dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sub_MWT.json
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{
"subcategorize":{
"as in break down , draw up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"identify",
"recognize",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcontracting":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out",
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdebutante":{
"as in schoolgirl , teenybopper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bobby-soxer",
"junior miss",
"schoolgirl",
"teenybopper",
"filly",
"girl",
"lass",
"lassie",
"miss",
"missy",
"nymph",
"sheila",
"gamine",
"hoyden",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"romp",
"snip",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdivides":{
"as in dissects , bisects":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"trisects",
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds",
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdividing":{
"as in dissecting , bisecting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"trisecting",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding",
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subgroups":{
"as in sections , subspecieses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branches",
"generations",
"sections",
"sorts",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subinterval":{
"as in interstice , time lag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"hiccup",
"hiccough",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interregnum",
"interruption",
"interstice",
"interval",
"parenthesis",
"caesura",
"comma",
"interspace",
"lag",
"pause",
"space",
"time lag",
"window",
"lull",
"recess",
"respite",
"rest",
"adjournment",
"discontinuance",
"lapse",
"suspension",
"entr'acte",
"bumper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuum",
"run",
"stretch",
"procession",
"progression"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subject":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"theme",
"topic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matter",
"talking point",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
"examples":[
"because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"citizen",
"freeman",
"national"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatriot",
"countryman",
"inhabitant",
"native",
"nonimmigrant",
"resident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreigner",
"stranger",
"immigrant",
"nonnative"
],
"antonyms":[
"alien",
"noncitizen"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dependent , non-self-governing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"unfree",
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subjected":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"pacified",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjugating":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"a military occupation that was seen by the people of that country as just another subjugating by an outside power"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overpowering",
"pacifying",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subordinating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subjugation":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"the subjugation of much of Europe by Napol\u00e9on"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublet":{
"as in sublease":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sublease",
"charter",
"engage",
"hire",
"lease",
"rent",
"check out",
"arrange (for)",
"bespeak",
"book",
"contract (for)",
"order",
"reserve",
"sign up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sublimity":{
"as in elegance , charm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness",
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"foxiness",
"lusciousness",
"nubility",
"pulchritude",
"seductiveness",
"sex appeal",
"sexiness",
"shapeliness",
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness",
"flawlessness",
"perfection",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"glossiness",
"showiness",
"slickness",
"splashiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grotesqueness",
"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerge":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerse",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"antonyms":[
"drain"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"sop",
"souse",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submit (to)":{
"as in defer (to) , surrender (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subordinated":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"pacified",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
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"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
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"squelched",
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"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
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"verb"
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"dutifulness",
"humility",
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"slavishness",
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"subserviency",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"restraint",
"suppression",
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"control",
"discipline",
"dutifulness",
"order",
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission",
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"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
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"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness",
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
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"subsequently found the missing glove"
],
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"after",
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later",
"latterly",
"thereafter"
],
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"next",
"by and by",
"hereafter",
"presently",
"since",
"soon",
"then",
"thereupon",
"hereinbelow",
"infra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"formerly",
"heretofore",
"theretofore"
],
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"ahead",
"antecedently",
"anteriorly",
"before",
"beforehand",
"earlier",
"previously"
]
},
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"adverb"
]
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"She was an equal partner in the marriage and not a subservient wife."
],
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"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"duteous",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"passive",
"resigned",
"unresistant",
"soft",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"tractable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
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"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"The employees used to build things by hand but now were subservient to automated equipment that handled much of production."
],
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"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"accessorial",
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital",
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
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"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
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"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
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"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in waning , ebbing":{
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"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"waning",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leftover",
"remaining",
"lingering",
"residual",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on"
],
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},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
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"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subsocieties":{
"as in subcultures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subcultures",
"civilizations",
"cultures",
"lifestyles",
"lives",
"societies",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklores",
"heritages",
"legacies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiality":{
"the quality or state of being large in size":{
"examples":[
"their donation may not be impressive in its substantiality , but it did come from the heart, and that is what is really important"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"voluminousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantially":{
"for the most part":{
"examples":[
"the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogether",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"about",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"some",
"virtually",
"well-nigh",
"approximately",
"broadly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"commonly",
"frequently",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
"incompletely",
"partially",
"partly",
"rather",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"unqualifiedly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
"examples":[
"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"establish",
"prove",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"document",
"evidence",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"justify",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confute",
"discredit",
"invalidate",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove"
]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
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"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"validate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back (up)",
"buttress",
"circumstantiate",
"corroborate",
"evidence",
"evince",
"record",
"support",
"uphold",
"witness",
"adduce",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"certify",
"identify",
"confirm",
"sustain",
"verify",
"vouch",
"clinch",
"nail",
"settle",
"confess",
"depose",
"testify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"dispute",
"object",
"allege",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
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"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
]
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"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"shore (up)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in valid , validated":{
"examples":[],
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"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"real-world",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
"examples":[
"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proved",
"showed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"documented",
"evidenced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"justified",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuted",
"discredited",
"invalidated",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproved"
]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"supported",
"validated",
"verified",
"vindicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouched",
"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodied",
"embodied",
"epitomized",
"expressed",
"externalized",
"incarnated",
"incorporated",
"instantiated",
"manifested",
"materialized",
"personalized",
"personified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualized",
"concretized",
"realized",
"exemplified",
"illustrated",
"imaged",
"objectified",
"symbolized",
"typified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disembodied"
]
},
"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"validated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"circumstantiated",
"corroborated",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"supported",
"upheld",
"witnessed",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"confirmed",
"sustained",
"verified",
"vouched",
"clinched",
"nailed",
"settled",
"confessed",
"deposed",
"testified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenged",
"disputed",
"objected",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"shored (up)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
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"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
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"demonstrates",
"establishes",
"proves",
"shows"
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"authenticates",
"bears out",
"documents",
"evidences",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
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"corroborates",
"justifies",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confutes",
"discredits",
"invalidates",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproves"
]
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"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
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"attests",
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"certifies",
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"supports",
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"verifies",
"vindicates"
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"avouches",
"backs (up)",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses",
"guarantees",
"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"declares",
"professes",
"demonstrates",
"documents",
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"proves",
"reinforces",
"reenforces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"gainsays",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"questions"
],
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"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
],
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"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"expresses",
"externalizes",
"incarnates",
"incorporates",
"instantiates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"personalizes",
"personifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"concretizes",
"realizes",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates",
"images",
"objectifies",
"symbolizes",
"typifies"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
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"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"validates"
],
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"backs (up)",
"buttresses",
"circumstantiates",
"corroborates",
"evidences",
"evinces",
"records",
"supports",
"upholds",
"witnesses",
"adduces",
"attests",
"authenticates",
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"sustains",
"verifies",
"vouches",
"clinches",
"nails",
"settles",
"confesses",
"deposes",
"testifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"disputes",
"objects",
"alleges",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"surmises",
"suspects"
],
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"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
],
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"backs",
"bolsters",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"shores (up)",
"supports"
],
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"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"verifies",
"affirms",
"avouches",
"validates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substitute":{
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you'll be getting a substitute until your regular teacher is feeling better",
"if you like, you can use nuts as a substitute for coconut in that recipe"
],
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"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"examples":[
"substitute wools that supposedly have the look and feel of cashmere"
],
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"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
]
},
"taking the place of one that came before":{
"examples":[
"had to find substitute transportation during the bus strike"
],
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"makeshift",
"new",
"substitutive"
],
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"alternate",
"alternative",
"pinch",
"different",
"other",
"separate",
"extra",
"spare",
"improvised",
"jury",
"another",
"second",
"utility",
"successive",
"equivalent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"first",
"former",
"equal",
"identical",
"same",
"lasting",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[
"original"
]
},
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"commute",
"exchange",
"shift",
"swap",
"switch",
"trade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchange",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"cede",
"hand over",
"surrender",
"yield",
"reciprocate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"fill in",
"pinch-hit",
"stand in",
"step in",
"sub",
"take over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempt",
"usurp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"substitution":{
"as in replacement":{
"examples":[],
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"replacement",
"back-and-forth",
"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"swap",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck",
"reciprocation",
"recompense",
"requital",
"bargain",
"deal",
"horse trade",
"negotiation",
"transaction",
"bargaining",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse trading",
"logrolling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substratum":{
"as in substructure , bulwark":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substructure",
"support",
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtle":{
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
"examples":[
"used subtle methods of persuasion"
],
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"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
]
},
"made or done with extreme care and accuracy":{
"examples":[
"the subtle strokes of the painter's brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"finespun",
"hairline",
"hairsplitting",
"minute",
"nice",
"nuanced",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nitpicking",
"quibbling",
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"negligible",
"petty",
"piddling",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"particular",
"picky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable",
"broad",
"indefinite",
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"slapdash",
"slipshod",
"sloppy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness":{
"examples":[
"a subtle suggestion of the Near East in the soup's flavoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"airy",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"nuanced",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choice",
"elegant",
"extraordinary",
"incomparable",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"rare",
"select",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"picked",
"selected",
"fine",
"fragile",
"frail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"rough",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"robust",
"strong",
"sturdy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subtlety":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"we appreciated the subtlety with which our host indicated that it was time to leave: he volunteered to pack us a little lunch for the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtract (from)":{
"as in reduce , decrease":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"moderate",
"modify",
"reduce",
"retrench",
"shrink",
"slash",
"taper",
"abate",
"compress",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pare",
"prune",
"trim",
"abstract",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"syncopate",
"truncate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"supplement",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"dilate",
"escalate",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"pump up",
"raise",
"blow up",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submissiveness":{
"a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others":{
"examples":[
"his uncharacteristic submissiveness to the doctor's advice must mean he's really sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"conformity",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjectivity":{
"as in subjectiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subjectiveness",
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subedited":{
"as in read , subbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"reedited",
"edited",
"redrafted",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjugates":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"pacifies",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subverted":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"bastardized",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"vitiated",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"diluted",
"dirtied",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"descended",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"took down",
"blemished",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"destroyed",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tarnished",
"wrecked",
"depreciated",
"downgraded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignified",
"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subspecialties":{
"as in subfields":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subfields",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"studies",
"subjects",
"frontiers",
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substituted":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changed",
"commuted",
"exchanged",
"shifted",
"swapped",
"switched",
"traded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchanged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"ceded",
"handed over",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"reciprocated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"covered",
"filled in",
"pinch-hit",
"stepped in",
"stood in",
"subbed",
"took over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudied",
"relieved",
"spelled",
"doubled (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displaced",
"displanted",
"relieved",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempted",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcaste":{
"as in caste , stratum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum",
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subverter":{
"as in collaborator , collaborationist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subversive",
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"recreant",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rumormonger",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"talker",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerses":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"antonyms":[
"drains"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sub-chiefs":{
"as in subdirectors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsoil":{
"as in substratum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"substratum",
"duff",
"mull",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"soil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submits":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"relents",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"resists"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"acquiesces (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"buckles (under)",
"knuckles under",
"gives over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"falls",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"succumbs",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtracted":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13",
"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[
"added",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsidiary":{
"something that is of secondary importance to something else":{
"examples":[
"one of the company's foreign subsidiaries"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"accessory",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in secondary , subordinate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"accessorial",
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital",
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subserviently":{
"as in obsequiously , servilely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly"
],
"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"
]
},
"subagencies":{
"as in agencies , subagents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagents",
"sub-agents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submission":{
"a bending to the authority or control of another":{
"examples":[
"not given to unquestioning submission , he often came in conflict with his superiors"
],
"synonyms":[
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"subordination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subordinateness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"restraint",
"suppression",
"control",
"discipline",
"dutifulness",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"antonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submitting",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subduing":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"the subduing of the wild horse was accomplished by a method reputedly used by Plains Indians"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in noninflammatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"noninflammatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating",
"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"motivative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unimpressive , unemotional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"motivative",
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating",
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overpowering",
"pacifying",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"subordinating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
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"tweens",
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
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"sprat",
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"squirts",
"whelps",
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"youngsters",
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"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"preschoolers",
"rug rats",
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"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
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"babies",
"bantlings",
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"newborn",
"newborns",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weanlings",
"imps",
"jackanapeses",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
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"rascals",
"rogues",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"lads",
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"striplings",
"tads",
"bobby-soxers",
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"elders",
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"noun"
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"offer",
"proffer",
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"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"braces",
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"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
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"substructures",
"supports",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
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"duffs",
"mulls",
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils"
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"noun"
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"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
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"reps",
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"sub-agencies"
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"noun"
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"to have as part of a whole":{
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"contain",
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"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"take in"
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"hold",
"own",
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"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
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"bar",
"debar",
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"prevent",
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"refuse",
"reject",
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"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
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"exclude",
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"miss out",
"omit"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"subtitles":{
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"closed-captionings",
"translations",
"keys",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"posies",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"captions",
"cutlines",
"legends"
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"type":[
"noun"
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],
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"grinders",
"heroes",
"hoagies",
"Italian sandwiches",
"po'boys",
"poor boys",
"subs",
"torpedoes"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"offshoots",
"arms",
"divisions",
"wings",
"lodges",
"posts",
"affiliates",
"branches",
"cells",
"chapters",
"councils",
"locals"
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"noun"
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"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
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"depraves",
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"lessens",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"vitiates",
"warps"
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"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
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"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
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"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
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"downgrades"
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"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
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"ennobles",
"uplifts"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in semitropical":{
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"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"equatorial",
"low",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polar",
"temperate"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in tropical , subtropical":{
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"semitropic",
"subtropical",
"subtropic",
"tropic",
"tropical",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"close",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating",
"damp",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"clammy",
"dank",
"moist",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
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"dry",
"bracing",
"cool",
"crisp",
"fresh",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"arid",
"baked",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"semiarid",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"subjoin":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
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],
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"add",
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"tack (on)"
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"affix",
"attach",
"fasten",
"fix",
"graft",
"hitch",
"tag",
"tie",
"infuse",
"inject",
"insert",
"interfuse",
"introduce",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell (up)",
"elongate",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"supply",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize"
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"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"separate",
"unfasten",
"amputate",
"cut",
"excise",
"lop (off)",
"sever",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
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"bate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"remove",
"subtract",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"having not so great importance or rank as another":{
"examples":[
"his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become"
],
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"inferior",
"junior",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"minor",
"smaller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little",
"mean",
"small",
"minute",
"petty",
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"two-bit",
"associate",
"auxiliary",
"secondary",
"subsidiary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choice",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"greater",
"higher",
"major",
"more",
"primary",
"prime",
"senior",
"superior",
"superordinate"
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},
"one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another":{
"examples":[
"subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs"
],
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"inferior",
"junior",
"underling"
],
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"attendant",
"follower",
"retainer",
"domestic",
"menial",
"steward",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"minion",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"second",
"second fiddle",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"senior",
"superior"
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},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
],
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"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"submarine":{
"living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{
"examples":[
"the submarine fossils that are to be found in coral reefs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquatic",
"submerged",
"sunken",
"underwater"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oceanic",
"undersea",
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"deep",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"always orders a roast beef submarine with the works"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"po'boy",
"poor boy",
"sub",
"torpedo"
],
"near synonyms":[],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subsidizes":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations"
],
"synonyms":[
"endows",
"finances",
"funds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishes",
"founds",
"organizes",
"bequeaths",
"contributes",
"donates",
"subscribes",
"supports",
"underwrites",
"awards",
"grants",
"backs",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"capitalizes",
"invests (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws",
"receives",
"subsists"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunds",
"disendows"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government"
],
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"bankrolls",
"capitalizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"stakes",
"underwrites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstakes",
"cofinances",
"refinances",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submitting (to)":{
"as in deferring (to) , surrendering (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subagents":{
"as in subagencies , agencies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subleasing":{
"as in subletting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subletting",
"chartering",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"leasing",
"renting",
"checking out",
"arranging (for)",
"bespeaking",
"booking",
"contracting (for)",
"ordering",
"reserving",
"signing up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjectiveness":{
"as in subjectivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subjectivity",
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subventions":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"the committee receives an annual subvention from the foundation to run the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
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"genuses",
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"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
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"knee-jerk",
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"discernible",
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"observable",
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"hire",
"lease",
"rent",
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"order",
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"burden",
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"quick",
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"argument",
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"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
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],
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"freeman",
"national"
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"countryman",
"inhabitant",
"native",
"nonimmigrant",
"resident"
],
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"stranger",
"immigrant",
"nonnative"
],
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"noncitizen"
]
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"he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before"
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"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"wherefore",
"why"
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"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
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"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
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"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
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"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
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"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
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"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
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"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
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"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
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"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
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"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"unfree",
"bound",
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"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
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"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released"
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"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
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"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"workfolks",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the act or an instance of taking away from a total":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant may not have raised the price, but there's definitely been a subtraction in the number of fries in a side order"
],
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"deductions"
],
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"discounts",
"givebacks",
"kickbacks",
"rebates",
"abatements",
"declines",
"decrements",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts"
],
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"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"augmentations",
"supplementations",
"supplements"
],
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"accessions",
"additions"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in subchiefs":{
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"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcommittee":{
"a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"standing committee",
"steering committee",
"commission",
"panel",
"delegation",
"mission",
"assembly",
"body",
"congress",
"convocation",
"council",
"synod"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in subdirectors":{
"examples":[],
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"subdirectors",
"sub-directors",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
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"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"because of the summer drought, harvests have definitely been subnormal this year"
],
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"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
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"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"readily giving in to the command or authority of another":{
"examples":[
"it's not in her nature to be submissive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"tractable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"duteous",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"soft",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"balky",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subversions":{
"secret efforts to weaken or ruin a political system or government from within":{
"examples":[
"They were arrested on charges of political subversion ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"uprisings",
"upsets",
"sabotages",
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bustles",
"coils",
"commotions",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"pandemoniums",
"routs",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"to-dos",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"williwaws",
"bouleversements",
"cataclysms",
"convulsions",
"earthquakes",
"paroxysms",
"storms",
"tempests",
"tumults",
"upheavals",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsistence farmer":{
"as in tenant farmer , gentleman farmer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublethal":{
"as in toxic , infectious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"virulent",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"destructive",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"truculent",
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"ugly",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"terminal",
"vital",
"bloody",
"internecine",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"wholesome",
"beneficial",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"remedial",
"tonic",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"safe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"substitutes":{
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you'll be getting a substitute until your regular teacher is feeling better",
"if you like, you can use nuts as a substitute for coconut in that recipe"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"commutes",
"exchanges",
"shifts",
"swaps",
"switches",
"trades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchanges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"cedes",
"hands over",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"reciprocates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"covers",
"fills in",
"pinch-hits",
"stands in",
"steps in",
"subs",
"takes over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudies",
"relieves",
"spells",
"doubles (as)"
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"displants",
"relieves",
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"noun",
"verb"
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"subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs"
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"juniors",
"underlings"
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"followers",
"retainers",
"domestics",
"menials",
"stewards",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"minions",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"second fiddles",
"seconds",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
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"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"taskmasters"
],
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"seniors",
"superiors"
]
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"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
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"pacifies",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
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"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
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"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"V-8s",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdepartment":{
"as in subdivision":{
"examples":[],
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"agency",
"arm",
"branch",
"bureau",
"department",
"desk",
"division",
"office",
"service"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substitutions":{
"as in replacements":{
"examples":[],
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"replacements",
"back-and-forths",
"barters",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks",
"reciprocations",
"recompenses",
"requitals",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subpoena":{
"a written notice ordering a person to appear in court":{
"examples":[
"received a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution"
],
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"process",
"summons"
],
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"capias",
"warrant",
"writ",
"ticket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cite",
"call",
"hail",
"summon",
"assemble",
"call out",
"call up",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"ask",
"bid",
"invite",
"command",
"order",
"request",
"requisition",
"beckon",
"demand",
"invoke",
"buzz",
"knell",
"page",
"ring",
"whistle"
],
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"dismiss",
"send (away)",
"turn away",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"cast out",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"subscribes":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
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"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"comes round",
"consents"
],
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"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abides",
"bears (with)",
"endures",
"stands",
"suffers",
"tolerates",
"stomachs",
"swallows",
"takes",
"bows",
"knuckles under",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissents"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
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"autographs",
"inks",
"signs"
],
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"signs up",
"cosigns",
"countersigns",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"registers",
"signs on",
"inscribes",
"authors",
"pencils (in)",
"pens",
"scratches (out)",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"notarizes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation."
],
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"standing committees",
"steering committees",
"commissions",
"panels",
"delegations",
"missions",
"assemblies",
"bodies",
"congresses",
"convocations",
"councils",
"synods"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substituting":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
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"changing",
"commuting",
"exchanging",
"shifting",
"swapping",
"switching",
"trading"
],
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"interchanging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"ceding",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"reciprocating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
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"covering",
"filling in",
"pinch-hitting",
"standing in",
"stepping in",
"subbing",
"taking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudying",
"relieving",
"spelling",
"doubling (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting out",
"displacing",
"displanting",
"relieving",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subverting":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"bastardizing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"deteriorating",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"diluting",
"dirtying",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"thinning",
"watering down",
"weakening",
"descending",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"shaming",
"taking down",
"blemishing",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"destroying",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tarnishing",
"wrecking",
"depreciating",
"downgrading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribe":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"come round",
"consent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abide",
"bear (with)",
"endure",
"stand",
"suffer",
"tolerate",
"stomach",
"swallow",
"take",
"bow",
"knuckle under",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuff",
"refuse",
"reject",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"deny",
"gainsay"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissent"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autograph",
"ink",
"sign"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sign up",
"cosign",
"countersign",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"register",
"sign on",
"inscribe",
"author",
"pen",
"pencil (in)",
"scratch (out)",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"notarize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subplots":{
"as in stories , plots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"actions",
"plots",
"stories",
"story lines",
"arguments",
"mythoi",
"subjects",
"themes",
"designs",
"outlines",
"plans",
"schemes",
"arcs",
"developments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjects":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"themes",
"topics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matters",
"talking points",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
"examples":[
"because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"citizens",
"freemen",
"nationals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatriots",
"countrymen",
"inhabitants",
"natives",
"nonimmigrants",
"residents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreigners",
"strangers",
"immigrants",
"nonnatives"
],
"antonyms":[
"aliens",
"noncitizens"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"authorities",
"grounds",
"motives",
"reasons",
"wherefores",
"whys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"occasions",
"stimuli"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"pacifies",
"subdues",
"subjugates",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"substandard":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who rejects substandard work without hesitation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subversives":{
"someone who tries to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{
"examples":[
"They were outted as subversives and exiled from the country."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"agitators",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"rebels",
"crazies",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"revolters",
"troublemakers",
"young Turks",
"secessionists",
"separationists",
"separatists",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subverters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtracting":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13",
"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"taking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[
"adding",
"tacking (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subclass":{
"as in section , subgroup":{
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"branch",
"generation",
"section",
"sort",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjugate":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subemployed":{
"as in underemployed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"underemployed",
"jobless",
"unemployed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employed",
"working",
"self-employed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subject matters":{
"the information or ideas that are discussed or dealt with in a book, movie, etc.; what something is about":{
"examples":[
"I found the film's subject matter to be quite disturbing.",
"The magazine's editors care more about style than about subject matter .",
"She disapproves of the artist's choice of subject matter ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"talking points",
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes",
"topics",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtracted (from)":{
"as in reduced , decreased":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"modified",
"reduced",
"retrenched",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"slashed",
"tapered",
"abated",
"compressed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pared",
"pruned",
"trimmed",
"abstracted",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"recapitulated",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"docked",
"elided",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"truncated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"dilated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"blew up",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcompact":{
"as in sedan , compact":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"V-8",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiating":{
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
"examples":[
"without some substantiating evidence, such as a stub from a bus ticket, who's going to believe your alibi?"
],
"synonyms":[
"confirmational",
"confirmatory",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"corroborative",
"corroboratory",
"probative",
"probatory",
"supporting",
"supportive",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auxiliary",
"supplementary",
"beneficial",
"helpful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"counter",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"confuting",
"disproving",
"refuting"
]
},
"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
"examples":[
"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"establishing",
"proving",
"showing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"documenting",
"evidencing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"justifying",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuting",
"discrediting",
"invalidating",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving"
]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"backing (up)",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incarnating",
"incorporating",
"instantiating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"personalizing",
"personifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"validating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backing (up)",
"buttressing",
"circumstantiating",
"corroborating",
"evidencing",
"evincing",
"recording",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"witnessing",
"adducing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"certifying",
"identifying",
"confirming",
"sustaining",
"verifying",
"vouching",
"clinching",
"nailing",
"settling",
"confessing",
"deposing",
"testifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"disputing",
"objecting",
"alleging",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing",
"bolstering",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"shoring (up)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"verifying",
"affirming",
"avouching",
"validating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subspecies":{
"as in subgroup , variety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branch",
"generation",
"section",
"sort",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"variety",
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subscribing":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"coming round",
"consenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abiding",
"bearing (with)",
"enduring",
"standing",
"suffering",
"tolerating",
"stomaching",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"bowing",
"knuckling under",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"denying",
"gainsaying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissenting"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autographing",
"inking",
"signing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signing up",
"cosigning",
"countersigning",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"registering",
"signing on",
"inscribing",
"authoring",
"penciling (in)",
"pencilling (in)",
"penning",
"scratching (out)",
"scrawling",
"scribbling",
"notarizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sub-agencies":{
"as in agencies , subagents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagents",
"sub-agents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subduers":{
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the game's subduers went out for burgers and shakes to celebrate their win over the former state champions"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers",
"winners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"champions",
"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"subjugators",
"top dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
"antonyms":[
"losers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiation":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"the signature of a witness provides substantiation that a person's will is genuine"
],
"synonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"demonstration",
"illustration",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerging":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"gulfing",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submersing",
"swamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanching",
"smothering",
"overcoming",
"overrunning",
"flowing",
"flushing",
"gushing",
"pouring",
"sluicing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"streaming",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"wetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"drying",
"parching"
],
"antonyms":[
"draining"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submersing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"bottling up",
"containing",
"muffling",
"squelching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressing",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsistences":{
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"continuances",
"continuations",
"continuities",
"durabilities",
"durations",
"endurances",
"persistences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elongations",
"extensions",
"prolongations",
"permanences",
"survivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"shortenings"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closes",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuities",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"stoppages",
"surceases",
"terminations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subzero":{
"below zero degrees":{
"examples":[
"subzero temperatures"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"ultracold",
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subscribers":{
"as in supporters , helpers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"helpers",
"supporters",
"altruists",
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons",
"sugar daddies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjugations":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"the subjugation of much of Europe by Napol\u00e9on"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subtitle":{
"as in translation , closed-captioning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closed-captioning",
"translation",
"key",
"motto",
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"slogan",
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"caption",
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"legend"
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"noun"
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"hugeness",
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"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"massiveness",
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"weightiness",
"cumbersomeness"
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"lightness",
"weightlessness",
"airiness",
"delicacy",
"ethereality",
"etherealness",
"flimsiness",
"fluffiness",
"insubstantiality",
"slightness"
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"noun"
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"fractionate",
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"quarter",
"segment",
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"break up",
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"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
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"disunite",
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"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"break down",
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"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
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"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
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"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld",
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
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"verb"
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"subchapter":{
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"arm",
"division",
"wing",
"lodge",
"post",
"affiliate",
"branch",
"cell",
"chapter",
"council",
"local"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"urbanites",
"towns",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"cliff dwellers",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"natives",
"occupants",
"residents",
"residers",
"subjects",
"townswomen",
"burghers",
"citizens",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers"
],
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"noncitizens",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"guests",
"nonnatives",
"tourists",
"transients",
"visitors",
"gownsmen"
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"noun"
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"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving"
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"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
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"verb"
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"as in sublet":{
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"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"leased",
"rented",
"checked out",
"arranged (for)",
"bespoke",
"booked",
"contracted (for)",
"ordered",
"reserved",
"signed up (for)"
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"verb"
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"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
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"deduct",
"knock off",
"take off"
],
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"diminish",
"discount",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle"
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"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise"
],
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"add",
"tack (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"subjoining":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
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],
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"adding",
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"tacking (on)"
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"affixing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling (up)",
"elongating",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
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"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
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"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society":{
"examples":[
"a subculture of local painters",
"a subculture of poverty and crime"
],
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"subsocieties",
"sub-societies",
"civilizations",
"cultures",
"lifestyles",
"lives",
"societies",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklores",
"heritages",
"legacies",
"traditions"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsoils":{
"as in substrata":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"substrata",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"subtile":{
"as in subtle , cunning":{
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"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slick",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"subtle",
"trick",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"beguiling",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misleading",
"specious",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"wrong",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"distracting",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"ambidextrous",
"crooked",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"double-dealing",
"duplicitous",
"faithless",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"knavish",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untrustworthy",
"untruthful",
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feigned",
"forged",
"jive",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"spurious",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"two-faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"nondeceptive",
"straightforward",
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"clarifying",
"elucidative",
"explanatory",
"illuminating",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subteen":{
"as in teen , teenager":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"babe",
"baby",
"bantling",
"infant",
"neonate",
"nestling",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subspecieses":{
"as in subgroups , varieties":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branches",
"generations",
"sections",
"sorts",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"varieties",
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerges":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerses",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"antonyms":[
"drains"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subserviency":{
"as in subservience , servility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"conformity",
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subplot":{
"as in story , plot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"action",
"plot",
"story",
"story line",
"argument",
"mythos",
"subject",
"theme",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme",
"arc",
"development"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsides":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribes (to)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't subscribe to the belief that some people are predestined to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submersing":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"gulfing",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submerging",
"swamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanching",
"smothering",
"overcoming",
"overrunning",
"flowing",
"flushing",
"gushing",
"pouring",
"sluicing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"streaming",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"wetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"drying",
"parching"
],
"antonyms":[
"draining"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submerging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subterranean":{
"being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth":{
"examples":[
"a subterranean bunker that supposedly could withstand even an atomic blast"
],
"synonyms":[
"belowground",
"subsurface",
"underground"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"aboveground",
"surface"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subjecting":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"a time when the subjecting of much of Asia and Africa to European rule was at its culmination"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
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"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
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"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
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"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
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"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
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"conquering",
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"overpowering",
"pacifying",
"subduing",
"subjugating",
"subordinating",
"vanquishing"
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"annihilating",
"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
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"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"the committee receives an annual subvention from the foundation to run the museum"
],
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"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy"
],
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"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"subverters":{
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"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the awe-inspiring sublimeness of Yosemite Valley"
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"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"a holy man for whom the subjection of earthly desires is the path to spiritual perfection"
],
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"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
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"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subgroup":{
"as in section , subspecies":{
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"branch",
"generation",
"section",
"sort",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcomponent":{
"as in component , element":{
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"division",
"fragment",
"particle",
"partition",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"sector",
"segment",
"building block",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"member",
"aspect",
"characteristic",
"facet",
"feature",
"trait",
"detail",
"item",
"particular",
"point",
"basis",
"part and parcel"
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"whole",
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"mass",
"entirety",
"sum",
"summation",
"total",
"totality",
"admixture",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"combination",
"intermixture",
"mix",
"mixture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subpoenaed":{
"as in cited":{
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"cited",
"called",
"hailed",
"summoned",
"assembled",
"called out",
"called up",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"asked",
"bade",
"bid",
"invited",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"requested",
"requisitioned",
"beckoned",
"demanded",
"invoked",
"buzzed",
"knelled",
"paged",
"rang",
"whistled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissed",
"sent (away)",
"turned away",
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"cast out",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjugators":{
"as in rulers , top dogs":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"top dogs",
"champions",
"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"subduers",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers",
"winners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losers",
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsidy":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure"
],
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"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subvention"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdivided":{
"as in dissected , bisected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"trisected",
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded",
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subculture":{
"a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society":{
"examples":[
"a subculture of local painters",
"a subculture of poverty and crime"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subsociety",
"civilization",
"culture",
"life",
"lifestyle",
"society",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcomponents":{
"as in components , elements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divisions",
"fragments",
"particles",
"partitions",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"segments",
"building blocks",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"ingredients",
"members",
"aspects",
"characteristics",
"facets",
"features",
"traits",
"details",
"items",
"particulars",
"points",
"bases",
"part and parcels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wholes",
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"masses",
"entireties",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"admixtures",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subadult":{
"as in teenage , underage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ephebic",
"minor",
"preteen",
"teenage",
"teenaged",
"underage",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful",
"embryonic",
"emergent",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured",
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"oldish",
"senescent",
"senior",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"golden",
"mellow",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"middle-aged",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"over-the-hill",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subhuman":{
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
"examples":[
"years of grinding poverty that had reduced them to a subhuman existence"
],
"synonyms":[
"animalistic",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"feral",
"ferine",
"swinish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"physical",
"sensual",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"cruel",
"heartless",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"vicious",
"wanton",
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"lowbred",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"sublime",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"spiritual",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"tenderhearted",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subscriber":{
"as in supporter , helper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"helper",
"supporter",
"altruist",
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsocial":{
"as in associational , consociational":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subside":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submachine gun":{
"as in assault weapon , machine gun":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"tommy gun",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"speargun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcontracted":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out",
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subversive":{
"someone who tries to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{
"examples":[
"They were outted as subversives and exiled from the country."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"agitator",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"rebel",
"crazy",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"alarmist",
"extremist",
"revolter",
"troublemaker",
"young Turk",
"secessionist",
"separationist",
"separatist",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"recreant",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subverter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"seeking to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{
"examples":[
"A subversive organization determined to unseat a leader who they believed operated outside the law."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"violent",
"wild",
"agitating",
"exciting",
"fomenting",
"incendiary",
"inciting",
"inflammatory",
"instigating",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"rabble-rousing",
"reactionary",
"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"traditional",
"liberal",
"progressive",
"middle-of-the-road",
"nonrevolutionary",
"unrevolutionary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subservience":{
"as in servility , obsequiousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subserviency",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"conformity",
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subscribed":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"came round",
"consented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore (with)",
"endured",
"stood",
"suffered",
"tolerated",
"stomached",
"swallowed",
"took",
"bowed",
"knuckled under",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"scorned",
"spurned",
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissented"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autographed",
"inked",
"signed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signed up",
"cosigned",
"countersigned",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"registered",
"signed on",
"inscribed",
"authored",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"notarized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtenants":{
"as in cotenants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cotenants",
"co-tenants",
"boarders",
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"renters",
"roomers",
"tenants",
"flatmates",
"roommates",
"roomies",
"guests",
"visitors",
"occupants",
"occupiers",
"residents",
"residers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters",
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"landladies",
"slumlords",
"hosts",
"innkeepers",
"proprietors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subheads":{
"as in subtitles , subheadings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subheadings",
"subtitles",
"superscriptions",
"superscripts",
"greetings",
"salutations",
"catchwords",
"guide words",
"running heads",
"banners",
"streamers",
"captions",
"headers",
"headings",
"headlines",
"heads",
"rubrics",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submitting":{
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"his submitting of his own desires to the will of God"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submission",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking",
"bowing",
"budging",
"capitulating",
"conceding",
"giving in",
"knuckling under",
"quitting",
"relenting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"deferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contending",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisting"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowing",
"caving (in)",
"giving in",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"indulging",
"wallowing",
"acquiescing (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"buckling (under)",
"knuckling under",
"giving over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"fighting",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"rejecting",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding off",
"resisting"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"falling",
"giving up",
"knuckling under",
"succumbing",
"surrendering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowing",
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"giving (in)",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"losing",
"conceding",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"beating",
"overcoming",
"winning",
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enduring",
"standing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subdued":{
"not excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"the wedding was a subdued affair, with only close family and friends attending"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservative",
"low-key",
"low-keyed",
"muted",
"quiet",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"sober",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unflashy",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"fitting",
"proper",
"suitable",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"drab",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"practical",
"sensible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meretricious",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"trashy",
"vulgar",
"baroque",
"fancy",
"frilly",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought"
],
"antonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"surmounted",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"pacified",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subminimal":{
"as in micro , ultramicro":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"infinitesimal",
"micro",
"ultramicro",
"fewer",
"lesser",
"low",
"minor",
"modest",
"slight",
"small",
"smaller",
"irreducible",
"fewest",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"minutest",
"slightest",
"smallest",
"tiniest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biggest",
"full",
"greatest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"maximum",
"most",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost",
"highest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"substitutive":{
"taking the place of one that came before":{
"examples":[
"his recent religious fanaticism is only the latest substitutive addiction of a person with an addictive personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"makeshift",
"new",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"alternative",
"pinch",
"different",
"other",
"separate",
"extra",
"spare",
"improvised",
"jury",
"another",
"second",
"utility",
"successive",
"equivalent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"first",
"former",
"equal",
"identical",
"same",
"lasting",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[
"original"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submerged":{
"living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{
"examples":[
"submerged local roadways made for hazardous driving"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquatic",
"submarine",
"sunken",
"underwater"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oceanic",
"undersea",
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"deep",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"gulfed",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submersed",
"swamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanched",
"smothered",
"overcame",
"overran",
"flowed",
"flushed",
"gushed",
"poured",
"sluiced",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"streamed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subsidized":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"founded",
"organized",
"bequeathed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"subscribed",
"supported",
"underwrote",
"awarded",
"granted",
"backed",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"capitalized",
"invested (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew",
"received",
"subsisted"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunded",
"disendowed"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolled",
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"staked",
"underwrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaked",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcontracts":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out",
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submits (to)":{
"as in defers (to) , surrenders (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtleties":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"we appreciated the subtlety with which our host indicated that it was time to leave: he volunteered to pack us a little lunch for the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcontinent":{
"a large area of land that is a part of a continent \u2014 used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh":{
"examples":[
"the Indian subcontinent"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"hollow",
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"verb"
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"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
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"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
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"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"trickery",
"wile"
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"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
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"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
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"artlessness",
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"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"submittals":{
"as in submissions , bids":{
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"bids",
"presentations",
"submissions",
"tender",
"advancements",
"nominations",
"recommendations",
"arrangements",
"games",
"ground plans",
"layouts",
"lines",
"plans",
"plots",
"projects",
"strategies",
"systems",
"motions",
"conceptions",
"ideas",
"notions",
"theories",
"thoughts",
"feelers",
"overtures",
"counteroffers",
"counterproposals",
"countersuggestions",
"counter-suggestions",
"offers",
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"proposals",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in unconscious , subliminal":{
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"conditioned",
"natural",
"Pavlovian",
"reactive",
"reflex",
"simple",
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"unconscious",
"unforced",
"visceral",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"robotic",
"spontaneous",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
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"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
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"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
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"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"studies",
"subjects",
"frontiers",
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
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"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
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"annihilating",
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"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
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"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
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"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\""
],
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"comprehended",
"contained",
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"near synonyms":[
"comprised",
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"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
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"received",
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"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
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"incorporated",
"integrated"
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"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
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"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
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"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
"examples":[
"substantial changes to the school dress code that made a lot of people unhappy"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
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"material",
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"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"strategic",
"earnest",
"grave",
"heavy",
"serious",
"sincere",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"central",
"critical",
"crucial",
"essential",
"key",
"pivotal",
"seminal",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltry",
"petty",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
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},
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the amount he inherited was quite substantial , so he quit his job and set out to see the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"major",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"copious",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"petite",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
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},
"relating to or composed of matter":{
"examples":[
"the Land of Oz turned out to be a world of dreams, even less substantial than a rainbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"material",
"physical"
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"near synonyms":[
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"embodied",
"fleshly",
"apparent",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"seeable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"touchable",
"visible",
"objective",
"phenomenal",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"hefty",
"massive",
"ponderous",
"solid",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodiless",
"discarnate",
"disembodied",
"formless",
"incorporeal",
"unbodied",
"ethereal",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unnoticeable",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish",
"metaphysical",
"spiritual"
],
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"immaterial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
]
},
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"examples":[
"there's been a substantial increase in attendance at girls' volleyball games ever since the start of their winning streak"
],
"synonyms":[
"biggish",
"considerable",
"good",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"healthy",
"largish",
"major",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantive",
"tidy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"voluminous",
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gigantic",
"great",
"herculean",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"whopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"measly",
"minute",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"picayunish",
"piddling",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"marginal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"slight",
"little",
"small",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"miniature",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"smallish"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"insubstantial",
"negligible",
"nominal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"the basic elements from which something can be developed":{
"examples":[
"many thought that the mayor's speech lacked substance because specific proposals for solving the city's problems were few"
],
"synonyms":[
"making",
"material",
"raw material",
"stuff",
"timber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"possibility",
"potential",
"potentiality",
"matter",
"metal"
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],
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"being",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"stuff"
],
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"spirit",
"alpha and omega",
"center",
"core",
"keynote",
"marrow",
"pith",
"seat",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"aspect",
"attribute",
"feature",
"property",
"gist",
"kernel",
"nub"
],
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"measure the worth of a person not by his earthly substance but by his good deeds"
],
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"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
],
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"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"bankroll",
"deep pockets",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"wallet",
"abundance",
"affluence",
"prosperity",
"success",
"treasure",
"valuables",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"property",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"resources",
"savings",
"treasury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"the question of whether the soul is a substance entirely independent of the body"
],
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"being",
"commodity",
"entity",
"existent",
"individual",
"individuality",
"integer",
"object",
"reality",
"something",
"thing"
],
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"body",
"subject",
"material",
"matter",
"quantity",
"stuff"
],
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"nonentity"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtleness":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"the subtleness with which the boutique owner convinces you that you have to have that outrageously priced article of clothing"
],
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"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdivision":{
"as in subdepartment":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"subdepartment",
"agency",
"arm",
"branch",
"bureau",
"department",
"desk",
"division",
"office",
"service"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdue":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
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"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
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"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
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"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
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"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substitutable":{
"capable of being substituted in place of one another":{
"examples":[
"for our purposes, the quart and the liter are close enough to be substitutable for one another"
],
"synonyms":[
"commutable",
"exchangeable",
"fungible",
"interchangeable",
"switchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"replaceable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"noninterchangeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subdepartments":{
"as in subdivisions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdivisions",
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsists":{
"to have life":{
"examples":[
"a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abides",
"continues",
"endures",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps (on)",
"kicks",
"lasts",
"leads",
"persists",
"rules",
"runs on",
"survives",
"moves",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappears",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"quits",
"stops",
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes",
"succumbs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subbed":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week",
"she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed"
],
"synonyms":[
"covered",
"filled in",
"pinch-hit",
"stepped in",
"stood in",
"substituted",
"took over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudied",
"relieved",
"spelled",
"doubled (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsisting":{
"as in being , surviving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"surviving",
"alive",
"animate",
"live",
"living",
"quick",
"booming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dying",
"moribund",
"expiring",
"fading",
"passing away",
"sinking",
"decadent",
"declining",
"deteriorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have life":{
"examples":[
"a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping (on)",
"kicking",
"lasting",
"leading",
"persisting",
"ruling",
"running on",
"surviving",
"moving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearing",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing",
"succumbing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subtracts (from)":{
"as in reduces , decreases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"reduces",
"retrenches",
"shrinks",
"slashes",
"tapers",
"abates",
"compresses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts",
"cuts down",
"pares",
"prunes",
"trims",
"abstracts",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"recapitulates",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"elides",
"shortens",
"syncopates",
"truncates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"supplements",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"dilates",
"escalates",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"blows up",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsociety":{
"as in subculture":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subculture",
"civilization",
"culture",
"life",
"lifestyle",
"society",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substances":{
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"tireless caring and nurturing that was the very substance of maternal love"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"quiddities",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hearts",
"spirits",
"alpha and omegas",
"centers",
"cores",
"keynotes",
"marrows",
"piths",
"seats",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"incarnations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"aspects",
"attributes",
"features",
"properties",
"gists",
"kernels",
"nubs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"the question of whether the soul is a substance entirely independent of the body"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"commodities",
"entities",
"existents",
"individualities",
"individuals",
"integers",
"objects",
"realities",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"subjects",
"materials",
"matters",
"quantities",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submersions":{
"as in dips , immersions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immersions",
"dives",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"falls",
"plumps",
"slips",
"spills",
"stumbles",
"tumbles",
"descents",
"drops",
"belly flops",
"headers",
"jackknives",
"swan dives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jumps",
"leaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdwarfs":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subpoenaing":{
"as in citing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"citing",
"calling",
"hailing",
"summoning",
"assembling",
"calling out",
"calling up",
"convening",
"convoking",
"mustering",
"asking",
"bidding",
"inviting",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"requesting",
"requisitioning",
"beckoning",
"demanding",
"invoking",
"buzzing",
"knelling",
"paging",
"ringing",
"whistling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissing",
"sending (away)",
"turning away",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"casting out",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submersion":{
"as in dip , immersion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dip",
"immersion",
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge",
"fall",
"plump",
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble",
"descent",
"drop",
"belly flop",
"header",
"jackknife",
"swan dive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jump",
"leap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsequent":{
"being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else":{
"examples":[
"I'll do the first problem as an example, but all subsequent efforts must be done on your own"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"ensuing",
"later",
"posterior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behind",
"belated",
"delayed",
"late",
"slow",
"closing",
"concluding",
"eventual",
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"ultimate",
"following"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"advanced",
"early",
"premature"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"anterior",
"fore",
"foregoing",
"former",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submitted (to)":{
"as in deferred (to) , surrendered (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subvert":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"vitiate",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcontinents":{
"a large area of land that is a part of a continent \u2014 used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh":{
"examples":[
"the Indian subcontinent"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supercontinents",
"continents",
"landmasses",
"mainlands",
"mains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"islands",
"isles",
"islets",
"atolls",
"barrier reefs",
"cays",
"coral reefs",
"keys",
"capes",
"headlands",
"peninsulas",
"promontories"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in interstices , time lags":{
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"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"hiatuses",
"hiccups",
"hiccoughs",
"interims",
"interludes",
"intermissions",
"interregnums",
"interregna",
"interruptions",
"interstices",
"intervals",
"parentheses",
"caesuras",
"caesurae",
"commas",
"interspaces",
"lags",
"pauses",
"spaces",
"time lags",
"windows",
"lulls",
"recesses",
"respites",
"rests",
"adjournments",
"discontinuances",
"lapses",
"suspensions",
"entr'actes",
"bumpers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuations",
"continuities",
"continua",
"continuums",
"runs",
"stretches",
"processions",
"progressions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\""
],
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"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"numbering",
"taking in"
],
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"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribed (to)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't subscribe to the belief that some people are predestined to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment"
],
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"accepted",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed"
],
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"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
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"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subagency":{
"as in agency , subagent":{
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"agency",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"executor",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"subagent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub-castes":{
"as in castes , strata":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"castes",
"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata",
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtenant":{
"as in cotenant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cotenant",
"boarder",
"lessee",
"lodger",
"renter",
"roomer",
"tenant",
"flatmate",
"roommate",
"roomie",
"guest",
"visitor",
"occupant",
"occupier",
"resident",
"resider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"landlord",
"lessor",
"letter",
"laird",
"landholder",
"landowner",
"proprietor",
"landlady",
"slumlord",
"host",
"innkeeper",
"proprietor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublime":{
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
"examples":[
"the sublime beauty of the firmament"
],
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"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"smashing",
"striking",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"entertaining",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring",
"unremarkable",
"boring",
"dull",
"jading",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninspired",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"usual",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
"examples":[
"the sublime virtue of having given all one's worldly goods to the poor"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"natural",
"noble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"honorable",
"valiant",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"knightly",
"princely",
"regal",
"inspiring",
"moving",
"numinous",
"uplifting",
"august",
"magnificent",
"majestic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"vicious",
"dastardly",
"dirty",
"lousy",
"sorry",
"little",
"mean",
"narrow",
"small-minded",
"degrading",
"discreditable",
"humiliating",
"ignominious",
"coarse",
"crude",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"debased",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"ignoble",
"low"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subterfuge":{
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"propagandists who use a kind of photographic subterfuge , superimposing one image on another to create a false \"reality\""
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiveness":{
"as in value , store":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"store",
"substance",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness",
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"account",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness",
"authority",
"control",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"potency",
"power",
"sway",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"centrality",
"essentiality",
"essentialness",
"cachet",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality",
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsistence":{
"the fact of being or of being real":{
"examples":[
"believes in the subsistence of a soul as a separate entity from the body"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"existence",
"reality",
"thingness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"genuineness",
"realness",
"activity",
"animation",
"life",
"currency",
"presence",
"prevalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"want",
"potentiality",
"virtuality"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality"
]
},
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"duration",
"endurance",
"persistence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"cutback",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsidies":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subventions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"set-asides",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subordination":{
"a bending to the authority or control of another":{
"examples":[
"an oligarchy requires subordination by the masses to the will of a tiny elite"
],
"synonyms":[
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subordinateness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"restraint",
"suppression",
"control",
"discipline",
"dutifulness",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"antonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtracts":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13",
"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"deducts",
"knocks off",
"takes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"appends",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[
"adds",
"tacks (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdirector":{
"as in subchief":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subchief",
"micromanager",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"figurehead",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submissions":{
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulations",
"cessions",
"handovers",
"relinquishments",
"renditions",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"compromises",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"captures",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjoins":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"subjoined an epilogue that informs the reader of the current doings and whereabouts of the participants in this real-life mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"appends",
"tacks (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixes",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"grafts",
"hitches",
"tags",
"ties",
"infuses",
"injects",
"inserts",
"interfuses",
"introduces",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells (up)",
"elongates",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"supplies",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"separates",
"unfastens",
"amputates",
"cuts",
"excises",
"lops (off)",
"severs",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"bates",
"deducts",
"knocks off",
"removes",
"subtracts",
"takes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subleases":{
"as in sublets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sublets",
"charters",
"engages",
"hires",
"leases",
"rents",
"checks out",
"arranges (for)",
"bespeaks",
"books",
"contracts (for)",
"orders",
"reserves",
"signs up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subs":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"we shared a tuna sub at lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwiches",
"grinders",
"heroes",
"hoagies",
"Italian sandwiches",
"po'boys",
"poor boys",
"submarines",
"torpedoes"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"we had a sub in English today, so we didn't get our test results back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"substitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week",
"she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed"
],
"synonyms":[
"covers",
"fills in",
"pinch-hits",
"stands in",
"steps in",
"substitutes",
"takes over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudies",
"relieves",
"spells",
"doubles (as)"
],
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"verb"
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"engaging",
"hiring",
"leasing",
"renting",
"checking out",
"arranging (for)",
"bespeaking",
"booking",
"contracting (for)",
"ordering",
"reserving",
"signing up (for)"
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"verb"
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"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"occupied",
"ensnared",
"trapped",
"bound",
"enslaved",
"indentured",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"captive",
"captured",
"caught",
"confined",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed"
],
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"free",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"paroled",
"released"
],
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"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
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"dominated",
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"pacified",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
],
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"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
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"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"examples":[],
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"sub-specialties",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"studies",
"subjects",
"frontiers",
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"subduer":{
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"examples":[
"the game's subduers went out for burgers and shakes to celebrate their win over the former state champions"
],
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"conqueror",
"master",
"trimmer",
"vanquisher",
"victor",
"whipper",
"winner"
],
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"champ",
"champion",
"finalist",
"placer",
"dominator",
"overdog",
"ruler",
"subjugator",
"top dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bag",
"pushover",
"quitter",
"failure",
"flop",
"washout",
"underdog"
],
"antonyms":[
"loser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suburbia":{
"the districts adjacent to a city":{
"examples":[
"the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods"
],
"synonyms":[
"environs",
"outskirts",
"purlieus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country",
"countryside",
"exurbia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcategorized":{
"as in broke down , drew up":{
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"near synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed",
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"identified",
"recognized",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subhead":{
"as in subtitle , subheading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subheading",
"subtitle",
"superscript",
"superscription",
"greeting",
"salutation",
"catchword",
"guide word",
"running head",
"banner",
"streamer",
"caption",
"head",
"header",
"heading",
"headline",
"rubric",
"title"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subways":{
"as in tunnels , galleries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crawlways",
"galleries",
"tunnels",
"antres",
"caverns",
"caves",
"delves",
"grots",
"grottoes",
"grottos",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"hollows",
"excavations",
"mines",
"pits",
"shafts",
"wells",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"foxholes",
"burrows",
"coverts",
"dens",
"holes",
"lairs",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subagent":{
"as in subagency , agency":{
"examples":[],
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"agency",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"executor",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"subagency"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subfreezing":{
"as in cryogenic , subzero":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submissively":{
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
"examples":[
"all of the extended family was expected to be submissively amenable to the matriarch's wishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"subfield":{
"as in subspecialty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subspecialty",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"territory",
"turf",
"study",
"subject",
"frontier",
"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublets":{
"as in subleases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subleases",
"charters",
"engages",
"hires",
"leases",
"rents",
"checks out",
"arranges (for)",
"bespeaks",
"books",
"contracts (for)",
"orders",
"reserves",
"signs up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subheadings":{
"as in subtitles , subheads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subheads",
"subtitles",
"superscriptions",
"superscripts",
"greetings",
"salutations",
"catchwords",
"guide words",
"running heads",
"banners",
"streamers",
"captions",
"headers",
"headings",
"headlines",
"heads",
"rubrics",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submersed":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"gulfed",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged",
"swamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanched",
"smothered",
"overcame",
"overran",
"flowed",
"flushed",
"gushed",
"poured",
"sluiced",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"streamed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submerged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtropic":{
"as in semitropical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"equatorial",
"low",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polar",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submerse":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"antonyms":[
"drain"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"sop",
"souse",
"submerge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subheading":{
"as in subtitle , subhead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subhead",
"subtitle",
"superscript",
"superscription",
"greeting",
"salutation",
"catchword",
"guide word",
"running head",
"banner",
"streamer",
"caption",
"head",
"header",
"heading",
"headline",
"rubric",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submitted":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"bowed",
"budged",
"capitulated",
"conceded",
"gave in",
"knuckled under",
"quit",
"quitted",
"relented",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"deferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contended",
"fought",
"held off",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisted"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"caved (in)",
"gave in",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"indulged",
"wallowed",
"acquiesced (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"buckled (under)",
"knuckled under",
"gave over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"fought",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"rejected",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[
"held off",
"resisted"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulated",
"fell",
"gave up",
"knuckled under",
"succumbed",
"surrendered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowed",
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"gave (in)",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"lost",
"conceded",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"beat",
"overcame",
"won",
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed"
],
"antonyms":[
"endured",
"stood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subversion":{
"secret efforts to weaken or ruin a political system or government from within":{
"examples":[
"They were arrested on charges of political subversion ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"unrest",
"uprising",
"upset",
"sabotage",
"coup",
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
"coup d'etat",
"misprision",
"sedition",
"treachery",
"treason",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"coil",
"commotion",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"rout",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"williwaw",
"bouleversement",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"earthquake",
"paroxysm",
"storm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"upheaval",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsidize":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations"
],
"synonyms":[
"endow",
"finance",
"fund"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establish",
"found",
"organize",
"bequeath",
"contribute",
"donate",
"subscribe",
"support",
"underwrite",
"award",
"grant",
"back",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"capitalize",
"invest (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw",
"receive",
"subsist"
],
"antonyms":[
"defund",
"disendow"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capitalize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"stake",
"underwrite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstake",
"cofinance",
"refinance",
"advocate",
"aid",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"sponsor",
"support",
"maintain",
"nourish",
"provide (for)",
"clear",
"defray",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand",
"refund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defund"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsisted":{
"to have life":{
"examples":[
"a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"was"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept (on)",
"kicked",
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"led",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"ruled",
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"thrived",
"throve"
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"discontinued",
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"quit",
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"subsided",
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"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished",
"succumbed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in reads , subs":{
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"copyedits",
"reads",
"subs",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"reedits",
"edits",
"redrafts",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
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"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the districts adjacent to a city":{
"examples":[
"the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods"
],
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"environs",
"outskirts",
"purlieus"
],
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"country",
"countryside",
"exurbia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"the service at the restaurant was subpar , to say the least"
],
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"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
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"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
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"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subject matter":{
"the information or ideas that are discussed or dealt with in a book, movie, etc.; what something is about":{
"examples":[
"I found the film's subject matter to be quite disturbing.",
"The magazine's editors care more about style than about subject matter .",
"She disapproves of the artist's choice of subject matter ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"talking point",
"content",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"theme",
"topic",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subspecialty":{
"as in subfield":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"subfield",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"territory",
"turf",
"study",
"subject",
"frontier",
"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsidiaries":{
"something that is of secondary importance to something else":{
"examples":[
"one of the company's foreign subsidiaries"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"accessories",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"appliances",
"attachments",
"options"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdirectors":{
"as in subchiefs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub-societies":{
"as in subcultures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subcultures",
"civilizations",
"cultures",
"lifestyles",
"lives",
"societies",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklores",
"heritages",
"legacies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcategorizes":{
"as in breaks down , draws up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substructure":{
"as in substratum , support":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"support",
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subchapters":{
"as in offshoots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"offshoots",
"arms",
"divisions",
"wings",
"lodges",
"posts",
"affiliates",
"branches",
"cells",
"chapters",
"councils",
"locals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtracting (from)":{
"as in reducing , decreasing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"reducing",
"retrenching",
"shrinking",
"slashing",
"tapering",
"abating",
"compressing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting",
"cutting down",
"paring",
"pruning",
"trimming",
"abstracting",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"recapitulating",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"eliding",
"shortening",
"syncopating",
"truncating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"supplementing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"dilating",
"escalating",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsidizing":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"organizing",
"bequeathing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"subscribing",
"supporting",
"underwriting",
"awarding",
"granting",
"backing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"capitalizing",
"investing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing",
"receiving",
"subsisting"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunding",
"disendowing"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"staking",
"underwriting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdues":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"pacifies",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subbing":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week",
"she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed"
],
"synonyms":[
"covering",
"filling in",
"pinch-hitting",
"standing in",
"stepping in",
"substituting",
"taking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudying",
"relieving",
"spelling",
"doubling (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substructures":{
"as in substrata , supports":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"supports",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suburbanite":{
"as in urbanite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"urbanite",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"native",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"subject",
"burgher",
"citizen",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"townswoman",
"villager",
"town",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"guest",
"nonnative",
"tourist",
"transient",
"visitor",
"noncitizen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjugator":{
"as in ruler , top dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dominator",
"overdog",
"ruler",
"top dog",
"champ",
"champion",
"finalist",
"placer",
"beater",
"conqueror",
"master",
"subduer",
"trimmer",
"vanquisher",
"victor",
"whipper",
"winner"
],
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"loser",
"punching bag",
"pushover",
"quitter",
"failure",
"flop",
"washout",
"underdog"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to have life":{
"examples":[
"a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist"
],
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"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live"
],
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"continue",
"endure",
"hold on",
"hold up",
"keep (on)",
"kick",
"last",
"lead",
"persist",
"rule",
"run on",
"survive",
"move",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
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"disappear",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"end",
"quit",
"stop",
"abate",
"die (down)",
"ebb",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"wane"
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"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish",
"succumb"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in reading , subbing":{
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"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"reediting",
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine"
],
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"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
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"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
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"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
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"resist"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow",
"cave (in)",
"give in",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
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"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge",
"wallow",
"acquiesce (to)",
"concede (to)",
"buckle (under)",
"knuckle under",
"give over (to)"
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"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"fight",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"reject",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
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"hold off",
"resist"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way"
],
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"capitulate",
"fall",
"give up",
"knuckle under",
"succumb",
"surrender"
],
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"bow",
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"give (in)",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"lose",
"concede",
"fail",
"fold"
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"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"beat",
"overcome",
"win",
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
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"endure",
"stand"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submachine guns":{
"as in assault weapons , machine guns":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"repeaters",
"tommy guns",
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"flintlocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"rifles",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"spearguns",
"self-loaders",
"semiautomatics",
"derringers",
"forty-fives",
".45s",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"revolvers",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"arms",
"firearms",
"guns",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub-components":{
"as in components , elements":{
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"near synonyms":[
"divisions",
"fragments",
"particles",
"partitions",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"segments",
"building blocks",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"ingredients",
"members",
"aspects",
"characteristics",
"facets",
"features",
"traits",
"details",
"items",
"particulars",
"points",
"bases",
"part and parcels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wholes",
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"masses",
"entireties",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"admixtures",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"we shared a tuna sub at lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"po'boy",
"poor boy",
"submarine",
"torpedo"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"we had a sub in English today, so we didn't get our test results back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week",
"she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"fill in",
"pinch-hit",
"stand in",
"step in",
"substitute",
"take over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suburb":{
"an community near a larger city":{
"examples":[
"a small suburb outside of Dallas"
],
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"exurb",
"suburbia",
"asphalt jungle",
"burg",
"city",
"cosmopolis",
"megacity",
"megalopolis",
"metropolis",
"municipality",
"town",
"borough",
"conurbation",
"urban sprawl",
"central city",
"edge city",
"garden city",
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcastes":{
"as in castes , strata":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castes",
"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata",
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsurface":{
"being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth":{
"examples":[
"a sandy wasteland that gave little hint of its subsurface wealth"
],
"synonyms":[
"belowground",
"subterranean",
"underground"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"aboveground",
"surface"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subdivisions":{
"as in subdepartments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdepartments",
"sub-departments",
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subscribing (to)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't subscribe to the belief that some people are predestined to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"backing (up)",
"concurring (in)",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"tolerating",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"commending",
"recommending",
"enjoying",
"liking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"disliking",
"minding",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"dissenting (from)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subpoenas":{
"a written notice ordering a person to appear in court":{
"examples":[
"received a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution"
],
"synonyms":[
"processes",
"summonses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capiases",
"warrants",
"writs",
"tickets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cites",
"calls",
"hails",
"summons",
"assembles",
"calls out",
"calls up",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"musters",
"asks",
"bids",
"invites",
"commands",
"orders",
"requests",
"requisitions",
"beckons",
"demands",
"invokes",
"buzzes",
"knells",
"pages",
"rings",
"whistles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismisses",
"sends (away)",
"turns away",
"banishes",
"boots (out)",
"casts out",
"drums (out)",
"ejects",
"expels",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"outs",
"routs",
"runs off",
"throws out",
"turfs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suboptimal":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"yes, living on junk food generally means that you have a suboptimal diet"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sublunary":{
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
"examples":[
"like all sublunary things, this misery will one day end"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnal",
"earthborn",
"earthbound",
"earthly",
"fleshly",
"material",
"mundane",
"temporal",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"daily",
"diurnal",
"unspiritual",
"anthropic",
"anthropical",
"anthropocentric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"Elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"supernal",
"metaphysical",
"devotional",
"divine",
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual",
"utopian",
"ethereal",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavenly",
"nontemporal",
"unearthly",
"unworldly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suburbs":{
"an community near a larger city":{
"examples":[
"a small suburb outside of Dallas"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exurbs",
"suburbias",
"asphalt jungles",
"burgs",
"cities",
"cosmopolises",
"megacities",
"megalopolises",
"metropolises",
"municipalities",
"towns",
"boroughs",
"conurbations",
"urban sprawls",
"central cities",
"edge cities",
"garden cities",
"core cities",
"downtowns",
"inner cities",
"midtowns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subchief":{
"as in subdirector":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdirector",
"micromanager",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"figurehead",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsumes":{
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"numbers",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcontract":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on",
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribe (to)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't subscribe to the belief that some people are predestined to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substantiations":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"the signature of a witness provides substantiation that a person's will is genuine"
],
"synonyms":[
"attestations",
"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"proofs",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"validations",
"vouchers",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"(the) goods",
"certificates",
"documents",
"exhibits",
"demonstrations",
"illustrations",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"charges",
"assumptions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumptions",
"surmises",
"suspicions"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproofs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subject (to)":{
"determined by something else":{
"examples":[
"your extra piano lesson on Tuesdays is subject to the availability of the music room"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditional",
"contingent (on or upon)",
"dependent",
"tentative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"limited",
"modified",
"qualified",
"restricted",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"iffy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"complete",
"consummate",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"simple",
"total",
"ultimate",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unequivocal",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"basal",
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary"
],
"antonyms":[
"independent",
"unconditional"
]
},
"being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{
"examples":[
"this type of wound is highly subject to infection"
],
"synonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likely",
"prone",
"uncovered",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unscreened",
"unsecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"antonyms":[
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}