"
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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 patrol , conduct":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"administrate",
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"conduct",
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"control",
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"direct",
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"govern",
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"guide",
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"manage",
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"operate",
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"preside (over)",
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"regulate",
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"run",
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"steward",
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"attend",
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"care (for)",
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"mind",
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"oversee",
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"superintend",
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"supervise",
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"tend",
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"watch",
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"guard",
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"patrol",
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"protect",
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"safeguard",
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"shield",
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"baby",
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"babysit",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"mother",
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"shepherd"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandon",
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"disregard",
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"forget",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"pass over"
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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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"polish":{
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"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
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"examples":[
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"acquired a great deal of polish during his year abroad"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplishment",
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"civilization",
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"couth",
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"cultivation",
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"culture",
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"refinement"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"education",
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"erudition",
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"intellectualism",
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"intellectuality",
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"knowledge",
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"learning",
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"literacy",
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"scholarship",
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"cosmopolitanism",
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"sophistication",
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"urbanity",
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"breeding",
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"genteelness",
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"gentility",
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"manners",
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"class",
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"elegance",
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"grace",
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"taste",
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"civility",
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"courteousness",
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"courtesy",
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"politeness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ignorance",
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"illiteracy",
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"parochialism",
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"provincialism",
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"rusticity",
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"unsophistication",
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"boorishness",
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"churlishness",
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"clownishness",
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"coarseness",
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"crudeness",
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"vulgarity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barbarianism",
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"barbarism",
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"philistinism"
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]
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},
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"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
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"examples":[
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"buffed the silver plate to a high polish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burnish",
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"gloss",
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"luminance",
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"luster",
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"lustre",
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"sheen",
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"shine"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"glare",
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"gleam",
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"glimmer",
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"glint",
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"glisten",
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"glow",
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"shimmer",
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"blink",
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"flicker",
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"sparkle",
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"twinkle",
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"illumination",
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"irradiation",
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"iridescence",
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"luminescence",
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"brilliance",
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"luminosity",
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"radiance",
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"radiancy",
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"refulgence",
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"finish",
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"glaze"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dimness",
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"dinginess",
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"dirtiness",
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"drabness",
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"dullness",
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"dulness",
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"flatness",
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"grayness",
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"paleness",
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"cloudiness",
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"gloom",
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"murkiness",
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"obscureness",
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"obscurity",
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"somberness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buff",
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"burnish",
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"dress",
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"furbish",
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"gloss",
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"grind",
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"rub",
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"shine",
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"smooth",
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"smoothen"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sleek",
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"slick",
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"coat",
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"glaze",
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"japan",
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"lacquer",
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"varnish",
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"face",
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"finish",
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"veneer",
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"brighten",
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"file",
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"rasp",
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"sand",
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"sandblast",
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"sandpaper",
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"scour",
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"scrape",
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"scrub",
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"bob",
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"bone",
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"lap"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rough (up)",
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"roughen",
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"ruffle",
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"scuff (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
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"examples":[
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"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"complete",
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"consummate",
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"finalize",
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"finish",
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"perfect"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"follow through (with)",
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"stick out",
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"accomplish",
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"achieve",
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"effect",
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"carry out",
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"carry through",
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"discharge",
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"do",
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"execute",
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"fulfill",
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"fulfil",
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"perform",
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"ameliorate",
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"amend",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"machine",
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"refine",
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"round (off or out)",
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"shine",
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"touch up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandon",
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"desert",
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"discontinue",
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"drop",
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"forsake",
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"quit"
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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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"politeness":{
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"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
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"examples":[
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"the little girl's politeness greatly impressed her teacher"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"civility",
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"courteousness",
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"courtesy",
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"genteelness",
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"gentility",
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"graciousness",
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"mannerliness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attentiveness",
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"consideration",
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"thoughtfulness",
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"ceremonialness",
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"ceremoniousness",
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"ceremony",
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"formality",
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"chivalrousness",
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"chivalry",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentlemanliness",
|
|
"knighthood",
|
|
"knightliness",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inquiring after his wife was a simple politeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"pleasantry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poll tax":{
|
|
"as in property tax , income tax":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capitation",
|
|
"custom(s)",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"hidden tax",
|
|
"income tax",
|
|
"property tax",
|
|
"sales tax",
|
|
"single tax",
|
|
"sin tax",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"value-added tax",
|
|
"withholding tax",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"impost",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"direct tax",
|
|
"personal tax",
|
|
"supertax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"surtax",
|
|
"death tax",
|
|
"estate tax",
|
|
"inheritance tax",
|
|
"flat tax",
|
|
"proportional tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poller":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvasser",
|
|
"canvaser",
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"pollster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"pollee",
|
|
"respondent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polluting":{
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"tainting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"watering down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polychromatic":{
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a polychromatic tropical bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyhistoric":{
|
|
"as in learned , erudite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemic":{
|
|
"as in diatribe , tirade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"blackguardism",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"billingsgate",
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"vituperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polarizing":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centering",
|
|
"centralizing",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"reunifying",
|
|
"reuniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decentralizing",
|
|
"deconcentrating",
|
|
"spreading (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policeman":{
|
|
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reported the crime to the nearest policeman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"flatfoot",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"lawman",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"shamus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patrolman",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"detective",
|
|
"dick",
|
|
"gumshoe",
|
|
"hawkshaw",
|
|
"inspector",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"plainclothesman",
|
|
"sherlock",
|
|
"sleuth",
|
|
"sleuthhound",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"sheriff",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"peace officer",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"sergeant",
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"private detective",
|
|
"private eye",
|
|
"private investigator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poll":{
|
|
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a jaunty cap was perched on his poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"mazard",
|
|
"mazzard",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"noddle",
|
|
"noggin",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"pate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cranium",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"scalp",
|
|
"skull",
|
|
"occiput"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"interview",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularize",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"feel (out)",
|
|
"sound (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"report"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poltroon":{
|
|
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"scaramouch",
|
|
"scaramouche"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"valiant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Pollyannish":{
|
|
"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic",
|
|
"crusading",
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polluted":{
|
|
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"called in to clean up the polluted stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"maculate",
|
|
"maculated",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"tainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"watered down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"sterilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polling":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularizing",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"sounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skiving",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policies":{
|
|
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's always been my policy not to spread rumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"methodologies",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"programs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"pathways",
|
|
"tacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyandry":{
|
|
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamy",
|
|
"polyamory",
|
|
"polygamy",
|
|
"polygyny",
|
|
"conjugality",
|
|
"connubiality",
|
|
"marriage",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matrimony",
|
|
"wedlock",
|
|
"monogamy",
|
|
"intermarriage",
|
|
"miscegenation",
|
|
"mixed marriage",
|
|
"remarriage",
|
|
"cohabitation",
|
|
"common-law marriage",
|
|
"civil union",
|
|
"domestic partnership",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"betrothal",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"espousal",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police reporters":{
|
|
"as in staffers , sportswriters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muckrakers",
|
|
"photojournalists",
|
|
"sportswriters",
|
|
"staffers",
|
|
"stringers",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"pressmen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"newspaperwomen",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"byliners",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"copyreaders",
|
|
"editors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polite":{
|
|
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's only polite to hold the door for the person behind you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"gentlemanlike",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"red-carpet",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"comme il faut",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unceremonious",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unrespectable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such matters are never mentioned in polite conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"de rigueur",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unseemly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"politesse":{
|
|
"as in civility , politeness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctitude",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"straightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polkas":{
|
|
"as in waltzes , twists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boogies",
|
|
"boogeys",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"fox-trots",
|
|
"gavottes",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"jitterbugs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"mambos",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shimmies",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tangos",
|
|
"tap-dances",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police dogs":{
|
|
"as in guide dogs , working dogs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guide dogs",
|
|
"working dogs",
|
|
"bandogs",
|
|
"bird dogs",
|
|
"coonhounds",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"gundogs",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"sheepdogs",
|
|
"sled dogs",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"wolf dogs",
|
|
"wolfhounds",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"puppies",
|
|
"puppy dogs",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"mongrels",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"canines",
|
|
"doggies",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policemen":{
|
|
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reported the crime to the nearest policeman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"flatfeet",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"lawmen",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"police officers",
|
|
"shamuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patrolmen",
|
|
"policewomen",
|
|
"detectives",
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"inspectors",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"plainclothesmen",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuthhounds",
|
|
"sleuths",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"sheriffs",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"peace officers",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"sergeants",
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police forces",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polygyny":{
|
|
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamy",
|
|
"polyamory",
|
|
"polyandry",
|
|
"polygamy",
|
|
"conjugality",
|
|
"connubiality",
|
|
"marriage",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matrimony",
|
|
"wedlock",
|
|
"monogamy",
|
|
"intermarriage",
|
|
"miscegenation",
|
|
"mixed marriage",
|
|
"remarriage",
|
|
"cohabitation",
|
|
"common-law marriage",
|
|
"civil union",
|
|
"domestic partnership",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"betrothal",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"espousal",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police officer":{
|
|
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"flatfoot",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"lawman",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"shamus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patrolman",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"detective",
|
|
"dick",
|
|
"gumshoe",
|
|
"hawkshaw",
|
|
"inspector",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"plainclothesman",
|
|
"sherlock",
|
|
"sleuth",
|
|
"sleuthhound",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"sheriff",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"peace officer",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"sergeant",
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"private detective",
|
|
"private eye",
|
|
"private investigator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyphonic":{
|
|
"as in orchestral , harmonic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"tonal",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"songlike",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"canorous",
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollsters":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassers",
|
|
"canvasers",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"pollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"askers",
|
|
"inquirers",
|
|
"queriers",
|
|
"querists",
|
|
"questioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerers",
|
|
"repliers",
|
|
"responders",
|
|
"attesters",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"testifiers",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewees",
|
|
"pollees",
|
|
"respondents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police action":{
|
|
"as in civil war , world war":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civil war",
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"holy war",
|
|
"limited war",
|
|
"world war",
|
|
"conflagration",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"hot war",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"demilitarization",
|
|
"demobilization",
|
|
"disarmament",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"cease-fire",
|
|
"truce",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poling":{
|
|
"as in punting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"punting",
|
|
"canoeing",
|
|
"kayaking",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"oaring",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"rowing",
|
|
"sculling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemists":{
|
|
"as in polemicists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polemicists",
|
|
"attack dogs",
|
|
"mudslingers",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"hired guns",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"barracudas",
|
|
"sharks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polkaed":{
|
|
"as in waltzed , twisted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boogied",
|
|
"boogeyed",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"fox-trotted",
|
|
"gavotted",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jitterbugged",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"mamboed",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"shimmied",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tangoed",
|
|
"tap-danced",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"stepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Polyglot":{
|
|
"as in Scripture , Bible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Book",
|
|
"Good Book",
|
|
"Holy Writ",
|
|
"Scripture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police (up)":{
|
|
"as in turn out , straighten (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean (off)",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"houseclean",
|
|
"housekeep",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyhistor":{
|
|
"as in Renaissance man , polymath":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policed (up)":{
|
|
"as in turned out , straightened (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned (off)",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"housecleaned",
|
|
"housekept",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"messed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemist":{
|
|
"as in polemicist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polemicist",
|
|
"attack dog",
|
|
"mudslinger",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"shark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poltergeists":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police reporter":{
|
|
"as in staffer , sportswriter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muckraker",
|
|
"photojournalist",
|
|
"sportswriter",
|
|
"staffer",
|
|
"stringer",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsman",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"pressman",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"newspaperwoman",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorperson",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"byliner",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"copyreader",
|
|
"editor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polestar":{
|
|
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"lodestar",
|
|
"loadstar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benchmark",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"aspiration",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"goal",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polygamies":{
|
|
"the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Some cultures practice polygamy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyamories",
|
|
"polyandries",
|
|
"polygynies",
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matrimonies",
|
|
"wedlocks",
|
|
"monogamies",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"civil unions",
|
|
"domestic partnerships",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polytheists":{
|
|
"as in theist , monotheists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deists",
|
|
"monotheists",
|
|
"theist",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"pietists",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"churchgoers",
|
|
"communicants",
|
|
"congregants",
|
|
"fundamentalists",
|
|
"believers",
|
|
"religionists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in neo-pagans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neo-pagans",
|
|
"atheists",
|
|
"giaours",
|
|
"infidels",
|
|
"misbelievers",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"nonbelievers",
|
|
"unbelievers",
|
|
"gentiles",
|
|
"heathens",
|
|
"heathen",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"pagans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polestars":{
|
|
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"lodestars",
|
|
"loadstars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"ambitions",
|
|
"aspirations",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"goals",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"objectives",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"targets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polychrome":{
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"polychrome pottery featuring designs from the American Southwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stripe , speckle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"embrown",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"bepaint",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polysyllable":{
|
|
"as in word , vernacularism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"loanword",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"linguistic form",
|
|
"monosyllable",
|
|
"morpheme",
|
|
"speech form",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"collocation",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyandries":{
|
|
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyamories",
|
|
"polygamies",
|
|
"polygynies",
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matrimonies",
|
|
"wedlocks",
|
|
"monogamies",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"civil unions",
|
|
"domestic partnerships",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polysyllables":{
|
|
"as in words , vernacularisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"speech forms",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollutes":{
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"waters down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"sterilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polishing":{
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffing",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"furbishing",
|
|
"glossing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeking",
|
|
"slicking",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"glazing",
|
|
"japanning",
|
|
"lacquering",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"veneering",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"sandblasting",
|
|
"sanding",
|
|
"sandpapering",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"boning",
|
|
"lapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"scuffing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"perfecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"carrying through",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"machining",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"touching up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police force":{
|
|
"a body of officers of the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"finest",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluecoat",
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"peeler",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"shamus",
|
|
"trooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police dog":{
|
|
"as in guide dog , working dog":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guide dog",
|
|
"working dog",
|
|
"bandog",
|
|
"bird dog",
|
|
"coonhound",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"gundog",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"sheepdog",
|
|
"sled dog",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"wolf dog",
|
|
"wolfhound",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"puppy",
|
|
"puppy dog",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"canine",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"doggie",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policing (up)":{
|
|
"as in turning out , straightening (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning (off)",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"housecleaning",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttering",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"messing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polishes off":{
|
|
"as in finishes , dispatches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"gnaws (at or on)",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"munches",
|
|
"nibbles (on)",
|
|
"pecks (at)",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"scarfs",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"wolfs",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up or down)",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"ingests",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyamory":{
|
|
"as in polygamy , bigamy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamy",
|
|
"polyandry",
|
|
"polygamy",
|
|
"polygyny",
|
|
"conjugality",
|
|
"connubiality",
|
|
"marriage",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matrimony",
|
|
"wedlock",
|
|
"monogamy",
|
|
"intermarriage",
|
|
"miscegenation",
|
|
"mixed marriage",
|
|
"remarriage",
|
|
"cohabitation",
|
|
"common-law marriage",
|
|
"civil union",
|
|
"domestic partnership",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"betrothal",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"espousal",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemical":{
|
|
"given to arguing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"balky",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unnecessarily polemical look at the supposed incompatibility between science and religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"hot-button"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncontroversial",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"uncontroversial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyamories":{
|
|
"as in polygamies , bigamies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyandries",
|
|
"polygamies",
|
|
"polygynies",
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matrimonies",
|
|
"wedlocks",
|
|
"monogamies",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"civil unions",
|
|
"domestic partnerships",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polymathic":{
|
|
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"Renaissance woman",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in erudite , well-read":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polka dot":{
|
|
"as in smutch , spot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polishes":{
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"furbishes",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeks",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"glazes",
|
|
"japans",
|
|
"lacquers",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"laps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughens",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"scuffs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"consummates",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"perfects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"carries through",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"touches up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police actions":{
|
|
"as in civil wars , world wars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civil wars",
|
|
"cold wars",
|
|
"holy wars",
|
|
"limited wars",
|
|
"world wars",
|
|
"conflagrations",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"hot wars",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"warfares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"demilitarizations",
|
|
"demobilizations",
|
|
"disarmaments",
|
|
"pacifications",
|
|
"cease-fires",
|
|
"truces",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"political action committees":{
|
|
"as in vested interests":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vested interests",
|
|
"interest groups",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"pressure groups",
|
|
"special interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"polygynies":{
|
|
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyamories",
|
|
"polyandries",
|
|
"polygamies",
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matrimonies",
|
|
"wedlocks",
|
|
"monogamies",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"civil unions",
|
|
"domestic partnerships",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyhistors":{
|
|
"as in Renaissance men , polymaths":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"wizzes",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"savants",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"naturals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"illiterates",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"asses",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polished off":{
|
|
"as in finished , dispatched":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"gnawed (at or on)",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"nibbled (on)",
|
|
"pecked (at)",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"got down",
|
|
"ingested",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polarizes":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centralizes",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"orchestrates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"reunifies",
|
|
"reunites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decentralizes",
|
|
"deconcentrates",
|
|
"spreads (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policy":{
|
|
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's always been my policy not to spread rumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"program"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"pathway",
|
|
"tack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should have exercised greater policy in your online relationships and not divulged so much personal information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"nous",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"forethoughtfulness",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"unreasonableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polychromed":{
|
|
"as in striped , speckled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"embrowned",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"bepainted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pole":{
|
|
"as in center , capital":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"polestar",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"sight(s)",
|
|
"spectacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in punt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"oar",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police forces":{
|
|
"a body of officers of the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluecoats",
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"peelers",
|
|
"policemen",
|
|
"police officers",
|
|
"policewomen",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"troopers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Pollyannaish":{
|
|
"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic",
|
|
"crusading",
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polymaths":{
|
|
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistors",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"Renaissance women",
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"wizzes",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"savants",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"naturals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"illiterates",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"asses",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollutant":{
|
|
"something that is or that makes impure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filtered the pollutants out of the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterant",
|
|
"contaminant",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"impurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"irregularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifier",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"purifier",
|
|
"refiner",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"immaculateness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poll taxes":{
|
|
"as in property taxes , income taxes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capitations",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"hidden taxes",
|
|
"income taxes",
|
|
"property taxes",
|
|
"sales taxes",
|
|
"single taxes",
|
|
"sin taxes",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"value-added taxes",
|
|
"withholding taxes",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"imposts",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"direct taxes",
|
|
"personal taxes",
|
|
"supertaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"surtaxes",
|
|
"death taxes",
|
|
"estate taxes",
|
|
"inheritance taxes",
|
|
"flat taxes",
|
|
"proportional taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policewoman":{
|
|
"as in officer , policeman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluecoat",
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"peeler",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"shamus",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"finest",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollster":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvasser",
|
|
"canvaser",
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"poller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"pollee",
|
|
"respondent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyester":{
|
|
"as in unsophisticated , inelegant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"bourgeois"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemics":{
|
|
"as in diatribes , tirades":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"excoriations",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"revilements",
|
|
"vilifications",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"blasphemies",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"blackguardisms",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"billingsgates",
|
|
"fulminations",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"vitriols",
|
|
"vituperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatteries",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft soaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polkaing":{
|
|
"as in waltzing , twisting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boogying",
|
|
"boogeying",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"fox-trotting",
|
|
"gavotting",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jitterbugging",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"mamboing",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tangoing",
|
|
"tap-dancing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"stepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poliomyelitis":{
|
|
"as in cerebral palsy , multiple sclerosis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral palsy",
|
|
"multiple sclerosis",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"diplegia",
|
|
"hemiplegia",
|
|
"paraplegia",
|
|
"paresis",
|
|
"quadriplegia",
|
|
"spastic paralysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polarized":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"centralized",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"reunified",
|
|
"reunited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decentralized",
|
|
"deconcentrated",
|
|
"spread (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polygraphs":{
|
|
"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lie detectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemicist":{
|
|
"as in polemist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polemist",
|
|
"attack dog",
|
|
"mudslinger",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"shark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polka":{
|
|
"as in waltz , twist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boogie",
|
|
"boogy",
|
|
"boogey",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"fox-trot",
|
|
"gavotte",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jitterbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"mambo",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tango",
|
|
"tap-dance",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollees":{
|
|
"as in respondents , interviewees":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewees",
|
|
"respondents",
|
|
"answerers",
|
|
"repliers",
|
|
"responders",
|
|
"attesters",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"testifiers",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canvassers",
|
|
"canvasers",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"pollers",
|
|
"pollsters",
|
|
"askers",
|
|
"inquirers",
|
|
"queriers",
|
|
"querists",
|
|
"questioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polka dots":{
|
|
"as in smutches , spots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poled":{
|
|
"as in punted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"punted",
|
|
"canoed",
|
|
"kayaked",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"oared",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"sculled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollutions":{
|
|
"something that makes (someone) less pure, honest, or moral":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They refused to let their children play violent video games, believing that they caused pollution in a developing mind."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminations",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"violations",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"blasphemies",
|
|
"defilements",
|
|
"desecrations",
|
|
"impieties",
|
|
"irreverences",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"sacrileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poltroons":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chickens",
|
|
"cowards",
|
|
"cravens",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dastards",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"sissies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"quitters",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"milquetoasts",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"scaramouches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"valiants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polices":{
|
|
"as in patrols , conducts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"babysits",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"shepherds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyps":{
|
|
"as in cancers , carcinomas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"carcinomas",
|
|
"carcinomata",
|
|
"lymphomas",
|
|
"lymphomata",
|
|
"malignancies",
|
|
"melanomas",
|
|
"melanomata",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"cysts",
|
|
"tubercles",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"excrescencies",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"neoplasms",
|
|
"tumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polices (up)":{
|
|
"as in turns out , straightens (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans (off)",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"housecleans",
|
|
"housekeeps",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polygraph":{
|
|
"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lie detector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polytheisms":{
|
|
"as in paganisms , monotheisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deisms",
|
|
"heathenisms",
|
|
"monotheisms",
|
|
"paganisms",
|
|
"pantheisms",
|
|
"theisms",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingisms",
|
|
"atheisms",
|
|
"nonbeliefs",
|
|
"secularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policewomen":{
|
|
"as in officers , policemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluecoats",
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"peelers",
|
|
"policemen",
|
|
"police officers",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police forces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polymath":{
|
|
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"Renaissance woman",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"ass",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in erudite , well-read":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polls":{
|
|
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a jaunty cap was perched on his poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"mazards",
|
|
"mazzards",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"noddles",
|
|
"noggins",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craniums",
|
|
"crania",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"scalps",
|
|
"skulls",
|
|
"occiputs",
|
|
"occipita"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularizes",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"feels (out)",
|
|
"sounds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skives",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poles":{
|
|
"as in centers , capitals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"polestars",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets",
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"fascinations",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spectacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in punts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"oars",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"sculls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyphonous":{
|
|
"as in orchestral , harmonic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"tonal",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"songlike",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"canorous",
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poltroonery":{
|
|
"a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decried the poltroonery of those politicians who caved into pressure from the special interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"gutlessness",
|
|
"pusillanimity",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"tenacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valiance",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollee":{
|
|
"as in respondent , interviewee":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"respondent",
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canvasser",
|
|
"canvaser",
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"poller",
|
|
"pollster",
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polish off":{
|
|
"as in finish , dispatch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"peck (at)",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"ingest",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollutants":{
|
|
"something that is or that makes impure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filtered the pollutants out of the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterants",
|
|
"contaminants",
|
|
"contaminations",
|
|
"defilements",
|
|
"impurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defects",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"imperfections",
|
|
"irregularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifiers",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"purifiers",
|
|
"refiners",
|
|
"purities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policed":{
|
|
"as in patrolled , conducted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"patrolled",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"babysat",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"shepherded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polarity":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being as different as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the polarity of the candidates' views on the issue means that the voters have a clear choice to make"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrariety",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"oppositeness",
|
|
"opposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradictoriness",
|
|
"antipode",
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"unlikeness",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"similitude",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"politic":{
|
|
"having or showing tact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor is politic in discussing the aborted film project, being content to say that there were \"creative differences\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"tactful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"caddish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"disregardful",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"impolitic",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"untactful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it probably would not be politic to tell your boss that his latest idea is the worst thing you've ever heard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactical",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impolitic",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"inexpedient",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polemicists":{
|
|
"as in polemists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"polemists",
|
|
"attack dogs",
|
|
"mudslingers",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"hired guns",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"barracudas",
|
|
"sharks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poltergeist":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"politically correct":{
|
|
"as in indisputable , unquestionable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"noncontroversial",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"uncontroversial",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"irrefutable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"hot-button",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contestable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polychromes":{
|
|
"as in stripes , speckles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"variegates",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"embrowns",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"bepaints",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pigments",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizes",
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"whitens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"policing":{
|
|
"as in monitoring , observation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"stewardship",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"hand(s)",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"trusteeship",
|
|
"tutelage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in patrolling , conducting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"patrolling",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"babysitting",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"shepherding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polled":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularized",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"lopped (off)",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"sheared",
|
|
"snipped",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skived",
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polishing off":{
|
|
"as in finishing , dispatching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"pecking (at)",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polytheist":{
|
|
"as in theist , monotheist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deist",
|
|
"monotheist",
|
|
"theist",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"pietist",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"churchgoer",
|
|
"communicant",
|
|
"congregant",
|
|
"fundamentalist",
|
|
"believer",
|
|
"religionist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in neo-pagan":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neo-pagan",
|
|
"atheist",
|
|
"giaour",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nonbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"gentile",
|
|
"heathen",
|
|
"idolater",
|
|
"idolator",
|
|
"pagan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollers":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassers",
|
|
"canvasers",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"pollsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"askers",
|
|
"inquirers",
|
|
"queriers",
|
|
"querists",
|
|
"questioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerers",
|
|
"repliers",
|
|
"responders",
|
|
"attesters",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"testifiers",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewees",
|
|
"pollees",
|
|
"respondents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"political action committee":{
|
|
"as in vested interest":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vested interest",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"interest group",
|
|
"pressure group",
|
|
"special interest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"polychroming":{
|
|
"as in striping , speckling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"embrowning",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"bepainting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"politely":{
|
|
"as in respectfully , courteously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollution":{
|
|
"the action or process of making the environment dirty or harmful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The company designed devices to reduce the pollution of the world's oceans."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulteration",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness",
|
|
"adulterant",
|
|
"contaminant",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"pollutant",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes (someone) less pure, honest, or moral":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They refused to let their children play violent video games, believing that they caused pollution in a developing mind."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"sacrilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pollute":{
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"water down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"sterilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"police officers":{
|
|
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"flatfeet",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"lawmen",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"policemen",
|
|
"shamuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patrolmen",
|
|
"policewomen",
|
|
"detectives",
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"inspectors",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"plainclothesmen",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuthhounds",
|
|
"sleuths",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"sheriffs",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"peace officers",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"sergeants",
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police forces",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polarization":{
|
|
"as in atomization , dichotomization":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polytheism":{
|
|
"as in paganism , monotheism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"monotheism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"theism",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polygamy":{
|
|
"the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Some cultures practice polygamy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigamy",
|
|
"polyandry",
|
|
"polyamory",
|
|
"polygyny",
|
|
"conjugality",
|
|
"connubiality",
|
|
"marriage",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matrimony",
|
|
"wedlock",
|
|
"monogamy",
|
|
"intermarriage",
|
|
"miscegenation",
|
|
"mixed marriage",
|
|
"remarriage",
|
|
"cohabitation",
|
|
"common-law marriage",
|
|
"civil union",
|
|
"domestic partnership",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"betrothal",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"espousal",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Pollyannas":{
|
|
"as in optimists , Micawbers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Micawbers",
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Don Quixotes",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"fantasts",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"idealizers",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"romanticists",
|
|
"romantics",
|
|
"utopians",
|
|
"visionaries",
|
|
"emotionalists",
|
|
"sentimentalists",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"fantasizers",
|
|
"woolgatherers",
|
|
"do-gooders",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"perfectionists",
|
|
"doctrinaires",
|
|
"theorists",
|
|
"thinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"empiricists",
|
|
"empirics",
|
|
"hardnoses",
|
|
"pragmatists",
|
|
"realists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polished":{
|
|
"having a shiny surface or finish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she could see her face reflected in the polished hood of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"sleek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"eggshell",
|
|
"semigloss",
|
|
"semilustrous",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"glassy",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unvarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"showing the polished manners of a cosmopolitan woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"hypercivilized",
|
|
"overcivilized",
|
|
"oversophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"polyester",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"furbished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"smoothened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeked",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"japanned",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"veneered",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"boned",
|
|
"lapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"scuffed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"consummated",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"machined",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"touched up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polarize":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"centralize",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"orchestrate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"reunify",
|
|
"reunite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decentralize",
|
|
"deconcentrate",
|
|
"spread (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"polyp":{
|
|
"as in cancer , carcinoma":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"carcinoma",
|
|
"lymphoma",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"melanoma",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"cyst",
|
|
"tubercle",
|
|
"wart",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"neoplasm",
|
|
"tumor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |