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{
"de-emphasized":{
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're at a point in your career where you can de-emphasize your academic record and emphasize your work experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exaggerated",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"melodramatized",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"sensationalized"
],
"related":[
"underplayed",
"understated",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked"
],
"synonyms":[
"downplayed",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"de-escalate":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"examples":[
"the fighting de-escalated as the peace talks progressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"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",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"raise"
],
"examples":[
"first, the mediator tried to de-escalate the tension in the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble"
],
"related":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"nick",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle",
"deflate",
"shrink",
"minimize",
"moderate",
"modify",
"modulate",
"qualify"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"dent",
"deplete",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deactivate":{
"to cause to stop functioning":{
"antonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"propel",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
"examples":[
"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge"
],
"related":[
"flick (off)",
"dismantle",
"mothball",
"phase out",
"arrest",
"brake",
"chock",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deactivated":{
"as in ineffective , useless":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause to stop functioning":{
"antonyms":[
"activated",
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"propelled",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on"
],
"examples":[
"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged"
],
"related":[
"flicked (off)",
"dismantled",
"mothballed",
"phased out",
"arrested",
"braked",
"chocked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"deactivating":{
"to cause to stop functioning":{
"antonyms":[
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on"
],
"examples":[
"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging"
],
"related":[
"flicking (off)",
"dismantling",
"mothballing",
"phasing out",
"arresting",
"braking",
"chocking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking"
],
"synonyms":[
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deadhead":{
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"related":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deadlocked":{
"as in ineffective , unworkable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deadpan":{
"not expressing any emotion":{
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"expressive"
],
"examples":[
"he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"responsive",
"active",
"alive",
"animated",
"bright",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"effervescent",
"energetic",
"expansive",
"exuberant",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"eloquent",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"gestic",
"gesticulant",
"gesticulative",
"gesticulatory",
"gestural",
"emotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained"
],
"related":[
"dull",
"vacuous",
"vague",
"vapid",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"motionless",
"static",
"still",
"wooden",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"aloof",
"apathetic",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"unresponsive"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"catatonic",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dealing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that store deals in used furniture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballing",
"blacking",
"boycotting"
],
"related":[
"bargaining",
"bartering",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"transacting",
"auctioning",
"exchanging",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"rebuying",
"reselling",
"swapping",
"buying",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"distributing",
"fair-trading",
"marketing",
"peddling",
"retailing",
"selling",
"supplying",
"vending",
"wholesaling",
"black-marketing",
"bootlegging",
"fencing",
"smuggling",
"cornering",
"engrossing",
"monopolizing",
"underselling",
"day-trading",
"investing",
"speculating"
],
"synonyms":[
"trading",
"trafficking"
]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"arguing",
"bickering",
"clashing",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"squabbling",
"wrangling",
"comparison shopping",
"shopping (around)",
"bartering",
"exchanging",
"trading",
"hawking",
"peddling",
"buying",
"purchasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"paltering"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dears":{
"a person with whom one is in love":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I love you, dear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"tootsies",
"amours",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds",
"crushes",
"heartthrobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"flames",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"death":{
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that muscle car will be the death of him yet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bane",
"curse",
"torment",
"Achilles' heel",
"tragic flaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"destruction",
"downfall",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"undoing"
]
},
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
"antonyms":[
"alpha",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"creation",
"dawn",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"launch",
"morning",
"onset",
"outset",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"persistence",
"prolongation",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination"
],
"related":[
"dispersion",
"dissolution",
"cessation",
"close",
"conclusion",
"decease",
"discontinuance",
"doom",
"end",
"ending",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"passing",
"quietus",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ruin"
],
"synonyms":[
"demise",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"termination"
]
},
"the killing of a large number of people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bloodletting",
"bloodshed",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"murder",
"slaying",
"mortality",
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishing",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"eradication",
"extermination",
"genocide",
"pogrom",
"assassination",
"execution"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodbath",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"holocaust",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
],
"examples":[
"we were all saddened by the death of our friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"related":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
]
},
"the state of being dead":{
"antonyms":[
"existence",
"life"
],
"examples":[
"death is one of the few constants in the universe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immortality",
"life span",
"lifetime"
],
"related":[
"mortality"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"deadness",
"grave",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness",
"sleep"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"debarking":{
"to go ashore from a ship":{
"antonyms":[
"embarking"
],
"examples":[
"the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boarding",
"getting (on)",
"weighing (anchor)"
],
"related":[
"beaching",
"anchoring",
"docking",
"putting in"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembarking",
"landing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"debase":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
],
"examples":[
"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate",
"warp"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
],
"examples":[
"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"boast",
"celebrate",
"cheer",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout",
"acknowledge",
"recognize",
"highlight",
"play up",
"spotlight",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"advance",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
],
"related":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"belittle",
"castigate",
"criticize",
"cry down",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"diminish",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"write off",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"defile",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"affront",
"insult",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"debases":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts"
],
"examples":[
"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
"related":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"dilutes",
"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens",
"descends",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
"depreciates",
"downgrades"
],
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"abases",
"bastardizes",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"vitiates",
"warps"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
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"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"elevates",
"exalts"
],
"examples":[
"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"boasts",
"celebrates",
"cheers",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts",
"acknowledges",
"recognizes",
"highlights",
"plays up",
"spotlights",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"advances",
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes"
],
"related":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"belittles",
"castigates",
"cries down",
"criticizes",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"writes off",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"defiles",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"affronts",
"insults",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"chastens",
"cheapens",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"smirches",
"takes down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"debatable":{
"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
],
"examples":[
"the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
],
"related":[
"alleged",
"so-called",
"supposed",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
],
"synonyms":[
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious"
]
},
"open to question or dispute":{
"antonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"positive",
"questionless",
"settled",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
"examples":[
"it's always debatable which college football team is really number one, since there's more than one ranking system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irrefutable",
"definite",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"related":[
"contradictable",
"refutable",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguable",
"controvertible",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"issuable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"questionable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"debauchees":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"related":[
"bankrupts",
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips"
]
},
"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
"antonyms":[
"ascetics"
],
"examples":[
"the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"spoilsports",
"wet blankets",
"fuddy-duddies",
"prudes",
"straight arrows"
],
"related":[
"Cyrenaics",
"Epicureans",
"bons vivants",
"bon vivants",
"epicures",
"gluttons",
"gourmands",
"libertines",
"playboys",
"rakes",
"rou\u00e9s",
"playgirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadents",
"hedonists",
"sensualists",
"sybarites",
"voluptuaries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"debauching":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
],
"examples":[
"the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"bastardizing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"deteriorating",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"debility":{
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"examples":[
"our grandmother's debility is due in large part to her advanced age"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"related":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"effeteness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"debriefs":{
"to officially ask (someone) about a job that has been done or about an experience":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Police debriefed the hostages upon their return.",
"The pilot was debriefed after his flight."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"debunked":{
"to prove to be false":{
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"examples":[
"a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documented",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"showed",
"supported",
"witnessed",
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"illustrated",
"manifested"
],
"related":[
"overthrew",
"overturned",
"challenged",
"contested",
"queried",
"questioned",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"confounded",
"confuted",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"falsified",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"shot down"
]
},
"to reveal the true nature of":{
"antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked"
],
"examples":[
"the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hid",
"secreted",
"veiled"
],
"related":[
"demolished",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"exposed",
"nailed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"undressed",
"unmasked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"debut":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the first time an actor, musician, athlete, etc., does something in public or for the public":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He made his singing debut at a very young age.",
"She is making her television debut in the new sitcom."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"decamping":{
"as in absconding , scarpering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the act of leaving a place":{
"antonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival"
],
"examples":[
"the mass decamping for the mountains or the shore by city dwellers that occurs every summer weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming",
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress"
],
"related":[
"flight",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"running away",
"withdrawal",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"embarkation",
"embarkment",
"disembarkation",
"egress",
"abandonment",
"forsaking",
"relinquishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"parting",
"quitting",
"walking out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"decampment":{
"the act of leaving a place":{
"antonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival"
],
"examples":[
"the simultaneous decampment of tens of thousands of sports fans from the stadium created the inevitable traffic jam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming",
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress"
],
"related":[
"flight",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"running away",
"withdrawal",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"embarkation",
"embarkment",
"disembarkation",
"egress",
"abandonment",
"forsaking",
"relinquishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"decamping",
"departing",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"parting",
"quitting",
"walking out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decants":{
"to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deceiver":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deceives":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
],
"examples":[
"he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"related":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decent":{
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"as decent and kind a couple as you could ever hope to meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen"
],
"related":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorrupt",
"incorrupted",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"righteous",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
]
},
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
"antonyms":[
"base",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"ignoble",
"low",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unworthy"
],
"examples":[
"demanded nothing less than decent behavior by the troops serving overseas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"blackguardly",
"corrupt",
"criminal",
"crooked",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"knavish",
"mean",
"nefarious",
"rascally",
"reprehensible",
"roguish",
"rotten",
"scoundrelly",
"sinful",
"unfair",
"unscrupulous",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wretched",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"profligate",
"reprobate",
"shameful",
"venal"
],
"related":[
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"irreproachable",
"unassailable",
"unimpeachable",
"chivalrous",
"classy",
"high-minded",
"menschy",
"right-minded",
"conscientious",
"fair",
"good",
"incorruptible",
"moral",
"reputable",
"respected",
"scrupulous",
"uncorrupted",
"virtuous",
"decorous",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"synonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"principled",
"respectable",
"righteous",
"stand-up",
"upright",
"upstanding"
]
},
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
"antonyms":[
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"unbecoming",
"ungenteel",
"unseemly"
],
"examples":[
"decent clothing for someone attending a funeral, if only as a friend of a friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"casual",
"grungy",
"informal",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"dress",
"dressy",
"formal",
"dignified",
"elegant",
"gracious",
"priggish",
"prim",
"stiff",
"stuffy",
"apt",
"material",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"kosher",
"permitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitting",
"correct",
"de rigueur",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
]
},
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"students were warned that their skits could be funny but still had to remain decent"
],
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"defiled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"improper",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"ribald",
"unseemly",
"crude",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"unrefined"
],
"related":[
"lily-white",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unsoiled",
"unspotted",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untarnished",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"cultivated",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"synonyms":[
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"clean",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
]
},
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
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"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"examples":[
"he did a decent job on the project, but there's still room for improvement"
],
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"disagreeable",
"disreputable",
"improper",
"indecent",
"objectionable",
"unfit",
"unsuitable",
"unworthy",
"useless",
"wrong",
"bad",
"cheap",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"lamentable",
"pitiful",
"shoddy",
"dissatisfying",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"miserable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"premium",
"special",
"supreme",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
"related":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"appropriate",
"correct",
"due",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"decently":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
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"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
],
"examples":[
"her latest novel is selling decently , if not spectacularly"
],
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"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"related":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"decided":{
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"a decided hint of perfume on her skin"
],
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"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
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"examples":[
"they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"delayed",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"stalled",
"temporized",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"waffled",
"wavered"
],
"related":[
"decreed",
"ruled",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"found",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"weighed"
],
"synonyms":[
"chose",
"concluded",
"determined",
"figured",
"named",
"opted",
"resolved",
"settled (on or upon)"
]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
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"examples":[
"we waited for our captors to decide our fate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"differed (over)",
"disagreed (with)",
"countered",
"debated",
"objected",
"opposed",
"protested",
"resisted",
"contested",
"disputed"
],
"related":[
"contracted",
"pledged",
"promised",
"blueprinted",
"calculated",
"charted",
"concerted",
"designed",
"drafted",
"framed",
"hammered out",
"intrigued",
"laid out",
"maneuvered",
"mapped (out)",
"planned",
"programmed",
"programed",
"schematized",
"schemed",
"shaped",
"squared away",
"worked out",
"chose",
"concluded",
"determined",
"figured",
"opted",
"resolved",
"affirmed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"closed",
"completed",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed (on)",
"arranged",
"fixed",
"set",
"settled"
]
},
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
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"examples":[
"the commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assumed",
"supposed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"surmised",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"read",
"contemplated",
"philosophized",
"rationalized",
"thought",
"ascertained",
"doped (out)",
"found out"
],
"synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"derived",
"extrapolated",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"made out",
"reasoned",
"understood"
]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"related":[
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"sized up",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"found (for or against)",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"redetermined",
"rejudged"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"determined",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
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"examples":[
"the huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"unsettled"
],
"related":[
"demonstrated",
"established",
"nailed (down)",
"proved",
"showed",
"affirmed",
"assured",
"ensured",
"insured",
"secured",
"defined",
"specified",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinched",
"determined",
"nailed",
"settled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"decidedly":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"deciding (upon)":{
"as in doing , dealing (with)":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deciphered":{
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"antonyms":[
"ciphered",
"coded",
"enciphered",
"encoded",
"encrypted"
],
"examples":[
"we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garbled",
"jumbled (up)",
"mixed (up)"
],
"related":[
"descrambled",
"unscrambled",
"rendered",
"translated",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"cracked",
"decoded",
"decrypted"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deciphering":{
"as in decoding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"antonyms":[
"ciphering",
"coding",
"enciphering",
"encoding",
"encrypting"
],
"examples":[
"we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garbling",
"jumbling (up)",
"mixing (up)"
],
"related":[
"descrambling",
"unscrambling",
"rendering",
"translating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"solving",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"cracking",
"decoding",
"decrypting"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missing"
],
"examples":[
"a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"related":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"decked (out)":{
"as in dressed up , dolled up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dolled up",
"dressed up",
"spiffy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ragtag",
"tatterdemalion",
"tattered",
"bedraggled",
"scroungy",
"scruffy",
"shabby",
"threadbare",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tricked (out) , arrayed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"covered",
"veiled",
"vested",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dressed , bedecked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"bedecked",
"dressed",
"embroidered",
"garnished",
"trimmed",
"baroque",
"elaborate",
"extravagant",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"exaggerated",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"lurid",
"ornate",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glittery",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"adorned",
"decorated",
"embellished",
"fancy",
"ornamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bald",
"bare",
"naked",
"plain",
"plain-vanilla",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unembellished",
"unornamented",
"unvarnished",
"denuded",
"divested",
"stripped",
"au naturel",
"earthy",
"elemental",
"homely",
"natural",
"unsophisticated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"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":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"deckhand":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decks (out)":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
],
"examples":[
"all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"related":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"declamations":{
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"inspired declamations about the global triumph of democracy within our lifetimes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"monologues",
"monologs",
"soliloquies",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"harangues",
"orations",
"perorations",
"speeches",
"talks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"Her declamatory manner of speech inspired some but irritated others.",
"declamatory speeches/statements"
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"declares":{
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
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"examples":[
"though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others"
],
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"belies",
"misrepresents",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"twists",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"conceals",
"counterfeits",
"covers",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"veils"
],
"related":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"placards",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"projects"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betrays",
"communicates",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"evinces",
"exposes",
"gives away",
"manifests",
"reveals",
"shows"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"related":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"annunciates",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"antonyms":[
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"examples":[
"she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
],
"related":[
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"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"purports",
"warrants"
]
},
"to state clearly and strongly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizes",
"understates",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"related":[
"advances",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"announces",
"blazes",
"calls",
"proclaims",
"pronounces",
"says",
"accents",
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"espouses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"assures",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"guarantees",
"lays down",
"professes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"declensions":{
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"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"rises",
"upswings"
],
"examples":[
"a declension in her acting career from leading roles to cameos eventually"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"related":[
"dark ages",
"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadences",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devolutions",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls"
]
},
"a downward slope":{
"antonyms":[
"acclivities",
"ascents",
"rises",
"upgrades",
"uphills",
"uprises"
],
"examples":[
"from this region to the seacoast there's a gentle declension of the landscape"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"hills",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts"
],
"related":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"declines":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"rises",
"upswings"
],
"examples":[
"the decline of the Roman Empire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"related":[
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"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadences",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devolutions",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls"
]
},
"a downward slope":{
"antonyms":[
"acclivities",
"ascents",
"rises",
"upgrades",
"uphills",
"uprises"
],
"examples":[
"the bicyclist lost control on the unexpectedly steep decline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"hills",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts"
],
"related":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"synonyms":[
"declensions",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"ups"
],
"examples":[
"the engagement at the small club was an unmistakable sign of the rock band's decline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"related":[
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"abasements",
"disgraces",
"humiliations"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedowns",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"flameouts"
]
},
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks"
],
"examples":[
"a huge decline in the value of the artwork after its authenticity was questioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"related":[
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
],
"examples":[
"declined our request to hold a party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"provides",
"supplies",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"warrants",
"accords",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes"
],
"related":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"repels",
"spurns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"balks (at)",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"synonyms":[
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"withholds"
]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"examples":[
"his reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death"
],
"near antonyms":[
"betters",
"upgrades",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"strengthens",
"advances",
"develops",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"related":[
"abates",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decomposes",
"degrades",
"dilapidates",
"disintegrates",
"molders",
"putrefies",
"sours",
"spoils",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"debilitates",
"undermines",
"droops",
"fails",
"falls",
"flags",
"lags",
"languishes",
"runs down",
"sags",
"slips",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophies",
"crumbles",
"decays",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"devolves",
"ebbs",
"regresses",
"retrogrades",
"rots",
"sinks",
"worsens"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
],
"examples":[
"new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"related":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"craters",
"descends",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"skids",
"tumbles"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"examples":[
"the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"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",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns"
],
"examples":[
"the bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
],
"related":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"synonyms":[
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls",
"plunges",
"sinks"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
],
"examples":[
"he declined the invitation to the party",
"she declined to participate in the soccer game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"related":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"declining":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"bending downward or forward":{
"antonyms":[
"unbending",
"upright"
],
"examples":[
"the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erect",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upraised"
],
"related":[
"floppy",
"limp",
"dangling",
"falling",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended",
"dipping",
"sinking",
"slumping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"stooping",
"weeping"
]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceding",
"granting",
"letting",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"permitting"
],
"examples":[
"declined our request to hold a party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affording",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"warranting",
"according",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing"
],
"related":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"synonyms":[
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"withholding"
]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"examples":[
"his reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"dilapidating",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophying",
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"regressing",
"retrograding",
"rotting",
"sinking",
"worsening"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
],
"examples":[
"new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"descending",
"dipping",
"diving",
"dropping",
"falling",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"tumbling"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"examples":[
"the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes"
],
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"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"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",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning"
],
"examples":[
"the bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"related":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling",
"plunging",
"sinking"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
],
"examples":[
"he declined the invitation to the party",
"she declined to participate in the soccer game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"related":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"decoct":{
"as in reduce , boil down":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decolorized":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"deepened",
"embrowned"
],
"examples":[
"the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"blotched",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"discolored",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"shaded",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"tarnished",
"variegated",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"related":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"dimmed",
"matted",
"etiolated",
"whitewashed",
"frosted",
"silvered"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"blenched",
"dulled",
"faded",
"paled",
"snowed",
"washed out",
"whitened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"decolorizes":{
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"deepens",
"embrowns"
],
"examples":[
"the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackens",
"blotches",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"discolors",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"shades",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"tarnishes",
"variegates",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"burnishes",
"polishes",
"shines"
],
"related":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"dims",
"mats",
"mattes",
"matts",
"etiolates",
"whitewashes",
"frosts",
"silvers"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"blenches",
"dulls",
"fades",
"pales",
"snows",
"washes out",
"whitens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decolorizing":{
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
],
"examples":[
"the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"related":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"dulling",
"fading",
"paling",
"snowing",
"washing out",
"whitening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decompose":{
"to go through decomposition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"refresh",
"renew",
"restore",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"assemble",
"compose",
"integrate",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"related":[
"sour",
"turn",
"turn off",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"addle",
"curdle",
"ferment",
"mortify",
"rust",
"crumble",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"dilapidate",
"sink",
"wither"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"putrefy",
"rot",
"spoil"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decomposing":{
"as in rotting , decaying":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"refreshing",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"assembling",
"composing",
"integrating",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"related":[
"souring",
"turning",
"turning off",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"addling",
"curdling",
"fermenting",
"mortifying",
"rusting",
"crumbling",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"dilapidating",
"sinking",
"withering"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decaying",
"disintegrating",
"festering",
"fouling",
"moldering",
"molding",
"perishing",
"putrefying",
"rotting",
"spoiling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"decompositions":{
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the unmistakable smell of decomposition led us to some fruit that had fallen behind the refrigerator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"related":[
"crumbling",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"curdling",
"fermentation",
"moldering",
"souring"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"corruption",
"decay",
"festering",
"putrefaction",
"putrescence",
"rot",
"spoilage"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"refresh",
"renew",
"restore",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"assemble",
"compose",
"integrate",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"related":[
"sour",
"turn",
"turn off",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"addle",
"curdle",
"ferment",
"mortify",
"rust",
"crumble",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"dilapidate",
"sink",
"wither"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"putrefy",
"rot",
"spoil"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"decontaminate":{
"to remove dirty or dangerous substances (such as radioactive material) from (a person, thing, place, etc.)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decontaminates":{
"to remove dirty or dangerous substances (such as radioactive material) from (a person, thing, place, etc.)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decor":{
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a minimalist approach has been taken with the stage decor for this production of the play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"backdrop",
"drop",
"background",
"set piece",
"prop",
"property"
],
"synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decorated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"decorated the mansion's hallways with priceless paintings and luxurious tapestries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"decors":{
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a minimalist approach has been taken with the stage decor for this production of the play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"backdrops",
"drops",
"backgrounds",
"set pieces",
"properties",
"props"
],
"synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decorum":{
"socially acceptable behavior":{
"antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum"
],
"examples":[
"high standards of decorum are usually required when attending the opera"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"gracelessness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"vulgarity",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"badness",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness"
],
"related":[
"etiquette",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentilesse",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"dignity",
"grace",
"refinement",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"appropriateness",
"correctitude",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"character",
"goodness",
"high-mindedness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"straightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"decency",
"form",
"propriety"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decreeing":{
"as in direction , instruction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"countermanding",
"rescinding"
],
"related":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"demanding",
"requiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"commanding",
"dictating",
"directing",
"mandating",
"ordaining",
"ordering"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"decrepit":{
"old and in bad condition or poor health":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The decrepit building was badly in need of repair.",
"a decrepit old man"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"decrying":{
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
"antonyms":[
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"laudative",
"laudatory"
],
"examples":[
"the usual decrying remarks about the clothes that the stars wore to the awards ceremony"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiring",
"adulatory",
"applauding",
"approving",
"friendly",
"positive",
"appreciative",
"respectful",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"unmalicious",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"related":[
"aspersing",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"insulting",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slanderous",
"vilifying",
"abusive",
"opprobrious",
"scurrilous",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"unkind",
"virulent",
"critical",
"denunciative",
"denunciatory",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"deprecatory",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derisory",
"derogative",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"pejorative",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"uncomplimentary"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"antonyms":[
"blessing"
],
"examples":[
"a statement by the church decrying modern society's liberal attitude regarding marriage and divorce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating"
],
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"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"reviling"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
]
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"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
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"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"scientists were quick to decry the claims of the psychic"
],
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"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dedicate":{
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"examples":[
"a young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"related":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dedicated":{
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"antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"examples":[
"a dedicated follower of the television show who wouldn't dream of missing an episode"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dubious",
"irresolute",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"apathetic",
"dispassionate",
"uninterested"
],
"related":[
"dependable",
"dutiful",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
"resolute",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"inveterate",
"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"gung ho",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"serious"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"devout",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"good",
"loyal",
"pious",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue"
]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
"related":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"applied",
"bestowed",
"employed",
"used"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocated",
"consecrated",
"devoted",
"earmarked",
"gave up (to)",
"reserved",
"saved",
"set by"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dedicates":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice"
],
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"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"related":[
"blesses",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"applies",
"bestows",
"employs",
"uses"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocates",
"consecrates",
"devotes",
"earmarks",
"gives up (to)",
"reserves",
"saves",
"sets by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deduction":{
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
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"examples":[
"his impressive deduction of the correct answer from only a few hints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"decision",
"deliverance",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"resolution",
"ruling",
"verdict",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"surmise",
"assumption",
"presumption",
"supposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"determination",
"eduction",
"induction",
"inference",
"sequitur"
]
},
"something that is or may be subtracted":{
"antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition"
],
"examples":[
"contestants get a deduction from their scores for every incorrect guess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"appreciation"
],
"related":[
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"dent",
"depreciation",
"decline",
"decrement",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"discount",
"reduction"
]
},
"the act or an instance of taking away from a total":{
"antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition"
],
"examples":[
"the deduction of the amount awarded to the plaintiff in order to pay the legal fees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addendum",
"appendix",
"augmentation",
"supplement",
"supplementation"
],
"related":[
"discount",
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrement",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback"
],
"synonyms":[
"subtraction"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deducts":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"antonyms":[
"adds",
"tacks (on)"
],
"examples":[
"after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"appends",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"knocks off",
"subtracts",
"takes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deem":{
"to have as an opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I deem it fitting that we mark this solemn occasion with a day of prayer and thanksgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
],
"related":[
"regard",
"view",
"accept",
"perceive",
"depend",
"rely",
"trust",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"surmise",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"believe",
"conceive",
"consider",
"esteem",
"feel",
"figure",
"guess",
"hold",
"imagine",
"judge",
"reckon",
"suppose",
"think"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deeming":{
"to have as an opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I deem it fitting that we mark this solemn occasion with a day of prayer and thanksgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"related":[
"regarding",
"viewing",
"accepting",
"perceiving",
"depending",
"relying",
"trusting",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"surmising",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"feeling",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"holding",
"imagining",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"supposing",
"thinking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deep":{
"an immeasurable depth or space":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the belief that somewhere in the deep of outer space humankind will meet its ultimate destiny"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"cavern",
"hole",
"hollow",
"pit",
"breadth",
"expanse",
"extent",
"reach",
"spread",
"stretch",
"black hole",
"emptiness",
"nothingness",
"vacancy",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"synonyms":[
"abysm",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"ocean"
]
},
"being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a deep , dark secret that he took to his grave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"related":[
"dark",
"darkling",
"fuzzy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"shadowy",
"vague",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"imponderable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unsearchable",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"metaphysical",
"mystical",
"numinous",
"supernatural",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"baffling",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny"
]
},
"difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand":{
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"examples":[
"her poetry is now regarded as sentimental and not very deep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"facile",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent"
],
"related":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"scholarly",
"academic",
"academical",
"pedantic",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"darkling",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"orphic",
"uncanny",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"arcane",
"esoteric",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound",
"recondite"
]
},
"extending far downward":{
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"shoal",
"skin-deep",
"superficial",
"surface"
],
"examples":[
"lowered their bucket down a deep well",
"the ax made a deep cut into the wood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depthless",
"two-dimensional",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"horizontal",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"confined",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"restricted"
],
"related":[
"abyssal",
"unfathomable",
"boundless",
"endless",
"immeasurable",
"inestimable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unlimited",
"vast"
],
"synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"bottomless",
"profound"
]
},
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"fell into a deep sleep after taking the potion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
]
},
"firmly established over time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a deep devotion to obtaining justice for all, even society's most disadvantaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"impermanent",
"interim",
"momentary",
"provisional",
"short-lived",
"short-term",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"related":[
"firm",
"fixed",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"irradicable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"natural",
"accustomed",
"chronic",
"customary",
"habitual",
"regular",
"typical",
"usual",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"lifelong",
"persistent",
"persisting"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"hard-core",
"inveterate",
"rooted",
"settled"
]
},
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
"antonyms":[
"acute",
"high",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"treble"
],
"examples":[
"the tour guide had an impressively deep voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"squealing",
"thin",
"earsplitting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"strident",
"peeping",
"tinny"
],
"related":[
"boomy",
"tubby",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"synonyms":[
"bass",
"grave",
"low",
"throaty"
]
},
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"examples":[
"one of those deep passages in the Bible that can be interpreted in any number of different ways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"related":[
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"complex",
"complicated",
"difficult",
"obtuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
]
},
"having considerable extent":{
"antonyms":[
"narrow"
],
"examples":[
"an economist with a deep understanding of the forces that propel the global economy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"boundless",
"endless",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unlimited",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad",
"expansive",
"extended",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"far-reaching",
"rangy",
"sweeping",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"widespread"
]
},
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
],
"examples":[
"I was so deep in the mystery novel that I didn't hear the doorbell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"focused",
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"suspension"
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"bite",
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"coldness",
"frigidness",
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"magnate",
"nabob",
"tycoon",
"billionaire",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
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"multimillionaire",
"multimillionairess",
"zillionaire",
"heir",
"heiress",
"jet-setter",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
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"Croesus",
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"have",
"money",
"moneybags",
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"silk stocking"
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"noun"
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"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
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"verb"
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"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
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"lightening"
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"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
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"verb"
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"salvaged",
"built",
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"ruined",
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"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
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"wiped out",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"sabotaged",
"depredated",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
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"sacked",
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"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
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"healed",
"helped",
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"rehabilitated",
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"edited",
"remodeled",
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"enhanced",
"enriched",
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"perfected",
"refined"
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"eroded",
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"washed out",
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"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
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"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
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"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
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"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
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"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
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"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
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"verb"
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"salvages",
"builds",
"rebuilds"
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"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"shatters",
"spoils",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
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"ravages",
"ravens",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"sabotages",
"depredates",
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"sacks",
"spoliates"
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"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
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"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
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"reconstructs",
"renovates",
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"revamps"
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"examples":[
"years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins"
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"heals",
"helps",
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"remedies",
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"tarnishes",
"dents",
"dings",
"dints",
"botches",
"gums (up)",
"queers",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"torments",
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"bangs up",
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"batters",
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"crushes",
"dashes",
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"razes",
"ruins",
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"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
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"crabs",
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"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
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"accolade",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"esteem",
"honor",
"respect",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship"
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"related":[
"aspersion",
"innuendo",
"muck",
"mud",
"smear",
"backbiting",
"detraction",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"attack",
"censure",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"hatchet job",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"disparagement",
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
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"blackening",
"calumniation",
"calumny",
"character assassination",
"defaming",
"libel",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slander",
"smearing",
"traducing",
"vilification",
"vilifying"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
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"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
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"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
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"related":[
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"synonyms":[
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"charges",
"criminates",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts"
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"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
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"examples":[
"of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so"
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"glorifies",
"honors",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"praises",
"esteems",
"respects",
"admires",
"regards",
"adores",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
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"related":[
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"denigrates",
"detracts",
"disparages",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"abases",
"debases",
"degrades",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"disdains",
"scorns"
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"blackens",
"calumniates",
"libels",
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"traduces",
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"verb"
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"a falling short of one's goals":{
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"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"success"
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"truly disheartened by the defeat of his plans to revitalize downtown"
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"victory",
"win"
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"related":[
"futility",
"uselessness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"setback"
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"synonyms":[
"collapse",
"crash",
"cropper",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess"
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},
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"success",
"triumph",
"victory",
"win"
],
"examples":[
"sore losers still griping about their defeat in the basketball game earlier that week"
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"near antonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"blowout",
"cakewalk",
"landslide",
"romp",
"runaway",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover"
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"related":[
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"setback",
"upset",
"lurch",
"shutout",
"washout",
"whitewash"
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"synonyms":[
"beating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"loss",
"lump",
"overthrow",
"plastering",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping"
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"lose (to)"
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"examples":[
"they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs"
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"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
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"related":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
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"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",
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"outfight",
"outshine",
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"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
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"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
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"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
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"lick",
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"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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},
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
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"examples":[
"they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs"
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"near antonyms":[
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"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
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"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
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"related":[
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"edged (out)",
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"broke",
"buried",
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"creamed",
"crushed",
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"finished",
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"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"
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"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"did down",
"dispatched",
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"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in renegade , apostate":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"gullibility",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"open",
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"protected",
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"impregnable",
"indomitable",
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"put over",
"remitted",
"shelved"
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"adverb",
"verb"
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"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
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"exceptional",
"fabulous",
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"great",
"groovy",
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"nifty",
"noble",
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"swell",
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"stinky",
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"unspeakable",
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"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
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"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
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"scanty",
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"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
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"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
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"crummy",
"crumby",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
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"subpar",
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"unacceptable",
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"entire",
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"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"completed",
"finished"
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"related":[
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"flawed",
"impaired",
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"sketchy",
"unassembled",
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"fragmentary",
"half",
"halfway",
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"partial"
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"enough",
"sufficient"
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"examples":[
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"ample",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
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"plentiful",
"plenitudinous",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
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"overflowing",
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"tolerable",
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"luxuriant",
"rich",
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"hefty",
"jumbo",
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"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"oversize",
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"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super"
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"related":[
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"light",
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"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
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"slim",
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"sparse",
"stingy",
"bare",
"mere",
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"lacking",
"low",
"scarce",
"short",
"shy",
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},
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"having distinct or certain limits":{
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"dimensionless",
"endless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"undefined",
"unlimited",
"unmeasured"
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"countless",
"incalculable",
"inestimable",
"inexhaustible",
"innumerable",
"unfathomable",
"unqualified",
"unreserved",
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"indeterminate",
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"vague",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"copious",
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"plentiful",
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
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"extensive",
"goodly",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"respectable",
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"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"vast",
"voluminous",
"whacking",
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"grandiose",
"major",
"ample",
"broad",
"comprehensive",
"cosmopolitan",
"expansive",
"global",
"inclusive",
"sweeping",
"universal",
"whole"
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"qualified",
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"exact",
"precise",
"specific",
"confined",
"constricted",
"moderate",
"modest",
"minute",
"puny",
"small",
"tiny",
"determined",
"fixed",
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"defined",
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"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"narrow",
"restricted"
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},
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"examples":[
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"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
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"related":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
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"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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},
"so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{
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"implicit",
"implied",
"inferred",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"indefinite",
"inexplicit",
"unspecific",
"vague"
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"examples":[
"a definite instruction not to let anyone in the house while the parents were out for the evening"
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"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"obscure",
"unclear",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"incomprehensible",
"unintelligible"
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"related":[
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"declared",
"specified",
"stated",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"certain",
"sure",
"unmistakable",
"clear",
"distinct",
"lucid",
"well-defined",
"exact",
"precise",
"direct",
"literal",
"plain",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"comprehensible",
"intelligible",
"understandable"
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"synonyms":[
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"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
"specific",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"univocal"
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"without any question":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that is definitely the kind of dog we're looking to adopt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
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}
},
"definition":{
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"examples":[
"he gave us his definition of the perfect romantic evening on the town"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
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"synonyms":[
"delineation",
"depiction",
"description",
"picture",
"portrait",
"portraiture",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitively":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in fired , ignited":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contents":{
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"examples":[
"We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause to lose force or effectiveness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her cutting remark deflated his ego.",
"The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution."
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"near antonyms":[],
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"to make or become lower in amount or value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The excess supply deflated prices.",
"The company's stock has deflated."
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Please deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave."
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"deflated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contents":{
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"examples":[
"We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating ."
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"to cause to lose force or effectiveness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her cutting remark deflated his ego.",
"The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution."
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"to make or become lower in amount or value":{
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"examples":[
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"The company's stock has deflated."
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents":{
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"examples":[
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"deflates":{
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"examples":[
"We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating ."
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"to cause to lose force or effectiveness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her cutting remark deflated his ego.",
"The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution."
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"to make or become lower in amount or value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"The company's stock has deflated."
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents":{
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"examples":[
"Please deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave."
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"type":[
"verb"
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"deflation":{
"as in downturn , slump":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
"senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
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"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"examples":[
"This will defray the costs."
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"defrock":{
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"enthrone",
"throne"
],
"examples":[
"the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget"
],
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"baptize",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"invest",
"appoint",
"designate",
"elect"
],
"related":[
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"overthrow",
"subvert",
"supplant",
"topple",
"usurp",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deprive",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat",
"unthrone"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deft":{
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"a luthier whose deft craftsmanship is prized by violinists the world over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"related":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"delicate",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
]
},
"skillful with the hands":{
"antonyms":[
"butterfingered",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"unhandy"
],
"examples":[
"the deft jeweler quickly attached the diamond to its mount on the gold band"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbling",
"gauche",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"rough-hewn",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"uncoordinated",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"related":[
"agile",
"flexible",
"graceful",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"coordinated",
"able",
"adept",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"habile",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"proficient",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"sure-handed",
"double-jointed",
"loose-jointed"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"cunning",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"degree":{
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
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"examples":[
"they worked on the project by degrees and eventually it got done"
],
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"related":[
"angle",
"aspect",
"facet",
"side",
"amount",
"measure",
"plane",
"decrement",
"increment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chapter",
"cut",
"grade",
"inch",
"notch",
"peg",
"phase",
"place",
"point",
"stage",
"step"
]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a Freemason of the 32nd degree"
],
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"related":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"synonyms":[
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"reach(es)",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dehumidified":{
"as in dehydrated , desiccated":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"dehumidify":{
"as in":{
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"dehumidifying":{
"as in dehydrating , desiccating":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"dehydrated":{
"as in baked , parched":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
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"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
],
"examples":[
"years of being trapped in a loveless marriage had dehydrated his spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"related":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
]
},
"to make dry":{
"antonyms":[
"hydrated",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"examples":[
"bought a dehumidifier in order to dehydrate the damp basement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathed",
"deluged",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"waterlogged",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened",
"rehydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"submerged",
"swamped"
],
"related":[
"dehumidified",
"drained",
"evaporated",
"mummified",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"withered",
"wizened",
"air-dried",
"baked"
],
"synonyms":[
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dehydrates":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
],
"examples":[
"years of being trapped in a loveless marriage had dehydrated his spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"related":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes",
"petrifies"
]
},
"to make dry":{
"antonyms":[
"hydrates",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets"
],
"examples":[
"bought a dehumidifier in order to dehydrate the damp basement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathes",
"deluges",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"sops",
"souses",
"waterlogs",
"dampens",
"damps",
"humidifies",
"moistens",
"rehydrates",
"dips",
"dunks",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"related":[
"dehumidifies",
"drains",
"evaporates",
"mummifies",
"shrivels",
"withers",
"wizens",
"air-dries",
"bakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deifies":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"antonyms":[
"abases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates"
],
"examples":[
"the sense of entitlement felt by athletes who have been deified all their lives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"related":[
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes",
"sanitizes",
"sugarcoats",
"acclaims",
"extols",
"extolls",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"magnifies"
]
},
"to love or admire too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"materialistic people who deify money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"disdains",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"misprizes",
"puts down"
],
"related":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"esteems",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"prefers",
"regards",
"hallows",
"respects",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"dotes (on)",
"hero-worships",
"idolizes",
"worships"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some ancient pagans deified such objects of nature as trees and rivers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"related":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"glorifies",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dejected":{
"feeling unhappiness":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"examples":[
"the dejected players slowly made their way back to the locker room, where they could mourn their defeat in private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"nothing dejects a TV pundit more than the reality check that nobody cares what he thinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"related":[
"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed (out)",
"burdened",
"dashed",
"depressed",
"got down",
"oppressed",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dejection":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"examples":[
"I find that ice cream often works wonders when trying to overcome dejection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"related":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deked":{
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deked the lone defenseman with a deft move of his stick and went in for the breakaway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dodged",
"evaded",
"sidestepped",
"slipped",
"pump-faked",
"stutter-stepped",
"maneuvered (around)"
],
"synonyms":[
"faked",
"faked out",
"juked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"delayer":{
"as in procrastinator":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delaying":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our guests delayed their departure until after dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"dealing (with)",
"deciding (upon)",
"doing",
"working (on)"
],
"related":[
"suspending",
"hesitating",
"pausing",
"staying",
"detaining",
"retarding",
"slowing",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching (out)",
"waiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferring",
"holding off (on)",
"holding over",
"holding up",
"laying over",
"postponing",
"putting off",
"putting over",
"remitting",
"shelving"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"related":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"delays":{
"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there was a delay for our boarding while the airplane unloaded incoming passengers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hastes",
"rushes",
"dispatches",
"promptitudes"
],
"related":[
"deferments",
"deferrals",
"postponements",
"reprieves",
"respites",
"foot-draggings",
"hesitations",
"lags",
"pauses",
"setbacks",
"slowdowns"
],
"synonyms":[
"detainments",
"detentions",
"holdbacks",
"holding patterns",
"holdups",
"waits"
]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our guests delayed their departure until after dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"deals (with)",
"decides (upon)",
"does",
"works (on)"
],
"related":[
"suspends",
"hesitates",
"pauses",
"stays",
"detains",
"retards",
"slows",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches (out)",
"waits"
],
"synonyms":[
"defers",
"holds off (on)",
"holds over",
"holds up",
"lays over",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"puts over",
"remits",
"shelves"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
],
"examples":[
"she ordered the kids to stop delaying and to get to bed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"related":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"delectable":{
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
],
"examples":[
"a delectable melody to listen to after a hard day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"related":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome"
]
},
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a gourmet shop filled with delectables for every palate, albeit not for every pocketbook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"morsel",
"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"cate",
"dainty",
"delicacy",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
],
"examples":[
"a delectable roast turkey lay on the table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
]
}
},
"delectations":{
"a source of great satisfaction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tourists enjoying the delectations of this tropical paradise for the first time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"recreations",
"comforts",
"reliefs",
"solaces",
"gratifications",
"indulgences",
"ambrosias"
],
"synonyms":[
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"joys",
"kicks",
"mannas",
"pleasures",
"treats"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delicacies":{
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"presented with a plate of national delicacies while they waited for the queen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"morsels",
"candies",
"desserts",
"junkets",
"sweetmeats",
"sweets"
],
"synonyms":[
"bits",
"cates",
"dainties",
"delectables",
"goodies",
"kickshaws",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"treats",
"viands"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delicacy":{
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"presented with a plate of national delicacies while they waited for the queen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"morsel",
"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"cate",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
]
},
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
],
"examples":[
"the delicacy of the watch movement is incredible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"related":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"examples":[
"all of her life the shy poet gave the appearance of extreme delicacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"related":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"effeteness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
]
},
"the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the delicacy of the sensor is such that it will be affected by the slightest vibration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hyperacuity",
"hypersensitiveness",
"hypersensitivity",
"oversensitiveness",
"oversensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"accuracy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness"
],
"synonyms":[
"acuity",
"acuteness",
"keenness",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"sharpness"
]
},
"the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"roughness",
"rudeness"
],
"examples":[
"we never cease to marvel at the delicacy of a snowflake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firmness",
"solidity",
"strength"
],
"related":[
"diaphanousness",
"flimsiness",
"insubstantiality",
"wispiness",
"brittleness",
"crumbliness",
"friability"
],
"synonyms":[
"daintiness",
"exquisiteness",
"fineness",
"fragility",
"frangibility"
]
},
"the tendency to be or state of being squeamish":{
"antonyms":[
"indelicacy"
],
"examples":[
"the urgent need for blood prompted many people to overcome their habitual delicacy and become first-time donors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boldness",
"gutsiness"
],
"related":[
"daintiness",
"fastidiousness",
"finicalness",
"finickiness",
"fussiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"qualmishness",
"queasiness",
"squeamishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delicious":{
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
],
"examples":[
"a delicious breeze gave us welcome relief from the tropical heat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"related":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
],
"examples":[
"the family sat down to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
]
}
},
"delight (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been delighting in your company, so I was wondering if we might have another date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"related":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"delightedly":{
"as in gleefully , cheerfully":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"delights":{
"a source of great satisfaction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the opportunity for travel was one of the major delights of the couple's golden years"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"recreations",
"comforts",
"reliefs",
"solaces",
"gratifications",
"indulgences",
"ambrosias"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectations",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"joys",
"kicks",
"mannas",
"pleasures",
"treats"
]
},
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
"antonyms":[
"bores",
"bummers",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"examples":[
"with his great sense of humor and bubbly personality, he is a delight to be around"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
],
"related":[
"escapes",
"pastimes",
"time killers",
"binges",
"flings",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"larks",
"revels",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"sprees",
"convivialities",
"festivities",
"gaieties",
"gayeties",
"hilarities",
"jollifications",
"jollities",
"merrymakings",
"revelings",
"revellings",
"revelries",
"whoopees",
"picnics",
"laughs",
"riots",
"screams",
"activities",
"games"
],
"synonyms":[
"distractions",
"diversions",
"divertissements",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"pleasures",
"recreations"
]
},
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
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"examples":[
"I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"grieves",
"laments",
"regrets",
"weeps"
],
"related":[
"gloats",
"preens",
"swells",
"boasts",
"brags",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"shows off",
"struts",
"swaggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"crows",
"exuberates",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"jubilates",
"kvells",
"rejoices",
"triumphs"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displeases"
],
"examples":[
"the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"piques",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"agitates",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"upsets",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends"
],
"related":[
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes",
"assuages",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"excites",
"tickles",
"titillates",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"treats",
"captivates",
"charms",
"galvanizes",
"thrills",
"calms",
"comforts",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"synonyms":[
"agrees (with)",
"contents",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"gladdens",
"glads",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"rejoices",
"satisfies",
"suits",
"warms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"delineate":{
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
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"examples":[
"the man's roly-poly shape was softly delineated by the glow of the fire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"line",
"bound",
"fringe",
"margin",
"skirt",
"edge",
"hem",
"rim",
"trim",
"frame",
"circle",
"compass",
"encircle",
"girdle",
"girth",
"loop",
"ring",
"round",
"surround",
"chart",
"diagram",
"draw",
"map (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"define",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"trace"
]
},
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the story does a remarkable job of delineating the emotions that immigrants feel upon their arrival in a strange country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"related":[
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"hint",
"suggest",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"redescribe",
"reimage"
],
"synonyms":[
"depict",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"portray",
"render",
"set out",
"sketch"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"delineation":{
"a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his simple but striking delineations of Dutch landscapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"contour",
"figure",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"caricature",
"doodle",
"illustration",
"depiction",
"image",
"likeness",
"portrait",
"representation",
"engraving",
"etch",
"etching",
"aquatint",
"charcoal",
"line drawing",
"pastel",
"watercolor",
"blueprint"
],
"synonyms":[
"cartoon",
"drawing",
"sketch"
]
},
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a finely wrought delineation of a young couple's first experience with love and loss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"account",
"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"definition",
"depiction",
"description",
"picture",
"portrait",
"portraiture",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delinquencies":{
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we received a notice in the mail informing us of our delinquency in paying our utility bill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"discharge",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment"
],
"related":[
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"laxity"
],
"synonyms":[
"default",
"dereliction",
"failure",
"misprision",
"neglect",
"negligence",
"nonfeasance",
"oversight"
]
},
"the quality or state of being late":{
"antonyms":[
"earliness",
"prematureness",
"prematurity"
],
"examples":[
"delinquency of our mortgage payment meant that we would have to pay a surcharge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"punctuality"
],
"related":[
"dilatoriness",
"sluggishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"belatedness",
"lateness",
"tardiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deliquesce":{
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"antonyms":[
"harden",
"set",
"solidify"
],
"examples":[
"a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"jell",
"jelly",
"thicken"
],
"related":[
"found",
"gutter",
"smelt",
"try",
"dissolve",
"render",
"soften",
"thin"
],
"synonyms":[
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"run",
"thaw"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"delist":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deliver":{
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she delivered four healthy babies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"lose",
"miscarry"
],
"related":[
"labor",
"breed",
"multiply",
"propagate",
"reproduce",
"spawn",
"beget",
"father",
"generate",
"get",
"sire",
"calve",
"kid",
"kindle",
"kitten",
"litter",
"pup",
"whelp"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"birth",
"drop",
"have",
"mother",
"produce"
]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deliver us from evil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reclaim",
"reform",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"bless",
"hallow",
"consecrate",
"purify",
"sanctify"
],
"synonyms":[
"redeem",
"save"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"antonyms":[
"deny"
],
"examples":[
"deeply dissatisfied with his dissolute lifestyle, he resolved to deliver himself over to the ways of the Lord"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain (from)",
"eschew",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"refrain (from)",
"check",
"inhibit",
"restrain"
],
"related":[
"overdo",
"overindulge",
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"roll",
"wallow"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"give up",
"indulge",
"surrender",
"yield"
]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"delivered up the ransom money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"related":[
"commit",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"transfer",
"forfeit",
"release",
"waive",
"abnegate",
"renounce",
"resign",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"part (with)",
"shed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cede",
"cough up",
"give up",
"hand over",
"lay down",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"antonyms":[
"hold (back)",
"keep (back)",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"examples":[
"the inn endeavors to deliver the luxuries that its well-heeled guests have come to expect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"keep up",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"save"
],
"related":[
"ply (with)",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"assign",
"cede",
"deed",
"make over",
"transfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"feed",
"furnish",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"provide",
"supply"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"examples":[
"delivered the prisoners to the sheriff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"examples":[
"the passengers waited for the rescue ship to come and deliver them"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"salvage",
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"recover"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail out",
"bring off",
"rescue",
"save"
]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
],
"examples":[
"finally, a summer blockbuster that delivers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languish",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crater",
"crumble",
"flame out",
"choke",
"crack up",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"fall down",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"related":[
"catch on",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"cook",
"percolate"
],
"synonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"delivery":{
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the school bell signaled our delivery from the tortures of math class"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dispensation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"waiver"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"quietus",
"quittance",
"release"
]
},
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her second delivery took only three hours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"birth pang",
"contraction",
"pains",
"pregnancy",
"abortion",
"miscarriage",
"cesarean section",
"caesarean section",
"natural childbirth",
"childbed",
"confinement",
"lying-in"
],
"synonyms":[
"accouchement",
"childbearing",
"childbirth",
"labor",
"parturition",
"travail"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delusory":{
"tending or having power to deceive":{
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"nondeceptive",
"straightforward"
],
"examples":[
"the delusory notion that wealth invariably brings happiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"clarifying",
"elucidative",
"explanatory",
"illuminating",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"related":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slick",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"subtile",
"subtle",
"trick",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"beguiling",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misleading",
"specious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"delving":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we didn't want to pry and did as little personal delving as possible"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"quest",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"diagnosis",
"inspection",
"hearing",
"interrogation",
"trial",
"feeler",
"query",
"question",
"poll",
"questionary",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"challenge",
"cross-examination",
"going-over",
"grilling",
"quiz",
"rehearing",
"reinvestigation",
"self-examination",
"self-exploration",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching"
],
"synonyms":[
"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"investigation",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
]
},
"as in digging , excavating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"demagogues":{
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that politician is just a demagogue who preys upon people's fears and prejudices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters"
],
"related":[
"demonstrators",
"marchers",
"objectors",
"picketers",
"protesters",
"protestors",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"persuaders",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"supporters",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"radicals",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"subversives",
"troublemakers",
"prodders",
"prompters",
"provokers",
"agents provocateurs"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitators",
"exciters",
"firebrands",
"fomenters",
"incendiaries",
"inciters",
"instigators",
"kindlers",
"provocateurs",
"rabble-rousers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demand":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"we are very confident that our new employee is fully equal to the demands of the job"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
]
},
"something that someone insists upon having":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"agreed to the customer's demand for a refund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"desire",
"request",
"want",
"wish",
"drive",
"need",
"requirement",
"stipulation",
"basic",
"essential",
"must",
"imposition",
"condition",
"provision"
],
"synonyms":[
"claim",
"dun",
"importunity",
"requisition",
"ultimatum"
]
},
"the state of being sought after especially for purchase":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a steadily declining demand for film cameras"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bear market",
"bull market",
"buyer's market",
"seller's market"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"market",
"request"
]
},
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"ask",
"plead (for)",
"request",
"want",
"cry (for)",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"warrant",
"requisition",
"impose",
"badger",
"dun",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"synonyms":[
"call (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"press (for)",
"quest",
"stipulate (for)"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
],
"examples":[
"a task that demands one's unremitting attention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"related":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"want",
"warrant"
]
},
"to set or receive as a price":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"fetch",
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"mark down",
"mark up",
"assess",
"bill",
"invoice",
"price",
"value"
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"verb"
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"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
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"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
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"overdemanding",
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"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
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"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
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"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
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"undemanding"
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"the demanding task of reading and grading student compositions"
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"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
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"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
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"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
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"nondemanding",
"unchallenging",
"undemanding"
],
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],
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"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
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"formidable",
"hard",
"herculean",
"rough",
"rugged",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"testing",
"tough",
"oppressive",
"trying",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"stringent"
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"burdensome",
"challenging",
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"grueling",
"gruelling",
"killing",
"laborious",
"onerous",
"persnickety",
"taxing",
"toilsome"
]
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"the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election"
],
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"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
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"asking",
"pleading (for)",
"requesting",
"wanting",
"crying (for)",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"warranting",
"requisitioning",
"imposing",
"badgering",
"dunning",
"harassing",
"hounding"
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"calling (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"questing",
"stipulating (for)"
]
},
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"having",
"holding"
],
"examples":[
"a task that demands one's unremitting attention"
],
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"owning",
"possessing"
],
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"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
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"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
]
},
"to set or receive as a price":{
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"superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie"
],
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"undercharging",
"bringing",
"fetching",
"selling (for)",
"discounting",
"marking down",
"marking up",
"assessing",
"billing",
"invoicing",
"pricing",
"valuing"
],
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"asking",
"charging",
"commanding"
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"demands":{
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"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
],
"examples":[
"we are very confident that our new employee is fully equal to the demands of the job"
],
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"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"related":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
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"conditions",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"needs",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
]
},
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"examples":[
"agreed to the customer's demand for a refund"
],
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"desires",
"requests",
"wants",
"wishes",
"drives",
"needs",
"requirements",
"stipulations",
"basics",
"essentials",
"musts",
"impositions",
"conditions",
"provisions"
],
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"claims",
"duns",
"importunities",
"requisitions",
"ultimatums",
"ultimata"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a steadily declining demand for film cameras"
],
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"related":[
"bear markets",
"bull markets",
"buyer's markets",
"seller's markets"
],
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"calls",
"markets",
"requests"
]
},
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
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"the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election"
],
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"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
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"asks",
"pleads (for)",
"requests",
"wants",
"cries (for)",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"takes",
"warrants",
"requisitions",
"imposes",
"badgers",
"duns",
"harasses",
"hounds"
],
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"calls (for)",
"claims",
"clamors (for)",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists (on)",
"presses (for)",
"quests",
"stipulates (for)"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
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"has",
"holds"
],
"examples":[
"a task that demands one's unremitting attention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
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"bears",
"challenges",
"claims",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants"
]
},
"to set or receive as a price":{
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"examples":[
"superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie"
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"undercharges",
"brings",
"fetches",
"sells (for)",
"discounts",
"marks down",
"marks up",
"assesses",
"bills",
"invoices",
"prices",
"values"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks",
"charges",
"commands"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"demarcated":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"to mark the limits of":{
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"examples":[
"a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"determined",
"governed",
"delineated",
"described"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"defined",
"delimited",
"demarked",
"limited",
"marked (off)",
"terminated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"to mark the limits of":{
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"examples":[
"a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map"
],
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"related":[
"controlling",
"determining",
"governing",
"delineating",
"describing"
],
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"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"defining",
"delimiting",
"demarking",
"limiting",
"marking (off)",
"terminating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appearing",
"materializing"
],
"examples":[
"the image suddenly dematerialized , and once again we were staring at a blank screen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arriving",
"breaking out",
"coming out",
"emerging",
"issuing",
"looming",
"showing up"
],
"related":[
"blanking (out)",
"clearing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"drying up",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"blurring",
"dimming"
],
"synonyms":[
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"melting",
"sinking",
"vanishing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"demeanors":{
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
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"examples":[
"her warm demeanor made us feel at home"
],
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"related":[
"etiquettes",
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"p's and q's",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"decorums",
"airs",
"attitudes",
"carriages",
"poises",
"poses",
"postures",
"presences",
"aspects",
"looks",
"miens",
"formalities",
"protocols",
"rules",
"customs",
"habits",
"habitudes",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"conventions",
"fashions",
"forms",
"modes",
"styles",
"affectations",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"traits",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities"
],
"synonyms":[
"actions",
"addresses",
"bearings",
"behaviors",
"comportments",
"conducts",
"deportments",
"gestes",
"gests"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demireps":{
"as in courtesans , odalisques":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demise":{
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"up"
],
"examples":[
"after her demise as the doyenne of New York society, the mere mention of her name was regarded as a faux pas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
],
"related":[
"breakdown",
"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"abasement",
"disgrace",
"humiliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"flameout",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
]
},
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
"antonyms":[
"alpha",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"creation",
"dawn",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"launch",
"morning",
"onset",
"outset",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"the gradual demise of the Roman Empire over the course of several centuries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"persistence",
"prolongation",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination"
],
"related":[
"dispersion",
"dissolution",
"cessation",
"close",
"conclusion",
"decease",
"discontinuance",
"doom",
"end",
"ending",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"passing",
"quietus",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ruin"
],
"synonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"termination"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
],
"examples":[
"inherited all of the estate upon the sudden demise of his grandfather"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"related":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
],
"examples":[
"our much beloved, recently demised leader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"related":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"demised":{
"no longer living":{
"antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"quick"
],
"examples":[
"a cemetery reserved for demised family pets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"dynamic",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"active",
"functioning",
"operative",
"running"
],
"related":[
"extinct",
"dying",
"fading",
"moribund",
"stillborn",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"terminated",
"inanimate",
"insensate",
"nonliving"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"breathless",
"cold",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"late",
"lifeless",
"low"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
],
"examples":[
"our much beloved, recently demised leader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"related":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fell",
"flatlined",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed",
"went"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"demobs":{
"as in demobilizes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"democracy":{
"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"under our democracy the people have some control over their lives by being able to select their own political leaders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"related":[
"pure democracy",
"home rule",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"synonyms":[
"republic",
"self-government",
"self-rule"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demon":{
"a source of persistent emotional distress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"b\u00eate noire",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"hobgoblin",
"ogre"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"hang-up",
"terror",
"torment"
]
},
"an evil spirit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"related":[
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demonetize":{
"as in debase":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"demonstrating":{
"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
"antonyms":[
"disproving"
],
"examples":[
"you must demonstrate your scientific thesis before a jury of your professional peers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuting",
"discrediting",
"invalidating",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"related":[
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"documenting",
"evidencing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"justifying",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"establishing",
"proving",
"showing",
"substantiating"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the babysitter's actions during the emergency demonstrate beyond doubt her general dependability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belying",
"misrepresenting",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"twisting",
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"concealing",
"counterfeiting",
"covering",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"veiling"
],
"related":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"placarding",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"projecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaking",
"betraying",
"communicating",
"declaring",
"displaying",
"evincing",
"exposing",
"giving away",
"manifesting",
"revealing",
"showing"
]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"antonyms":[
"obscuring"
],
"examples":[
"a few striking facts should demonstrate the complex nature of our topic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating"
],
"related":[
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying",
"annotating",
"commentating",
"glossing"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"construing",
"demystifying",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"getting across",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"unriddling"
]
},
"to show or make clear by using examples":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the visiting physicist demonstrated very graphically several basic scientific principles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beclouding",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"fogging",
"muddying",
"obscuring",
"confusing",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"related":[
"adducing",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"quoting",
"naming",
"specifying",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"edifying",
"elucidating",
"enlightening",
"illuminating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"listing"
],
"synonyms":[
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"instancing"
]
},
"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"examples":[
"the paleontologist hopes to demonstrate that dinosaurs once existed in central Peru by unearthing the fossil evidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"disputing",
"objecting",
"alleging",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
"validating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"demurely":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"demureness":{
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
"antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"examples":[
"her excessive demureness will be to her disadvantage if she wants a career in show business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"attitude",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"cocksureness",
"forwardness",
"overconfidence",
"swagger",
"swash",
"temerity",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"nerve",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"chest-thumping",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"vaingloriousness",
"vanity",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"flamboyance",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"showiness"
],
"related":[
"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"deference",
"passivity",
"resignedness",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"ingenuousness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"directness",
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"mousiness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"retiringness",
"sheepishness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demurs":{
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we accepted his offer to pay for our dinners without demur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approvals",
"sanctions",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"compliances",
"obediences"
],
"related":[
"compunctions",
"doubts",
"misgivings",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"misunderstandings",
"cavils",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"arguments",
"conflicts",
"debates",
"disputes",
"dissents",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"squabbles",
"statics",
"censures",
"criticisms",
"defiances",
"disobediences",
"rebellions",
"distrust",
"dubieties",
"dubitations",
"incertitudes",
"indeterminations",
"misdoubts",
"mistrust",
"reservations",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties",
"reluctances"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenges",
"complaints",
"demurrals",
"demurrers",
"difficulties",
"exceptions",
"expostulations",
"fusses",
"kicks",
"objections",
"protests",
"questions",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't hesitate to demur to the idea if you have any qualms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"sanctions",
"accepts",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"adheres",
"complies",
"conforms",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"maintains",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"related":[
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"fights",
"conflicts",
"debates",
"disputes",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"squabbles",
"wrangles",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"keens",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"balks",
"gags",
"sticks",
"censures",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"withstands",
"demonstrates"
],
"synonyms":[
"excepts",
"expostulates",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests",
"remonstrates (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"denial":{
"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"confirmation"
],
"examples":[
"the senator issued a flat denial of the accusation against her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concession",
"confession",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"declaration",
"attestation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation"
],
"related":[
"disproof",
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"negative"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradiction",
"denegation",
"disallowance",
"disavowal",
"disclaimer",
"disconfirmation",
"negation",
"rejection",
"repudiation"
]
},
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
"antonyms":[
"allowance",
"approval",
"grant",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"examples":[
"our supervisor's denial of unpaid personal leave got mixed reactions from the staff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp"
],
"related":[
"rebuff",
"repudiation",
"repulse",
"spurn",
"negative",
"ban",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression"
],
"synonyms":[
"declination",
"disallowance",
"nay",
"no",
"nonacceptance",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"turndown"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"denies":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
],
"examples":[
"the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"provides",
"supplies",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"warrants",
"accords",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes"
],
"related":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"repels",
"spurns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"balks (at)",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"withholds"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"allows",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confirms",
"owns"
],
"examples":[
"the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"related":[
"traverses",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disputes"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disaffirms",
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disconfirms",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"refutes",
"rejects",
"repudiates"
]
},
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"avows",
"claims",
"owns",
"recognizes"
],
"examples":[
"in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"admits",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"grants",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"related":[
"contradicts",
"disallows",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"criticizes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"disputes",
"questions",
"abdicates",
"abjures",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts"
],
"synonyms":[
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"repudiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"denigrates":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
],
"examples":[
"theater critics have been denigrating her acting ability for years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"related":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"denigrating":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"theater critics have been denigrating her acting ability for years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"denizen":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"antonyms":[
"transient"
],
"examples":[
"the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"nonresident",
"guest",
"tourist",
"visitor",
"defector",
"emigrant",
"escaper",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"related":[
"cohabitant",
"coresident",
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"national",
"subject",
"colonist",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"migrant",
"newcomer",
"settler",
"burgher",
"local",
"localite",
"townee",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager"
],
"synonyms":[
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"inhabiter",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"tenant"
]
},
"someone who regularly spends time in a particular place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"one of those muscle-bound denizens of the gym"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"freak",
"lover",
"maniac",
"nut"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiar",
"frequenter",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"haunter",
"rat",
"regular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"denominating":{
"to give a name to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stargazing is nothing more than that, and denominating it as astrology does not make it a science"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"surnaming"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"denomination":{
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a variety of creative works that today come under the denomination of \"art\""
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular",
"misnomer",
"brand name",
"label",
"trademark",
"trade name"
],
"synonyms":[
"appellation",
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"name",
"nomenclature",
"title"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"denominations":{
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a variety of creative works that today come under the denomination of \"art\""
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"baptismal names",
"Christian names",
"first names",
"forenames",
"given names",
"family names",
"maiden names",
"middle names",
"surnames",
"matronymics",
"patronymics",
"bynames",
"diminutives",
"epithets",
"hypocorisms",
"nicknames",
"sobriquets",
"soubriquets",
"banners",
"rubrics",
"tags",
"aliases",
"cryptonyms",
"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms",
"binomials",
"monomials",
"trivial names",
"vernaculars",
"misnomers",
"brand names",
"labels",
"trademarks",
"trade names"
],
"synonyms":[
"appellations",
"appellatives",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"compellations",
"denotations",
"designations",
"handles",
"monikers",
"monickers",
"names",
"nomenclatures",
"titles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"denotative":{
"indicating something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a string of absences from this course will be seen as denotative of the student's lack of interest in it"
],
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"allusive",
"referring",
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"expressive",
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"symbolical",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
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"telltale"
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"indorse",
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"extoll",
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"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate"
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"blast",
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"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"doom",
"sentence",
"convict",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprove",
"berate",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rake",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"vituperate",
"curse",
"imprecate",
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"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"revile"
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"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
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"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
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],
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"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
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"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
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"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slag"
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"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
],
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"the governor has denounced the court's decision and vows to press for a constitutional amendment"
],
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"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
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"chastise",
"castigate",
"punish",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"chew out",
"cut up",
"dress down",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"tell off",
"upbraid",
"belittle",
"criticize",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage"
],
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"condemn",
"objurgate",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove"
]
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"verb"
]
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"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
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"blest"
],
"examples":[
"the church council denounced the bishop's teachings, officially declaring them to be heresy"
],
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"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"touted",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"honored",
"revered",
"venerated"
],
"related":[
"attacked",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"convicted",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reproved",
"berated",
"lambasted",
"raked",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"vituperated",
"cursed",
"imprecated",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"reviled"
],
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"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"decried",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
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"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"examples":[
"denounced the shoddy merchandise that the local shops were foisting on tourists"
],
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"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"recommended",
"sanctioned"
],
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"tweaked",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"blasted",
"clobbered",
"slammed",
"slashed",
"nicked (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"carped",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"niggled",
"quibbled",
"whined",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"drubbed",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"berated",
"castigated",
"crucified",
"excoriated",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"hammered",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"pilloried",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"derided",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slagged"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
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"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
],
"examples":[
"the governor has denounced the court's decision and vows to press for a constitutional amendment"
],
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"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"objurgated",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"denuding":{
"to remove of all covering or surface layers":{
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"examples":[
"Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deny":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
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"allow",
"concede",
"grant",
"let",
"OK",
"okay",
"permit"
],
"examples":[
"the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afford",
"furnish",
"give",
"provide",
"supply",
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"warrant",
"accord",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe"
],
"related":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto",
"rebuff",
"repel",
"spurn",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"balk (at)",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"withhold"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"allow",
"avow",
"concede",
"confirm",
"own"
],
"examples":[
"the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"affirm",
"announce",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"maintain",
"profess",
"submit",
"authenticate",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"related":[
"traverse",
"challenge",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"disagree (with)",
"dispute"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradict",
"disaffirm",
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disconfirm",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate"
]
},
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"avow",
"claim",
"own",
"recognize"
],
"examples":[
"in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"admit",
"concede",
"confess",
"grant",
"affirm",
"announce",
"assert",
"aver",
"declare",
"maintain",
"profess",
"submit",
"authenticate",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"related":[
"contradict",
"disallow",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"refuse",
"reject",
"challenge",
"confute",
"criticize",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"dispute",
"question",
"abdicate",
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract"
],
"synonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"departures":{
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
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"examples":[
"any departure from the modernist orthodoxy was scorned by the city's cultural elite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherences"
],
"related":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflections",
"detours",
"deviations",
"divagations",
"divergences",
"divergencies",
"diversions"
]
},
"the act of leaving a place":{
"antonyms":[
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals"
],
"examples":[
"his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comings",
"approaches",
"entrances",
"ingresses"
],
"related":[
"flights",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals",
"diasporas",
"emigrations",
"evacuations",
"exoduses",
"embarkations",
"embarkments",
"disembarkations",
"egresses",
"abandonments",
"relinquishments"
],
"synonyms":[
"decampments",
"exits",
"farewells",
"goings",
"leaves",
"leave-takings",
"outgoes",
"partings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dependableness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
],
"examples":[
"the questionable dependableness of the no-name televisions being sold at a discount store"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"related":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
]
}
},
"depiction":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
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"examples":[
"the set piece of the novel is a depiction of the battle that makes readers feel like they were there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"account",
"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"definition",
"delineation",
"description",
"picture",
"portrait",
"portraiture",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deplores":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"exults (in)",
"glories (in)",
"joys",
"rejoices (in)"
],
"examples":[
"a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"related":[
"elegizes",
"cries (for)",
"keens",
"moans",
"weeps",
"regrets",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"sobs",
"agonizes",
"bleeds",
"hurts",
"sorrows",
"suffers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"laments",
"mourns",
"wails (for)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"related":[
"aches (for)",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"mourns",
"sorrows (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"laments",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deploy":{
"to place in a particular position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deploys":{
"to place in a particular position":{
"examples":[
"The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"locates",
"parks",
"plants",
"positions",
"sets",
"situates",
"stations",
"anchors",
"bivouacs",
"camps",
"camps (out)",
"burrows",
"curls up",
"digs in",
"harbors",
"houses",
"ensconces",
"installs",
"lodges",
"nestles",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depose":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"related":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"verify",
"vouch",
"promise",
"vow"
],
"synonyms":[
"attest",
"swear",
"testify",
"witness"
]
},
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"antonyms":[
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne"
],
"examples":[
"a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptize",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"invest",
"appoint",
"designate",
"elect"
],
"related":[
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"overthrow",
"subvert",
"supplant",
"topple",
"usurp",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrock",
"deprive",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat",
"unthrone"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deposing":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"related":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"synonyms":[
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"verifying",
"vouching",
"promising",
"vowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"attesting",
"swearing",
"testifying",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"antonyms":[
"crowning",
"enthroning",
"throning"
],
"examples":[
"a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"investing",
"appointing",
"designating",
"electing"
],
"related":[
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"overthrowing",
"subverting",
"supplanting",
"toppling",
"usurping",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrocking",
"depriving",
"dethroning",
"displacing",
"ousting",
"uncrowning",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"unthroning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deposited":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
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"examples":[
"deposited their luggage at the foot of the hotel bed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocated",
"removed",
"took",
"banished",
"dislodged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"related":[
"moved",
"rearranged",
"reordered",
"shifted",
"oriented",
"established",
"located",
"planted",
"settled",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"slapped",
"ensconced",
"niched",
"assembled",
"collected",
"carried",
"berthed",
"parked",
"affixed",
"anchored",
"locked",
"lodged",
"wedged",
"arrayed",
"laid out",
"lined up",
"queued",
"ranked",
"set down"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposed",
"disposed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"laid",
"placed",
"positioned",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situated",
"stuck"
]
},
"to put in an account":{
"antonyms":[
"withdrew"
],
"examples":[
"we quickly deposited the check in a bank account"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took out",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"gave",
"laid out",
"paid",
"spent"
],
"related":[
"cached",
"hoarded",
"laid away",
"reserved",
"salted away",
"saved",
"squirreled (away)",
"squirrelled (away)",
"stashed",
"stored",
"stowed",
"invested"
],
"synonyms":[
"banked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depositions":{
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"several types of deposition on the bottom of the lake"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"dregs",
"grounds",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depraved":{
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"antonyms":[
"pure",
"uncorrupt",
"uncorrupted"
],
"examples":[
"the depraved actions of a gang of madmen who had gained control of an entire nation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorruptible",
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"related":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"contaminated",
"spoiled",
"tainted",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"reprobate",
"sick",
"unclean",
"unwholesome",
"warped"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted"
],
"examples":[
"the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignified",
"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"bastardized",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"vitiated",
"warped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depraving":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
],
"examples":[
"the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"bastardizing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"deteriorating",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deprecating":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"approving",
"favoring",
"liking"
],
"examples":[
"deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"supporting",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)"
],
"related":[
"disrelishing",
"objecting (to)",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"scorning",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"discommending",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproaching",
"scolding"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disesteeming",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"misliking",
"reproving",
"tsk-tsking",
"tutting (over or about)",
"tut-tutting (over or about)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depressed":{
"curved inward":{
"antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant"
],
"examples":[
"the depressed sections of the highway under the overpasses constantly get flooded during heavy rainstorms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"related":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"concave",
"dented",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"examples":[
"I was depressed and didn't feel much like going to the party, but felt better afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
]
},
"kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment":{
"antonyms":[
"advantaged",
"privileged"
],
"examples":[
"a depressed class of people whose living conditions have not improved significantly despite targeted social programs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"fortunate",
"lucky",
"affluent",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"beggared",
"broke",
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"unprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"displaced",
"dispossessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"underprivileged"
]
},
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
"antonyms":[
"lifted",
"picked up",
"raised"
],
"examples":[
"construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flattened",
"floored",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"knocked down",
"knocked over",
"struck down",
"toppled",
"plopped",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"bobbled",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"immersed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"synonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered",
"threw",
"threw down"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
],
"examples":[
"the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"related":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"related":[
"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed (out)",
"burdened",
"dashed",
"dejected",
"got down",
"oppressed",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
]
},
"to push steadily against with some force":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"depressed the lever to start the machine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"compressed",
"mashed",
"punched",
"squashed",
"squeezed",
"squished",
"squooshed",
"compelled",
"forced",
"pressured",
"leaned (on or against)",
"muscled",
"drove",
"propelled",
"thrust",
"compacted",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"crushed",
"scrunched",
"wrung",
"crammed",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore (down on)",
"pressed",
"shoved",
"weighed (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depressive":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"examples":[
"the depressive story about a struggling artist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"related":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deprivation":{
"the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the concern of some that there has been a deprivation of rights since the passing of laws to combat the threat of terrorism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"ownership",
"possession",
"accumulation",
"acquiring",
"gain"
],
"related":[
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"need",
"want",
"dispossession",
"denial",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty",
"sacrifice",
"bereavement",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarcity",
"shortage"
],
"synonyms":[
"loss",
"privation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depthless":{
"lacking significant physical depth":{
"antonyms":[
"deep"
],
"examples":[
"they crossed the brook at its most depthless point"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"immeasurable",
"inestimable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"profound",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited",
"vast",
"navigable"
],
"related":[
"skin-deep",
"superficial",
"surface",
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"restricted",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"horizontal",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"two-dimensional"
],
"synonyms":[
"shallow",
"shoal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deputation":{
"as in delegation , authorization":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in detachment , legation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deranged":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"a deranged prisoner who had been in that rat-infested hole for 20 years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
]
},
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"related":[
"agitated",
"bothered",
"confused",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distracted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"annoyed",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked",
"crazed",
"frenzied",
"locoed",
"maddened",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unstrung"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"antonyms":[
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"regulated",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied"
],
"examples":[
"the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort things out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"classified",
"codified",
"methodized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"adjusted",
"fixed",
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"unscrambled"
],
"related":[
"embroiled",
"entangled",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"stirred (up)",
"unsettled",
"cluttered"
],
"synonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disjointed",
"dislocated",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"hashed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"rumpled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"derelicts":{
"an idle worthless person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a section of the city that seemed to be frequented mostly by derelicts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"successes",
"winners"
],
"related":[
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"sundowners",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"beggars",
"panhandlers",
"dodgers",
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"drones",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"down-and-outs",
"down-and-outers",
"indigents",
"paupers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"do-nothings",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"no-accounts",
"no-goodniks",
"no-goods",
"slackers",
"vagrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deride":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"sneer (at)",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"target",
"taunt",
"torment",
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"take off (on)",
"travesty"
],
"synonyms":[
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"derisive":{
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the derisive performances of some of the singers on the talent show"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"solemn",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"logical",
"rational",
"realistic",
"reasonable",
"sensible"
],
"related":[
"asinine",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"inane",
"jerky",
"moronic",
"nonsensical",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-fetched",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisory",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"pathetic",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"derisory":{
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
"antonyms":[
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"laudative",
"laudatory"
],
"examples":[
"a literary snob, she invariably used the derisory term \"the boob tube\" when referring to television"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiring",
"adulatory",
"applauding",
"approving",
"friendly",
"positive",
"appreciative",
"respectful",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"unmalicious",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"related":[
"aspersing",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"insulting",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slanderous",
"vilifying",
"abusive",
"opprobrious",
"scurrilous",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"unkind",
"virulent",
"critical",
"denunciative",
"denunciatory",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"decrying",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"deprecatory",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogative",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"pejorative",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"uncomplimentary"
]
},
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pawnbroker offered what I regarded as a derisory amount for the diamond ring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"solemn",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"logical",
"rational",
"realistic",
"reasonable",
"sensible"
],
"related":[
"asinine",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"inane",
"jerky",
"moronic",
"nonsensical",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-fetched",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisive",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"pathetic",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"derivation":{
"something that naturally develops or is developed from something else":{
"antonyms":[
"origin",
"root",
"source"
],
"examples":[
"the noun is a derivation of a much earlier verb"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"determinant",
"occasion",
"reason"
],
"related":[
"descendant",
"descendent",
"aftermath",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"fruit",
"growth",
"issue",
"outcome",
"product",
"result",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"repercussion",
"aftereffect",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"facsimile",
"replica",
"reproduction"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-product",
"derivate",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"derogating":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"there's no need to derogate him as a human being just because you disagree with him politically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"derri\u00e8re":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wore a jacket that reached just below the derriere"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"descanting":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reciting",
"soliloquizing",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"lecturing",
"orating",
"speaking",
"talking"
]
},
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"belting",
"crooning",
"harmonizing",
"humming",
"lilting",
"quavering",
"scatting",
"sharping",
"slurring",
"trilling",
"trolling",
"warbling",
"yodeling",
"yodelling",
"serenading"
],
"synonyms":[
"caroling",
"carolling",
"chanting",
"singing",
"vocalizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"descend (on or upon)":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the shock troops descended on the village without warning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"related":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"descent":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
],
"examples":[
"the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"growth",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"renewal",
"restoration",
"revitalization",
"heightening",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"enhancement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"dark age",
"nadir",
"sunset",
"decay",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"breakup",
"crumbling",
"decomposition",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"depreciation",
"lessening",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"havoc",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abatement",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"de-escalation",
"deflation",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"dip",
"downslide",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"sag",
"shrinkage",
"slip",
"slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadence",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"deterioration",
"devolution",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"eclipse",
"fall"
]
},
"a downward slope":{
"antonyms":[
"acclivity",
"ascent",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill",
"uprise"
],
"examples":[
"on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"hill",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt"
],
"related":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"synonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
]
},
"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
"antonyms":[
"comeback",
"improvement",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehabilitation",
"revitalization",
"snapback"
],
"examples":[
"the family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invigoration",
"strengthening",
"progress",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence"
],
"related":[
"atrophy",
"exhaustion",
"drooping",
"flagging",
"limping",
"regression",
"relapse",
"setback"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"enfeeblement",
"weakening"
]
},
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"up"
],
"examples":[
"for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
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"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"abasement",
"disgrace",
"humiliation"
],
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"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"demise",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"flameout",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
]
},
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"the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town"
],
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"plunder",
"aggression",
"assault",
"coup de main",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"rush",
"siege",
"storm",
"strike",
"charge",
"sally",
"sortie",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"trap",
"air raid",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike"
],
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"incursion",
"inroad",
"invasion",
"irruption",
"raid"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields"
],
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"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
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"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley",
"whammy"
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"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
]
},
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"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn"
],
"examples":[
"the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field"
],
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"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"related":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"plummeting",
"sinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"dive",
"down",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
]
},
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
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"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed"
],
"examples":[
"a person of Finnish descent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"child",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"son",
"successor"
],
"related":[
"heredity",
"succession",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relations",
"relatives",
"race"
],
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"ancestry",
"birth",
"blood",
"bloodline",
"breeding",
"extraction",
"family tree",
"genealogy",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"pedigree",
"stock",
"strain"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"descents":{
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"rises",
"upswings"
],
"examples":[
"the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution"
],
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"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"related":[
"dark ages",
"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadences",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"deteriorations",
"devolutions",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls"
]
},
"a downward slope":{
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"acclivities",
"ascents",
"rises",
"upgrades",
"uphills",
"uprises"
],
"examples":[
"on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"hills",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts"
],
"related":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"synonyms":[
"declensions",
"declines",
"declivities",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"a loss of status":{
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"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"ups"
],
"examples":[
"for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"related":[
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"abasements",
"disgraces",
"humiliations"
],
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"comedowns",
"declines",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"flameouts"
]
},
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
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"examples":[
"the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town"
],
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"related":[
"pillages",
"plunders",
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"coups de main",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"rushes",
"sieges",
"storms",
"strikes",
"charges",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"traps",
"air raids",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes"
],
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"incursions",
"inroads",
"invasions",
"irruptions",
"raids"
]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
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"examples":[
"the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields"
],
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"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"related":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"bombings",
"sieges",
"storms",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"volleys",
"whammies"
],
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"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"attempts",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes"
]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
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"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soarings",
"upswings",
"upturns"
],
"examples":[
"the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"betterments",
"improvements"
],
"related":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"dives",
"downs",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
]
},
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"antonyms":[
"issues",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds"
],
"examples":[
"a person of Finnish descent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"children",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"related":[
"heredities",
"successions",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestries",
"births",
"blood",
"bloodlines",
"breedings",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"genealogies",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"parentages",
"pedigrees",
"stocks",
"strains"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"descried":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
],
"examples":[
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"related":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug out",
"dug up",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"located",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scared up",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"related":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"descriptions":{
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fixes small appliances and other things of that description"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"models",
"samples",
"specimens",
"brackets",
"bunches",
"categories",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groupings",
"groups",
"lots",
"persuasions",
"ranks",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"classes",
"feathers",
"genres",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"kinds",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"orders",
"sorts",
"species",
"strains",
"stripes",
"types",
"varieties"
]
},
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accounts",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"chronicles",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"demonstrations",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"clarifications",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions"
],
"synonyms":[
"definitions",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"pictures",
"portraits",
"portraitures",
"portrayals",
"renderings",
"sketches",
"vignettes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"descriptive":{
"having many features or details":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He told a descriptive story about his trip to Spain that captured our attention.",
"An overly descriptive account of the movie that left little to the imagination."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"descry":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
],
"examples":[
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"related":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"related":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desecrate":{
"to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"respect",
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify"
],
"related":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"swear",
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"foul",
"poison",
"pollute",
"soil",
"sully",
"taint",
"affront",
"defame",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"annihilate",
"crush",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"raze",
"ruin",
"waste",
"wreck",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"raid",
"ransack",
"rob",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip"
],
"synonyms":[
"defile",
"profane",
"violate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desecration":{
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
"antonyms":[
"adoration",
"glorification",
"worship"
],
"examples":[
"the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consecration",
"purification",
"sanctification",
"reverence",
"veneration"
],
"related":[
"cursing",
"profanity",
"swearing",
"affront",
"insult",
"violation",
"contamination",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"pollution",
"sin",
"trespass"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"impiety",
"irreverence",
"profanation",
"sacrilege"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"desegregate":{
"as in integrate , reintegrate":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deserted":{
"left unoccupied or unused":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had the deserted beach all to ourselves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"related":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void"
]
},
"to cause to remain behind":{
"antonyms":[
"reclaimed"
],
"examples":[
"deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"related":[
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"escaped",
"retreated (from)",
"took off (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrew (from)",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"sacrificed",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded"
]
},
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"clung (to)",
"stuck (to or with)",
"cherished",
"cultivated",
"fostered"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"abjured",
"apostatized",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"forsook",
"quit",
"quitted",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"reneged",
"departed",
"left",
"went",
"withdrew"
],
"synonyms":[
"defected (from)",
"ratted (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"desiccated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
],
"examples":[
"that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"related":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
]
},
"to make dry":{
"antonyms":[
"hydrated",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"examples":[
"add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathed",
"deluged",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"waterlogged",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened",
"rehydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"submerged",
"swamped"
],
"related":[
"dehumidified",
"drained",
"evaporated",
"mummified",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"withered",
"wizened",
"air-dried",
"baked"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"designated hitter":{
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"desirably":{
"as in gladly , wishfully":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"desiring":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"related":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
]
},
"to make a request for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"applying (for)",
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"petitioning (for)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"inviting",
"invoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"requesting",
"seeking",
"soliciting",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desolated":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"totally desolated the city with aerial bombs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"despairing":{
"emphasizing or expecting the worst":{
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"Panglossian",
"Pollyanna",
"Pollyannaish",
"Pollyannish",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"examples":[
"despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"likely",
"promising",
"propitious",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"favorable",
"good",
"positive",
"idealist",
"romantic",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"sunny"
],
"related":[
"cynical",
"fatalistic",
"nihilist",
"nihilistic",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"inauspicious",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"grim",
"contrary",
"hostile",
"negative"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearish",
"defeatist",
"downbeat",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic"
]
},
"feeling or showing no hope":{
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic"
],
"examples":[
"despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"related":[
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"abject",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"cynical",
"pessimistic",
"accepting",
"resigned"
],
"synonyms":[
"desperate",
"despondent",
"forlorn",
"hopeless"
]
},
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"cheering (up)",
"perking (up)"
],
"examples":[
"we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exulting",
"rejoicing",
"assuring",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"reassuring",
"hoping"
],
"related":[
"giving up",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"darkening",
"saddening",
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"synonyms":[
"desponding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"despairingly":{
"as in dejectedly , abjectly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"desperadoes":{
"a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"desperate":{
"feeling or showing no hope":{
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic"
],
"examples":[
"desperate cancer patients who are vulnerable to the claims of unscrupulous quacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"related":[
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"abject",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"cynical",
"pessimistic",
"accepting",
"resigned"
],
"synonyms":[
"despairing",
"despondent",
"forlorn",
"hopeless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"desperation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"utter loss of hope":{
"antonyms":[
"hope",
"hopefulness"
],
"examples":[
"during the famine her desperation drove her to do things she wouldn't have normally considered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"optimism",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"related":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"self-despair",
"self-pity",
"dolefulness",
"mournfulness",
"sorrowfulness",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"cynicism",
"pessimism",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
"synonyms":[
"despair",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"forlornness",
"hopelessness"
]
}
},
"despising":{
"to dislike strongly":{
"antonyms":[
"loving"
],
"examples":[
"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desiring",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"liking",
"preferring",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"admiring",
"adoring",
"approving (of)",
"esteeming",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring"
],
"related":[
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing"
]
},
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a traitor hated and despised by the whole community"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving",
"using"
],
"related":[
"dismissing",
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slurring (over)",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"slighting"
],
"synonyms":[
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"scorning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"despiteful":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
],
"examples":[
"despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"related":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"despoilment":{
"as in robbery , looting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"despondence":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"examples":[
"her slumping posture betrayed a growing despondence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"related":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
],
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"hope",
"hopefulness"
],
"examples":[
"the ability to endure defeat without despondence has allowed him to weather the ups and downs of an acting career"
],
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"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"optimism",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"related":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"self-despair",
"self-pity",
"dolefulness",
"mournfulness",
"sorrowfulness",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"cynicism",
"pessimism",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
"synonyms":[
"despair",
"desperation",
"despond",
"despondency",
"forlornness",
"hopelessness"
]
}
},
"destroyed":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
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"examples":[
"wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconditioned",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"related":[
"despoiled",
"forayed",
"harried",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"stripped",
"stript",
"annihilated",
"desolated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"nuked",
"obliterated",
"rubbed out",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"decimated",
"mowed",
"demolished",
"razed",
"crushed",
"overpowered",
"overran",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"ruined",
"scourged"
]
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"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside",
"their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course"
],
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"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"antonyms":[
"animated"
],
"examples":[
"regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"related":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"destroys":{
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
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"examples":[
"wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconditions",
"recovers",
"redeems",
"rehabilitates",
"restores",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"related":[
"despoils",
"forays",
"harries",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"sacks",
"strips",
"annihilates",
"desolates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"nukes",
"obliterates",
"rubs out",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"totals",
"vaporizes",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"decimates",
"mows",
"demolishes",
"razes",
"crushes",
"overpowers",
"overruns",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms"
],
"synonyms":[
"devastates",
"ravages",
"ruins",
"scourges"
]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
"examples":[
"they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside",
"their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"repairs",
"revamps",
"creates",
"invents",
"assembles",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"brings about",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"restores"
],
"related":[
"beats",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"scotches",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"breaks",
"cripples",
"damages",
"defaces",
"deteriorates",
"disfigures",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"dynamites",
"harms",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mangles",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"erodes",
"scours",
"sweeps (away)",
"washes out",
"wears (away)",
"dilapidates",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"guts",
"takes down",
"unbuilds",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"blots out",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out",
"despoils",
"havocs",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"tramples",
"trashes",
"vandalizes",
"assassinates",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"dispatches",
"executes",
"fells",
"kills",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"murders",
"slaughters",
"slays",
"takes out",
"zaps"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"creams",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"devastates",
"does in",
"extinguishes",
"nukes",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"vaporizes",
"wastes",
"wracks",
"wrecks"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"antonyms":[
"animates"
],
"examples":[
"regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
],
"related":[
"bumps off",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"finishes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down",
"suicides"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries off",
"claims",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"kills",
"slays",
"takes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desultorily":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
],
"examples":[
"sat watching the movie, desultorily eating popcorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"related":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly"
]
}
},
"detach":{
"to avoid engaging with or participating in something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They were reticent people, completely detached from social life."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"detaching":{
"as in separation , disengaging":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to avoid engaging with or participating in something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They were reticent people, completely detached from social life."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"detainments":{
"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the returning vacationers' detainment at the border only lasted a few minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hastes",
"rushes",
"dispatches",
"promptitudes"
],
"related":[
"deferments",
"deferrals",
"postponements",
"reprieves",
"respites",
"foot-draggings",
"hesitations",
"lags",
"pauses",
"setbacks",
"slowdowns"
],
"synonyms":[
"delays",
"detentions",
"holdbacks",
"holding patterns",
"holdups",
"waits"
]
},
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"releases"
],
"examples":[
"she'll be kept in detainment until the trial if she can't post bail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"freedoms",
"liberations"
],
"related":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"internments",
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"enchainments",
"restraints"
],
"synonyms":[
"detainers",
"detentions",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deter":{
"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
"antonyms":[
"encourage",
"persuade"
],
"examples":[
"we tried to deter him from his crazy scheme, but to no avail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egg (on)",
"exhort",
"goad",
"prod",
"urge",
"impel",
"induce",
"prompt"
],
"related":[
"divert",
"unsell",
"repel"
],
"synonyms":[
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"inhibit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deterging":{
"to remove the dirt from":{
"antonyms":[
"besmirching",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"soiling",
"spotting",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"examples":[
"deterge the surface using an industrial-strength commercial soap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begriming",
"muddying",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"blackening",
"discoloring"
],
"related":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"combing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"mucking (out)",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"shampooing",
"sponging",
"swabbing",
"sweeping",
"vacuuming",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"sprucing (up)",
"sweetening",
"picking up",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying",
"uncluttering"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"GI'ing",
"turning out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deteriorating":{
"as in decaying , rickety":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in declining , decadent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"examples":[
"the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"dilapidating",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophying",
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"regressing",
"retrograding",
"rotting",
"sinking",
"worsening"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
],
"examples":[
"childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"bastardizing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"deterioration":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
],
"examples":[
"a deterioration in the quality of food at that once-thriving restaurant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"growth",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"renewal",
"restoration",
"revitalization",
"heightening",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"enhancement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"dark age",
"nadir",
"sunset",
"decay",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"breakup",
"crumbling",
"decomposition",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"depreciation",
"lessening",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"havoc",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abatement",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"de-escalation",
"deflation",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"dip",
"downslide",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"sag",
"shrinkage",
"slip",
"slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadence",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"descent",
"devolution",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"eclipse",
"fall"
]
},
"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
"antonyms":[
"comeback",
"improvement",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehabilitation",
"revitalization",
"snapback"
],
"examples":[
"muscle deterioration resulting from prolonged disuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invigoration",
"strengthening",
"progress",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence"
],
"related":[
"atrophy",
"exhaustion",
"drooping",
"flagging",
"limping",
"regression",
"relapse",
"setback"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"ebbing",
"enfeeblement",
"weakening"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"determinate":{
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a determinate order of succession to the throne"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"related":[
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"final",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable"
]
},
"having distinct or certain limits":{
"antonyms":[
"boundless",
"dimensionless",
"endless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"undefined",
"unlimited",
"unmeasured"
],
"examples":[
"contestants have a determinate length of time to answer the questions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottomless",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"inestimable",
"inexhaustible",
"innumerable",
"unfathomable",
"unqualified",
"unreserved",
"general",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"vague",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"copious",
"plenitudinous",
"plentiful",
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"goodly",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"respectable",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"vast",
"voluminous",
"whacking",
"epic",
"grandiose",
"major",
"ample",
"broad",
"comprehensive",
"cosmopolitan",
"expansive",
"global",
"inclusive",
"sweeping",
"universal",
"whole"
],
"related":[
"modified",
"qualified",
"detailed",
"exact",
"precise",
"specific",
"confined",
"constricted",
"moderate",
"modest",
"minute",
"puny",
"small",
"tiny",
"determined",
"fixed",
"settled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"defined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"narrow",
"restricted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"determinedly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"with great effort or determination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"determinedly traditional, the restaurant serves old-fashioned comfort food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"related":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
]
}
},
"determining":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"trying to determine which direction we were facing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstaining",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"delaying",
"halting",
"hesitating",
"stalling",
"temporizing",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"waffling",
"wavering"
],
"related":[
"decreeing",
"ruling",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"finding",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"umpiring",
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"questioning",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"weighing"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosing",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"figuring",
"naming",
"opting",
"resolving",
"settling (on or upon)"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
],
"examples":[
"your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"related":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
],
"examples":[
"we failed to determine the answer to the riddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"related":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"locating",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"scouting (up)",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a three-member panel will determine the case"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"related":[
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"sizing up",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"finding (for or against)",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"redetermining",
"rejudging"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"deciding",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your choice of college could determine the rest of your life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"unsettling"
],
"related":[
"demonstrating",
"establishing",
"nailing (down)",
"proving",
"showing",
"affirming",
"assuring",
"ensuring",
"insuring",
"securing",
"defining",
"specifying",
"stating",
"stipulating",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"illuminating",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinching",
"deciding",
"nailing",
"settling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deterrence":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"detest":{
"to dislike strongly":{
"antonyms":[
"love"
],
"examples":[
"I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desire",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"prefer",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"admire",
"adore",
"approve (of)",
"esteem",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dethronement":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"detonate":{
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"antonyms":[
"implode"
],
"examples":[
"the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fizzle"
],
"related":[
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mushroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"blow up",
"burst",
"crump",
"explode",
"go off",
"pop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"detours":{
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherences"
],
"related":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflections",
"departures",
"deviations",
"divagations",
"divergences",
"divergencies",
"diversions"
]
},
"to avoid by going around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confronts",
"faces",
"meets",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes"
],
"related":[
"leapfrogs",
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"flees",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"circumnavigates",
"circumvents",
"skirts"
]
},
"to change one's course or direction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"tacks",
"zigzags",
"doubles (back)",
"turns back"
],
"synonyms":[
"deviates",
"diverges",
"sheers",
"swerves",
"swings",
"turns",
"turns off",
"veers",
"wheels"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"detract":{
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrate",
"focus"
],
"related":[
"amuse",
"beguile",
"entertain",
"stray",
"wander"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"call off",
"distract",
"divert",
"throw off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"detraction":{
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
],
"examples":[
"her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"related":[
"aspersion",
"backbiting",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"soft-pedaling"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"derogation",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"detritus":{
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the expanse of tree stumps represented the detritus of a vast forest that had been mercilessly clear-cut"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jetsam",
"leavings",
"remnant",
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashes",
"debris",
"flotsam",
"remains",
"residue",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"wreck",
"wreckage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deuced":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this deuced washing machine always gives me trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"related":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"devaluates":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
],
"examples":[
"plans to devaluate the peso"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"dilates",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"related":[
"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
"compresses",
"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"depresses",
"devalues",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"reduces",
"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devalue":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
],
"examples":[
"normally, significant damage would devalue an antique"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"related":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"develops":{
"to become mature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wine is developing nicely in the new oak barrels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"related":[
"mellows",
"softens",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"advances",
"evolves",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"grays",
"greys"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"grows",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"loses"
],
"examples":[
"the youngster developed a taste for green olives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs",
"sluffs",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads"
],
"related":[
"absorbs",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes in",
"takes on",
"gains",
"gets",
"obtains",
"achieves",
"attains",
"reaches",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"cultivates",
"forms"
]
},
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"condenses",
"shortens"
],
"examples":[
"marketing people developed the initial idea into a complete promotional campaign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"contracts",
"outlines",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"related":[
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"rambles",
"runs on"
],
"synonyms":[
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"enlarges (on or upon)",
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"fleshes (out)"
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"as the story of the bombing developed , the scope of the tragedy became more apparent"
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"fares",
"forges",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"blossoms",
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens",
"materializes",
"emerges",
"plays out"
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"elaborates",
"evolves",
"unfolds"
]
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"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
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"examples":[
"outside consultants helped the company develop an effective marketing strategy"
],
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"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dismantles",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"wrecks"
],
"related":[
"churns out",
"cranks out",
"turns out",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"throws up",
"composes",
"constructs",
"crafts",
"creates",
"engineers",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"generates",
"manufactures",
"mints",
"models",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"invents",
"originates",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects"
],
"synonyms":[
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"forges",
"grinds (out)",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"works out",
"works up"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"deviate":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
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"examples":[
"a sleazy bar that seemed to be an informal clubhouse for deviates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"related":[
"bankrupt",
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"synonyms":[
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip"
]
},
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
],
"examples":[
"the mother's deviate response to her child's death aroused suspicions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
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"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
]
},
"to change one's course or direction":{
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"examples":[
"sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"tack",
"zigzag",
"double (back)",
"turn back"
],
"synonyms":[
"detour",
"diverge",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"swing",
"turn",
"turn off",
"veer",
"wheel"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"device":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
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"examples":[
"used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage"
],
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"related":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
]
},
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"left to her own devices she'd eat at a fast-food restaurant every night of the week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"related":[
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"bias",
"bone",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
]
},
"an article intended for use in work":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the salesclerk tried to sell me a new device for grooming cats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"apparatus",
"appliance",
"mechanism",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"jigger",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"attachment"
],
"synonyms":[
"implement",
"instrument",
"tool",
"utensil"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devil-may-care":{
"having a relaxed, casual manner":{
"antonyms":[
"high-strung",
"uptight"
],
"examples":[
"a devil-may-care golfer who knows that it's only a game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"decorous",
"formal",
"rigid",
"strict",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittish",
"tense"
],
"related":[
"carefree",
"casual",
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
"lackadaisical",
"nonchalant",
"unaffected",
"unconcerned",
"unfussy",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"familiar",
"homey",
"homy",
"informal",
"flexible",
"lax",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"soft",
"accessible",
"approachable",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"genial",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"neighborly",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"mellow"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
],
"examples":[
"the devil-may-care speed with which he drives his sports car is going to cause a lot of grief someday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"related":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze",
"reckless"
]
},
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
"antonyms":[
"careworn"
],
"examples":[
"the devil-may-care attitude that some people have about needlessly contributing to global warming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"somber",
"sombre",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"wary",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"upset",
"worried",
"long-suffering",
"overburdened",
"sorrowful"
],
"related":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"breezy",
"cavalier",
"nonchalant",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"unfussy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"carefree",
"debonair",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"slaphappy",
"unconcerned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deviling":{
"as in getting , tormenting":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devilled":{
"as in got , tormented":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devilments":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his devilment at school remains the stuff of local legend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"related":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devised":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"related":[
"coined",
"designed",
"hatched",
"produced",
"daydreamed",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"fantasized",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"improvised"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocted",
"constructed",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"drummed up",
"excogitated",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"trumped up",
"vamped (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devises":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clones",
"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"reduplicates",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"related":[
"coins",
"designs",
"hatches",
"produces",
"daydreams",
"dreams",
"fantasizes",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"imagines",
"pictures",
"visions",
"visualizes",
"ad-libs",
"extemporizes",
"improvises"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocts",
"constructs",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"drums up",
"excogitates",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"trumps up",
"vamps (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devolution":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
],
"examples":[
"the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"growth",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"renewal",
"restoration",
"revitalization",
"heightening",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"enhancement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"dark age",
"nadir",
"sunset",
"decay",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"breakup",
"crumbling",
"decomposition",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"depreciation",
"lessening",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"havoc",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abatement",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"de-escalation",
"deflation",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"dip",
"downslide",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"sag",
"shrinkage",
"slip",
"slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadence",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"eclipse",
"fall"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devolutions":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"rises",
"upswings"
],
"examples":[
"the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"related":[
"dark ages",
"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadences",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devote":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"related":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"give"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devotedness":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
],
"examples":[
"the heartwarming devotedness that the newlywed couple felt for each other"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"related":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion"
]
},
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
"antonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"examples":[
"the kind of devotedness that only a dog can show for its master"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"related":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
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"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotee":{
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
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"nonfan"
],
"examples":[
"a devotee of stamp collecting"
],
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"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"related":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotion":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
],
"examples":[
"Albert Schweitzer was world-renowned for his devotion to his fellow man"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"related":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotedness",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion"
]
},
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
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"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"examples":[
"the knight's fierce devotion to his lord"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"related":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
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"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotedness",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
]
},
"belief and trust in and loyalty to God":{
"antonyms":[
"atheism",
"godlessness"
],
"examples":[
"a people of deep spirituality and indomitable devotion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"doubt",
"unbelief",
"unfaith",
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"apostasy",
"lapse",
"tergiversation"
],
"related":[
"devoutness",
"piousness",
"religiousness",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"profession",
"protestation"
],
"synonyms":[
"faith",
"piety",
"religion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dexterous":{
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"related":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
]
},
"skillful with the hands":{
"antonyms":[
"butterfingered",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"unhandy"
],
"examples":[
"the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbling",
"gauche",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"rough-hewn",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"uncoordinated",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"related":[
"agile",
"flexible",
"graceful",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"coordinated",
"able",
"adept",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"habile",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"proficient",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"sure-handed",
"double-jointed",
"loose-jointed"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"cunning",
"deft",
"handy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dextrous":{
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"related":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
]
},
"skillful with the hands":{
"antonyms":[
"butterfingered",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"unhandy"
],
"examples":[
"the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbling",
"gauche",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"rough-hewn",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"uncoordinated",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"related":[
"agile",
"flexible",
"graceful",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"coordinated",
"able",
"adept",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"habile",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"proficient",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"sure-handed",
"double-jointed",
"loose-jointed"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"cunning",
"deft",
"handy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"death tax":{
"as in estate tax , inheritance tax":{
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"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devilishly":{
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
"examples":[
"a devilishly clever scheme to make money"
],
"synonyms":[
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"intolerably",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"too",
"unacceptably",
"unduly"
],
"related":[
"extravagantly",
"immoderately",
"intemperately",
"extortionately",
"inexcusably",
"obscenely",
"unbearably",
"unconscionably",
"unreasonably",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"abnormally",
"extraordinarily",
"freakishly",
"singularly",
"uncommonly",
"uncustomarily",
"unusually",
"astronomically",
"considerably",
"deadly",
"eminently",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"incredibly",
"mightily",
"remarkably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"very",
"whacking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"moderately",
"modestly",
"reasonably",
"temperately",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"meagerly",
"minimally",
"scantily",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"decease":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
],
"related":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"related":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"determines":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"a three-member panel will determine the case"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"decides",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"settles",
"umpires"
],
"related":[
"considers",
"deems",
"deliberates",
"hears",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"sizes up",
"mediates",
"moderates",
"negotiates",
"prosecutes",
"tries",
"finds (for or against)",
"concludes",
"resolves",
"redetermines",
"rejudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"trying to determine which direction we were facing"
],
"synonyms":[
"chooses",
"concludes",
"decides",
"figures",
"names",
"opts",
"resolves",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"related":[
"decrees",
"rules",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"finds",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"umpires",
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"questions",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"delays",
"halts",
"hesitates",
"stalls",
"temporizes",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillates",
"waffles",
"wavers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we failed to determine the answer to the riddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"locates",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"scouts (up)",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
],
"related":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"related":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"your choice of college could determine the rest of your life"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinches",
"decides",
"nails",
"settles"
],
"related":[
"demonstrates",
"establishes",
"nails (down)",
"proves",
"shows",
"affirms",
"assures",
"ensures",
"insures",
"secures",
"defines",
"specifies",
"states",
"stipulates",
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"illuminates",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"unsettles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dejects":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"nothing dejects a TV pundit more than the reality check that nobody cares what he thinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums (out)",
"burdens",
"dashes",
"depresses",
"gets down",
"oppresses",
"saddens",
"weighs down"
],
"related":[
"ails",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"afflicts",
"torments",
"tortures",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"unnerves",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"assures",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"excites",
"inspires",
"stimulates",
"elates",
"exhilarates",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"buoys",
"cheers (up)",
"gladdens",
"lightens",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"democracies":{
"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
"examples":[
"under our democracy the people have some control over their lives by being able to select their own political leaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"republic",
"self-government",
"self-rule"
],
"related":[
"pure democracy",
"home rule",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"demurrers":{
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
"examples":[
"the only demurrer voiced by most music critics was that the piece was too short"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenges",
"complaints",
"demurrals",
"demurs",
"difficulties",
"exceptions",
"expostulations",
"fusses",
"kicks",
"objections",
"protests",
"questions",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"related":[
"compunctions",
"doubts",
"misgivings",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"misunderstandings",
"cavils",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"arguments",
"conflicts",
"debates",
"disputes",
"dissents",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"squabbles",
"statics",
"censures",
"criticisms",
"defiances",
"disobediences",
"rebellions",
"distrust",
"dubieties",
"dubitations",
"incertitudes",
"indeterminations",
"misdoubts",
"mistrust",
"reservations",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties",
"reluctances"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approvals",
"sanctions",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"compliances",
"obediences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deceits":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"examples":[
"a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
]
},
"the tendency to tell lies":{
"examples":[
"she's completely free of deceit"
],
"synonyms":[
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"falsehood",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"related":[
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"cunning",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"insincerity",
"trickishness",
"wiliness",
"falseness",
"hypocrisy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"candidness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"credibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veraciousness",
"veracity",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"debates":{
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
"examples":[
"after much debate , I decided to get the chocolate ice cream"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"deliberations",
"reflections",
"studies",
"thoughts"
],
"related":[
"cogitations",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"ruminations",
"introspections",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"premeditations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"variance of opinion on a matter":{
"examples":[
"there was a great deal of debate over the need for cutting costs by eliminating some programs"
],
"synonyms":[
"contestations",
"controversies",
"differences",
"difficulties",
"disagreements",
"disputations",
"disputes",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissensuses",
"firestorms",
"nonconcurrences"
],
"related":[
"clashes",
"collisions",
"conflictions",
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discords",
"dissonances",
"divarications",
"divisions",
"combats",
"contentions",
"strifes",
"struggles",
"altercations",
"arguments",
"bickers",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"set-tos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"compliances",
"concords",
"peaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"consensuses",
"harmonies",
"unanimities"
]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"there was no debate over the expenditures before the vote"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
],
"related":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"still debating what to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"related":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"we debated the advantages versus the disadvantages of the proposed waterfront development"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"related":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"deceive":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"sucker",
"suck in",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"related":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deviltries":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitcheries",
"bewitchments",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries"
],
"related":[
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"fortune-tellings",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"spiritualisms",
"augurs",
"omens",
"exorcisms",
"alchemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"detractors":{
"a person who criticizes something or someone":{
"examples":[
"Despite his popularity, his many detractors still think his work is overrated.",
"Even her detractors had to admit that she had made the company successful."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decoded":{
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"examples":[
"the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"cracked",
"deciphered",
"decrypted"
],
"related":[
"descrambled",
"unscrambled",
"rendered",
"translated",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garbled",
"jumbled (up)",
"mixed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"ciphered",
"coded",
"enciphered",
"encoded",
"encrypted"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deducted":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"knocked off",
"subtracted",
"took off"
],
"related":[
"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"
]
},
"desirous":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deflected":{
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"the wind deflected the Frisbee just as I was about to lunge for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"diverted",
"redirected",
"swung",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"whipped"
],
"related":[
"averted",
"deviated",
"moved",
"rechanneled",
"rechannelled",
"shifted",
"shunted",
"sidetracked",
"swerved",
"switched",
"transferred",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"twisted",
"whirled",
"zigzagged",
"bent",
"curved",
"swayed",
"reversed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deserter":{
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
"examples":[
"we had orders to find and capture the deserters before they could reveal our location"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"recreant",
"renegade"
],
"related":[
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"revolutionizer",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"recusant",
"refusenik",
"refusnik",
"refuser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
"antonyms":[
"loyalist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"desperado":{
"a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{
"examples":[
"A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decedents":{
"a dead person":{
"examples":[
"a tax on the estate of the decedent"
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"decant":{
"to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another":{
"examples":[
"The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deputes":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"the governor has the authority to depute anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissions",
"delegates",
"deputizes"
],
"related":[
"assigns",
"charges",
"appoints",
"designates",
"names",
"nominates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogates",
"abdicates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deep freezes":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"his hunt for a new house was put in the deep freeze while he recovered from the auto accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
"related":[
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills",
"comas",
"hibernations",
"hypnoses",
"reposes",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"torpors",
"recesses",
"recessions",
"remissions",
"downtimes",
"layoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"developer":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"the developer of software that is used the world over"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator"
],
"related":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"dreamer",
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coproducer",
"coresearcher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deviled":{
"as in got , tormented":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deliriums":{
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
"examples":[
"shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar"
],
"related":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil",
"bedlam",
"bother",
"brouhaha",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"degressive":{
"as in regressive , decrescent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"regressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretive",
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental",
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"despoiler":{
"as in robber , plunderer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"raider",
"robber",
"buccaneer",
"corsair",
"freebooter",
"pirate",
"rover",
"privateer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in destroyer , saboteur":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demolisher",
"desecrater",
"desecrator",
"destroyer",
"ravager",
"ruiner",
"saboteur",
"waster",
"wrecker",
"defacer",
"vandal",
"graffitist",
"tagger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserver",
"preserver",
"protector",
"saver",
"conservator",
"preservationist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"denying":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"refuting",
"rejecting",
"repudiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"withholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affording",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"warranting",
"according",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceding",
"granting",
"letting",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"permitting"
]
},
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
"examples":[
"in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature"
],
"synonyms":[
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"repudiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disallowing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"criticizing",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"abdicating",
"abjuring",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"admitting",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"granting",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"owning",
"recognizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decrypt":{
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"examples":[
"decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"crack",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descramble",
"unscramble",
"render",
"translate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garble",
"jumble (up)",
"mix (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cipher",
"code",
"encipher",
"encode",
"encrypt"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"demarked":{
"to mark the limits of":{
"examples":[
"the Connecticut River demarks the eastern edge of the state of Vermont"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"defined",
"delimited",
"demarcated",
"limited",
"marked (off)",
"terminated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"determined",
"governed",
"delineated",
"described"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"decremental":{
"as in regressive , decrescent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretive",
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental",
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deceived":{
"as in duped , deluded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deluded",
"duped",
"tricked",
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"untrue",
"confused",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"incorrect",
"mistaken",
"wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"informed",
"accurate",
"exact",
"precise",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dependabilities":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"her dependability as a friend, in good times and bad, is legendary"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"deliberately":{
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"deliberately chose to break the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisedly",
"consciously",
"designedly",
"intentionally",
"knowingly",
"purposefully",
"purposely",
"purposively",
"willfully",
"wittingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculatedly",
"studiedly",
"voluntarily",
"willingly",
"premeditatedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accidentally",
"incidentally",
"haphazardly",
"randomly",
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"impulsively",
"instinctively",
"spontaneously"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unknowingly",
"unwittingly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"desegregates":{
"as in integrates , reintegrates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"integrates",
"reintegrates",
"assimilates",
"associates",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"unites",
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"looses",
"releases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"separates",
"sequesters",
"quarantines",
"confines",
"immures",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desire":{
"a strong wish for something":{
"examples":[
"a desire for adventure and excitement prompted him to travel to Africa"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compulsion",
"impulse",
"impulsion",
"will",
"zeal",
"liking",
"love",
"taste",
"weakness",
"eagerness",
"impatience",
"want",
"wish",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"obsession",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"greed",
"greediness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"mania"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"sexual appetite":{
"examples":[
"ads for drugs that increase desire"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscence",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"lech",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"passion",
"salaciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libido",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lecherousness",
"lechery",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"venery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"at the delegate's desire , the voice vote on the controversial measure was followed by an actual roll call"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"bespeak",
"call (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quest",
"request",
"seek",
"solicit",
"speak (for)",
"sue (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (for)",
"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"petition (for)",
"press (for)",
"require",
"requisition",
"invite",
"invoke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"deed":{
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
"examples":[
"traditionally heroes have been celebrated for their great deeds in song and story"
],
"synonyms":[
"exploit",
"feat",
"number",
"stunt",
"tour de force",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph",
"adventure",
"performance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something done by someone":{
"examples":[
"deeds always carry greater weight than words"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"action",
"doing",
"exploit",
"feat",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"adventure",
"experience",
"emprise",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"undertaking",
"handiwork",
"performance",
"work",
"stunt",
"trick",
"activity",
"dealing",
"maneuver",
"measure",
"move",
"operation",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"step",
"tactic",
"coaction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
"examples":[
"the philanthropist unexpectedly deeded his entire fortune to the animal shelter"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"assign",
"cede",
"convey",
"make over",
"transfer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"leave",
"pass (down)",
"will",
"bestow",
"commend",
"commit",
"confer",
"contribute",
"deliver",
"donate",
"grant",
"hand over",
"move",
"pass",
"present",
"release",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"transmit",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"vest",
"yield",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust",
"lease",
"lend",
"let",
"loan",
"rent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expropriate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"deprecations":{
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
"examples":[
"considering that he's a member of the old school, his deprecation of contemporary manners isn't surprising"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"discountenances",
"disesteems",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"rejections",
"thumbs-downs",
"blames",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"dispraises",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"hostilities",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"objections",
"oppositions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commendations",
"praises",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions",
"thumbs-ups",
"empathies",
"sympathies"
],
"antonyms":[
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors"
]
},
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"she had low self-esteem, so she made up for it with a near-constant deprecation of other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlements",
"denigrations",
"depreciations",
"derogations",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"disparagements",
"put-downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersions",
"calumnies",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"vilifications",
"derisions",
"mockeries",
"ridicules",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denouncements",
"denunciations",
"de-emphases",
"minimizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praises",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"hypes",
"pufferies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deflect":{
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"the wind deflected the Frisbee just as I was about to lunge for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"divert",
"redirect",
"swing",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"deviate",
"move",
"rechannel",
"shift",
"shunt",
"sidetrack",
"swerve",
"switch",
"transfer",
"swivel",
"twist",
"whirl",
"zigzag",
"bend",
"curve",
"sway",
"reverse",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dematerialize":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"the image suddenly dematerialized , and once again we were staring at a blank screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"fly",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desexing":{
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"examples":[
"desex the baby chickens destined for market"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"fixing",
"neutering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castrating",
"emasculating",
"gelding",
"spaying",
"sterilizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"despoiled":{
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence"
],
"synonyms":[
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"sacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke in",
"burglarized",
"ripped off",
"stole (from)",
"combed",
"hunted",
"raked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"harried",
"raided",
"ravished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deceit":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"examples":[
"a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
]
},
"the tendency to tell lies":{
"examples":[
"she's completely free of deceit"
],
"synonyms":[
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"falsehood",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"cunning",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"insincerity",
"trickishness",
"wiliness",
"falseness",
"hypocrisy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"candidness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"credibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veraciousness",
"veracity",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"defection":{
"as in schism , infidelity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apostasy",
"infidelity",
"schism",
"scission",
"sectarianism",
"separatism",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"deviance",
"deviation",
"iconoclasm",
"unconventionality",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"heresy",
"heterodoxy",
"nonconformity",
"disagreement",
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"orthodoxy",
"agreement",
"conformation",
"conventionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in abandonment , desertion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"dereliction",
"desertion",
"forsaking",
"discard",
"dumping",
"jettisoning",
"tergiversation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclamation",
"retention",
"recoupment",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"de trop":{
"as in unnecessary , unwanted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"excess",
"extra",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"denominate":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"stargazing is nothing more than that, and denominating it as astrology does not make it a science"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"denote",
"specify",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"rename",
"surname"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"desecrates":{
"to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{
"examples":[
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti"
],
"synonyms":[
"defiles",
"profanes",
"violates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"swears",
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"fouls",
"poisons",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"sullies",
"taints",
"affronts",
"defames",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"annihilates",
"crushes",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"razes",
"ruins",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"despoils",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"raids",
"ransacks",
"robs",
"sacks",
"spoils",
"strips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"respects",
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"demolition":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"several condemned buildings around the city are undergoing demolition as part of the revitalization program"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"extermination",
"extinction",
"havoc",
"loss",
"mincemeat",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"breakup",
"collapse",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"dismantlement",
"effacement",
"eradication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescue",
"salvage",
"salvation",
"saving",
"conservation",
"preservation",
"protection",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoration"
],
"antonyms":[
"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"derogate":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to derogate him as a human being just because you disagree with him politically"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"derringer":{
"as in handgun , pistol":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"delusive":{
"tending or having power to deceive":{
"examples":[
"delusive promises of high-paying jobs for low-skilled workers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beguiling",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusory",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misleading",
"specious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slick",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"subtile",
"subtle",
"trick",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"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":[
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"clarifying",
"elucidative",
"explanatory",
"illuminating",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"nondeceptive",
"straightforward"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"degenerations":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"the organization's degeneration from a movement for political reform to just another political party"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadences",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devolutions",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark ages",
"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"rises",
"upswings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dealer":{
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
"examples":[
"a dealer in fine fabrics"
],
"synonyms":[
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"trafficker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"businessman",
"enterpriser",
"entrepreneur",
"buyer",
"marketer",
"purchaser",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"hustler",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"retailer",
"seller",
"shopkeeper",
"storekeeper",
"vendor",
"vender",
"engrosser",
"monopolist",
"jobber",
"middleman",
"wholesaler",
"distributor",
"provider",
"provisioner",
"purveyor",
"supplier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
"examples":[
"if both the dealer and the buyer are happy, then the item sold at a fair price"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"merchandiser",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"auctioneer",
"concessionaire",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"bootlegger",
"fence",
"fencer",
"hustler",
"scalper",
"smuggler",
"trafficker",
"discounter",
"distributor",
"e-tailer",
"exporter",
"jobber",
"reseller",
"retailer",
"wholesaler",
"chapman",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"salesclerk",
"salesman",
"salesperson",
"saleswoman",
"shopgirl",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"horse trader",
"palterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumer",
"end user",
"user"
],
"antonyms":[
"buyer",
"purchaser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"defrocked":{
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"examples":[
"the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposed",
"deprived",
"dethroned",
"displaced",
"ousted",
"uncrowned",
"unmade",
"unseated",
"unthroned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"overthrew",
"subverted",
"supplanted",
"toppled",
"usurped",
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"bounced",
"cast out",
"chased",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"extruded",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"invested",
"appointed",
"designated",
"elected"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowned",
"enthroned",
"throned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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