dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ves_MWT.json
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{
"vessels":{
"a large craft for travel by water":{
"examples":[
"a new ocean liner that claims to be the largest commercial vessel afloat"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"keels",
"ships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"examples":[
"any vessel that is buoyant and steerable can be entered in the annual race down the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"watercrafts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"bankers",
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food)":{
"examples":[
"uses a large copper vessel for beating egg whites"
],
"synonyms":[
"dishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"casseroles",
"chargers",
"cups",
"plates",
"platters",
"salvers",
"saucers",
"servers",
"trays",
"waiters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
"examples":[
"any watertight vessel can be used for mixing the paints"
],
"synonyms":[
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carriers",
"cartridges",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"coolers",
"warmers",
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vested":{
"as in dressed , attired":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"covered",
"veiled",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"\"By the power vested in me by the state,\" intoned the minister, \"I now pronounce that you are married\""
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferred",
"granted",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"awarded",
"conferred",
"granted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"showed",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"extended",
"offered",
"proffered",
"allocated",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"appointed",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"fixed",
"named",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vestibule":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
"examples":[
"please leave your wet boots in the vestibule"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"lounge",
"waiting room",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"portal",
"threshold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vesting":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"\"By the power vested in me by the state,\" intoned the minister, \"I now pronounce that you are married\""
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"granting",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress"
],
"synonyms":[
"according",
"awarding",
"conferring",
"granting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"showing",
"furnishing",
"providing",
"supplying",
"extending",
"offering",
"proffering",
"allocating",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"appointing",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"fixing",
"naming",
"setting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vestments":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"wore professional vestments to the interview to give her potential future employer a good first impression"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"vestiary":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"in Gainsborough's paintings women are almost always portrayed in a varicolored vestiary of satin and silk"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vespers":{
"an evening service for praying in some Christian churches":{
"examples":[
"Vespers is held Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the chapel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evensong",
"matins",
"orison",
"prayer",
"collect",
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"requiescat",
"thanksgiving",
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"imploring",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"soliciting",
"suit",
"supplication"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vests":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"\"By the power vested in me by the state,\" intoned the minister, \"I now pronounce that you are married\""
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"recommends",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"grants",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"retransmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"awards",
"confers",
"grants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"shows",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"extends",
"offers",
"proffers",
"allocates",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"appoints",
"designates",
"dubs",
"fixes",
"names",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vesturing":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"vestured like a queen for her grand birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vestry":{
"a room in a church building for sacred furnishings (as vestments)":{
"examples":[
"the priest returned the chalice to the vestry"
],
"synonyms":[
"sacristy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloakroom"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vestibules":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
"examples":[
"please leave your wet boots in the vestibule"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"foyers",
"halls",
"hallways",
"lobbies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antechambers",
"anterooms",
"lounges",
"waiting rooms",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"portals",
"thresholds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vesture":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"the man's sober vesture contrasted sharply with his companion's festive finery"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"vestured like a queen for her grand birthday party"
],
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"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vest":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"\"By the power vested in me by the state,\" intoned the minister, \"I now pronounce that you are married\""
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"grant",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"furnish",
"supply",
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"award",
"confer",
"grant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"show",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"extend",
"offer",
"proffer",
"allocate",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"appoint",
"designate",
"dub",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vestures":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"vestured like a queen for her grand birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vestiges":{
"a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished":{
"examples":[
"a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoes",
"echos",
"ghosts",
"relics",
"shadows",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"remembrances",
"reminders",
"artifacts",
"afterimages",
"aftertastes",
"balances",
"corpses",
"hangovers",
"leftovers",
"oddments",
"remainders",
"remnants",
"scraps",
"dregs",
"leavings",
"remains",
"residuals",
"residues",
"rests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"the fossilized vestige of a dinosaur that traversed that muddy landscape millions of years ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"footmarks",
"footprints",
"footsteps",
"steps",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprints",
"pugs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"tracks",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vestal":{
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
"examples":[
"a schoolteacher who dresses with almost vestal modesty while on the job"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaste",
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"pure",
"virgin",
"virginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lily-white",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unsoiled",
"unspotted",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untarnished",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"cultivated",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defiled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"improper",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"ribald",
"unseemly",
"crude",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"unrefined"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"vestiaries":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"in Gainsborough's paintings women are almost always portrayed in a varicolored vestiary of satin and silk"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vested interests":{
"a group that benefits from a particular social, economic, or political privilege":{
"examples":[
"changes to the tax laws being challenged by vested interests"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"political action committees",
"interest groups",
"interests",
"pressure groups",
"special interests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vestured":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"vestured like a queen for her grand birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vestries":{
"a room in a church building for sacred furnishings (as vestments)":{
"examples":[
"the priest returned the chalice to the vestry"
],
"synonyms":[
"sacristies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloakrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vested interest":{
"a group that benefits from a particular social, economic, or political privilege":{
"examples":[
"changes to the tax laws being challenged by vested interests"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"political action committee",
"interest",
"interest group",
"pressure group",
"special interest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vestige":{
"a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished":{
"examples":[
"a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"ghost",
"relic",
"shadow",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"memento",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"artifact",
"afterimage",
"aftertaste",
"balance",
"corpse",
"hangover",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"dreg(s)",
"leavings",
"remain(s)",
"residual",
"residue",
"rest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"the fossilized vestige of a dinosaur that traversed that muddy landscape millions of years ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"footmark",
"footprint",
"footstep",
"step",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprint",
"pug",
"spoor",
"track",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vessel":{
"a large craft for travel by water":{
"examples":[
"a new ocean liner that claims to be the largest commercial vessel afloat"
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"keel",
"ship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"examples":[
"any vessel that is buoyant and steerable can be entered in the annual race down the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"bottom",
"craft",
"watercraft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"banker",
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"airboat",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"hovercraft",
"hydrofoil",
"hydroplane",
"assault boat",
"PT boat",
"torpedo boat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food)":{
"examples":[
"uses a large copper vessel for beating egg whites"
],
"synonyms":[
"dish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"casserole",
"charger",
"cup",
"plate",
"platter",
"salver",
"saucer",
"server",
"tray",
"waiter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
"examples":[
"any watertight vessel can be used for mixing the paints"
],
"synonyms":[
"container",
"holder",
"receptacle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrier",
"cartridge",
"basket",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"carton",
"case",
"casket",
"crate",
"handbasket",
"locker",
"trunk",
"bag",
"hamper",
"pocket",
"sack",
"cooler",
"warmer",
"basin",
"bottle",
"bowl",
"bucket",
"can",
"jar",
"jug",
"keg",
"kettle",
"kit",
"pack",
"pail",
"pitcher",
"pot",
"tub",
"vat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}