5210 lines
102 KiB
JSON
5210 lines
102 KiB
JSON
{
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"sics":{
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"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"commanded the attack dogs to \" sic 'em\""
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"covers",
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"defends",
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"guards",
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"protects",
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"secures",
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"shields"
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],
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"related":[
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"bum-rushes",
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"gangs up (on)",
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"mobs",
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"swarms",
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"mugs",
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"robs",
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"ambuscades",
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"ambushes",
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"surprises",
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"surprizes",
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"waylays",
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"blitzes",
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"bombards",
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"bombs",
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"nukes",
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"barrages",
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"cannonades",
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"cannons",
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"bangs away (at)",
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"batters",
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"buffets",
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"plasters",
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"beleaguers",
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"besieges",
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"presses",
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"harries",
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"loots",
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"pillages",
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"plunders",
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"ravages",
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"sacks",
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"forays",
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"invades",
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"overruns",
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"envelops",
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"flanks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assails",
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"bushwhacks",
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"charges",
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"descends (on or upon)",
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"goes in (on)",
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"jumps (on)",
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"pounces (on or upon)",
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"raids",
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"rushes",
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"sets on",
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"storms",
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"strikes",
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"trashes",
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"turns (on)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sidekick":{
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"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"movie heroes invariably have a trusty sidekick , who often provides comic relief"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"attendant",
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"handmaiden",
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"handmaid",
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"maid",
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"maidservant",
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"scullion",
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"servant",
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"auxiliary",
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"legman",
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"subordinate",
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"underling",
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"employee",
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"employe",
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"hand",
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"help",
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"hireling",
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"laborer",
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"swamper",
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"worker",
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"gal Friday",
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"girl Friday",
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"man Friday",
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"right hand",
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"aide-de-camp"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adjunct",
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"adjutant",
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"aid",
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"aide",
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"apprentice",
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"assistant",
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"coadjutor",
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"deputy",
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"helper",
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"helpmate",
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"helpmeet",
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"lieutenant",
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"mate"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sides":{
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"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"examined the problem from all sides"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"airs",
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"appearances",
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"characters",
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"colors",
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"complexions",
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"conditions",
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"faces",
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"looks",
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"semblances",
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"shapes",
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"states",
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"visages",
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"periods",
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"stages",
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"steps",
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"outlooks",
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"perspectives",
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"positions",
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"postures",
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"shoes",
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"slants",
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"stances",
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"standpoints",
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"viewpoints",
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"views",
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"interpretations",
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"readings",
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"renderings",
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"translations",
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"versions",
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"articles",
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"cases",
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"components",
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"counts",
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"details",
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"dimensions",
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"elements",
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"factors",
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"instances",
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"items",
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"matters",
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"particulars",
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"parts",
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"points",
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"regards",
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"respects"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angles",
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"aspects",
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"facets",
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"hands",
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"phases"
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]
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},
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"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"our side won, and the club will have a holiday party after all"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"splinters",
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"splits",
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"crews",
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"gangs",
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"packs",
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"teams",
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"denominations",
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"persuasions",
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"schisms",
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"scissions",
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"caucuses",
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"movements"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blocks",
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"blocs",
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"bodies",
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"coalitions",
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"factions",
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"parties",
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"sects",
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"sets",
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"wings"
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]
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},
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"a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"will everyone who wants to sign up for volleyball please stand off to this side of the gym?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"centers",
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"insides",
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"interiors",
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"middles",
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"midways"
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],
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"related":[
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"outsides",
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"faces",
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"tops",
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"bottoms",
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"feet",
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"foot",
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"underbellies",
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"underbodies",
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"underparts",
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"undersides",
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"undersurfaces",
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"lees",
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"leewards",
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"windwards",
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"lefts",
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"rights"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flanks",
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"hands"
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]
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},
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sidesplitting":{
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"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
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"unhysterical"
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],
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"examples":[
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"his sidesplitting jokes usually have audiences helpless with laughter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"grave",
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"no-nonsense",
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"sedate",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"sober",
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"sobersided",
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"solemn",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"staid",
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"unsmiling",
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"weighty",
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"affecting",
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"moving",
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"poignant",
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"touching",
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"tragic",
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"tragical",
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"lachrymose",
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"mournful",
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"sad",
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"sorrowful",
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"tearful",
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"woeful"
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],
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"related":[
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"amusing",
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"diverting",
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"entertaining",
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"clownish",
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"knockabout",
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"slapstick",
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"slapsticky",
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"zany",
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"facetious",
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"flip",
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"flippant",
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"pert",
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"smart",
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"smart-aleck",
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"smart-alecky",
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"snickery",
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"jocular",
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"playful",
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"waggish",
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"campy",
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"jokey",
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"joky",
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"priceless",
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"rich",
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"whimsical",
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"witty",
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"wry",
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"blithesome",
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"gleeful",
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"jocose",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"laughing",
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"mad",
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"merry",
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"mirthful"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antic",
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"chucklesome",
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"comedic",
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"comic",
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"comical",
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"droll",
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"farcical",
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"funny",
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"hilarious",
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"humoristic",
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"humorous",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"killing",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"riotous",
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"risible",
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"screaming",
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"uproarious"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"sidesteps":{
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"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"complies (with)",
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"follows",
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"keeps",
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"obeys",
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"observes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the eager enlistee sidestepped the regulations by lying about his age"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accedes (to)",
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"acquiesces (to)",
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"assents (to)",
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"accepts",
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"courts",
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"embraces",
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"pursues",
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"seeks",
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"welcomes",
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"catches",
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"contracts",
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"incurs"
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],
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"related":[
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"avoids",
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"ducks",
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"eludes",
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"end-runs",
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"escapes",
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"eschews",
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"evades",
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"outflanks",
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"shakes",
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"shirks",
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"shuns",
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"disobeys",
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"disregards",
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"flouts",
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"ignores",
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"averts",
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"deflects",
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"diverts",
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"obviates",
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"parries",
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"prevents",
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"wards (off)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bypasses",
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"circumvents",
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"dodges",
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"gets around",
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"shortcuts",
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"skirts"
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]
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},
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"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the startled spectator sidestepped away from the oncoming ball"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"avoids",
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"eludes",
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"escapes",
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"evades",
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"parries",
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"shirks",
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"skirts",
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"deflects",
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"turns",
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"slides",
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"slips"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dodges",
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"ducks",
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"jinks",
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"slaloms",
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"weaves",
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"zigzags"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sideward":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"siding (with)":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sift":{
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"as in filter , sieve":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in study , inspect":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sifts":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sigh (for)":{
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhor",
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"abominate",
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"despise",
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"detest",
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"execrate",
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"hate",
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"loathe",
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"decline",
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"refuse",
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"reject",
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"spurn"
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],
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"related":[
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"spoil (for)",
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"adore",
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"delight (in)",
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"dig",
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"enjoy",
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"fancy",
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"groove (on)",
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"like",
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"love",
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"relish",
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"revel (in)",
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"favor",
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"prefer",
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"admire",
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"appreciate",
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"cherish",
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"prize",
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"treasure",
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"value"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ache (for)",
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"covet",
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"crave",
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"desiderate",
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"desire",
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"die (for)",
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"hanker (for or after)",
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"hunger (for)",
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"itch (for)",
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"jones (for)",
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"long (for)",
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"lust (for or after)",
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"pant (after)",
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"pine (for)",
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"repine (for)",
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"salivate (for)",
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"thirst (for)",
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"want",
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"wish (for)",
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"yearn (for)",
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"yen (for)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sighed (for)":{
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"despised",
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"detested",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"declined",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"spurned"
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],
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"related":[
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"spoiled (for)",
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"spoilt (for)",
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"adored",
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"delighted (in)",
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"dug",
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"enjoyed",
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"fancied",
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"grooved (on)",
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"liked",
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"loved",
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"relished",
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"reveled (in)",
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"revelled (in)",
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"favored",
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"preferred",
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"admired",
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"appreciated",
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"cherished",
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"prized",
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"treasured",
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"valued"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ached (for)",
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"coveted",
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"craved",
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"desiderated",
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"desired",
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"died (for)",
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"hankered (for or after)",
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"hungered (for)",
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"itched (for)",
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"jonesed (for)",
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"longed (for)",
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"lusted (for or after)",
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"panted (after)",
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"pined (for)",
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"repined (for)",
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"salivated (for)",
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"thirsted (for)",
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"wanted",
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"wished (for)",
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"yearned (for)",
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|
"yenned (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sighing":{
|
|
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor\u2014which was often",
|
|
"a breeze sighed through the leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"panting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"respiring",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"sniffing",
|
|
"snorting",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"soughing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign":{
|
|
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a sign for the audience to be quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"shrug",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"sign language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gesticulation",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"signal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an \"and\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"numeral",
|
|
"hieroglyph",
|
|
"ideogram",
|
|
"pictogram",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"rune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"glyph",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"symbol"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sign up",
|
|
"cosign",
|
|
"countersign",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"sign on",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil (in)",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"notarize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"subscribe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sign off (on)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signaled":{
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"gesticulated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signalized",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"shrugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"gestured",
|
|
"motioned",
|
|
"waved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signalizing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"significantly":{
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The recipe made significantly more cookies than I was expecting.",
|
|
"The vet informed us that Fluffy was significantly overweight and would need to be put on a diet."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signifying":{
|
|
"indicating something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his tendency to use weasel words is seen as a signifying character trait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluding",
|
|
"allusive",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"symbolic",
|
|
"symbolical",
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotative",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"indicative",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"mattering",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the symbol failed to signify anything to me\u2014until I realized that it was upside down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symboling",
|
|
"symbolling",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"spelling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreshowing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"presaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"betokening",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"telling (of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signing (up or on)":{
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs on":{
|
|
"as in signs up , enrolls":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signs on (for)":{
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demits"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I signed on for the crew team simply as a lark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reenlists",
|
|
"reenrolls",
|
|
"reenters",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"re-ups",
|
|
"gets in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlists (in)",
|
|
"enrolls (in)",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"signs up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silence":{
|
|
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violinist expects complete silence from the audience during his concerts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"volubility",
|
|
"chattiness",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"loquaciousness",
|
|
"loquacity",
|
|
"talkativeness",
|
|
"talkiness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inarticulacy",
|
|
"inarticulateness",
|
|
"voicelessness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"reticency",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"muteness",
|
|
"speechlessness",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the silence of the garden was refreshing after the din of the party inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"renown"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book eventually vanished into the silence that awaits best sellers whose time has past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"popularity",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"megastardom",
|
|
"superstardom",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recognition",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolization"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"inconspicuousness",
|
|
"invisibility",
|
|
"invisibleness",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"facelessness",
|
|
"namelessness",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"nowheresville",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"vanquish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"slap down",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
|
|
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"shush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"still"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silenced":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped up",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"throttled",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"vanquished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slapped down",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
|
|
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"shushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silent auctions":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silky":{
|
|
"covered with or as if with hair":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"glabrous",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shorn",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tops of the leaves are a dark glossy green, but the undersides are light and silky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beardless",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"bewhiskered",
|
|
"mustachioed",
|
|
"moustachioed",
|
|
"whiskered",
|
|
"stubbled",
|
|
"stubbly",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"linty",
|
|
"nappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"brushy",
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"fleecy",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"furry",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"hirsute",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"unshorn",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plant's fibers feel silky to the touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"gritty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"chiffon",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silklike",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvetlike",
|
|
"velvety"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silliness":{
|
|
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this inability to refrain from silliness is a distressing sign of professional immaturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was both amused and irritated by the silliness of his comments regarding the movie they has just seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop this silliness at once!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silt":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silvering":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"similitude":{
|
|
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two siblings, raised on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"homology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common denominator",
|
|
"commonality",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the striking similitude between that modern city and the Rome of ancient times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simp":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't assume that all teenagers are simps when it comes to making financial decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simpering":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simpleminded":{
|
|
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a simpleminded view of a complex problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"leery",
|
|
"leary",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"dewy",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"na\u00eff",
|
|
"naif",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scornful of their simpleminded belief that their parents would always be there to take care of them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simpleton":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his silly antics at office parties have earned him a reputation as a simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she felt like such a simpleton for needing help to install her home theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simplified":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less complex":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complexed",
|
|
"complexified",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elaborated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dumbed down",
|
|
"oversimplified",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"stripped (down)",
|
|
"stript (down)",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"streamlined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simplistic":{
|
|
"lacking in sophistication":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a simplistic belief in claims of the product's effectiveness",
|
|
"simplistic thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simulating":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cosmetics that simulate a suntan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sine qua non":{
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extensive grounding in mathematics is a sine qua non for a career in architecture"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singing (out)":{
|
|
"as in calling , crying":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"single (out)":{
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"ID",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"pinpoint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diagnose",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singleness":{
|
|
"as in uniqueness , oneness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without aid or support":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"either singly or with the cooperation of other nations, we must do something about this pressing environmental issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collectively",
|
|
"conjointly",
|
|
"cooperatively",
|
|
"hand in glove",
|
|
"hand and glove",
|
|
"hand in hand",
|
|
"jointly",
|
|
"mutually",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"en masse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"separately",
|
|
"solo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"independently",
|
|
"single-handed",
|
|
"single-handedly",
|
|
"solely",
|
|
"unaided",
|
|
"unassisted"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"singularities":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"neuroticisms",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchets",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"erraticisms",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"individualisms",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mannerisms",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"tics",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sinister":{
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie relies too much on sinister background music to create the suspense that the plot sorely lacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"doomy",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"minatory",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sink":{
|
|
"a place of great vice and corruption":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was able to rise above the sink that was his birthplace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tenderloin",
|
|
"den",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"pigsty",
|
|
"hellhole",
|
|
"hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Augean stable",
|
|
"cesspool",
|
|
"Gomorrah"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"devolve",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"loom",
|
|
"show up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blank (out)",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"dim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialize",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"vanish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"mark up",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overprice",
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demonetize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underprice",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"devaluate",
|
|
"devalue",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"mark down",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"write down",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"express",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"bottle up",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"squelch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sinless":{
|
|
"free from sin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"peccant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that limbo is the place where sinless but unbaptized souls abide until Judgment Day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"virtueless",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"white"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sinning":{
|
|
"as in sinful , impure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bless me, Father, for I have sinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"regretting",
|
|
"repenting",
|
|
"ruing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"messing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sip":{
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are a few sips left in the glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slowly sipping the hot soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt (down)",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"pound (down)",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"slug (down)",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"siren":{
|
|
"a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a siren who could captivate any audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"sexpot",
|
|
"sex symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"seductress",
|
|
"temptress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sires":{
|
|
"a male human parent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"patresfamilias",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"father figures",
|
|
"father images",
|
|
"stepfathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daddies",
|
|
"dads",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"papas",
|
|
"poppas",
|
|
"pas",
|
|
"paters",
|
|
"pops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cocreators",
|
|
"co-creators",
|
|
"cofounders",
|
|
"co-founders",
|
|
"conceivers",
|
|
"contrivers",
|
|
"designers",
|
|
"devisers",
|
|
"formulators",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"spawners",
|
|
"builders",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"organizers",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"galvanizers",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"inspirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"creators",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"founding fathers",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"instituters",
|
|
"institutors",
|
|
"originators"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become the father of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"procreates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"genders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"gets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sissified":{
|
|
"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"manlike",
|
|
"manly",
|
|
"mannish",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"learned the hard way that using the recommended safety gear was sensible, not sissified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"overnice",
|
|
"prissy",
|
|
"spinsterish",
|
|
"dandyish",
|
|
"dudish",
|
|
"foppish",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"antimacho"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effeminate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"epicene",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"womanish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sit-downs":{
|
|
"as in sit-ins , slowdowns":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sited":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"six-shooter":{
|
|
"as in handgun , pistol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sizableness":{
|
|
"as in greatness , voluminousness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sized up":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sizzles":{
|
|
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a brief sizzle as the moth flew into the flame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"sibilances",
|
|
"sibilants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"convulses",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"effervesces",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sightless":{
|
|
"lacking the power of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bats are often thought to be completely sightless , but this is not really true"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"blindfold",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silken":{
|
|
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the silken texture of the synthetic fabric"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silklike",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvetlike",
|
|
"velvety"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"chiffon",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"gritty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was unaccustomed to living in such silken surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singed":{
|
|
"as in burned , charred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to burn on the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"cremated",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"scalded",
|
|
"scathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"siren song":{
|
|
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opportunity for fame and fortune is the siren song that has long lured the ambitious to the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"seducement",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"mousetrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sit-ins":{
|
|
"as in sit-downs , go-slows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sidewinder":{
|
|
"as in copperhead , rattlesnake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in uppercut , roundhouse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"signaller":{
|
|
"as in waft , semaphore":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sincere":{
|
|
"genuine in feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she offered a sincere apology for her angry outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wholehearted",
|
|
"whole-souled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"done out of a sincere desire to help others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"manipulative",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sister":{
|
|
"a female connected with another person by a common parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She plans to spend her birthday with her twin sister ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of a religious community of women":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many of the sisters in the convent participate in community outreach programs."
|
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],
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|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"a woman with whom one feels a sense of solidarity":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"We started a web site for women entrepreneurs to connect with our sisters around the globe."
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"sitting duck":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"butt",
|
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"mark",
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"prey",
|
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"target",
|
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"victim"
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],
|
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"related":[
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"laughingstock",
|
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"mockery",
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"pilgarlic",
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"lightning rod",
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"fall guy",
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"goat",
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"scapegoat",
|
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"whipping boy"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"troublemaker",
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"defamer",
|
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"libeler",
|
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"libelist",
|
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"traducer",
|
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"baiter",
|
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"heckler",
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"needler",
|
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"ribber",
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"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"insulter",
|
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"mocker",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"side reaction":{
|
|
"as in ramification , aftereffect":{
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|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complicacy",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"intricacy",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"technicality",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sitting":{
|
|
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody needs to sit down because it's time for class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"sprawling",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the host had to sit some of the guests on the porch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"seating",
|
|
"setting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"reposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we didn't want to disturb the hens, as they were sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"incubating",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"spawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monument that sits at the entrance to the battlefield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"stationing",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sieved":{
|
|
"as in filtered , sifted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"sedimented",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"resettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"simplemindedness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the simplemindedness of the villagers was at times winning and at others worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sick and tired":{
|
|
"having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"world-weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"thrilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"rapt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sizing up":{
|
|
"as in finding (for or against) , trying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"umpiring",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"redetermining",
|
|
"rejudging",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"mediating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"finding (for or against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sideswiping":{
|
|
"to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The taxi sideswiped a parked car."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"skimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silhouette":{
|
|
"a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"skyline",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"geometry",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"skeleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"define",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"line",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"map (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |