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{
"re-created":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[
"the club finally got some new, enthusiastic members, and the recreated organization actually began contributing to the community"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"labored",
"plodded",
"plugged (away)",
"slaved",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"related":[
"cavorted",
"frisked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"dabbled",
"trifled",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"dabbled",
"fiddled (around)",
"messed around",
"puttered (around)",
"bummed (around)",
"dawdled",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lounged (around or about)",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"screwed around",
"slacked (off)",
"jested",
"joked",
"teased"
],
"synonyms":[
"dallied",
"disported",
"frolicked",
"played",
"rollicked",
"skylarked",
"sported",
"toyed"
]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"re-enacted":{
"to act out a past event; to enact again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaccrediting":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaches":{
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there are still only a few women in the upper reaches of the profession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"synonyms":[
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"related":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"strikes",
"sways",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would you reach me the potatoes, please?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"relays",
"bears",
"carries",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives",
"gives up",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"transfers"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"gets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reacquiring":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"related":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacting":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was my first touchdown, and I didn't know how to react to the cheers of the crowd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"behaving",
"affecting",
"causing",
"drawing",
"effecting"
],
"related":[
"answering",
"returning",
"retaliating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"reading",
"taking",
"understanding",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"grappling (with)",
"handling",
"managing",
"negotiating"
],
"synonyms":[
"replying",
"responding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacting (to)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reactionary":{
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
"antonyms":[
"leftist",
"left-winger",
"lefty",
"liberal",
"progressive"
],
"examples":[
"reactionaries tried to stop the passage of the legislation extending civil rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremist",
"radical",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"reformer",
"reformist"
],
"related":[
"right",
"right-wing",
"conformist",
"neocon",
"neoconservative",
"diehard",
"standpatter",
"bourbon",
"Colonel Blimp",
"fuddy-duddy",
"square",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"conservative",
"paleoconservative",
"right-winger",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
]
},
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
],
"examples":[
"a reactionary in the nation's ongoing culture war, she seems to believe that watching any TV at all will rot your brain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberal",
"progressive",
"radical"
],
"related":[
"conservative",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"mandarin",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"veteran",
"old maid"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
]
},
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
"examples":[
"reactionary guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes along as a nonword"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
"related":[
"conventional",
"square",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reactivation":{
"as in renewal , recovery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"reinvention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reactivations":{
"as in renewals , recoveries":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reacts (to)":{
"as in responds (to) , engages (with)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"read the riot act (to)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The officer read the riot act to her for speeding in a school zone."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"readapt":{
"as in readjust":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"readied":{
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this advanced course should ready him for college"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accustomed",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"groomed",
"habituated",
"shaped",
"tailored",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipped",
"fitted",
"fit",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"seasoned",
"trained"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"braced",
"fortified",
"girded",
"girt",
"steeled",
"battened",
"gathered",
"geared up",
"mounted",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored",
"booted (up)",
"primed",
"arranged",
"set",
"spread",
"armed",
"equipped",
"forearmed",
"furnished",
"outfitted",
"provided",
"supplied",
"inclined",
"predisposed",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"framed",
"warmed (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"fixed",
"groomed",
"laid",
"prepared",
"prepped"
]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"psyched (out)",
"shook",
"unnerved",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"related":[
"armed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"cheered (up)",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"rallied",
"roused",
"stirred"
],
"synonyms":[
"braced",
"forearmed",
"fortified",
"nerved",
"poised",
"psyched (up)",
"steeled",
"strengthened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reading the riot act (to)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The officer read the riot act to her for speeding in a school zone."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"readings":{
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a very bizarre reading of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies by an alternative theater company"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adaptations",
"variations"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"interpretations",
"performances",
"renditions",
"versions"
]
},
"something assigned to be read or studied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"make sure you do the assigned reading for tonight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"homeworks",
"schoolwork",
"lectures",
"drills",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"\u00e9tudes",
"studies"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"lessons"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"readying":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this advanced course should ready him for college"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accustoming",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"grooming",
"habituating",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipping",
"fitting",
"preparing",
"qualifying",
"seasoning",
"training"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bracing",
"fortifying",
"girding",
"steeling",
"battening",
"gathering",
"gearing up",
"mounting",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"tutoring",
"booting (up)",
"priming",
"arranging",
"setting",
"spreading",
"arming",
"equipping",
"forearming",
"furnishing",
"outfitting",
"providing",
"supplying",
"inclining",
"predisposing",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"framing",
"warming (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"laying",
"preparing",
"prepping"
]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"psyching (out)",
"shaking",
"unnerving",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"related":[
"arming",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"cheering (up)",
"comforting",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"rallying",
"rousing",
"stirring"
],
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"forearming",
"fortifying",
"nerving",
"poising",
"psyching (up)",
"steeling",
"strengthening"
]
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to formally state (something) again in order to emphasize that it is true":{
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"examples":[
"The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes.",
"She reaffirmed her stance on the issue."
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to formally state (something) again in order to emphasize that it is true":{
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"examples":[
"The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes.",
"She reaffirmed her stance on the issue."
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realistic":{
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
"antonyms":[
"nonnatural",
"nonrealistic",
"unnatural",
"unrealistic"
],
"examples":[
"those special effects look really realistic \u2014I'd never guess they were all computer-generated"
],
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"dissimilar",
"off",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"incomparable",
"unmatched",
"contrasted",
"contrasting",
"different",
"disparate",
"fake",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"related":[
"alike",
"like",
"matching",
"similar",
"verisimilar",
"akin",
"analogous",
"approximate",
"comparable",
"resembling",
"accurate",
"close",
"faithful",
"true",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"expressive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"gritty",
"vivid"
],
"synonyms":[
"lifelike",
"living",
"natural",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"near",
"photo-realistic",
"three-dimensional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
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"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"examples":[
"high schoolers who need to be more realistic in their career choices, as so few people end up as rock stars"
],
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"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"related":[
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"bottom-line",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious"
],
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"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical"
]
}
},
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"the state of being actual or complete":{
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"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
],
"examples":[
"this research paper is the realization of an entire year's work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"related":[
"success",
"triumph"
],
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"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"actuality",
"actualization",
"attainment",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"pass"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the state of being actual or complete":{
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"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
],
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"this research paper is the realization of an entire year's work"
],
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"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"related":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
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"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
"I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor"
],
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"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"forget",
"unlearn",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"related":[
"hit (on or upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"descry",
"detect",
"encounter",
"espy",
"spot",
"calculate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find",
"puzzle (out)",
"discern",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"perceive",
"divine"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"get on (to)",
"hear",
"learn",
"see",
"wise (up)"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realizes":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
"I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"related":[
"hits (on or upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"descries",
"detects",
"encounters",
"espies",
"spots",
"calculates",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"finds",
"puzzles (out)",
"discerns",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"perceives",
"divines"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"catches on (to)",
"discovers",
"finds out",
"gets on (to)",
"hears",
"learns",
"sees",
"wises (up)"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
],
"examples":[
"if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it"
],
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"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"related":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
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"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realizing":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
"I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"forgetting",
"unlearning",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"related":[
"hitting (on or upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"encountering",
"espying",
"spotting",
"calculating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"finding",
"puzzling (out)",
"discerning",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"divining"
],
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"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"getting on (to)",
"hearing",
"learning",
"seeing",
"wising (up)"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"related":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reallocate":{
"to move or direct (something) so that it can be used for a different purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"After the class trip was canceled, the money was reallocated to cover the cost of the dance.",
"We need to reallocate our resources."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realness":{
"as in genuineness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reamed (out)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"you are so going to get reamed out when the boss learns that you wrecked the company car"
],
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"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaming (out)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
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"examples":[
"you are so going to get reamed out when the boss learns that you wrecked the company car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
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"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
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"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
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"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reanimated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[
"the hikers were reanimated and ready to go after their brief rest along the side of the trail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"synonyms":[
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a call for the reanimation of curfew ordinances that were discarded decades ago"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"related":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"synonyms":[
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaped":{
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planted",
"seeded",
"sowed"
],
"related":[
"clammed",
"fished",
"sealed",
"shrimped",
"whaled",
"accumulated",
"foraged",
"garnered",
"gleaned",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed",
"bagged",
"captured",
"hunted",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"cropped",
"grew",
"raised"
],
"synonyms":[
"gathered",
"harvested",
"picked"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
],
"examples":[
"if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"related":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"secured",
"won"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapplied":{
"as in readdressed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapportioned":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapproved":{
"as in recertified , reaccredited":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearing":{
"as in upbringing , raising":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"maltreating",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"related":[
"fathering",
"mothering",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"cradling",
"cultivating",
"minding",
"ministering (to)",
"nurturing",
"watching",
"disciplining",
"educating",
"instructing",
"mentoring",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tutoring",
"edifying",
"enlightening",
"indoctrinating",
"feeding",
"providing (for)",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"promoting",
"preparing",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"shepherding",
"showing"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"bringing up",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"raising"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"related":[
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"supporting",
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping"
],
"synonyms":[
"erecting",
"pitching",
"putting up",
"raising",
"setting up",
"upending",
"upraising"
]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
],
"examples":[
"the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruinating",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"related":[
"carpentering",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"framing",
"hammering",
"handcrafting",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"prefabricating",
"beginning",
"coining",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"jerry-building",
"rigging (up)",
"throwing up",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"synonyms":[
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"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"setting up"
]
},
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"examples":[
"an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse"
],
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"killing",
"digging",
"extirpating",
"picking",
"plucking",
"pulling (up)",
"uprooting",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing"
],
"related":[
"breeding",
"producing",
"propagating",
"planting",
"sowing",
"gathering",
"gleaning",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"germinating",
"quickening",
"ripening",
"rooting",
"sprouting"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropping",
"cultivating",
"culturing",
"dressing",
"growing",
"promoting",
"raising",
"tending"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rearranges":{
"as in moves , reorders":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasonable":{
"according to the rules of logic":{
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"examples":[
"his answer is perfectly reasonable"
],
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"casuistic",
"casuistical",
"eristic",
"eristical",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"unarticulated",
"unscientific",
"absurd",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"fatuous",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"loony",
"looney",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"senseless",
"thoughtless",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing"
],
"related":[
"a posteriori",
"a priori",
"syllogistic",
"cognitive",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"defendable",
"defensible",
"justifiable",
"maintainable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tenable"
],
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
],
"examples":[
"those playing rules sound reasonable to me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"related":[
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"colorable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"solid",
"valid",
"well-founded"
]
},
"costing little":{
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
],
"examples":[
"desperately trying to find reasonable hotel rates for the holiday weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"related":[
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"wholesale",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular"
]
},
"having the ability to reason":{
"antonyms":[
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonthinking",
"unintelligent",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unthinking"
],
"examples":[
"some people once believed that women were not by nature reasonable beings, but generations of female scholars have proved those people wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainless",
"dense",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"half-witted",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"senseless",
"slow",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"fallacious",
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"nonsensical"
],
"related":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"brainy",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"cognitional",
"cognitive",
"mental",
"levelheaded",
"practical",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober"
],
"synonyms":[
"intelligent",
"rational",
"reasoning",
"thinking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reasonableness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reassemble":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassembles":{
"as in rebuilds , reconstructs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"redevelops",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassembling":{
"as in rebuilding , reconstructing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassessment":{
"as in transvaluation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reassign":{
"as in reallocate , redistribute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassumes":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattached":{
"as in resecured , refixed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reawake":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reawaking":{
"as in reviving , renewing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebellious":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"expected her son to grow a little more rebellious as he got older, but she knew he understood when to kick and when to obey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"taking part in a rebellion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rebellious troops fought a pitched battle with divisions still loyal to the government"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true",
"true-blue",
"compliant",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"related":[
"seditious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"treasonous",
"agitating",
"demagogic",
"rabble-rousing",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"mutinous",
"revolutionary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rebuffing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuilding":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuke":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"examples":[
"delivered a stinging rebuke to the Congress, calling for an end to backstabbing and arguing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"related":[
"berate",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
],
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"objurgate",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuking":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
],
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
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"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving"
]
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"verb"
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"to drive back":{
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"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
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"embrace",
"hail",
"welcome"
],
"related":[
"defy",
"fight",
"hold off",
"oppose",
"resist",
"stand off",
"withstand",
"deflect",
"ward (off)",
"rebuff",
"snub",
"spurn"
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"beat off",
"fend (off)",
"repel",
"repulse",
"stave off",
"turn away",
"turn back"
]
},
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"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"validate",
"verify"
],
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"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
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"document",
"evidence",
"evince",
"record",
"show",
"support",
"witness",
"back (up)",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"adduce",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"certify",
"identify",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"illustrate",
"manifest"
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"overthrow",
"overturn",
"challenge",
"contest",
"query",
"question",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"talk over"
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"belie",
"confound",
"confute",
"debunk",
"disconfirm",
"discredit",
"disprove",
"falsify",
"refute",
"shoot down"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
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"embraces",
"hails",
"welcomes"
],
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"defies",
"fights",
"holds off",
"opposes",
"resists",
"stands off",
"withstands",
"deflects",
"wards (off)",
"rebuffs",
"snubs",
"spurns"
],
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"beats off",
"fends (off)",
"repels",
"repulses",
"staves off",
"turns away",
"turns back"
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"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
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"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
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"documents",
"evidences",
"evinces",
"records",
"shows",
"supports",
"witnesses",
"backs (up)",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"adduces",
"attests",
"authenticates",
"certifies",
"identifies",
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"displays",
"illustrates",
"manifests"
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"overthrows",
"overturns",
"challenges",
"contests",
"queries",
"questions",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"talks over"
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"belies",
"confounds",
"confutes",
"debunks",
"disconfirms",
"discredits",
"disproves",
"falsifies",
"refutes",
"shoots down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in swap , exchange":{
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
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"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority"
],
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"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
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"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"a heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"well-behaved",
"compliant",
"placable",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"bullheaded",
"contrary",
"difficult",
"hardheaded",
"incorrigible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"undisciplined",
"unpunished",
"uncontrolled",
"wild",
"boisterous",
"irrepressible",
"rambunctious",
"rowdy",
"disobedient",
"indocile",
"insubordinate",
"rebellious",
"misbehaving",
"naughty"
],
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"froward",
"headstrong",
"incontrollable",
"intractable",
"refractory",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recant":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
],
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"related":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapped":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
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"examples":[
"please recap the highlights of the game for me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"related":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapturing":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"related":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recasting":{
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
],
"examples":[
"once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receding (from)":{
"as in going , withdrawing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receivable":{
"as in unpaid , outstanding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"receive":{
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar"
],
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"related":[
"entertain",
"welcome",
"fellowship",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"synonyms":[
"admit",
"enter",
"take"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receiving":{
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring"
],
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"related":[
"entertaining",
"welcoming",
"fellowshipping",
"fellowshiping",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting",
"entering",
"taking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receptivity":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recharges":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechristened":{
"as in renamed , relabeled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recipients":{
"as in beneficiaries , donees":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reciprocal":{
"related to each other in such a way that one completes the other":{
"antonyms":[
"noncomplementary",
"nonreciprocal"
],
"examples":[
"the two nations agreed to give reciprocal work rights to each other's citizens, thus facilitating the daily border crossings of workers from both countries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cooperative",
"mutual",
"symbiotic",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"joint",
"shared",
"united"
],
"synonyms":[
"complementary",
"correlative",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reciprocity":{
"a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recitation":{
"as in litany , recital":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckless":{
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
"antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"safe",
"wary"
],
"examples":[
"the calamitous accident was caused by a reckless driver who cut off the semitrailer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unambitious",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"alert",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"related":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"rash",
"brainless",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"scatterbrained",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"synonyms":[
"audacious",
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"temerarious"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
],
"examples":[
"the reckless skiers were making everyone nervous by schussing down the mountainside at lightning speed"
],
"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",
"devil-may-care",
"foolhardy",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recklessness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckon":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrate",
"measure",
"scale",
"compute",
"work out"
],
"related":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"extrapolate",
"gather",
"infer",
"reason",
"understand"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"call",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"figure",
"gauge",
"gage",
"guess",
"judge",
"make",
"place",
"put",
"suppose"
]
},
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"add up",
"average",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"totalize",
"add",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"allow (for)",
"deduct",
"factor (in or into or out)",
"figure in",
"figure out",
"solve (for)",
"count",
"itemize",
"number",
"calibrate",
"gauge",
"gage",
"measure",
"scale",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"rate",
"value",
"recalculate",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"work out"
]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
"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",
"deem",
"esteem",
"feel",
"figure",
"guess",
"hold",
"imagine",
"judge",
"suppose",
"think"
]
},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"question",
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"valuation"
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"scaling",
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"totalling",
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"questioning",
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"rejecting"
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"viewing",
"accepting",
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"relying",
"trusting",
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"concluding",
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"conceiving",
"considering",
"deeming",
"esteeming",
"feeling",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"holding",
"imagining",
"judging",
"supposing",
"thinking"
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"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
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"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting"
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"intrusting",
"trusting"
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"thinking",
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"imagining"
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"holding",
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"verb"
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"factoring (out)"
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"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"anticipating",
"contemplating",
"envisaging",
"expecting",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"planning",
"calculating",
"facing"
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"providing (for)",
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"phrase"
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"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
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"mislaid",
"misplaced"
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"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
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"recaptured",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
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"cankered",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"lowered",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"warped"
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"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"restored"
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"redeemed",
"reformed",
"regenerated",
"rehabilitated"
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"processed",
"reprocessed"
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"verb"
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"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
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"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
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"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
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"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
]
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"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
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"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
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"redeeming",
"reforming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
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"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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],
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"related":[
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"processing",
"reprocessing"
],
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"recycling"
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"verb"
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"to get again in one's possession":{
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"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
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"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
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"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
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"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
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"retakes",
"retrieves"
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"to make better in behavior or character":{
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"cankers",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"lowers",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"warps"
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"related":[
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"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"restores"
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"redeems",
"reforms",
"regenerates",
"rehabilitates"
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"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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"related":[
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"processes",
"reprocesses"
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"recycles"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"inclined or tending to avoid other people":{
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"The reclusive woman was more than happy to spend her day off reading and writing at home."
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"as in identifiable , verifiable":{
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"as in visible , discernible":{
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"adjective"
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"noun"
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"to have a clear idea of":{
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"examples":[
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],
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"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
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"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
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"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
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"examples":[
"an awards banquet to recognize local heroes"
],
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"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"reprobate",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"slight"
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"related":[
"acknowledge",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"thank",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"tout",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"hail",
"laureate",
"salute",
"celebrate",
"commemorate",
"memorialize",
"observe",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
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"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"recommencement":{
"as in renewal , resumption":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"recompute":{
"as in refigure":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"recomputing":{
"as in refiguring":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
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],
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"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
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"confused",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"skewed",
"upset",
"alienated",
"estranged"
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"related":[
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"tuned",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"connected",
"correlated",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"fused",
"integrated",
"joined",
"matched",
"merged",
"orchestrated",
"paired",
"squared",
"suited",
"synchronized",
"synthesized",
"unified",
"united",
"aligned",
"alined",
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"balanced",
"equalized",
"evened",
"ordered",
"proportioned",
"regularized",
"standardized"
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"synonyms":[
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"attuned",
"conciliated",
"conformed",
"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"keyed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"reconcilers":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to put into good shape or working order again":{
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"examples":[
"asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm"
],
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"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
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"related":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
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"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
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"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in reformable , regenerable":{
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"as in reassembled , regathered":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"recorded":{
"as in":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"to make a written note of":{
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"examples":[
"the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference"
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"related":[
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"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
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"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"took down",
"wrote down"
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},
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"examples":[
"he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered"
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"deleted"
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"related":[
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"carded",
"filed",
"noted",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
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"synonyms":[
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"registered",
"scheduled",
"slated"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"recount":{
"as in count , tally":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
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"examples":[
"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
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"related":[
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"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
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"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"recounting":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
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"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"synonyms":[
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"chronicling",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
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"examples":[
"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
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"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
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"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
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"reports",
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"verb"
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"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
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"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"redresses",
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"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
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},
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"losses",
"misplacements"
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"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
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"noun"
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"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
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"ailed",
"came down",
"collapsed",
"sickened",
"declined",
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"faded",
"failed",
"languished",
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"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
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"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
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"redeemed",
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"regained",
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"retook",
"retrieved"
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"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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"processed",
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"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
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"declined",
"failed",
"worsened"
],
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"reanimated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
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"bounced (back)",
"came back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"snapped back"
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"as in rallies , rebounds":{
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"verb"
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"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
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"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
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"the club finally got some new, enthusiastic members, and the recreated organization actually began contributing to the community"
],
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"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
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"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
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"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
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"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
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"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
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"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
]
},
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"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
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"labored",
"plodded",
"plugged (away)",
"slaved",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"related":[
"cavorted",
"frisked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"dabbled",
"trifled",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"dabbled",
"fiddled (around)",
"messed around",
"puttered (around)",
"bummed (around)",
"dawdled",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lounged (around or about)",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"screwed around",
"slacked (off)",
"jested",
"joked",
"teased"
],
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"disported",
"frolicked",
"played",
"rollicked",
"skylarked",
"sported",
"toyed"
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},
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"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
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],
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"synonyms":[]
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you":{
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"The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth."
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in renewal , recurrence":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
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"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
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"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"related":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
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"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
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"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
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"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"snap back"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
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"examples":[
"the older you get, the longer recuperation takes"
],
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"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
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"examples":[
"the older you get, the longer recuperation takes"
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"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
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"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
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},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
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"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
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"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"snap back"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"recurrence":{
"a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We hope to prevent a recurrence of the disease."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recycled":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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"examples":[
"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"processed",
"reprocessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"having active strength of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"examples":[
"a red-blooded rugby player who always plays to win"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"effete",
"enervated",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"tired",
"indolent",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"lazy",
"invertebrate",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"wimpy",
"ill",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"broken-down",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
"worn-out"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"revitalized",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redacted":{
"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redd (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"synonyms":[
"neaten",
"pick up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddened":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadined",
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"colored",
"crimsoned",
"flushed",
"glowed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddening":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadining",
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blushing",
"coloring",
"crimsoning",
"flushing",
"glowing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeemer":{
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"custodian",
"defender",
"guard",
"guardian",
"keeper",
"lookout",
"protector",
"sentinel",
"sentry",
"warden",
"warder",
"watch",
"watcher",
"watchman",
"ransomer",
"salvager",
"salvor"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverer",
"rescuer",
"saver",
"savior",
"saviour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redefined":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"related":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeliver":{
"as in recommit , retransmit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redelivers":{
"as in recommits , retransmits":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redemption":{
"freedom from guilt or blame for having done something wrong":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Redemption for your actions will only come after a lot of apologizing."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the act of releasing (someone) from servitude to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The redemption of slaves was a major issue in the Civil War."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redesign":{
"as in overhaul , revamping":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to change the design of (something)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redetermined":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redistributed":{
"to divide (something) among a group in a different way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.",
"We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redness":{
"as in pinkness , rosiness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoes":{
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
],
"examples":[
"desperately wanted to redo the red living room in soothing shades of green"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
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"the conductor kept asking the violinist to redo that passage until he was completely satisfied"
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"reenacts",
"reinvents"
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"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
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"replicates",
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"verb"
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"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
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"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
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"alleviated",
"eased",
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"expanded",
"extended",
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"quickened",
"emphasized",
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"stressed",
"augmented",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"restrengthened",
"supplemented",
"maximized",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)",
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"exacerbated"
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"amped (up)",
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
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"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
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"multiplied",
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built (up)",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
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"verb"
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"moderates"
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"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
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"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens"
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"expands",
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"quickens",
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"stresses",
"augments",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"restrengthens",
"supplements",
"maximizes",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)",
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"exacerbates"
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"amplifies",
"amps (up)",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
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"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
]
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"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
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"multiplies",
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds (up)",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
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"doubles",
"duplicates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
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"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
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"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
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"edit",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework"
]
},
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"verb"
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"as in revises , rewrites":{
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"type":[
"verb"
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"examples":[
"the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard"
],
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"related":[
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"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
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"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
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"the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified"
],
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"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits"
],
"related":[
"castigates",
"fixes",
"gets",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"scourges",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"rights",
"compensates",
"pays (back)",
"recompenses",
"repays"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenges",
"requites",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"venges"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"advance",
"elevate",
"promote",
"raise"
],
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hire"
],
"related":[
"can",
"cashier",
"dismiss",
"downsize",
"fire",
"lay off",
"sack",
"abase",
"debase",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"degrade",
"demote",
"disrate",
"downgrade"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
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"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
],
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
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"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"
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"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",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
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"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"raise"
],
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"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",
"de-escalate",
"decrease",
"dent",
"deplete",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reduplication":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"examples":[
"that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
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"examples":[
"ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's \"save\" button"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reels":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she slipped and, after an out-of-control reel , fell on her backside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"spirals",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circles",
"orbits",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"revolutions",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"spins",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
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"examples":[
"his mind reeled upon hearing the news that his employer had been indicted for fraud"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"collects",
"settles",
"steadies"
],
"related":[
"swirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"spins",
"swims",
"turns",
"whirls"
]
},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
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"examples":[
"got off the amusement park ride reeling and barely able to stand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"swags",
"sways",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"barges",
"blunders",
"clomps",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"tramps",
"tromps"
],
"synonyms":[
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reemployments":{
"as in rehires , recalls":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reenforce":{
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"related":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"shore (up)",
"substantiate",
"support"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenforced":{
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"related":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"shored (up)",
"substantiated",
"supported"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reengage":{
"as in rehire , reemploy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenlist":{
"as in rejoin , reenter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reexplored":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the article reexplores the role of women during the American Revolution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"related":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refereed":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their father usually ends up refereeing any disputes concerning use of the big TV"
],
"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",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refereeing":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their father usually ends up refereeing any disputes concerning use of the big TV"
],
"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",
"determining",
"judging",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"referred":{
"to have a relation or connection":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested",
"involved",
"touched",
"associated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"interrelated",
"linked",
"tied in",
"dealt (with)",
"treated"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertained",
"applied",
"bore",
"pertained",
"related"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refilled":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refills":{
"a second or later filling of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The restaurant advertised free refills of soda.",
"prescription refills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refinance":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refinement":{
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
],
"examples":[
"had a sense of refinement that her small hometown couldn't satisfy, so she moved to New York City to be closer to great museums and concert halls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"related":[
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"polish"
]
},
"an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill":{
"antonyms":[
"setback"
],
"examples":[
"the recent refinements in this area of medical technology"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"hindrance",
"impediment",
"stumbling block",
"decadence",
"decay",
"declension",
"decline",
"decrease",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"diminishment",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"failing",
"flagging",
"languishment",
"lapse",
"lessening",
"reduction",
"sinking",
"slowing",
"weakening",
"worsening",
"detriment",
"disablement",
"drawback",
"glitch",
"impairment",
"shortcoming"
],
"related":[
"quantum leap",
"amelioration",
"boost",
"heightening",
"increase",
"melioration",
"strengthening",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"betterment",
"development",
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"perfection",
"ripening",
"civilization",
"edification",
"education",
"enlightenment",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"revival",
"discovery",
"find",
"windfall",
"innovation",
"invention"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"breakthrough",
"enhancement",
"improvement"
]
},
"dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
"antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance"
],
"examples":[
"although she can afford all the jewelry that money can buy, she dresses with the gentle refinement that only taste can bestow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"related":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
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"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
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"taste",
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"classicism",
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"handsomeness",
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"express",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
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"guess",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise"
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"editorialize",
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"opine",
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"copy",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
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"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
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"expressed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
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"does anyone want to share their reflections on the passage we just read?"
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"commentaries",
"expositions",
"asides",
"obiter dicta",
"annotations",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"advice",
"inputs"
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"notes",
"remarks"
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"contemplations",
"meditations",
"ruminations",
"introspections",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"premeditations"
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"considerations",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"studies",
"thoughts"
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"honors"
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"glories",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures"
],
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"brands",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
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"dishonors",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"scandals"
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]
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],
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"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
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"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
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"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
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"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
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"this new policy is reflective of the company's desire to improve customer relations"
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"allusive",
"referring",
"characteristic",
"symptomatic",
"demonstrative",
"exhibiting",
"expressive",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"suggestive"
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"indicative",
"significant",
"signifying",
"telltale"
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"noun"
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"verb"
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"as in amendment , correction":{
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"regress"
],
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"regenerate",
"better",
"improve"
],
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"mend",
"shape up",
"straighten (up or out)"
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"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
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"related":[
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"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
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"reclaim",
"redeem",
"regenerate",
"rehabilitate"
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"he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him"
],
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"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"related":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
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"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"remedy"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in reconstructible , regenerable":{
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
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"examples":[
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"related":[
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"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
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"corrective",
"rectifying",
"reformatory",
"remedial",
"remedying"
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"adjective"
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"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
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"examples":[
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"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
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"corrective",
"rectifying",
"reformative",
"remedial",
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"noun"
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"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
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"a man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work"
],
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"backsliding",
"regressing"
],
"related":[
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"regenerating",
"bettering",
"improving"
],
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"amending",
"mending",
"shaping up",
"straightening (up or out)"
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"to make better in behavior or character":{
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"volunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems"
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"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"related":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
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"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"redeeming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
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"examples":[
"he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him"
],
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"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
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"related":[
"redrafting",
"redrawing",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
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"correcting",
"debugging",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"red-penciling",
"remedying"
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"verb"
]
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"as in reframing , redrafting":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"to resist the temptation of":{
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"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
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"couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesce (to)",
"capitulate",
"concede (to)",
"knuckle under (to)"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"buck",
"combat",
"fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"keep (from)",
"withhold (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"refrainment":{
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
],
"examples":[
"students in the class should show some generosity and refrainment when critiquing the work of their fellow photographers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"related":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refrains":{
"a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I didn't know the verses of the song, so I only sang on the refrain"
],
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"related":[
"repeats",
"responses"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"choruses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refreshed":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[
"woke the next morning refreshed and ready for the day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"brought out some iced tea to refresh the spirits of the folks working out in the sun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
]
},
"to take a meal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we were looking for a family-friendly restaurant where we could sit down and refresh before continuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"related":[
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"repasted",
"chowed (down)",
"dug in",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
"boarded",
"dined out",
"messed",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"picnicked"
],
"synonyms":[
"ate",
"dined",
"fared",
"fed",
"partook",
"victualed",
"victualled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refreshened the wilting flowers by cutting the stems again and putting them in a vase with water"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refreshens":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refreshened the wilting flowers by cutting the stems again and putting them in a vase with water"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
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"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refugee":{
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refugees began returning to their homeland after years of political unrest and war"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"fugitive",
"castoff",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"loyalist",
"patriot"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportee",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expat",
"expatriate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"refuges":{
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hunting is strictly forbidden in the wildlife refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"oases",
"anchorages",
"moorings",
"ports",
"covers",
"screens",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"windbreaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"retreats",
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shelters"
]
},
"to be or provide a shelter for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a nation with a long, honorable history of refuging political asylum seekers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes"
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"related":[
"covers",
"defends",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards",
"domiciles",
"houses",
"places",
"quarters",
"shades",
"shadows"
],
"synonyms":[
"harbors",
"shelters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refulgent":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
],
"examples":[
"refulgent sunlight broke through the clouds, creating huge swaths of light in the valley below us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"related":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refunding":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will refund you your money"
],
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"related":[
"giving back",
"reciprocating",
"rendering (to)",
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"liquidating",
"paying down",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"satisfying",
"settling"
],
"synonyms":[
"reimbursing",
"repaying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbish":{
"to make improvements or repairs to (something, such as a building)":{
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"examples":[
"They are refurbishing the old house.",
"They sell refurbished computers."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbishes":{
"to make improvements or repairs to (something, such as a building)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They are refurbishing the old house.",
"They sell refurbished computers."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbishments":{
"as in renovations , rehabilitations":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refused":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
],
"examples":[
"the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"related":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"withheld"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
],
"examples":[
"she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"related":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"refuted":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"allowed",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confirmed",
"owned"
],
"examples":[
"while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"affirmed",
"announced",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"submitted",
"authenticated",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"related":[
"traversed",
"challenged",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disputed"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disaffirmed",
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disconfirmed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated"
]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"examples":[
"the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis"
],
"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",
"debunked",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"falsified",
"rebutted",
"shot down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refuting":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
],
"examples":[
"while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"related":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating"
]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"antonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"examples":[
"the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documenting",
"evidencing",
"evincing",
"recording",
"showing",
"supporting",
"witnessing",
"backing (up)",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"adducing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"certifying",
"identifying",
"demonstrating",
"displaying",
"illustrating",
"manifesting"
],
"related":[
"overthrowing",
"overturning",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"querying",
"questioning",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"confounding",
"confuting",
"debunking",
"disconfirming",
"discrediting",
"disproving",
"falsifying",
"rebutting",
"shooting down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"regales":{
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a regale to honor the retiring Supreme Court justice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"festivities",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquets",
"dinners",
"feasts",
"feeds",
"spreads"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"regaled his grandchildren with stories of his time in Morocco"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"drains",
"enervates",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"tires",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"piques",
"upsets",
"vexes"
],
"related":[
"absorbs",
"busies",
"distracts",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"immerses",
"interests",
"involves",
"occupies",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"delights",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"intrigues",
"mesmerizes",
"coddles",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"spoils",
"appeases",
"comforts",
"conciliates",
"consoles",
"contents",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"soothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuses",
"disports",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"solaces"
]
},
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an inn that nightly regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by a master chef"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boards",
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors",
"recognizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"junkets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regard":{
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"antonyms":[
"disfavor"
],
"examples":[
"I have a deep regard for humanitarian aid workers who risk everything to help the poor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disdain",
"opprobrium",
"scorn",
"disappointment",
"discontent",
"disenchantment",
"disgruntlement",
"disillusionment",
"displeasure",
"indignation",
"unhappiness",
"aversion",
"contempt",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disregard",
"distaste",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"detestation",
"deprecation",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction"
],
"related":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"love",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"acclamation",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"approbation",
"deference",
"hero worship",
"homage",
"honor",
"idolatry",
"infatuation",
"lionization",
"praise",
"props",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"amazement",
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"enthusiasm",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"passion"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"respect"
]
},
"a fixed intent look":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fixed the same magisterial regard on all the miscreants who appeared before her in court"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"flash",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"sight",
"stime",
"oeillade",
"ogle",
"browse",
"scan"
],
"related":[
"glare",
"glower",
"contemplation",
"fixation",
"attention",
"observance",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"examination",
"inspection",
"perusal",
"study",
"survey"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"eye",
"gape",
"gaze",
"scrutiny",
"stare"
]
},
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flashed the young man an imperial regard that clearly indicated such behavior was out of line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"sight",
"view"
]
},
"best wishes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"give your parents my regards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"related":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"respects"
]
},
"relation to or concern with something specified":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with regard to your request for time off, go ahead and take the whole week for vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"reference",
"respect"
]
},
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Lord Warwick's noble regard and gallant demeanor set the innocent maid's heart aflutter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearance",
"aspect",
"dress",
"figure",
"garb",
"look",
"mien",
"outside",
"presence"
]
},
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
],
"examples":[
"the judges regard the amount of effort and energy you put into the project in evaluating it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"related":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she regarded him with astonishment when he announced he had gotten engaged"
],
"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",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
],
"examples":[
"as a traveler, you should regard the laws and customs of whatever country you are visiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"related":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"watch"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"set down",
"view"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an astronomer who is highly regarded by his peers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
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"appreciate",
"consider",
"esteem",
"respect"
]
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"examples":[],
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"wanted to talk to the company's vice president regarding a new product line"
],
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"related":[
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"about",
"apropos",
"apropos of",
"as far as",
"as for",
"as regards",
"as respects",
"as to",
"concerning",
"of",
"on",
"respecting",
"touching",
"toward",
"towards"
]
},
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
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"discounting",
"disregarding"
],
"examples":[
"the judges regard the amount of effort and energy you put into the project in evaluating it"
],
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"factoring (out)"
],
"related":[
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"anticipating",
"contemplating",
"envisaging",
"expecting",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"planning",
"calculating",
"facing"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing (for)",
"considering",
"factoring (in or into)",
"providing (for)"
]
},
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"examples":[
"she regarded him with astonishment when he announced he had gotten engaged"
],
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"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"related":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
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"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
],
"examples":[
"as a traveler, you should regard the laws and customs of whatever country you are visiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"neglecting",
"passing over",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"flouting",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"related":[
"considering",
"contemplating",
"mulling",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"respecting",
"attending (to)",
"harking (to)",
"hearing",
"hearkening (to)",
"harkening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"seeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"watching"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety"
],
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"related":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"setting down",
"viewing"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
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"examples":[
"an astronomer who is highly regarded by his peers"
],
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"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
],
"related":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"respecting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"regenerable":{
"as in reformable , reconstructible":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"regeneracy":{
"as in renovation , rehabilitation":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regenerating":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"examples":[
"the neighborhood was regenerated thanks to a government grant for restoring all the old buildings and creating studio spaces for artists"
],
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"related":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"examples":[
"dairy farming in the area was regenerated when new arrivals bought the old creamery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"related":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the ex-convict credits his newfound faith with regenerating him beyond anything that he could have imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"related":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"redeeming",
"reforming",
"rehabilitating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regeneration":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
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"examples":[
"the regeneration of knitting and crocheting is in full bloom, with Hollywood stars admitting they knit and crochet on movie sets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"related":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regimen":{
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with the start of the new year, a new party will have regimen over the nation and, hopefully, bring some much-needed change"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reign",
"dominion",
"power",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"sway",
"command",
"leadership",
"direction",
"management",
"regulation",
"superintendence",
"supervision",
"autocracy",
"dictatorship",
"domination",
"hegemony",
"mastery",
"oppression",
"subjugation",
"tyranny"
],
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"authority",
"governance",
"government",
"jurisdiction",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"rule"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"register":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"check the voter register to see if it has my current party affiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
]
},
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ask the county register for a copy of your birth certificate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"archivist",
"bookkeeper",
"recorder",
"reporter",
"transcriptionist",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"documenter",
"historian"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerk",
"registrar",
"scribe",
"secretary"
]
},
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
"antonyms":[
"delist"
],
"examples":[
"please register me for the yoga class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check off",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expunge",
"reject",
"omit",
"overlook"
],
"related":[
"enlist",
"impanel",
"induct",
"conscript",
"draft",
"muster",
"wait-list",
"book",
"schedule",
"check in"
],
"synonyms":[
"enroll",
"enrol",
"inscribe",
"list",
"matriculate"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"I'm not registering what you're saying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chronicle",
"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"put down",
"record",
"report",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down"
]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"related":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"schedule",
"slate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regressed":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"examples":[
"the annual celebration has regressed to the point where it's nothing more than an excuse to get drunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened"
]
},
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
],
"examples":[
"in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"related":[
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"relapsed",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"synonyms":[
"retrogressed",
"returned",
"reverted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regressions":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"progressions"
],
"examples":[
"the regression to really childish behavior that boys often undergo when put in large groups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations"
],
"related":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"atavisms",
"returns",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations"
],
"synonyms":[
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regretting":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"related":[
"aching (for)",
"bewailing",
"grieving (for)",
"mourning",
"sorrowing (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regrinds":{
"as in grinds , sandblasts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regroup":{
"as in regather , re-collect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regularity":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regularizing":{
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customizing",
"individualizing",
"tailoring"
],
"related":[
"codifying",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"methodizing",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"averaging",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"squaring",
"accrediting",
"certifying",
"controlling",
"governing",
"regulating",
"ruling",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"integrating",
"reconciling",
"synthesizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"formalizing",
"homogenizing",
"normalizing",
"standardizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitates":{
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abases",
"cankers",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"lowers",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"warps"
],
"related":[
"reeducates",
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"restores"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitates",
"reclaims",
"redeems",
"reforms",
"regenerates"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"damages",
"disables",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"lacerates",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"wounds",
"afflicts",
"ails",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"lays up",
"saps",
"sickens",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"related":[
"attends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"physics",
"treats",
"fortifies",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"alleviates",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"repairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabs",
"sets up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitation":{
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his rehabilitation from the flu was brief, and he was up and working again within a few days"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"snapback"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehearing":{
"as in reexamining , reconsidering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in reinvestigation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reheated":{
"as in heated , warmed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in rewarmed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rehydrate":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehydrated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimburse":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"make sure you keep your receipts so we can reimburse you for your expenses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"give back",
"reciprocate",
"render (to)",
"compensate",
"recompense",
"remunerate",
"liquidate",
"pay down",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"satisfy",
"settle"
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"repay"
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"as in reapply , relay":{
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"verb"
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"as in version , approximation":{
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"noun"
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"try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving"
],
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"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
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"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
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"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"regulating",
"restraining",
"ruling",
"taming"
]
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"verb"
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"as in reinstitute , relaunch":{
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"verb"
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"Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter."
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"We are striving to reinvent our business model."
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"verb"
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"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
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"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
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"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
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"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
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"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
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"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"confirmation"
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"made a flat rejection of the charges against him"
],
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"concession",
"confession",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"declaration",
"attestation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation"
],
"related":[
"disproof",
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"negative"
],
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"contradiction",
"denegation",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disavowal",
"disclaimer",
"disconfirmation",
"negation",
"repudiation"
]
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"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
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"allowance",
"approval",
"grant",
"OK",
"okay"
],
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"the judge's swift rejection of the lawyer's request for a recess"
],
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"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"
],
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"declination",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"nay",
"no",
"nonacceptance",
"refusal",
"turndown"
]
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"examples":[
"that pile is for rejections , and this one is for applications we'll be accepting"
],
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"related":[
"castaway",
"throwaway",
"hand-me-down",
"white elephant",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
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"cull",
"discard",
"reject",
"second"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in reengineered , reinvented":{
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"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lack",
"want"
],
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"cede",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"surrender",
"yield",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"need",
"require"
],
"related":[
"keep",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"bear",
"carry",
"boast",
"show off",
"sport"
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"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"retain"
]
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"to take pleasure in":{
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"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
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"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)"
],
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"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
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"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lack",
"want"
],
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
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"abandon",
"cede",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"surrender",
"yield",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"need",
"require"
],
"related":[
"keep",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"bear",
"carry",
"boast",
"show off",
"sport"
],
"synonyms":[
"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"retain"
]
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"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
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"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)"
],
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"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
]
},
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"phrase",
"verb"
]
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"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lacked",
"wanted"
],
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"needed",
"required"
],
"related":[
"kept",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"bore",
"carried",
"boasted",
"showed off",
"sported"
],
"synonyms":[
"commanded",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"retained"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"related":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
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"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
]
},
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"phrase",
"verb"
]
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"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"grieves",
"laments",
"regrets",
"weeps"
],
"related":[
"gloats",
"preens",
"swells",
"boasts",
"brags",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"shows off",
"struts",
"swaggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"exuberates",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"jubilates",
"kvells",
"triumphs"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displeases"
],
"examples":[
"news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war"
],
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"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",
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"gladdens",
"glads",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"satisfies",
"suits",
"warms"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
],
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"related":[
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
"synonyms":[
"commanding",
"enjoying",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"retaining"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
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"rejoin":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"antonyms":[
"ask",
"inquire",
"question"
],
"examples":[
"when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined , \"Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"cross-examine",
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"quiz",
"poll",
"query",
"survey"
],
"related":[
"acknowledge",
"comment",
"communicate",
"correspond",
"react",
"remark",
"counter",
"defend",
"deny",
"explain",
"field",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"come back",
"reply",
"respond",
"retort",
"return",
"riposte"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoins":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"antonyms":[
"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
],
"examples":[
"when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined , \"Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
"related":[
"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comes back",
"replies",
"responds",
"retorts",
"returns",
"ripostes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
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"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Hollywood was seeing the rejuvenation of kung fu movies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"related":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejuvenescence":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the newly discovered oil deposits have led to a rejuvenescence of the nation's economy"
],
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"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejuvenescent":{
"as in refreshing , corrective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
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"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"atavisms",
"returns",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations",
"knocks",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
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"growths",
"maturations",
"advancements",
"developments",
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"progressions"
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"retrogresses",
"returns",
"reverts",
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"ebbs",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"drops",
"falls",
"retrogrades",
"worsens"
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"matures",
"ripens",
"advances",
"develops",
"evolves",
"progresses"
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"verb"
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],
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"empathize",
"identify",
"sympathize"
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"click",
"commune"
]
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"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
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"expose",
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"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
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"chronicle",
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"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"report",
"tell"
]
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"how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?"
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"concern",
"interest",
"involve",
"touch",
"associate",
"connect",
"couple",
"interrelate",
"link",
"tie in",
"deal (with)",
"treat"
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"apply",
"bear",
"pertain",
"refer"
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"most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S."
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"differentiate",
"discriminate",
"distinguish",
"separate",
"set off"
],
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"equate",
"liken",
"group",
"join",
"lump (together)",
"tie (together)"
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"connect",
"correlate",
"identify",
"link"
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"clicks",
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"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
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"depicts",
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"renders",
"sketches"
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"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
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"rehearses",
"reports",
"tells"
]
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"concerns",
"interests",
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"touches",
"associates",
"connects",
"couples",
"interrelates",
"links",
"ties in",
"deals (with)",
"treats"
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"applies",
"bears",
"pertains",
"refers"
]
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"most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S."
],
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"discriminates",
"distinguishes",
"separates",
"sets off"
],
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"equates",
"likens",
"groups",
"joins",
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"ties (together)"
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"correlates",
"identifies",
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"examples":[
"it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering"
],
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"related":[
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"kissing cousins",
"kinswomen",
"blood",
"clans",
"families",
"folk",
"folks",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"lineages",
"lines",
"people",
"races",
"stocks",
"tribes"
],
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"kins",
"kinsmen",
"relations"
]
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"noun"
]
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]
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"tense (up)"
],
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"she took deep breaths to relax before going on stage"
],
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"related":[
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"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest",
"bum",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"vegetate",
"veg out",
"zone out",
"alleviate",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relieve",
"calm",
"compose",
"cool",
"quiet",
"settle"
],
"synonyms":[
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"chill out",
"decompress",
"de-stress",
"loosen up",
"mellow (out)",
"unwind",
"wind down"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
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"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
],
"examples":[
"relax the rope a bit so I can pick up the slack and tie this knot"
],
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"attach",
"bind",
"fasten",
"tie",
"constrain",
"restrain"
],
"related":[
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"free",
"unbind",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untie"
],
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"ease",
"loosen",
"slack",
"slacken"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I just want to kick back and relax after mowing that huge lawn"
],
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"drudge",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"exercise",
"work out"
],
"related":[
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"hang around",
"idle",
"loaf",
"slack (off)",
"veg out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to give something (such as information or an object) to someone else":{
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"examples":[
"They relayed the good news to their children just before leaving for work."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"releases":{
"a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege":{
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"examples":[
"we had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property"
],
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"related":[
"dispensations",
"exemptions",
"indemnities",
"abdications",
"relinquishments",
"renouncements",
"handovers",
"renunciations",
"surrenders"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclaimers",
"quitclaims",
"waivers"
]
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"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
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"examples":[
"because they had legally declared bankruptcy, they received release from their debt"
],
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"related":[
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"exemptions",
"immunities",
"waivers"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliveries",
"discharges",
"quietuses",
"quittances"
]
},
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
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"examples":[
"a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term"
],
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"related":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"synonyms":[
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings"
]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
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"examples":[
"only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine"
],
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"discomforts",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"related":[
"appeasements",
"assuagements",
"decreases",
"diminishments",
"mitigations",
"moderations",
"mollifications"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviations",
"comforts",
"eases",
"reliefs"
]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
],
"examples":[
"tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails"
],
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"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"related":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"examples":[
"they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"related":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets"
],
"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",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
],
"examples":[
"release the prisoners immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"related":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames"
],
"examples":[
"the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"halters",
"hampers"
],
"related":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"unmoors",
"unshackles",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"uncorks",
"unleashes",
"unlocks",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles"
],
"examples":[
"the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"loads",
"weighs"
],
"related":[
"delivers",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disburdens",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"unties",
"untwines"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"disembarrasses",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"untangles"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbs",
"inhales",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"related":[
"eliminates",
"evacuates",
"excretes",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"secretes",
"ejects",
"erupts",
"gushes",
"jets",
"outpours",
"pours",
"spews",
"spouts",
"sprays",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"discharges",
"emanates",
"emits",
"evolves",
"exhales",
"expels",
"expires",
"gives out",
"irradiates",
"issues",
"radiates",
"sends (out)",
"shoots",
"throws out",
"vents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relents":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"antonyms":[
"resists"
],
"examples":[
"the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"related":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
]
},
"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 fury of the storm relented , and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds"
],
"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",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relevance":{
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
"antonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"irrelevancy"
],
"examples":[
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"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"insignificance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"uselessness"
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"fitness",
"fittingness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"importance",
"significance",
"usefulness"
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"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevancy"
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"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
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"pointless"
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"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"meaningless",
"purposeless",
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"unsuitable",
"inadmissible"
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"type":[
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"uncertain",
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"unreliable",
"unsafe",
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],
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"false",
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"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"
],
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"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"
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"dependable",
"good",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
]
}
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"type":[
"noun"
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"unreliability"
],
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"the proven reliableness of that brand of household appliances"
],
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"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"related":[
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"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
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"dependableness",
"reliability",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
]
}
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"though it is believed that missionary died in New Guinea, his relics have never been found"
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"carnage",
"carrion",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
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"bones",
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"remains",
"stiff"
]
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"examples":[
"a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals"
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"remembrance",
"reminder",
"artifact",
"afterimage",
"aftertaste",
"balance",
"corpse",
"hangover",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"dreg(s)",
"leavings",
"remain(s)",
"residual",
"residue",
"rest"
],
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"ghost",
"shadow",
"trace",
"vestige"
]
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"examples":[
"his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era"
],
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"comer",
"rising star",
"up-and-comer"
],
"related":[
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"old-timer",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stodge",
"troglodyte",
"throwback"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinosaur",
"has-been"
]
},
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"examples":[
"in my grandparents' attic are many \"groovy\" relics from the 1960s"
],
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"fossil",
"dinosaur",
"antiquities",
"ruins",
"hangover",
"remains",
"remnant",
"trace",
"vestige"
],
"synonyms":[
"antique",
"museum piece"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"my coworkers' kind words gave me some relief from the grief that I was feeling upon the death of my partner"
],
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"anguish",
"distress",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"related":[
"encouragement",
"inspiration",
"uplift",
"assurance",
"reassurance",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"mitigation",
"contentment",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"commiseration",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"succor"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I can't go home from my nursing shift until my relief shows up to take over"
],
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"related":[
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"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",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
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"examples":[
"the aspirin gave him some relief from the headache"
],
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"discomfort",
"unrest",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"related":[
"appeasement",
"assuagement",
"decrease",
"diminishment",
"mitigation",
"moderation",
"mollification",
"calming",
"salving",
"soothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviation",
"comfort",
"ease",
"release"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in plans , maps":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"reliever":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"related":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in easing":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"to make more bearable or less severe":{
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"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
],
"examples":[
"an ice pack will relieve the swelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"lightening",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"fixing",
"mending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"repairing",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"synonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"helping",
"mitigating",
"mollifying",
"palliating",
"soothing"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"antonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling"
],
"examples":[
"the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogging (down)",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"restraining",
"shackling",
"subjecting",
"weighing down",
"weighting (down)"
],
"related":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"disburdening",
"disencumbering",
"divesting",
"freeing",
"ridding",
"unburdening"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting out",
"displacing",
"displanting",
"replacing",
"substituting",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"relishable":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reluctance":{
"a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something":{
"antonyms":[
"inclination",
"willingness"
],
"examples":[
"the mice showed an odd reluctance to eat the cheese we had put out for them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"related":[
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"synonyms":[
"disinclination",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"reticence",
"unwillingness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remainder":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
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"examples":[
"the remainder of the pills were saved in case they were needed later"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"related":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest"
]
},
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the remainder of the dough can be used to make a tartlet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole"
],
"related":[
"leavings",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuse",
"remains",
"residual",
"residue",
"scraping(s)",
"stump",
"vestige",
"balance",
"rest",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"piece",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ribbon(s)",
"shred",
"tatter"
],
"synonyms":[
"end",
"fag end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"stub"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remained":{
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"antonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"bugged out",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"exited",
"got off",
"left",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"examples":[
"one of the three bridges known as \"the London Bridge,\" it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absconded",
"booked",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated"
],
"related":[
"awaited",
"held on",
"hung on",
"waited",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"outstayed",
"overstayed"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"examples":[
"the fact remains : it's still impossible to be in two places at once"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"related":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remake":{
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"examples":[
"one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"renew",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reprise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remands":{
"as in arrests , detains":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in arrests , detentions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remanufacturing":{
"as in remaking , refashioning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"one participant in the race had a remarkable walk that was half-run, half-skip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"related":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
]
},
"likely to attract attention":{
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
],
"examples":[
"there's a remarkable fixation with vanity of earthly pleasures in this author's poetry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"related":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
"antonyms":[
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
],
"examples":[
"just your average suburban ranch house, with nothing remarkable about it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"related":[
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable"
]
}
},
"remarked":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her date awkwardly remarked on the attractiveness of the background music in the restaurant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"commentated",
"articulated",
"expressed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"commented",
"editorialized",
"noted",
"observed",
"opined",
"reflected",
"weighed in"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I remarked the change in her hair color but didn't think it would be polite to say anything other than she was looking good"
],
"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",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rematerialized":{
"as in reappeared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remember":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
],
"examples":[
"I remember very clearly the fun we had that long-ago summer, but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"related":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remet":{
"as in reconvened , reassembled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminisce":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminiscing":{
"as in musing (upon) , reflecting (on or upon)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in remembering , recalling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remit":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"related":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"postpone",
"put off",
"put over",
"shelve"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"related":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
]
},
"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":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"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",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remittances":{
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she always mails in her remittance on time so she won't ever be charged a late fee on her electric bill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remunerations",
"requitals"
]
},
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"antonyms":[
"nonpayments"
],
"examples":[
"the remittance of your outstanding balance is required before you can make more purchases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayments"
],
"related":[
"renderings",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"disbursements",
"payments",
"remitments",
"remunerations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remitted":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did",
"worked (on)",
"wrought (on)"
],
"related":[
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed",
"detained",
"retarded",
"slowed",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched (out)",
"waited"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held off (on)",
"held over",
"held up",
"laid over",
"postponed",
"put off",
"put over",
"shelved"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"related":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"examples":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"related":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remitting":{
"as in condoning , pardoning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"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",
"delaying",
"holding off (on)",
"holding over",
"holding up",
"laying over",
"postponing",
"putting off",
"putting over",
"shelving"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"related":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
]
},
"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":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"remonstrances":{
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"over the vociferous remonstrances of my parents I decided to drop my music lessons"
],
"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",
"demurs",
"difficulties",
"exceptions",
"expostulations",
"fusses",
"kicks",
"objections",
"protests",
"questions",
"stinks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remonstrate (with)":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remotest":{
"as in far , farthest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"most distant from a center":{
"antonyms":[
"inmost",
"innermost",
"nearest"
],
"examples":[
"news of the emperor's death had spread even to the remotest corners of the empire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
],
"related":[
"aftermost",
"rearmost",
"sternmost"
],
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"ultimate",
"utmost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"remove":{
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their farm is just a remove of two miles from the town center"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"altitude",
"area",
"breadth",
"depth",
"height",
"rise",
"space",
"volume",
"width",
"extension",
"extent",
"cast",
"range",
"reach",
"scope",
"shot",
"sweep",
"throw",
"drop",
"fall",
"flight",
"haul",
"berth",
"clearance"
],
"synonyms":[
"distance",
"lead",
"length",
"spacing",
"spread",
"stretch",
"way"
]
},
"to change the place or position of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please remove that chair to the other room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchor",
"fix",
"freeze",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"stabilize",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"related":[
"bear",
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"drive",
"haul",
"lug",
"tote",
"transmit",
"transplant",
"transport",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"alter",
"make over",
"modify",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"synonyms":[
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"relocate",
"reposition",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
],
"examples":[
"voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"related":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
],
"examples":[
"I removed my coat as soon as I got inside"
],
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"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
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"shed",
"kick (off)",
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"strip",
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"douse",
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"shrug off",
"take off"
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"position",
"put"
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"he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf"
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"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
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"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
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"draw",
"take out",
"withdraw"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"removed":{
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"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
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"an island far removed from the mainland"
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"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"contiguous"
],
"related":[
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"devious",
"isolated",
"lonesome",
"nowhere",
"obscure",
"odd",
"outlying",
"out-of-the-way",
"retired",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sequestered"
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"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"far-flung",
"far-off",
"faraway",
"remote"
]
},
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"please remove that chair to the other room"
],
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"anchored",
"fixed",
"froze",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"stabilized",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"related":[
"bore",
"carried",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"drove",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"toted",
"transmitted",
"transplanted",
"transported",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"altered",
"made over",
"modified",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
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"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"relocated",
"repositioned",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
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"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
],
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"voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got"
],
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"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"related":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
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"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"threw (on)"
],
"examples":[
"I removed my coat as soon as I got inside"
],
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"wore",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"related":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"synonyms":[
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"doused",
"peeled (off)",
"put off",
"shrugged off",
"took off"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
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"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
],
"examples":[
"he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf"
],
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"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
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"related":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drew off",
"drew out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
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"synonyms":[
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"drew",
"took out",
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"renaissance":{
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
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"dark age"
],
"examples":[
"the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America"
],
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"related":[
"silver age",
"millennium",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flower",
"flush",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"salad days",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"synonyms":[
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in renaissances":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rendered":{
"as in tried":{
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"examples":[],
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"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
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"examples":[
"a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"related":[
"committed",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"transferred",
"forfeited",
"released",
"waived",
"abnegated",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"parted (with)",
"shed"
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"synonyms":[
"ceded",
"coughed up",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"laid down",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"yielded"
]
},
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
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"examples":[
"the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words"
],
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"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"related":[
"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"redescribed",
"reimaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineated",
"depicted",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"painted",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"set out",
"sketched"
]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
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"originated"
],
"examples":[
"rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"related":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"renderings":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
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"examples":[
"a poet's rendering of the euphoria experienced by lovers in the first blush of romance"
],
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"related":[
"accounts",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"chronicles",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"demonstrations",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"clarifications",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions"
],
"synonyms":[
"definitions",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"descriptions",
"pictures",
"portraits",
"portraitures",
"portrayals",
"sketches",
"vignettes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rendezvous":{
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
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"examples":[
"the arcade was the rendezvous of choice for most of the teenagers in town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"camp",
"canteen",
"club",
"clubhouse",
"country club",
"key club",
"service club",
"union",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"nest",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary"
],
"synonyms":[
"hangout",
"haunt",
"purlieu",
"resort",
"stamping ground",
"stomping ground"
]
},
"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
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"examples":[
"I have a rendezvous with him at lunchtime"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"arrangement",
"invitation",
"interview",
"get-together",
"meeting",
"call",
"visit",
"schedule"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"assignation",
"date",
"engagement",
"tryst"
]
},
"to come together into one body or place":{
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
],
"examples":[
"we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m."
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"related":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"remeet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rendezvoused":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)"
],
"examples":[
"we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m."
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited"
],
"related":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
"ganged up",
"joined",
"merged",
"united",
"reassembled",
"reconvened",
"regathered",
"remet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"reneged":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"related":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backed out",
"copped out",
"finked out"
]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
],
"examples":[
"refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"related":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renew":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"consummate",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"belay",
"break",
"can",
"cease",
"check",
"cut",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"halt",
"knock off",
"leave off",
"quit",
"scuttle",
"shut off",
"stay",
"stop",
"terminate"
],
"related":[
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"recrudesce"
],
"synonyms":[
"continue",
"pick up",
"proceed (with)",
"reopen",
"restart",
"resume"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can only renew my offer to help\u2014it's up to them to accept it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reprise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renews":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"consummates",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"belays",
"breaks",
"cans",
"ceases",
"checks",
"cuts",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"leaves off",
"quits",
"scuttles",
"shuts off",
"stays",
"stops",
"terminates"
],
"related":[
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"recrudesces"
],
"synonyms":[
"continues",
"picks up",
"proceeds (with)",
"reopens",
"restarts",
"resumes"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can only renew my offer to help\u2014it's up to them to accept it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"repeats",
"replicates",
"reprises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renowned":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"widely known":{
"antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unfamous",
"unknown",
"unsung"
],
"examples":[
"the renowned painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"inconspicuous",
"undistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"unpopular"
],
"related":[
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"infamous",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"exceptional",
"great",
"illustrious",
"leading",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"remarkable",
"supereminent",
"superior",
"important",
"significant",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"respected",
"favorite",
"popular",
"preferred",
"estimable",
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"formidable",
"redoubtable"
],
"synonyms":[
"big-name",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"star",
"visible",
"well-known"
]
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"geste",
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"dish",
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"related":[
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"lash",
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"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
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"disgusting",
"gross",
"loathsome",
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"sickening",
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"vile",
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"wicked",
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"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
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"bawdy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
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"lewd",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"vulgar",
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"pornographic",
"ribald",
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"name",
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"describe",
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],
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"document",
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"silhouette",
"sketch",
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"show",
"diagram",
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"portray"
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],
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"embody",
"epitomize",
"incarnate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"objectify",
"personalize",
"personify",
"exemplify",
"illustrate"
],
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"symbolize"
]
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"The cave was painted with representations of horses and bison."
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"verb"
]
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"reprimanded the summer intern for her constant tardiness"
],
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"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
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"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
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"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
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"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
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"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
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"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
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"called down",
"castigated",
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"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
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"reprimanded the student for using the lax grammar and punctuation of text messaging in a term paper"
],
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"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
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"chewed out",
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"harangued",
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"lectured",
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"scored",
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"abused",
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"attacked",
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"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
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"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"ticked off"
]
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"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
],
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"the president was forced to reprimand the general for publicly voicing his disagreements with the nation's foreign policy"
],
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"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
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"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
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"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
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"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
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"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"synonyms":[
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"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"reproved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprint":{
"as in republish , reissue":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a cause of shame":{
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"credit",
"honor"
],
"examples":[
"your public display of boorish behavior is a reproach to this entire school"
],
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"boast",
"glory",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"blot",
"brand",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
],
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"dishonor",
"opprobrium",
"reflection",
"scandal"
]
},
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"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"examples":[
"a letter of reproach was added to her dossier"
],
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"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
]
},
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
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"esteem",
"honor",
"respect"
],
"examples":[
"nothing the traitor did in later life lessened the reproach in which he was universally held"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"estimation",
"regard",
"awe",
"fear",
"reverence",
"fame",
"glory",
"renown",
"repute"
],
"related":[
"scandal",
"contempt",
"despite",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"deprecation",
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"debasing",
"degradation",
"dust",
"humbling",
"humiliation",
"blot",
"brand",
"shadow",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
],
"synonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
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"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
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"examples":[
"she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
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"related":[
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"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
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"crucify",
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"dis",
"diss",
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"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove",
"tick off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
],
"examples":[
"the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
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"castigate",
"punish",
"bawl out",
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"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"
],
"synonyms":[
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"condemn",
"denounce",
"objurgate",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reproaching":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
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"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
],
"examples":[
"the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to be unwilling to grant":{
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
],
"examples":[
"the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"related":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"examples":[
"spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"touted",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"honored",
"revered",
"venerated"
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"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematized",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"decried",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
],
"examples":[
"without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"related":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprobations":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproofs":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"examples":[
"even in church we were not free from Mother's familiar reproof of our ingrained tendency to fidget in our seats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"related":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproved":{
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my piano teacher often reproves me for slouching while playing, observing that good posture helps one play better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"related":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"ticked off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
],
"examples":[
"the principal reproved the hockey team for their display of poor sportsmanship on the ice and ordered that a letter of apology be sent to the other school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"approved",
"favored",
"liked"
],
"examples":[
"the older generation has always reproved the younger generation's taste in music"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"supported",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)"
],
"related":[
"disrelished",
"objected (to)",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"scorned",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"discommended",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"scolded"
],
"synonyms":[
"deprecated",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disesteemed",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"misliked",
"tsk-tsked",
"tutted (over or about)",
"tut-tutted (over or about)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproving":{
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my piano teacher often reproves me for slouching while playing, observing that good posture helps one play better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"ticking off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
],
"examples":[
"the principal reproved the hockey team for their display of poor sportsmanship on the ice and ordered that a letter of apology be sent to the other school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"approving",
"favoring",
"liking"
],
"examples":[
"the older generation has always reproved the younger generation's taste in music"
],
"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":[
"deprecating",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disesteeming",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"misliking",
"tsk-tsking",
"tutting (over or about)",
"tut-tutting (over or about)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repudiates":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"allows",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confirms",
"owns"
],
"examples":[
"vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
],
"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",
"denies",
"disaffirms",
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disconfirms",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"refutes",
"rejects"
]
},
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"avows",
"claims",
"owns",
"recognizes"
],
"examples":[
"the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again"
],
"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":[
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
],
"examples":[
"we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract"
],
"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)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
],
"examples":[
"the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"related":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repugnance":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"could barely contain her repugnance of frogs and nearly threw up when she found out we'd have to dissect one in science class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"bent",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"preference",
"propensity",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"related":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"displeasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repulsion",
"revulsion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reputation":{
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the college's athletic department has a good reputation , but the school's science facilities are a bit lacking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame"
],
"related":[
"credit",
"honor",
"celebrity",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"image",
"persona",
"admiration",
"regard",
"reverence"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"fame",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"odor",
"rep",
"report",
"repute"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"request":{
"an act or instance of asking for information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the medical columnist is unable to answer individual requests for specific information on various disorders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"response"
],
"related":[
"interrogatory",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"inquisition",
"interrogating",
"interrogation",
"questioning",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"investigation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"the state of being sought after especially for purchase":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reliable babysitters are much in request , especially on weekends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bear market",
"bull market",
"buyer's market",
"seller's market"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"demand",
"market"
]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"commission",
"solicit",
"charter",
"hire",
"license",
"licence"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"order",
"put in (for)",
"requisition"
]
},
"to make a request for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"request extra ketchup for my fries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"apply (for)",
"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"petition (for)",
"press (for)",
"require",
"requisition",
"invite",
"invoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"bespeak",
"call (for)",
"desire",
"plead (for)",
"quest",
"seek",
"solicit",
"speak (for)",
"sue (for)"
]
},
"to make a request of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"related":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"implore",
"importune",
"invite",
"invoke",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"press",
"require"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"hit (up)",
"solicit"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"requisite":{
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"this new CD is the requisite album of the year for classical music lovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"vital"
]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"Art 101 is a requisite for Art 201"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"sine qua non"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rereview":{
"as in reinspect , resurvey":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rereviewed":{
"as in reinspected , resurveyed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescinding":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
],
"examples":[
"the library refused to rescind its decision to include the controversial book in its collection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"related":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"crying off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"revoking",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the new mayor vowed not to seek to rescind existing laws prohibiting smoking in the city's public places"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"related":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
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"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
]
},
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},
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"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeopardized",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
],
"examples":[
"an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale"
],
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"related":[
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"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"recovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed out",
"brought off",
"delivered",
"saved"
]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resemblance":{
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
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"dissimilarity"
],
"examples":[
"I see a family resemblance between you and your brother"
],
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"difference",
"discrepancy",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"change",
"modification",
"variation"
],
"related":[
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogy",
"homology"
],
"synonyms":[
"common denominator",
"commonality",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallel",
"similarity",
"similitude"
]
},
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"unlikeness"
],
"examples":[
"the look of the director's latest film bears a strong resemblance to the look of his last film"
],
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"inequality",
"conflict",
"polarity",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"related":[
"semblance",
"affinity",
"analogousness",
"equation",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"correlation",
"relationship",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"compatibility",
"conformity",
"congruity"
],
"synonyms":[
"alikeness",
"community",
"comparability",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"similarity",
"similitude"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reserves":{
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"examples":[
"our fuel reserves are low"
],
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"related":[
"budgets",
"funds",
"nest eggs",
"armories",
"arsenals",
"banks",
"pools",
"reservoirs",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"supplies",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings"
],
"synonyms":[
"caches",
"deposits",
"hoards",
"stores"
]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
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"examples":[
"when the first brigade fell back in retreat, the commander sent out the reserves to try to hold the line of battle"
],
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"related":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
]
},
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
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"examples":[
"don't throw that extra bike chain away, as I want to keep it as a reserve in case the current one breaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
],
"related":[
"backups",
"substitutes",
"stocks",
"carbon copies",
"clones",
"copies",
"doubles",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"replacements",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"synonyms":[
"extras",
"spares"
]
},
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
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"examples":[
"we made sure to reserve a kennel for our dog several months before the start of the family vacation"
],
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"related":[
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"contracts",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"books"
]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
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"gives up",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"examples":[
"I'm reserving the right to work by myself if you don't do your share of the project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"drops",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands out",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"loses"
],
"related":[
"conserves",
"guards",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"boasts",
"enjoys",
"has",
"owns",
"possesses",
"commands",
"controls",
"detains",
"directs",
"manages",
"rules",
"bears",
"harbors",
"cherishes",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"treasures"
],
"synonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains",
"withholds"
]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
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"examples":[
"we must reserve this cup for ceremonial use only"
],
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"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"related":[
"blesses",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"applies",
"bestows",
"employs",
"uses"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocates",
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"earmarks",
"gives up (to)",
"saves",
"sets by"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"residents":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"antonyms":[
"transients"
],
"examples":[
"a resident of Atlanta"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"nonresidents",
"guests",
"tourists",
"visitors",
"defectors",
"emigrants",
"escapers",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees"
],
"related":[
"cohabitants",
"coresidents",
"co-residents",
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"nationals",
"subjects",
"colonists",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"migrants",
"newcomers",
"settlers",
"burghers",
"localites",
"locals",
"townees",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"inhabiters",
"occupants",
"residers",
"tenants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"residing":{
"to have a home":{
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"examples":[
"he's a freelance writer who resides in the Midwest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lodging",
"settling",
"staying",
"frequenting",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"visiting",
"cohabiting",
"inhabiting",
"occupying",
"peopling",
"populating",
"leasing",
"renting",
"subletting",
"tenanting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resigns":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"assumes",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"wrests",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"secures"
],
"related":[
"abjures",
"demits",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"waives",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"yields",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicates",
"abnegates",
"cedes",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)",
"surrenders"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resist":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"examples":[
"it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"withstand"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resisted":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"knuckled under (to)",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"examples":[
"it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"challenged",
"contested",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"baffled",
"balked",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"checked",
"countered",
"hindered",
"obstructed",
"stemmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"withstood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolution":{
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her resolution to become a vegetarian is based on what she recently learned about modern farming practices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadlock",
"draw",
"halt",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"tie"
],
"related":[
"behest",
"charge",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"instruction",
"mandate",
"order",
"word",
"last word",
"say-so",
"adjudication",
"disposition",
"doom",
"finding",
"ruling",
"sentence",
"choice",
"option",
"selection",
"consensus",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view"
],
"synonyms":[
"award",
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"verdict"
]
},
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation"
],
"examples":[
"that athlete's resolution to win is amazing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
"related":[
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"synonyms":[
"decidedness",
"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"granite",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"stick-to-itiveness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resolves":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"delays",
"halts",
"hesitates",
"stalls",
"temporizes",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillates",
"waffles",
"wavers"
],
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"chooses",
"concludes",
"decides",
"determines",
"figures",
"names",
"opts",
"settles (on or upon)"
]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"riddles (out)",
"solves",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out"
]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"antonyms":[
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"examples":[
"a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
],
"related":[
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resonated":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the deep sounds of the bassoon resonated through the concert hall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"related":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resounded",
"reverberated",
"sounded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respect":{
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"antonyms":[
"disfavor"
],
"examples":[
"I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s steadfast courage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disdain",
"opprobrium",
"scorn",
"disappointment",
"discontent",
"disenchantment",
"disgruntlement",
"disillusionment",
"displeasure",
"indignation",
"unhappiness",
"aversion",
"contempt",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disregard",
"distaste",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"detestation",
"deprecation",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction"
],
"related":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"love",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"acclamation",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"approbation",
"deference",
"hero worship",
"homage",
"honor",
"idolatry",
"infatuation",
"lionization",
"praise",
"props",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"amazement",
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"enthusiasm",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"passion"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard"
]
},
"best wishes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"give your mother my respects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"related":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards"
]
},
"relation to or concern with something specified":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with respect to your application"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"reference",
"regard"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an upstanding senator who is respected by political allies and foes alike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"consider",
"esteem",
"regard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"respectable":{
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
"antonyms":[
"base",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"ignoble",
"low",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unworthy"
],
"examples":[
"cheating is not a respectable thing to do under any circumstances"
],
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"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"
],
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"decent",
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"principled",
"righteous",
"stand-up",
"upright",
"upstanding"
]
},
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
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"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"unbecoming",
"ungenteel",
"unseemly"
],
"examples":[
"has the respectable manners of someone who was well brought up"
],
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"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",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
]
},
"having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge":{
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"disreputable"
],
"examples":[
"no respectable dietician would advise people to eat just one kind of food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"seedy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"no-name",
"obscure",
"undistinguished",
"unknown"
],
"related":[
"honorable",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"creditable",
"good",
"praiseworthy",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"famed",
"famous",
"honored",
"illustrious",
"notable",
"prominent",
"redoubtable",
"renowned",
"well-known"
],
"synonyms":[
"esteemed",
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"recognized",
"reputable",
"reputed",
"respected"
]
},
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"examples":[
"the artwork that we commissioned from the muralist turned out to be respectable but was not quite what we had hoped for"
],
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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",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
]
},
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"insubstantial",
"negligible",
"nominal"
],
"examples":[
"got paid a respectable sum for speaking at our graduation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"measly",
"minute",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"picayunish",
"piddling",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"marginal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"slight",
"little",
"small",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"miniature",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"smallish"
],
"related":[
"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"voluminous",
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gigantic",
"great",
"herculean",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"whopping"
],
"synonyms":[
"biggish",
"considerable",
"good",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"healthy",
"largish",
"major",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"substantive",
"tidy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"respective":{
"not the same or shared":{
"antonyms":[
"same"
],
"examples":[
"it was late when the concert let out, so we all went our respective ways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"identical",
"selfsame",
"very"
],
"related":[
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"divergent",
"diverse",
"unalike",
"varied",
"various"
],
"synonyms":[
"different",
"individual",
"separate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"respectively":{
"for each person or thing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The first and second place winners were given, respectively , a trophy and a ribbon for their performances."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"respite":{
"a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The weekend provided a nice respite from the pressures of her job.",
"a temporary respite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resplendence":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the fabled resplendence of the Taj Mahal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resplendency":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
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"examples":[
"the hills of Vermont were awash in the resplendency of the state's celebrated autumnal foliage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resplendent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very bright and attractive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She looked resplendent in her green evening gown."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
}
},
"responding":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"doctors studying how the brain responds to pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"behaving",
"affecting",
"causing",
"drawing",
"effecting"
],
"related":[
"answering",
"returning",
"retaliating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"reading",
"taking",
"understanding",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"grappling (with)",
"handling",
"managing",
"negotiating"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacting",
"replying"
]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"antonyms":[
"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
],
"examples":[
"the students energetically participated in the discussion, responding to the teacher's questions and comments with alacrity and enthusiasm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"related":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"rejoining",
"replying",
"retorting",
"returning",
"riposting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responsibleness":{
"as in responsibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"responsive":{
"inclined to act or respond readily or without hesitation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He bought a car with responsive steering.",
"The small business is always responsive to customer needs."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"producing or exhibiting a desired reaction to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The students were extremely responsive to the lecture and even stayed late to ask questions of the presenter.",
"Much to the doctor's surprise, the patient was not responsive to the therapy."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"responsiveness":{
"as in sensitivity , sensibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restarted":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"consummated",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"belayed",
"broke",
"canned",
"ceased",
"checked",
"cut",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"scuttled",
"shut off",
"stayed",
"stopped",
"terminated"
],
"related":[
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"recrudesced"
],
"synonyms":[
"continued",
"picked up",
"proceeded (with)",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"resumed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restarts":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"consummates",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"belays",
"breaks",
"cans",
"ceases",
"checks",
"cuts",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"leaves off",
"quits",
"scuttles",
"shuts off",
"stays",
"stops",
"terminates"
],
"related":[
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"recrudesces"
],
"synonyms":[
"continues",
"picks up",
"proceeds (with)",
"renews",
"reopens",
"resumes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restated":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"antonyms":[
"quoted"
],
"examples":[
"though I couldn't remember the exact words he used, I restated his message as accurately as I could"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoed",
"repeated",
"copied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed"
],
"related":[
"boiled down",
"recapitulated",
"reiterated",
"summarized",
"summed up"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrased",
"rephrased",
"reworded",
"translated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restimulated":{
"as in revived , reenergized":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resting":{
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
],
"examples":[
"the hyena is ready to scavenge again after its brief resting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"related":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"rest",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
]
},
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
"antonyms":[
"awake",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
],
"examples":[
"the resting cat was curled up in my favorite chair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"sleepless",
"aroused",
"astir",
"awakened",
"roused",
"up",
"wakened",
"reawakened",
"revived"
],
"related":[
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"reposing",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"comatose",
"semiconscious",
"sleepwalking",
"somnambulant"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"sleeping",
"slumbering"
]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient is currently resting , but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awaking",
"rising",
"waking"
],
"related":[
"dropping off",
"drowsing (off)",
"nodding off",
"oversleeping",
"sleeping in",
"dreaming",
"hibernating"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing"
]
},
"to find a basis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're resting your argument on a faulty premise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"assuming",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"supposing"
],
"synonyms":[
"basing",
"grounding",
"hanging",
"predicating"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"exercising",
"working out"
],
"related":[
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"hanging around",
"idling",
"loafing",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out"
],
"synonyms":[
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"relaxing",
"reposing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restorations":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something damaged or worn back to its original state":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"When the restoration was complete, the decades-old building looked almost as good as it had when it was new."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restorative":{
"beneficial to the health of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"examples":[
"took a restorative vitamin mix to improve his immune system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"related":[
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"recuperative",
"refreshing",
"rehabilitative",
"rejuvenating",
"rejuvenescent",
"remedial",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"synonyms":[
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"sanative",
"tonic",
"wholesome"
]
},
"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I am in need of a long, restorative vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
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"to offer for sale to the public":{
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"buys",
"purchases"
],
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"the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers"
],
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"related":[
"presells",
"wholesales",
"remarkets",
"resells",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"barters",
"distributes",
"exchanges",
"exports",
"handles",
"trades",
"traffics (in)",
"advertises",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"touts",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"auctions",
"provides",
"supplies",
"carries",
"keeps",
"stocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"puts up",
"sells",
"vends"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retain":{
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"antonyms":[
"give up",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"examples":[
"I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on"
],
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"abandon",
"cede",
"drop",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand out",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"lose"
],
"related":[
"conserve",
"guard",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"boast",
"enjoy",
"have",
"own",
"possess",
"command",
"control",
"detain",
"direct",
"manage",
"rule",
"bear",
"harbor",
"cherish",
"cling (to)",
"hug",
"treasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"withhold"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lack",
"want"
],
"examples":[
"that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"cede",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"surrender",
"yield",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"need",
"require"
],
"related":[
"keep",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"bear",
"carry",
"boast",
"show off",
"sport"
],
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"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
],
"examples":[
"her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"related":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retaining":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
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"giving up",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"examples":[
"I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"dropping",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing out",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"losing"
],
"related":[
"conserving",
"guarding",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"boasting",
"enjoying",
"having",
"owning",
"possessing",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"detaining",
"directing",
"managing",
"ruling",
"bearing",
"harboring",
"cherishing",
"clinging (to)",
"hugging",
"treasuring"
],
"synonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
],
"examples":[
"that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"related":[
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
"synonyms":[
"commanding",
"enjoying",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
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"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
],
"examples":[
"her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"related":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reteach":{
"as in retrain , reeducate":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retentions":{
"the act of keeping something or someone":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The company's rate of employee retention is 80 percent."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reticence":{
"a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something":{
"antonyms":[
"inclination",
"willingness"
],
"examples":[
"the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"related":[
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"synonyms":[
"disinclination",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retiring":{
"not comfortable around people":{
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
],
"examples":[
"one retiring young girl was sitting alone quietly in a corner during the party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"related":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"recessive",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
]
},
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"examples":[
"I'm exhausted, so I think I'll retire for the evening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"related":[
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"turning in"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"examples":[
"as a part of its restructuring, the company has begun to retire its older employees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"related":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
],
"examples":[
"the insurgents have retired to the outskirts of the city, but appear to be readying themselves for another offensive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"related":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"falling back",
"pulling out",
"receding",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"retiring (from)":{
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"antonyms":[
"staying (at)"
],
"examples":[
"at the age of 72, she finally retired from the job she had held at the shoe factory for over 50 years"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abandoning",
"vacating",
"dropping out (of)",
"throwing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"chucking",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"resigning (from)",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retraction":{
"as in denial , repudiation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrain":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransferring":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retreat":{
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
],
"examples":[
"we made a strategic retreat when we realized that we were outnumbered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rout",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullback",
"pullout",
"recession",
"retirement",
"withdrawal"
]
},
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her bedroom served as a retreat from the frequent arguing between her parents",
"the abandoned cabin was a welcome retreat from the storm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"oasis",
"anchorage",
"mooring",
"port",
"cover",
"screen",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"house",
"housing",
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"rest",
"roof",
"cloister",
"closet",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"castle",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"lean-to",
"lee",
"shed",
"windbreak"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylum",
"bolt-hole",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"refuge",
"sanctuary",
"sanctum",
"shelter"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the untried soldiers retreated in humiliating disarray almost as soon as the enemy's onslaught began"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"antonyms":[
"advance"
],
"examples":[
"we retreated to the safety of the cellar at the first sign of the tornado"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"related":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"synonyms":[
"back away",
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retreating":{
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the untried soldiers retreated in humiliating disarray almost as soon as the enemy's onslaught began"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying"
],
"related":[
"absconding",
"clearing out",
"decamping",
"eloping",
"escaping",
"getting (away)",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"lighting out",
"making off",
"mizzling",
"scarpering",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping (out)",
"skirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolting",
"breaking",
"bugging out",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"hightailing (it)",
"running",
"running away",
"running off",
"skedaddling"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
],
"examples":[
"we retreated to the safety of the cellar at the first sign of the tornado"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"related":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"falling back",
"pulling out",
"receding",
"retiring",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrenching":{
"as in retrenchment , shortening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retrenchment",
"shortening",
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"decrease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"increase",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation",
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the way things are done in order to spend less money":{
"examples":[
"When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"depleting",
"diminishing",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"dwindling",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retrenchment":{
"as in belt-tightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , curtailment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retribution":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"synonyms":[
"payback",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"revenge",
"vengeance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrieved":{
"as in saved , recovered":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
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"polished",
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"copyedited",
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"reedited",
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"emended",
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"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
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"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
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"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"reweighing"
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"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
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"reforms",
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"reconsiders",
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"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"reweighs"
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]
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],
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"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"related":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
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"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"revivification"
]
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"noun"
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"a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin"
],
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"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
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"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"revivify"
]
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"the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering \"disco bowling\" every Friday night with disco music and free soda"
],
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"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
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"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
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"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
]
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"verb"
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"as in refreshed , rejuvenated":{
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
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"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
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"recharged",
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"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
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"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
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]
},
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"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
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"kick-started",
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"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
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"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
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"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
]
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
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"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
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"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
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"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
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"revivify"
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},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
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"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
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"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
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"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
]
},
"to gain consciousness again":{
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"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
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"black out",
"faint",
"pass out"
],
"related":[
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"rally",
"recover",
"awake",
"awaken",
"wake up"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to"
]
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"verb"
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
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"the runaway success of the handheld PDA led to a stunning revivification of the computer company's fortunes"
],
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"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
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"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
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"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
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"related":[
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"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
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"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
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"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
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"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
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"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
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"examples":[
"took a reviving vacation in the Caribbean"
],
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"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"numbing",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"wearying",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"related":[
"life-giving",
"conditioning",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"quickening",
"sharp",
"corrective",
"curative",
"curing",
"medicinal",
"rectifying",
"recuperative",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"rehabilitative",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"reparative",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
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"bracing",
"cordial",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"restorative",
"stimulating",
"stimulative",
"tonic",
"vital",
"vitalizing"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
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"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
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"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
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"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"related":[
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"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
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"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
]
},
"to gain consciousness again":{
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"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
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"blacking out",
"fainting",
"passing out"
],
"related":[
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"rallying",
"recovering",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"waking up"
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"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to"
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
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"threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges"
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"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
"related":[
"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
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"synonyms":[
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"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
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"continue",
"keep"
],
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"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
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"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"related":[
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"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
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"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"scrap",
"scrub"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in rejected , refused":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
],
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
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"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
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"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
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"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
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],
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"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"filled with disgust":{
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"examples":[
"we were revolted when we learned about the prevalence of child labor in the Third World"
],
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"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"fascinated",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"related":[
"fed up",
"weary",
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"cheesed off",
"displeased",
"enraged",
"fuming",
"furious",
"horn-mad",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"upset",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"shocked",
"sick",
"sickened"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
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"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"drew",
"enchanted",
"enticed",
"fascinated",
"lured",
"pulled",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"appealed (to)",
"interested",
"intrigued"
],
"related":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"appalled",
"disquieted",
"horrified",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"shocked"
],
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"disgusted",
"grossed out",
"nauseated",
"put off",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"sickened",
"turned off"
]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"submitted",
"attended",
"served"
],
"related":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"revolutionized",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinied",
"rebelled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in mutinying (against)":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"revolved":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
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"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"related":[
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"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
]
},
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
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"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
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"related":[
"screwed",
"unscrewed",
"twiddled",
"coiled",
"cranked",
"reeled",
"wound",
"winded",
"circulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivoted",
"rolled",
"rotated",
"spun",
"swirled",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"swung",
"turned",
"twirled",
"twisted",
"wheeled",
"whirled"
]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coiled",
"curled",
"curved",
"rounded",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"swirled",
"twined",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"circled",
"circulated",
"encircled",
"orbited",
"ringed",
"pivoted",
"swiveled",
"swivelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrated",
"pinwheeled",
"pirouetted",
"rolled",
"rotated",
"spun",
"turned",
"twirled",
"wheeled",
"whirled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolver":{
"as in handgun , pistol":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revulsions":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the publication of the autopsy photos prompted expressions of outrage and revulsion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetites",
"bents",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"preferences",
"propensities",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses"
],
"related":[
"abhorrences",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"execrations",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"allergies",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversions",
"disgusts",
"distastes",
"horrors",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revving":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"related":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewake":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewaken"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewakens":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"soaring gas prices have rewakened a demand for more fuel-efficient cars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewards":{
"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there was a reward of $50 for the return of the missing cat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bonuses",
"lagniappes",
"premiums",
"bonanzas",
"jackpots",
"treasure troves",
"awards",
"decorations",
"distinctions",
"honors",
"plumes",
"prizes",
"trophies",
"gratuities",
"tips",
"deserts",
"wages"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounties",
"prices"
]
},
"to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cites",
"decorates",
"honors",
"remembers",
"compensates",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"requites",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"praises",
"salutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"awards"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rewet":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewoke":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewakened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reworked":{
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
],
"examples":[
"the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"varied"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"synonyms":[
"edited",
"redrafted",
"revamped",
"revised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reworking":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"examples":[
"the contract will need some reworking before it is acceptable to both parties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"variation"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
],
"examples":[
"the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"varying"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"reediting",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
],
"synonyms":[
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"revising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rewrote":{
"to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay.",
"I had to rewrite the computer program."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rended":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning"
],
"synonyms":[
"ribbon",
"rip",
"rive",
"shred",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"related":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reluctant":{
"slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"I'm reluctant to let you borrow my vintage CDs since you never give back anything I lend you"
],
"synonyms":[
"cagey",
"cagy",
"disinclined",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reticent"
],
"related":[
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"averse",
"unwilling",
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"doubtful",
"faltering",
"halting",
"indecisive",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"unsure",
"vacillating",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"fainthearted",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"glad",
"happy",
"keen",
"ready",
"willing",
"certain",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolute",
"sure",
"unquestioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disposed",
"inclined"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rector":{
"as in master , headmaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebutted":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back"
],
"related":[
"defied",
"fought",
"held off",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"deflected",
"warded (off)",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"confounded",
"confuted",
"debunked",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"falsified",
"refuted",
"shot down"
],
"related":[
"overthrew",
"overturned",
"challenged",
"contested",
"queried",
"questioned",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documented",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"showed",
"supported",
"witnessed",
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"illustrated",
"manifested"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respites":{
"a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed":{
"examples":[
"The weekend provided a nice respite from the pressures of her job.",
"a temporary respite"
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reechoed":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder reechoing through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated",
"sounded"
],
"related":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"she reechoed an earlier speaker's points, only with a slightly different emphasis"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittoed",
"echoed",
"parroted",
"quoted",
"repeated"
],
"related":[
"mouthed",
"aped",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"emulated",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rendezvouses":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"related":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionize":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retouch":{
"as in touch up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repurchased":{
"as in redeemed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebought":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regicide":{
"as in patricide , fratricide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommitting":{
"as in retransmitting , redelivering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprobate":{
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"examples":[
"a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"sick",
"unclean",
"unwholesome",
"warped"
],
"related":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"contaminated",
"spoiled",
"tainted",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorruptible",
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"pure",
"uncorrupt",
"uncorrupted"
]
},
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"a program for rehabilitating hard-core reprobates and turning them into hard-working, law-abiding citizens"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold"
],
"related":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto",
"rebuff",
"repel",
"spurn",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"balk (at)",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afford",
"furnish",
"give",
"provide",
"supply",
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"warrant",
"accord",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"concede",
"grant",
"let",
"OK",
"okay",
"permit"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
],
"related":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend"
],
"related":[
"attack",
"blame",
"blast",
"criticize",
"dis",
"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",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"revile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redolent":{
"having a pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"my grandmother's house always seemed to be redolent with the aroma of baking bread"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"pungent",
"spicy",
"odiferous",
"odored",
"odoriferous",
"odorous",
"clean",
"fresh",
"pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"odorless",
"unscented",
"fusty",
"musty",
"stale",
"gamy",
"gamey"
],
"antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"skunky",
"smelly",
"stenchful",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reassuring":{
"as in comforting , soothing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"commiserating",
"condoling",
"empathizing",
"sympathizing",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"aggravating",
"intensifying",
"worsening",
"annoying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"harassing",
"pestering"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressing",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"troubling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reissues":{
"as in reprints , republishes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputedly":{
"as in allegedly , reportedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"regulate":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame"
],
"related":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"administrate",
"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"manage",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend"
],
"related":[
"care (for)",
"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeeming":{
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the Little League coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"completing",
"complying (with)",
"filling",
"fulfilling",
"keeping",
"meeting",
"satisfying"
],
"related":[
"concluding",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing about",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting",
"committing",
"compassing",
"discharging",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"making",
"performing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaulting (on)",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
]
},
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the government has consistently refused to redeem hostages captured by terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"ransoming"
],
"related":[
"bailing",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emancipating",
"liberating",
"getting back",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"retrieving",
"releasing",
"buying",
"salvaging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that sinners are redeemed by their faith in God"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivering",
"saving"
],
"related":[
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"consecrating",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
],
"related":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"quickly redeemed the offending remark with a sincere and unconditional apology"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoning (for)",
"expiating",
"mending"
],
"related":[
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"reimbursing",
"remunerating",
"repaying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"propitiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reframed":{
"as in reformulated , redrafted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransmitted":{
"as in recommitted , redelivered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regrind":{
"as in grind , sandblast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapitulated":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"related":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repines":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"there is no use repining over a love that's been long lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"related":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refusniks":{
"as in refusers , recusants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverences":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"devotees coming to reverence their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"deifies",
"glorifies",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"related":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in deferences , adorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recoupment":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"related":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"related":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repulsiveness":{
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"examples":[
"horror films that seem to be trying to outdo one another in the repulsiveness of their monsters"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity"
],
"related":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recruitments":{
"as in replenishments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appointments , assignments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restarting":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuing",
"picking up",
"proceeding (with)",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"resuming"
],
"related":[
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"recrudescing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"consummating",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"belaying",
"breaking",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"checking",
"cutting",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"scuttling",
"shutting off",
"staying",
"stopping",
"terminating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-examined":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"related":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoinders":{
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comebacks",
"replications",
"replies",
"responses",
"retorts",
"returns"
],
"related":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retains":{
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on"
],
"synonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds"
],
"related":[
"conserves",
"guards",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"boasts",
"enjoys",
"has",
"owns",
"possesses",
"commands",
"controls",
"detains",
"directs",
"manages",
"rules",
"bears",
"harbors",
"cherishes",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"drops",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands out",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"loses"
],
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"gives up",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor"
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"enjoys",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"bears",
"carries",
"boasts",
"shows off",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"needs",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacks",
"wants"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"related":[
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recuperates":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"snaps back"
],
"related":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reencounters":{
"as in remeets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refining":{
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"worked on refining her backhand before the big tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"upgrading"
],
"related":[
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remediating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"fine-tuning",
"redrafting",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"fortifying",
"intensifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"fining",
"honing",
"polishing",
"retouching",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repeats":{
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimes",
"dins",
"iterates",
"rehearses",
"reiterates"
],
"related":[
"paraphrases",
"rewords",
"echoes",
"reechos",
"mouths",
"parrots",
"abstracts",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recapitulates",
"recaps",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"repeated correctly all the verses she had memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"recites",
"reels off",
"says"
],
"related":[
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"studies",
"declaims",
"mouths",
"orates",
"speaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"now repeat the oath after me"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittos",
"echoes",
"parrots",
"quotes",
"reechos"
],
"related":[
"mouths",
"apes",
"copies",
"copycats",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"try not to repeat your mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"replicates",
"reprises"
],
"related":[
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"if we don't want a repeat of last year's disastrous celebration, we had better do some more planning"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"related":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rejected":{
"left unoccupied or unused":{
"examples":[
"picked up the rejected toy to see what was wrong with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void"
],
"related":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"rejected his request for time off"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"refused",
"reprobated",
"withheld"
],
"related":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disaffirmed",
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disconfirmed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"refuted",
"repudiated"
],
"related":[
"traversed",
"challenged",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disputed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"affirmed",
"announced",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"submitted",
"authenticated",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"allowed",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confirmed",
"owned"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"rejected his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"related":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reigning (over)":{
"as in dominating , lording (it over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revitalizations":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the mayor was present at the ceremony marking the revitalization of the old industrial neighborhood as a new center for art galleries and lofts"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"related":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaching":{
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"would you reach me the potatoes, please?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"transferring"
],
"related":[
"relaying",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting"
],
"related":[
"getting through (to)",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impacting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"related":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refigured":{
"as in rejiggered , reengineered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recomputed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviewed":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"related":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
],
"synonyms":[
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"related":[
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"categorized",
"classified",
"picked over",
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolve":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"figure",
"name",
"opt",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"related":[
"decree",
"rule",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"find",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"umpire",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"question",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"delay",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"stall",
"temporize",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waffle",
"waver"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"related":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"related":[
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
]
},
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"a naval pilot who has been unwavering in his resolve to become an astronaut"
],
"synonyms":[
"decidedness",
"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"granite",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"stick-to-itiveness"
],
"related":[
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repent":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoan",
"deplore",
"lament",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"related":[
"ache (for)",
"bewail",
"grieve (for)",
"mourn",
"sorrow (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receptiveness":{
"as in awareness , receptivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"realizable":{
"capable of being done or carried out":{
"examples":[
"waited until their goal was realizable and then acted"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"practicable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"related":[
"practical",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"contingent",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"creditable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"actionable",
"available",
"usable",
"useable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"futile",
"useless",
"vain",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unthinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"impracticable",
"infeasible",
"nonviable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unfeasible",
"unrealizable",
"unviable",
"unworkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"relabeled":{
"as in renamed , rechristened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommends":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"related":[
"confers",
"grants",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"retransmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"counsels",
"suggests"
],
"related":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"espouses",
"favors",
"supports",
"exhorts",
"urges",
"advances",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectangular":{
"as in oblong":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in square , squarish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revving (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"related":[
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resurrections":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"a general resurrection of patriotism after the war began"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"related":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"represses":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"you can't repress your feelings forever, so tell her how you feel about her"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"pockets",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"submerges",
"suppresses",
"swallows"
],
"related":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-penciled":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied"
],
"related":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"cleaned (up)",
"expurgated",
"laundered"
],
"related":[
"cleansed",
"purged",
"purified",
"abbreviated",
"blue-penciled",
"edited",
"shortened",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"cut (out)",
"deleted",
"excised",
"expunged",
"gutted",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"examined",
"reviewed",
"screened",
"scrutinized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resupplies":{
"as in replenishes , refills":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requested":{
"as in solicited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"solicited",
"necessary",
"needed",
"required",
"desired",
"wanted",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unasked",
"unbidden",
"unbid",
"uninvited",
"unsolicited",
"unsought",
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"ordered",
"put in (for)",
"requisitioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissioned",
"solicited",
"chartered",
"hired",
"licensed",
"licenced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"request extra ketchup for my fries"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"bespoke",
"called (for)",
"desired",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quested",
"solicited",
"sought",
"spoke (for)",
"sued (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (for)",
"begged (for)",
"claimed",
"clamored (for)",
"importuned",
"urged",
"wished (for)",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"petitioned (for)",
"pressed (for)",
"required",
"requisitioned",
"invited",
"invoked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"hit (up)",
"solicited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"invited",
"invoked",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"supplicated",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"pressed",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"residues":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls"
],
"synonyms":[
"balances",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainders",
"remains",
"remnants",
"residua",
"rests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragments",
"scraps",
"vestiges",
"butts",
"oddments",
"scrapings",
"stubs",
"stumps",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodies",
"bulks",
"mains",
"masses",
"mosts",
"weights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reengineer":{
"as in revamp , revise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recast",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"contemporize",
"modernize",
"streamline",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renovate":{
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"will have to renovate the house extensively before we can move in"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repossessed":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehiring":{
"as in rehire , reemployment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"redundancy",
"pink slip",
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reengaging , reemploying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revalidated":{
"as in recertified , reapproved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"rechartered",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuked":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
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"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
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"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
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"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved"
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"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
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"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relucent":{
"as in glowing , agleam":{
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"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
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"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"repetitiveness":{
"as in repetition , reiteration":{
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"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement",
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"rental":{
"as in rent":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rent",
"overpayment",
"prepayment",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"deposit",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"rebate",
"refund",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resurveyed":{
"as in reinspected , rereviewed":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"picked over",
"categorized",
"classified",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the downtown has experienced a resurgence since the commercial revitalization project was completed"
],
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"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"response":{
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"my response to my first boxing defeat was to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlash",
"kickback",
"rebound",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"the real estate office's unhelpful response to my question about what houses in the area are renting for"
],
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"answer",
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"replication",
"reply",
"retort",
"return"
],
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"back talk",
"banter",
"persiflage",
"repartee",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"comment",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"feedback",
"non sequitur",
"observation",
"reaction",
"remark",
"defense",
"explanation",
"justification",
"plea",
"rebuttal",
"refutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"charge",
"cross-examination",
"grilling",
"interrogation",
"interrogatory",
"quiz",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommit":{
"as in retransmit , redeliver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit",
"furnish",
"supply",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"confer",
"grant",
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain",
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rest":{
"freedom from activity or labor":{
"examples":[
"the coming weekend will provide some much needed rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"repose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"lazing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness",
"calm",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"respite",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"dolce far niente",
"idleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pressure",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension"
],
"antonyms":[
"exertion",
"labor",
"toil",
"work"
]
},
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"after a long day, I lay down on the couch for a little rest before dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"can you hand me the rest of those papers?"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"relax",
"repose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"hang around",
"idle",
"loaf",
"slack (off)",
"veg out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"exercise",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the patient is currently resting , but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"nap",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drop off",
"drowse (off)",
"nod off",
"oversleep",
"sleep in",
"dream",
"hibernate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"rise",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're resting your argument on a faulty premise"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"ground",
"hang",
"predicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establish",
"found",
"assume",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"suppose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relinquished":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the boy reluctantly relinquished the illegal fireworks to the police officer"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceded",
"coughed up",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"laid down",
"rendered",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"transferred",
"forfeited",
"released",
"waived",
"abnegated",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"parted (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the retiring CEO relinquished his position to the company's vice president with very mixed feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicated",
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)",
"surrendered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"real-life":{
"happening in the real world rather than in a story":{
"examples":[
"real-life problems",
"a real-life drama"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-world",
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reequip":{
"as in refit , refurnish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"stock",
"store",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig",
"supply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remittals":{
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
"examples":[
"a king who was once obliged to do public penance for the remittal of his sins"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolutions",
"amnesties",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"condonations",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"indemnities",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"clemencies",
"leniencies",
"mercies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convictions",
"sentences",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"impositions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"condemnations"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalties",
"punishments",
"retributions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resource":{
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
"examples":[
"we used every possible resource to raise the funds needed to save our town's oldest house"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"recourse",
"resort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hope",
"opportunity",
"possibility",
"relief",
"makeshift",
"replacement",
"stopgap",
"substitute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"available money":{
"examples":[
"do you have the resources to buy a new car or even a used car?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"wherewithal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reawaken":{
"as in rewake":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rewake",
"raise",
"revive",
"agitate",
"bestir",
"disturb",
"excite",
"provoke",
"stimulate",
"stir",
"roust",
"rout",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"knock up",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lull",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relief map":{
"as in plan , map":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ground plan",
"plan",
"plat",
"plot",
"chart",
"map"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revalidating":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resumptions":{
"as in renewals , resuscitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resuscitations",
"continuances",
"continuations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions",
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repurchasing":{
"as in redeeming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeeming",
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"rescuing",
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuying",
"bidding",
"offering",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refutations":{
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
"examples":[
"these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation"
],
"synonyms":[
"confutations",
"disconfirmations",
"disproofs",
"rebuttals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterarguments",
"counter-arguments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attestations",
"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonies",
"validations",
"witnesses",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[
"proofs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reigned":{
"as in ruled , governed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"governed",
"ruled",
"monitored",
"presided (over)",
"administered",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"managed",
"ordered",
"ran",
"run",
"shepherded",
"showed",
"steered",
"bossed",
"captained",
"handled",
"headed",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"quarterbacked",
"superintended",
"supervised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeveloping":{
"as in revamping , revising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasting",
"redesigning",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"contemporizing",
"modernizing",
"streamlining",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuilding , reconstructing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorate":{
"as in redo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redo",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"boss",
"chase",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respectfully":{
"as in lovingly , regardfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably",
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in politely , courteously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"suppliantly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reinspects":{
"as in resurveys , rereviews":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rereviews",
"resurveys",
"picks over",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"parses",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejuvenate":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rekindled":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"release":{
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"uncork",
"unleash",
"unlock",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"unmoor",
"unshackle",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"halter",
"hamper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame"
]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"release the prisoners immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"disembarrass",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"free",
"liberate",
"untangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disburden",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untie",
"untwine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"burden",
"encumber",
"load",
"weigh"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharge",
"emanate",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"throw out",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminate",
"evacuate",
"excrete",
"exude",
"ooze",
"secrete",
"eject",
"erupt",
"gush",
"jet",
"outpour",
"pour",
"spew",
"spout",
"spray",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorb",
"inhale",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
"examples":[
"because they had legally declared bankruptcy, they received release from their debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivery",
"discharge",
"quietus",
"quittance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispensation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"waiver"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege":{
"examples":[
"we had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclaimer",
"quitclaim",
"waiver"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispensation",
"exemption",
"indemnity",
"abdication",
"relinquishment",
"renouncement",
"handover",
"renunciation",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
"examples":[
"a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
"examples":[
"only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviation",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relief"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasement",
"assuagement",
"decrease",
"diminishment",
"mitigation",
"moderation",
"mollification",
"calming",
"salving",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomfort",
"unrest",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repairing":{
"as in repair , fixing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"repair",
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"overhaul",
"reconstruction",
"reconversion",
"redesign",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"shift",
"transition",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"it will take some time to repair your energy after a bout with the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"having trouble finding someone who repairs audio components"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"revamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
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"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recognizance":{
"a legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished":{
"examples":[
"After his arraignment, the suspect was released on his own recognizance ."
],
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"bail",
"bond",
"gage",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"pawn",
"pledge",
"security",
"deposit",
"down payment",
"earnest",
"handsel",
"surety",
"warranty",
"assurance",
"oath",
"troth",
"word",
"commitment",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repleteness":{
"as in fullness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black hole",
"blank",
"blankness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"vacuity",
"void",
"nothingness",
"inane",
"vacuum"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relishing":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"visit again real soon, for I relish your company"
],
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"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repurchases":{
"as in redeems":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeems",
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"rescues",
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuys",
"bids",
"offers",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refuseniks":{
"as in refusers , recusants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recusants",
"refusers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"revolutionizers",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"recreants",
"renegades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repays":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me"
],
"synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives back",
"reciprocates",
"renders (to)",
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"liquidates",
"pays down",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"satisfies",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"how can we ever repay your kindness?"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocates",
"recompenses",
"requites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanges",
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"restitutes",
"avenges",
"gets back (at)",
"retaliates",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehashing":{
"as in arguing , suggesting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bandying",
"batting (around)",
"chewing over",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"kicking around",
"mooting",
"palavering",
"talking",
"talking over",
"ventilating",
"advising",
"confabbing",
"confabulating",
"conferring",
"consulting",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"parleying",
"treating",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"directing",
"referring (to)",
"coaching",
"guiding",
"tutoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reportage":{
"as in message , communication":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"dispatch",
"message",
"411",
"advice",
"gen",
"info",
"information",
"intelligence",
"item",
"news",
"story",
"tidings",
"uncos",
"word",
"dope",
"lowdown",
"scoop",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"tip",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"tale",
"tattle",
"feedback",
"disinformation",
"propaganda"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reengineering":{
"as in revamping , revising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"contemporizing",
"modernizing",
"streamlining",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearresting":{
"as in incarcerating , imprisoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revamp":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"redraft",
"revise",
"rework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relieved":{
"as in relaxed , tranquilized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"an ice pack will relieve the swelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"helped",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"palliated",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"disburdened",
"disencumbered",
"divested",
"freed",
"rid",
"ridded",
"unburdened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"restrained",
"shackled",
"subjected",
"weighed down",
"weighted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displaced",
"displanted",
"replaced",
"substituted",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempted",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reduplicated":{
"as in reproduced , transcribed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"backup",
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"rendered",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"repeated",
"replicated",
"reprised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reassurance":{
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
"examples":[
"the governor's reassurance of the flood victims was seen as opportunistic"
],
"synonyms":[
"comforting",
"consolation",
"consoling",
"solace",
"solacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"condolence",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remuneration":{
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"customers who are tardy in their remuneration will be subject to extra charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"payment",
"remitment",
"remittance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rendering",
"tendering",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepayment",
"overpayment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayment"
]
},
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the vandals were ordered to pay the property owners thousands of dollars in remuneration"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"we can't accept your remuneration for services provided until we officially bill you"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recedes (from)":{
"as in goes , withdraws":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goes",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"comes",
"nears",
"nighs",
"drops in",
"enters",
"pops (in)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"read out":{
"as in shut out , deport":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deforce",
"deport",
"displace",
"dispossess",
"evict",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"ostracize",
"shut out",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarried":{
"as in married , betrothed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attached",
"espoused",
"hitched",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed",
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"committed",
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"mated",
"paired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"single",
"unattached",
"unmarried",
"unwed",
"fancy-free",
"footloose",
"marriageable",
"unpaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in paired off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paired off",
"coupled",
"mated",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"repertories":{
"as in repertoires , stockpiles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arsenals",
"caches",
"hoards",
"repertoires",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies",
"assortments",
"kaleidoscopes",
"miscellanea",
"mixed bags",
"omnium-gatherums",
"phantasmagorias",
"treasures",
"treasure troves",
"troves",
"accumulations",
"assemblies",
"gatherings",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"libraries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bric-a-brac",
"clutters",
"heaps",
"jumbles",
"litters",
"piles",
"ragbags"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reencountering":{
"as in remeeting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeeting",
"hitting (upon)",
"lighting (upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"crisscrossing",
"crossing",
"passing",
"colliding (with)",
"crashing (into)",
"facing",
"greeting",
"saluting",
"accosting",
"confronting",
"catching",
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"happening (upon)",
"meeting",
"stumbling (upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recline":{
"as in tilt , incline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge",
"sink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn",
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couch , lie (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requiring":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"the toy requires four batteries, which are not included"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reecho":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder reechoing through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"she reechoed an earlier speaker's points, only with a slightly different emphasis"
],
"synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"parrot",
"quote",
"repeat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouth",
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rereads":{
"as in proofreads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"proofreads",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"deciphers",
"reviews",
"studies",
"browses",
"dips (into)",
"leafs (through)",
"scans",
"skims",
"speed-reads",
"thumbs (through)",
"turns over",
"devours",
"gobbles (up)",
"slogs (through)",
"wades (through)",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"gets",
"grasps",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"reads",
"sees",
"tumbles (to)",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewashing":{
"as in rehydrating , rewetting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehydrating",
"rewetting",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"splashing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing",
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retorting":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when told she couldn't have it, she retorted , \"Fine, I didn't want it anyway!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"rejoining",
"replying",
"responding",
"returning",
"riposting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"antonyms":[
"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocities":{
"a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship":{
"examples":[
"The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborations",
"mutualisms",
"symbioses",
"chimes",
"comities",
"compatibilities",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"amities",
"companionships",
"congenialities",
"fellowships",
"fraternizations",
"friendships",
"agreements",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"cohesions",
"unities",
"affinities",
"connections",
"empathies",
"kinships",
"rapports",
"solidarities",
"sympathies",
"understandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hatreds",
"hostilities",
"alienations",
"breaches",
"divorces",
"estrangements",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"severances",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"anarchies",
"disorders",
"disturbances",
"strifes",
"turmoils",
"conflicts",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"disunities",
"variances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflects":{
"to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would":{
"examples":[
"her face was reflected in the waters of the still pond"
],
"synonyms":[
"images",
"mirrors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clones",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"repeats",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"reflected on the huge influence that the electronic media have on our national elections"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"comments",
"editorializes",
"notes",
"observes",
"opines",
"remarks",
"weighs in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentates",
"articulates",
"expresses",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resounding":{
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"the resounding hubbub of the streets of New York City"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly"
]
},
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"the emcee announced the winner in a resounding voice that could be heard all the way to the back of the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"a resounding chord"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by or uttered with forcefulness":{
"examples":[
"a resounding defeat for the opposition party"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"dynamic",
"emphatic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"full-blooded",
"muscular",
"strenuous",
"vehement",
"vigorous",
"violent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decided",
"insistent",
"marked",
"pointed",
"absolute",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clear",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"arresting",
"compelling",
"conspicuous",
"impelling",
"noticeable",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"mild",
"uncompelling",
"weak",
"wishy-washy",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"understated"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonassertive",
"nonemphatic",
"unemphatic"
]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"folk songs that resound the noble deeds of the nation's heroes of yore"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder resounded across the plain"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"resonating",
"reverberating",
"sounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ringing",
"rolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"respectfulness":{
"as in deference , submissiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"submissiveness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinspect":{
"as in resurvey , rereview":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rereview",
"resurvey",
"pick over",
"categorize",
"classify",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechartering":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"revalidating",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurrent":{
"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
"examples":[
"had recurrent problems with the computer for months and finally junked it"
],
"synonyms":[
"continual",
"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"aperiodic",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"perpetual"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rejuvenated":{
"as in refreshed , revitalized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshed",
"revitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"capable",
"competent",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"delicate",
"effete",
"enervated",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"tired",
"indolent",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"lazy",
"invertebrate",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"wimpy",
"ill",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"broken-down",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
"worn-out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuff":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"cold shoulder",
"repulse",
"silent treatment",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"as in scorn , disdain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve",
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resumption":{
"as in renewal , resuscitation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resuscitation",
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abeyance",
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense",
"suspension",
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remoistens":{
"as in refreshes , rehydrates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshes",
"rehydrates",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"rinses",
"sluices",
"dips",
"dunks",
"immerges",
"immerses",
"humidifies",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"souses",
"steeps",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"bathes",
"laves",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"moistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries",
"dehumidifies",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"residency":{
"the act or fact of residing in a place":{
"examples":[
"as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on"
],
"synonyms":[
"habitation",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"possession"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tenancy",
"tenantry",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ejectment",
"vacancy",
"vacating",
"vacation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restrict":{
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
"examples":[
"will restrict access to the laboratory"
],
"synonyms":[
"cap",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"hold down",
"limit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"constrict",
"contract",
"lessen",
"narrow",
"pinch",
"squeeze",
"tighten",
"quell",
"repress",
"suppress",
"number",
"modify",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broaden",
"expand",
"widen",
"overextend",
"overreach"
],
"antonyms":[
"exceed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrogressed":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressed",
"returned",
"reverted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"relapsed",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinterring":{
"as in reburying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reburying",
"cloaking",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"shrouding",
"coffining",
"obscuring",
"shading",
"shielding",
"concealing",
"covering",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"enshrining",
"immuring",
"inurning",
"burying",
"entombing",
"hearsing",
"inhuming",
"interring",
"laying",
"putting away",
"tombing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterring",
"exhuming",
"unearthing",
"burning",
"cremating",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncoffining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuttal":{
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
"examples":[
"an effective rebuttal to her claim of having the gift of clairvoyance"
],
"synonyms":[
"confutation",
"disconfirmation",
"disproof",
"refutation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterargument",
"counterevidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation",
"witness",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"proof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reasserted":{
"as in reaffirmed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffirmed",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"insisted",
"maintained",
"professed",
"protested",
"purported",
"warranted",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"proclaimed",
"argued",
"rationalized",
"reasoned",
"confirmed",
"justified",
"vindicated",
"defended",
"persevered",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"challenged",
"disputed",
"questioned",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"countered",
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resents":{
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"a public prosecutor who resents the nice clothes, fancy car, and big house that his old law school classmate has",
"always resented her baby brother, whom her parents doted on"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudges",
"envies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)",
"salivates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransmitting":{
"as in recommitting , redelivering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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