dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sol_MWT.json
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{
"solace":{
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
"examples":[
"the kind words brought a little solace to the grieving widow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragement",
"inspiration",
"uplift",
"assurance",
"reassurance",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"mitigation",
"contentment",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"commiseration",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anguish",
"distress",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
"examples":[
"the selfless solace of the sick by the workers at the hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"comforting",
"consolation",
"consoling",
"reassurance",
"solacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"condolence",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"soothe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserate",
"condole",
"empathize",
"sympathize",
"boost",
"buoy (up)",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relax",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"fret",
"upset",
"worry",
"aggravate",
"intensify",
"worsen",
"annoy",
"irk",
"irritate",
"harass",
"pester"
],
"antonyms":[
"distress",
"torment",
"torture",
"trouble"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuse",
"disport",
"divert",
"entertain",
"regale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"busy",
"distract",
"engage",
"engross",
"immerse",
"interest",
"involve",
"occupy",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"delight",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"intrigue",
"mesmerize",
"coddle",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"please",
"pleasure",
"spoil",
"appease",
"comfort",
"conciliate",
"console",
"content",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"soothe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"drain",
"enervate",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"tire",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pester",
"pique",
"upset",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solaced":{
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserated",
"condoled",
"empathized",
"sympathized",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"fretted",
"upset",
"worried",
"aggravated",
"intensified",
"worsened",
"annoyed",
"irked",
"irritated",
"harassed",
"pestered"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressed",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"troubled"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amused",
"disported",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"regaled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"busied",
"distracted",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"immersed",
"interested",
"involved",
"occupied",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"delighted",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"intrigued",
"mesmerized",
"coddled",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"appeased",
"comforted",
"conciliated",
"consoled",
"contented",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"soothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"drained",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"tired",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solarium":{
"as in sunroom , sunporch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porch",
"sunporch",
"sunroom",
"sun parlor",
"galilee",
"portico",
"porte cochere",
"gallery",
"lanai",
"piazza",
"porch",
"stoop",
"veranda",
"verandah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sold":{
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"put up",
"retailed",
"vended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"presold",
"wholesaled",
"remarketed",
"resold",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"bartered",
"distributed",
"exchanged",
"exported",
"handled",
"traded",
"trafficked (in)",
"advertised",
"ballyhooed",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"touted",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"auctioned",
"provided",
"supplied",
"carried",
"kept",
"stocked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sold a bill of goods to":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"solemnness":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with all the solemnness that the occasion requires"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitousness":{
"attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility":{
"examples":[
"the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"lovingness",
"solicitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concern",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"kindness",
"thoughtfulness",
"babying",
"coddling",
"pampering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"unconcern",
"unkindness"
],
"antonyms":[
"carelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitude":{
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
"examples":[
"a growing solicitude over the possible results of the criminal investigation"
],
"synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
]
},
"attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility":{
"examples":[
"she shows much more solicitude toward her aging parents than any of her siblings do"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"lovingness",
"solicitousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concern",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"kindness",
"thoughtfulness",
"babying",
"coddling",
"pampering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"unconcern",
"unkindness"
],
"antonyms":[
"carelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidify":{
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"water solidifying into ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"congeal",
"firm (up)",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"callus",
"encrust",
"incrust",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"stiffen",
"thicken",
"calcify",
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"ossify",
"petrify",
"rigidify",
"anneal",
"case-harden",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"dissolve",
"flux",
"fuse",
"melt",
"smelt",
"thaw",
"unfreeze"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften"
]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"form",
"jell",
"shape (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associate",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"fuse",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"join",
"link (up)",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break down",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solidness":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"her proven solidness as a friend is something that I can't even begin to describe"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soliloquize":{
"as in recite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recite",
"declaim",
"descant",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"orate",
"speak",
"talk",
"dissert",
"expound",
"pontificate",
"sermonize",
"mouth",
"spout",
"filibuster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soliloquizing":{
"as in reciting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reciting",
"declaiming",
"descanting",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"lecturing",
"orating",
"speaking",
"talking",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soluble":{
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
"examples":[
"one murder case that proved to be soluble after all"
],
"synonyms":[
"answerable",
"explainable",
"explicable",
"resolvable",
"solvable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyzable",
"decipherable",
"feasible",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difficult",
"inextricable",
"knotty",
"impossible",
"insuperable",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solve":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solves":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"resolves",
"riddles (out)",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solutions":{
"something attained by mental effort and especially by computation":{
"examples":[
"the solution to a math problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"results"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclusions",
"determinations",
"explanations",
"findings",
"clues",
"keys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solvable":{
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
"examples":[
"I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable"
],
"synonyms":[
"answerable",
"explainable",
"explicable",
"resolvable",
"soluble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyzable",
"decipherable",
"feasible",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difficult",
"inextricable",
"knotty",
"impossible",
"insuperable",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solemnity":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"the coronation ceremony requires absolute solemnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"the solemnities of the Easter vigil service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"form",
"formality",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solitariness":{
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
"examples":[
"it was the overwhelming solitariness of his existence that caused the marooned sailor to go mad"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloneness",
"insulation",
"isolation",
"privacy",
"secludedness",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"separateness",
"sequestration",
"solitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loneliness",
"lonesomeness",
"vacuum",
"confinement",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"quarantine",
"retirement",
"withdrawal",
"ghettoization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"fellowship",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solipsistic":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"regards today's young people as solipsistic slackers who have no knowledge of or interest in the world at large"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sold (for)":{
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"the house is selling for $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought",
"cost",
"fetched",
"ran",
"run",
"went (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"listed (for)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"commanded",
"exacted",
"asked",
"demanded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solariums":{
"as in sunrooms , sunporches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porches",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"porte cocheres",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solid":{
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
"examples":[
"the only solid conclusion that the jury could have reached"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"colorable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
]
},
"having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{
"examples":[
"the ice cream is too solid to scoop right now"
],
"synonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"unyielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"case-hardened",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"stiffened",
"tempered",
"close",
"dense",
"heavy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"ramrod",
"unbending",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"adamantine",
"rocklike",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"nonporous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loose",
"scattered",
"thin",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"lank",
"limp",
"slack",
"airy",
"light",
"permeable",
"porous",
"ultrasoft"
],
"antonyms":[
"flabby",
"soft",
"spongy",
"squashy",
"squishy"
]
},
"having or consisting of a single color":{
"examples":[
"both kittens are black, but one has a solid coat and the other has a few white patches"
],
"synonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"self",
"self-colored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"shaded",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"skewbald",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"striped",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone"
],
"antonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated"
]
},
"not showing weakness or uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"some people see a solid handshake as a sign of strong character"
],
"synonyms":[
"firm",
"forceful",
"hearty",
"iron",
"lusty",
"robust",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"vigorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard",
"ironclad",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"tough",
"unyielding",
"animated",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assured",
"certain",
"confident",
"sanguine",
"secure",
"sure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-doubting",
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"spineless",
"weakened",
"weak-kneed",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncertain",
"weak"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"a solid source of information to reporters"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solatia":{
"as in punitive damages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solon":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblyman",
"assemblywoman",
"congressman",
"congresswoman",
"senator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soldierly":{
"of, relating to, or suitable for war or a warrior":{
"examples":[
"Noah Webster's brief contribution to the Revolutionary cause suggests that his soldierly skills were few"
],
"synonyms":[
"martial",
"military"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"combative",
"contentious",
"guerrilla",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"belligerent",
"militant",
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"warring",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hot-tempered",
"mercenary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civil",
"civilian",
"nonmilitary",
"conciliatory",
"nonviolent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"obliging"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsoldierly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solicitously":{
"as in respectfully , politely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chivalrously",
"decorously",
"deferentially",
"gallantly",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"discreetly",
"judiciously",
"prudently",
"sensibly",
"wisely",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"sweetly",
"sympathetically",
"excusably",
"fairly",
"justifiably",
"validly",
"pleasantly",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"thoughtfully",
"well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteously",
"inconsiderately",
"thoughtlessly",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impolitely",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"snootily",
"cruelly",
"heartlessly",
"nastily",
"viciously",
"shabbily",
"unfairly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soliloquy":{
"a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts":{
"examples":[
"Hamlet's famous soliloquy"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monologue",
"monolog",
"address",
"declamation",
"harangue",
"oration",
"peroration",
"speech",
"talk",
"diatribe",
"rant",
"tirade",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"tribute",
"keynote address",
"keynote speech",
"lecture",
"salutatory",
"homily",
"sermon",
"pitch",
"presentation",
"spiel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solve (for)":{
"as in figure out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"figure out",
"allow (for)",
"deduct",
"factor (in or into or out)",
"figure in",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"work out",
"calibrate",
"gauge",
"gage",
"measure",
"scale",
"quantify",
"quantitate",
"count",
"itemize",
"number",
"add up",
"average",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"totalize",
"add",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"rate",
"value",
"recalculate",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solved":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solicit":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularize",
"interrogate",
"question",
"feel (out)",
"sound (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"bespeak",
"call (for)",
"desire",
"plead (for)",
"quest",
"request",
"seek",
"speak (for)",
"sue (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (for)",
"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"petition (for)",
"press (for)",
"require",
"requisition",
"invite",
"invoke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"hit (up)",
"request"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"implore",
"importune",
"invite",
"invoke",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"press",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"betray",
"decoy",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"draw in",
"inveigle",
"persuade",
"rope (in)",
"snow",
"catch",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"magnetize",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"ward (off)",
"warn",
"drive (away or off)",
"repulse",
"turn away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solidarity":{
"a feeling of unity between people who have the same interests, goals, etc.":{
"examples":[
"national solidarity",
"The candlelight vigil was a show of solidarity with all the victims of the tragedy."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affinity",
"connection",
"empathy",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"rapport",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"chime",
"comity",
"compatibility",
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace",
"amity",
"companionship",
"compatibleness",
"congeniality",
"fellowship",
"fraternization",
"friendship",
"collaboration",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"agreement",
"consensus",
"unanimity",
"cohesion",
"cohesiveness",
"peacefulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"sweetness and light",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"unfriendliness",
"alienation",
"breach",
"divorce",
"estrangement",
"rupture",
"schism",
"scission",
"severance",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"anarchy",
"disorder",
"disturbance",
"strife",
"turmoil",
"conflict",
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"disunity",
"variance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soliloquies":{
"a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts":{
"examples":[
"Hamlet's famous soliloquy"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monologues",
"monologs",
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"orations",
"perorations",
"speeches",
"talks",
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solvents":{
"as in disinfectants , purifiers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectants",
"purifiers",
"cleaners",
"cleansers",
"detergents",
"soaps",
"scrubs",
"shampoos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solacing":{
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
"examples":[
"I will be forever grateful for my friend's solacing of me when my mother died"
],
"synonyms":[
"comforting",
"consolation",
"consoling",
"reassurance",
"solace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"condolence",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
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"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"soothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserating",
"condoling",
"empathizing",
"sympathizing",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"aggravating",
"intensifying",
"worsening",
"annoying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"harassing",
"pestering"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressing",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"troubling"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusing",
"disporting",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"regaling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"busying",
"distracting",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"involving",
"occupying",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"delighting",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"intriguing",
"mesmerizing",
"coddling",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"spoiling",
"appeasing",
"comforting",
"conciliating",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"tiring",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"upsetting",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solitaires":{
"as in cameos , baguettes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"teardrops",
"birthstones",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitation":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidified":{
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"water solidifying into ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"concreted",
"congealed",
"firmed (up)",
"froze",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caked",
"callused",
"encrusted",
"incrusted",
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"gelated",
"gelatinized",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"stiffened",
"thickened",
"calcified",
"crystallized",
"crystalized",
"ossified",
"petrified",
"rigidified",
"annealed",
"case-hardened",
"tempered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"dissolved",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"melted",
"thawed",
"unfroze"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"softened"
]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallized",
"crystalized",
"formed",
"jelled",
"shaped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associated",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"fused",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"unified",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke down",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solaces":{
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
"examples":[
"the kind words brought a little solace to the grieving widow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"reliefs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"inspirations",
"uplifts",
"assurances",
"reassurances",
"alleviations",
"assuagements",
"mitigations",
"contentments",
"commiserations",
"empathies",
"sympathies",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anguishes",
"distresses",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"soothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserates",
"condoles",
"empathizes",
"sympathizes",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"frets",
"upsets",
"worries",
"aggravates",
"intensifies",
"worsens",
"annoys",
"irks",
"irritates",
"harasses",
"pesters"
],
"antonyms":[
"distresses",
"torments",
"tortures",
"troubles"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuses",
"disports",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"regales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"busies",
"distracts",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"immerses",
"interests",
"involves",
"occupies",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"delights",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"intrigues",
"mesmerizes",
"coddles",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"spoils",
"appeases",
"comforts",
"conciliates",
"consoles",
"contents",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"drains",
"enervates",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"tires",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"piques",
"upsets",
"vexes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solving":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soliciting":{
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"a soliciting tone is better when asking for lenient treatment you don't deserve"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"suppliant",
"supplicant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in request , pleading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"imploring",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"suit",
"supplication",
"evensong",
"matins",
"vespers",
"collect",
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"requiescat",
"thanksgiving",
"orison",
"prayer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"surveying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizing",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"feeling (out)",
"sounding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"desiring",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"requesting",
"seeking",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (for)",
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"petitioning (for)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"inviting",
"invoking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"hitting (up)",
"requesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"inviting",
"invoking",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"supplicating",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"pressing",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"supplicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"betraying",
"decoying",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing in",
"inveigling",
"persuading",
"roping (in)",
"snowing",
"catching",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"magnetizing",
"wiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"forewarning",
"warding (off)",
"warning",
"driving (away or off)",
"repulsing",
"turning away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sole":{
"belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named":{
"examples":[
"the landowner has sole rights to the property, so he can do whatever he wants to with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"single",
"unshared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"proprietary",
"personal",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"pooled",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonexclusive"
]
},
"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
"examples":[
"the eldest son became the family's sole support"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"solitary",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"single",
"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"unattended",
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"nonce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divers",
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad",
"assorted",
"heterogenous",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"promiscuous",
"varied",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in toe , belly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belly",
"toe",
"bottom",
"underbelly",
"underbody",
"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface",
"base",
"floor",
"foot",
"ground",
"seat",
"underpinning",
"undercarriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"face",
"top",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"roof",
"summit",
"cusp",
"head",
"point",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"solely":{
"for nothing other than":{
"examples":[
"I fight solely for my country, not for money!"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"exclusively",
"just",
"only",
"purely",
"simply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"additionally",
"also",
"besides",
"likewise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without aid or support":{
"examples":[
"you undertook that project solely on your own, and you will finish it likewise"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"singly",
"unaided",
"unassisted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individually",
"separately",
"solo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"solved (for)":{
"as in figured out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"figured out",
"allowed (for)",
"deducted",
"factored (in or into or out)",
"figured in",
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"worked out",
"calibrated",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"measured",
"scaled",
"quantified",
"quantitated",
"counted",
"itemized",
"numbered",
"added up",
"averaged",
"summed",
"tallied",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"added",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"rated",
"valued",
"recalculated",
"recomputed",
"refigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sold short":{
"to place too low a value on":{
"examples":[
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
],
"synonyms":[
"underestimated",
"underrated",
"undervalued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"minimized",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"despised",
"disdained",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"admired",
"esteemed",
"regarded",
"respected",
"adored",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"antonyms":[
"overestimated",
"overrated",
"overvalued"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"solicitations":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"suits",
"suppliances",
"supplications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solves (for)":{
"as in figures out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"figures out",
"allows (for)",
"deducts",
"factors (in or into or out)",
"figures in",
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"works out",
"calibrates",
"gauges",
"gages",
"measures",
"scales",
"quantifies",
"quantitates",
"counts",
"itemizes",
"numbers",
"adds up",
"averages",
"sums",
"tallies",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"adds",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"rates",
"values",
"recalculates",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solemn":{
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
"examples":[
"the director of the funeral home has a fittingly solemn demeanor"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"dignified",
"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"imposing",
"portly",
"staid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"grave",
"grim",
"po-faced",
"sober",
"somber",
"sombre",
"aristocratic",
"elegant",
"elevated",
"handsome",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"majestic",
"noble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"improper",
"indecent",
"uncouth",
"unseemly",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
]
},
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"solemn as a judge"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the Capitol's rotunda was draped in solemn decorations of a state funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sold down the river":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"He didn't expect to be sold down the river by someone he had known for so long."
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbed",
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave away",
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"snitched (on)",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"stood by"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sold (out)":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbed",
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"two-timed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave away",
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"snitched (on)",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"stood by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solemnizes":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"sanctifies",
"celebrates",
"commemorates",
"keeps",
"observes",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"memorializes",
"remembers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows off",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"breaks",
"transgresses",
"violates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solacer":{
"as in comforter , soother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"soother",
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser",
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soloist":{
"as in accompanist , recitalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solo":{
"not being in the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a solo flight in a hot-air balloon"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solitary",
"unaccompanied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unattended",
"unchaperoned",
"forlorn",
"friendless",
"cloistered",
"disassociated",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"insulated",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"withdrawn",
"quarantined",
"segregated",
"separated",
"sequestered",
"separate",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"fractionated",
"abandoned",
"adrift",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"lorn",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"communicating",
"contiguous",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"attached",
"connected",
"coupled",
"linked"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
]
},
"as in song , vocal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"song",
"vocal",
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alone , solely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"singly",
"solely",
"unaided",
"unassisted",
"individually",
"separately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"soldier":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"reservist",
"champion",
"knight",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidly":{
"as in squarely , resolutely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently",
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly",
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"solar plexus":{
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
"examples":[
"a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdomen",
"belly",
"breadbasket",
"gut",
"stomach",
"tummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"middle",
"midriff",
"waist",
"paunch",
"potbelly",
"thorax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitor":{
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
"examples":[
"money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"seducer",
"tempter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"tantalizer",
"briber",
"inducer",
"inveigler",
"persuader",
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"depraver",
"perverter",
"undoer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"suitor",
"suppliant",
"supplicant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"asker",
"requester",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soloists":{
"as in accompanists , recitalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soles":{
"as in toes , bellies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bellies",
"toes",
"bottoms",
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"floors",
"grounds",
"seats",
"underpinnings",
"undercarriages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faces",
"tops",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heights",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"roofs",
"summits",
"cusps",
"heads",
"points",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solemnize":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"sanctify",
"celebrate",
"commemorate",
"keep",
"observe",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"memorialize",
"remember"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow off",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solemnized":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"sanctified",
"celebrated",
"commemorated",
"kept",
"observed",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"memorialized",
"remembered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew off",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"broke",
"transgressed",
"violated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solicited":{
"as in requested":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"requested",
"necessary",
"needed",
"required",
"desired",
"wanted",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unasked",
"unbidden",
"unbid",
"uninvited",
"unsolicited",
"unsought",
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"polled",
"surveyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularized",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"felt (out)",
"sounded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"bespoke",
"called (for)",
"desired",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quested",
"requested",
"sought",
"spoke (for)",
"sued (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (for)",
"begged (for)",
"claimed",
"clamored (for)",
"importuned",
"urged",
"wished (for)",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"petitioned (for)",
"pressed (for)",
"required",
"requisitioned",
"invited",
"invoked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"hit (up)",
"requested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"invited",
"invoked",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"supplicated",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"pressed",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"supplicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
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"baited",
"beguiled",
"betrayed",
"decoyed",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted"
],
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"drew in",
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"persuaded",
"roped (in)",
"snowed",
"caught",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"magnetized",
"wiled"
],
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"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warded (off)",
"warned",
"drove (away or off)",
"repulsed",
"turned away"
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"verb"
]
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],
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"consecrating",
"sanctifying",
"celebrating",
"commemorating",
"keeping",
"observing",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"memorializing",
"remembering"
],
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"blowing off",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"soldiery":{
"as in men-at-arms , servicemen":{
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"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"servicewomen",
"soldiers",
"armed forces",
"color",
"military",
"service",
"troops",
"force",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"gendarmerie",
"gendarmery"
],
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"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soliloquizes":{
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"recites",
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"orates",
"speaks",
"talks",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in recited":{
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"declaimed",
"descanted",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"harangued",
"lectured",
"orated",
"spoke",
"talked",
"disserted",
"expounded",
"pontificated",
"sermonized",
"mouthed",
"spouted",
"filibustered"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"solvent":{
"as in disinfectant , purifier":{
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"near synonyms":[
"disinfectant",
"purifier",
"cleaner",
"cleanser",
"detergent",
"soap",
"scrub",
"shampoo"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"soldiers":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed"
],
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"dogfaces",
"fighters",
"legionaries",
"legionnaires",
"men-at-arms",
"regulars",
"servicemen",
"troopers",
"warriors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewomen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"combatants",
"noncombatants",
"lifers",
"veterans",
"warhorses",
"conscripts",
"draftees",
"enrollees",
"recruits",
"reservists",
"champions",
"knights",
"diggers",
"gallowglasses",
"gendarmes"
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"antonyms":[
"civilians"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"solving (for)":{
"as in figuring out":{
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"figuring out",
"allowing (for)",
"deducting",
"factoring (in or into or out)",
"figuring in",
"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"working out",
"calibrating",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"quantifying",
"quantitating",
"counting",
"itemizing",
"numbering",
"adding up",
"averaging",
"summing",
"tallying",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"adding",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"rating",
"valuing",
"recalculating",
"recomputing",
"refiguring"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solemnities":{
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"the solemnities of the Easter vigil service"
],
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"ceremonials",
"ceremonies",
"formalities",
"forms",
"observances",
"rites",
"rituals"
],
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"amenities",
"civilities",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocols",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"standards",
"traditions",
"ways",
"celebrations",
"services"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solitaire":{
"as in cameo , baguette":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"teardrop",
"birthstone",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"crown jewels",
"jewelry",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitous":{
"given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others":{
"examples":[
"a most solicitous husband, he had already cleaned the house and cooked dinner by the time his wife returned home from work"
],
"synonyms":[
"attentive",
"considerate",
"kind",
"thoughtful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brotherly",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"helpful",
"hospitable",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"caring",
"compassionate",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"chivalrous",
"courteous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gracious",
"polite",
"diplomatic",
"tactful",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"humane",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"charitable",
"generous",
"magnanimous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inattentive",
"uncaring",
"unheeding",
"inhospitable",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"unmannerly",
"unhelpful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"spiteful"
],
"antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
]
},
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"a family that is solicitous to put this whole unfortunate affair behind them and to move on with their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solar plexuses":{
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
"examples":[
"a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdomens",
"bellies",
"breadbaskets",
"guts",
"stomachs",
"tummies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"middles",
"midriffs",
"waists",
"paunches",
"potbellies",
"thoraxes",
"thoraces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solitarily":{
"as in singly , singularly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"specifically",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together",
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"solitaries":{
"a person who lives away from others":{
"examples":[
"weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorites",
"eremites",
"hermits",
"isolates",
"recluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homebodies",
"shut-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"socialites",
"socializers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solaria":{
"as in sunrooms , sunporches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porches",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"porte cocheres",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solons":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblymen",
"assemblywomen",
"congressmen",
"congresswomen",
"senators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solecisms":{
"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
"examples":[
"the solecism of asking one's hosts how much something in their house cost them"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiarities",
"faux pas",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"improprieties",
"indiscretions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"errors",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"goofs",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"discourtesies",
"incivilities",
"offenses",
"offences",
"boners",
"howlers",
"foul-ups",
"muffs",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"misconceptions",
"misjudgments",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenities",
"attentions",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"formalities",
"gestures",
"pleasantries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solitude":{
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
"examples":[
"sought the kind of solitude where his thoughts would be his only companions"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloneness",
"insulation",
"isolation",
"privacy",
"secludedness",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"separateness",
"sequestration",
"solitariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loneliness",
"lonesomeness",
"vacuum",
"confinement",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"quarantine",
"retirement",
"withdrawal",
"ghettoization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"fellowship",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solatium":{
"as in punitive damages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidifying":{
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"water solidifying into ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"concreting",
"congealing",
"firming (up)",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caking",
"callusing",
"encrusting",
"incrusting",
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"gelating",
"gelatinizing",
"gelling",
"jelling",
"jellying",
"stiffening",
"thickening",
"calcifying",
"crystallizing",
"crystalizing",
"ossifying",
"petrifying",
"rigidifying",
"annealing",
"case-hardening",
"tempering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquescing",
"dissolving",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"melting",
"thawing",
"unfreezing"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"softening"
]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallizing",
"crystalizing",
"forming",
"jelling",
"shaping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associating",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"fusing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking down",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solicitors":{
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
"examples":[
"money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiters",
"seducers",
"tempters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beguilers",
"enchantresses",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"tantalizers",
"bribers",
"inducers",
"inveiglers",
"persuaders",
"corrupters",
"corruptors",
"debasers",
"debauchers",
"degraders",
"depravers",
"perverters",
"undoers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"suitors",
"suppliants",
"supplicants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"cadgers",
"moochers",
"schnorrers",
"askers",
"requesters",
"suers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidity":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"the solidity of his word is such that I don't need a written contract\u2014or anything else"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solitary":{
"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
"examples":[
"a solitary example of truth-stretching is hardly grounds for branding the man a congenital liar"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"single",
"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"unattended",
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"nonce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divers",
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad",
"assorted",
"heterogenous",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"promiscuous",
"varied",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not being in the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a solitary sailboat was the only object on the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solo",
"unaccompanied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unattended",
"unchaperoned",
"forlorn",
"friendless",
"cloistered",
"disassociated",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"insulated",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"withdrawn",
"quarantined",
"segregated",
"separated",
"sequestered",
"separate",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"fractionated",
"abandoned",
"adrift",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"lorn",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"communicating",
"contiguous",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"attached",
"connected",
"coupled",
"linked"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
]
},
"a person who lives away from others":{
"examples":[
"weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorite",
"eremite",
"hermit",
"isolate",
"recluse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homebody",
"shut-in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"socialite",
"socializer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"solidifies":{
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"water solidifying into ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"concretes",
"congeals",
"firms (up)",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"calluses",
"encrusts",
"incrusts",
"clots",
"coagulates",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"stiffens",
"thickens",
"calcifies",
"crystallizes",
"crystalizes",
"ossifies",
"petrifies",
"rigidifies",
"anneals",
"case-hardens",
"tempers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"dissolves",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"melts",
"thaws",
"unfreezes"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"softens"
]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallizes",
"crystalizes",
"forms",
"jells",
"shapes (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associates",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"fuses",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solacers":{
"as in comforters , soothers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"soothers",
"charmers",
"smoothies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annoyances",
"annoyers",
"bothers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"pests",
"teasers",
"teases",
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solos":{
"as in songs , vocals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"songs",
"vocals",
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidarities":{
"a feeling of unity between people who have the same interests, goals, etc.":{
"examples":[
"national solidarity",
"The candlelight vigil was a show of solidarity with all the victims of the tragedy."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"connections",
"empathies",
"kinships",
"rapports",
"sympathies",
"understandings",
"chimes",
"comities",
"compatibilities",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"amities",
"companionships",
"congenialities",
"fellowships",
"fraternizations",
"friendships",
"collaborations",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"agreements",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"cohesions",
"serenities",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hatreds",
"hostilities",
"alienations",
"breaches",
"divorces",
"estrangements",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"severances",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"anarchies",
"disorders",
"disturbances",
"strifes",
"turmoils",
"conflicts",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"disunities",
"variances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicits":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"polls",
"surveys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizes",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"feels (out)",
"sounds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"bespeaks",
"calls (for)",
"desires",
"pleads (for)",
"quests",
"requests",
"seeks",
"speaks (for)",
"sues (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (for)",
"begs (for)",
"claims",
"clamors (for)",
"importunes",
"urges",
"wishes (for)",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists (on)",
"petitions (for)",
"presses (for)",
"requires",
"requisitions",
"invites",
"invokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks",
"hits (up)",
"requests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"implores",
"importunes",
"invites",
"invokes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"supplicates",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"presses",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"impetrates",
"implores",
"importunes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"supplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"sues",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
"synonyms":[
"allures",
"baits",
"beguiles",
"betrays",
"decoys",
"entices",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"draws in",
"inveigles",
"persuades",
"ropes (in)",
"snows",
"catches",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"magnetizes",
"wiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"wards (off)",
"warns",
"drives (away or off)",
"repulses",
"turns away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solution":{
"something attained by mental effort and especially by computation":{
"examples":[
"the solution to a math problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"result"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclusion",
"determination",
"explanation",
"finding",
"clue",
"key"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solecism":{
"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
"examples":[
"the solecism of asking one's hosts how much something in their house cost them"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiarity",
"faux pas",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"error",
"flub",
"fumble",
"goof",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"discourtesy",
"incivility",
"offense",
"offence",
"boner",
"howler",
"foul-up",
"muff",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"misconception",
"misjudgment",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}