4623 lines
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4623 lines
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{
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"arbitrary":{
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"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"limited"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a nation with no tradition of democracy, only a long history of arbitrary rulers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"circumscribed",
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"restrained",
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"restricted",
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"constitutional",
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"lawful",
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"democratic",
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"republican"
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],
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"related":[
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"authoritarian",
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"jackbooted",
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"oppressive",
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"totalitarian",
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"antidemocratic",
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"antirepublican",
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"high-handed",
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"magisterial",
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"domineering",
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"imperious",
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"masterful",
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"all-powerful",
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"almighty",
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"omnipotent",
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"autonomous",
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"self-governing",
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"self-ruling",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"unconditional",
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"unlimited"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absolute",
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"autocratic",
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"autocratical",
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"czarist",
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"tsarist",
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"tzarist",
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"despotic",
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"dictatorial",
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"monocratic",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic",
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"tyrannous"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an arbitrary piano teacher who makes all her students do the same exercises over and over again"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"disinterested",
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"dispassionate",
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"equal",
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"equitable",
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"evenhanded",
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"fair",
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"impartial",
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"just",
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"nonpartisan",
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"objective",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"understanding",
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"unbiased",
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"unprejudiced",
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"ethical",
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"honorable",
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"irreproachable",
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"law-abiding",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"unimpeachable"
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],
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"related":[
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"arrogant",
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"commanding",
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"demanding",
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"dominant",
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"domineering",
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"haughty",
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"imperative",
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"lordly",
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"masterful",
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"overbearing",
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"presumptuous",
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"authoritarian",
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"autocratic",
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"autocratical",
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"despotic",
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"totalitarian",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic",
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"tyrannous",
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"capricious",
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"changeable",
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"erratic",
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"inconsistent",
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"mercurial",
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"whimsical",
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"biased",
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"inequitable",
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"partisan",
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"prejudiced",
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"unequal",
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"unfair",
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"unjust",
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"unrealistic",
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"unreasonable",
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"unconscionable",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dictatorial",
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"high-handed",
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"imperious",
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"peremptory",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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]
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},
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"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
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"antonyms":[
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"methodical",
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"methodic",
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"nonrandom",
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"orderly",
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"organized",
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"regular",
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"systematic",
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"systematized"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the order of the names of the 10 semifinalists is entirely arbitrary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"established",
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"fixed",
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"regular",
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"set",
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"stable",
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"steady",
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"constant",
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"continuous",
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"even",
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"arranged",
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"managed",
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"orchestrated",
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"ordered",
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"planned",
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"aware",
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"conscious",
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"deliberate",
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"purposeful",
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"thoughtful",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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],
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"related":[
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"accidental",
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"casual",
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"chance",
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"chancy",
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"contingent",
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"fluky",
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"flukey",
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"fortuitous",
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"inadvertent",
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"incidental",
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"lucky",
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"unconsidered",
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"unintended",
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"unintentional",
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"unplanned",
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"unpremeditated",
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"scattershot",
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"shotgun",
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"irregular",
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"odd",
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"sporadic",
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"spot",
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"directionless",
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"objectless",
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"purposeless",
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"indiscriminate",
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"unsystematic",
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"undirected",
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"disorderly",
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"disorganized",
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"undiscriminating",
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"unselective"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aimless",
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"catch-as-catch-can",
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"desultory",
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"erratic",
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"haphazard",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"random",
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"scattered",
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"slapdash",
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"stray"
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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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"arbitrate":{
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"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"equivocate",
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"hedge",
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"pussyfoot",
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"skirt"
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],
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"related":[
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"consider",
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"deem",
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"deliberate",
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"hear",
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"ponder",
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"weigh",
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"size up",
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"mediate",
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"moderate",
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"negotiate",
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"prosecute",
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"try",
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"find (for or against)",
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"conclude",
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"resolve",
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"redetermine",
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"rejudge"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adjudge",
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"adjudicate",
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"decide",
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"determine",
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"judge",
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"referee",
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"rule (on)",
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"settle",
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"umpire"
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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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"archive":{
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"a place where books, periodicals, and records are kept for use but not for sale":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"asked that the rare book be brought from the archive",
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"sent the novelist's letters to the archive for preservation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"rental library",
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"lending library",
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"bibliotheca",
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"stacks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"library"
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]
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},
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"as in organize , compile":{
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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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"ardor":{
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"depth of feeling":{
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"antonyms":[
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"impassiveness",
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"impassivity",
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"insensibility",
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"insensibleness",
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"insensitiveness",
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"insensitivity"
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],
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"examples":[
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"candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aloofness",
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"calmness",
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"collectedness",
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"composure",
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"detachedness",
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"dryness",
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"phlegm",
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"reserve",
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"reservedness",
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"reticence",
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"taciturnity",
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"apathy",
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"indifference",
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"stoicism",
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"stoniness",
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"unconcern",
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"stiffness",
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"woodenness",
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"chilliness",
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"coldness",
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"coolness",
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"frigidity",
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"frigidness"
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],
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"related":[
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"cathexis",
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"emotionalism",
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"emotionality",
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"histrionics",
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"mawkishness",
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"melodrama",
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"sappiness",
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"sentimentality",
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"eagerness",
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"earnestness",
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"excitement",
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"gusto",
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"keenness",
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"zest",
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"fanaticism",
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"fever",
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"hot-bloodedness",
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"infatuation",
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"mania",
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"obsession",
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"zeal",
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"compassion",
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"responsiveness",
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"sentiment",
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"sympathy",
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"tenderness",
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"torridity",
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"torridness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ardency",
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"emotion",
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"enthusiasm",
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"fervency",
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"fervidness",
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"fervor",
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"fire",
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"heat",
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"intenseness",
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"intensity",
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"passion",
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"passionateness",
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"vehemence",
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"violence",
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"warmth",
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"white heat"
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]
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},
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"intense sexual desire":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"her revealing outfit only inflamed his ardor all the more"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"frigidity"
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],
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"related":[
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"erotomania",
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"nymphomania",
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"satyriasis",
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"lasciviousness",
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"lewdness",
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"libidinousness",
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"licentiousness",
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"lickerishness",
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"randiness",
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"salaciousness",
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"wantonness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concupiscence",
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"eros",
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"eroticism",
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"horniness",
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"itch",
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"lust",
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"lustfulness",
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"passion"
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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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"urgent desire or interest":{
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"antonyms":[
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"apathy",
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"indifference"
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],
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"examples":[
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"his ardor for combat cooled once he began experiencing the horrors of war"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"casualness",
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"insouciance",
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"nonchalance",
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"unconcern",
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"aloofness",
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"detachment",
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"impassivity",
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"languidness",
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"languor",
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"halfheartedness",
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"lukewarmness"
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],
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"related":[
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"alacrity",
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"quickness",
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"ambition",
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"gusto",
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"zest",
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"appetence",
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"appetency",
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"fervency",
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"passion",
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"warmth",
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"zeal",
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"amenability",
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"readiness",
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"willingness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appetite",
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"avidity",
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"avidness",
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"desirousness",
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"eagerness",
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"enthusiasm",
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"excitement",
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"hunger",
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"impatience",
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"keenness",
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"lust",
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"thirst"
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]
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}
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},
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"argue":{
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"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deter",
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"discourage",
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"dissuade",
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"unsell"
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],
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"related":[
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"blandish",
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"blarney",
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"cajole",
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"coax",
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"entreat",
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"exhort",
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"fast-talk",
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"urge",
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"wheedle",
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"allure",
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"beguile",
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"lead on",
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"lure",
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"seduce",
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"snow",
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"tempt",
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"brainwash",
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"overpersuade",
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"incline",
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"influence",
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"prompt",
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"sell",
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"sway",
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"attract",
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"draw",
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"entice",
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"interest",
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"chew over",
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"converse",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"dispute",
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"hash (over)",
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"moot",
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"reason (with)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bring",
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"bring around",
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"convert",
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"convince",
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"gain",
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"get",
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"induce",
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"move",
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"persuade",
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"prevail (on or upon)",
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"satisfy",
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"talk (into)",
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"win (over)"
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]
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},
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"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coexist",
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"get along",
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"accept",
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"agree",
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"assent",
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"concur",
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"consent"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenge",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"clash",
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"contend",
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"contest",
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"tangle",
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"cavil",
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"fuss",
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"nitpick",
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"consider",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"kick",
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"object",
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"protest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercate",
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"argufy",
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"bicker",
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"brabble",
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"brawl",
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"controvert",
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"dispute",
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"fall out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"jar",
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"quarrel",
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"quibble",
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle"
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]
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},
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"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disprove",
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"rebut",
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"refute"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contradict",
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"gainsay",
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"deny",
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"disavow",
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"disclaim",
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"challenge",
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"contest",
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"dispute",
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"question"
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],
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"related":[
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"avouch",
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"back (up)",
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"testify (to)",
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"vouch (for)",
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"witness",
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"guarantee",
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"warrant",
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"affirm",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"avow",
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"declare",
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"profess",
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"demonstrate",
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"document",
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"establish",
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"prove",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attest",
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"authenticate",
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"bear out",
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"certify",
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"confirm",
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"corroborate",
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"substantiate",
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"support",
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"validate",
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"verify",
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"vindicate"
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]
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},
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"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
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"adduce",
|
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"cite",
|
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"mention",
|
|
"claim",
|
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"insist",
|
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"affirm",
|
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"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
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"avow",
|
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"advance",
|
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"give",
|
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"offer",
|
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"propose",
|
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"submit",
|
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"advise",
|
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"counsel",
|
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"recommend",
|
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"suggest",
|
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"urge",
|
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"convince",
|
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"persuade",
|
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"advocate",
|
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"champion",
|
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"defend",
|
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"enforce",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"confute",
|
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"counter",
|
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"disprove",
|
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"rebut",
|
|
"refute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"assert",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"plead",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
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"review",
|
|
"speak (about)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
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"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"agitate",
|
|
"bandy",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
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"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"argues":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"unsells"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"fast-talks",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"brainwashes",
|
|
"overpersuades",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"reasons (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings around",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexists",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"consents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercates",
|
|
"argufies",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brabbles",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"backs (up)",
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
|
"vouches (for)",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"bears out",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adduces",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"pleads",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"speaks (about)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"talks out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"wrestles (with)",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bandies",
|
|
"bats (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over or out)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arguing":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"unselling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"fast-talking",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuading",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"reasoning (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing around",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisting",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"consenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercating",
|
|
"argufying",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"brabbling",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"rowing",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"spatting",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"tiffing",
|
|
"wrangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"reasoning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"speaking (about)",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"talking out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"batting (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over or out)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"argumentation":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the matter is not subject to argumentation ; my decision is final"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"skull session",
|
|
"skull practice",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"argy-bargy":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wouldn't be a cricket match without a little argy-bargy over the umpire's every call"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"skull session",
|
|
"skull practice",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perennial argy-bargy over whether the monarchy should be abolished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"logomachy",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"protestation",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"rhubarb",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"set-to",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arise":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is not known exactly how mammals arose , but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"go (on)",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"crop (up)",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"spring (up)",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave one's bed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bed (down)",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"turn in"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"lie up",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"doss (down)",
|
|
"flop (down)",
|
|
"lie (down)",
|
|
"recline"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"bestir",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slowly the hot-air balloon arose , and the round-the-world flight was begun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arising":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is not known exactly how mammals arose , but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"setting in",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"going (on)",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"transpiring",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave one's bed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bedding (down)",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"turning in"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"lying up",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"dossing (down)",
|
|
"flopping (down)",
|
|
"lying (down)",
|
|
"reclining"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"bestirring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slowly the hot-air balloon arose , and the round-the-world flight was begun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aristocracy":{
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"membership in the society is reserved for the literary world's aristocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"proletariat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at one time in China only the aristocracy could own land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"(the) crowd",
|
|
"(the) masses",
|
|
"peasantry",
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"(the) people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"(the) populace",
|
|
"(the) public",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"working class",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"(the) herd",
|
|
"(the) mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
"Four Hundred",
|
|
"400",
|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"jet set",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"carriage trade",
|
|
"plutocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"armoire":{
|
|
"a tall piece of furniture that is used to store things (such as clothes)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They didn't have enough closet space in the bedroom, so they bought an armoire ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arouse":{
|
|
"to cause to stop sleeping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lull"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"roust",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"rewake",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bestir",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"knock up",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be asleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"conk (off or out)",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"bed (down)",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"doss (down)",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"kip (down)",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack out",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"lie up",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"oversleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"rewake",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"impassion",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rev (up)",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aroused":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to stop sleeping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rousted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"rewaked",
|
|
"rewoke",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bestirred",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"knocked up",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be asleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"conked (off or out)",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed",
|
|
"bedded (down)",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"dossed (down)",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"kipped (down)",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked out",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"slept in",
|
|
"overslept"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rolled out",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"rewaked",
|
|
"rewoke",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arousing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to stop sleeping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rousting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"rewaking",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bestirring",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"knocking up",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be asleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"conking (off or out)",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"bedding (down)",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"dossing (down)",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"kipping (down)",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking out",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"lying up",
|
|
"sleeping in",
|
|
"oversleeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"rewaking",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"impassioning",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"revving (up)",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arraigns":{
|
|
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arrange":{
|
|
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"settle (on or upon)",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"talk over",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"renegotiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"negotiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrange a time for the meeting",
|
|
"arrange money matters for your trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"differ (over)",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"programme",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"square away",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree (on)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"hierarchize",
|
|
"prioritize",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machinate",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"premeditate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"choreograph",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme (out)",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"strategize (about)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"array":{
|
|
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feudal lords depended upon their array for defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"militia",
|
|
"national guard",
|
|
"standing army",
|
|
"infantry",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressy clothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed in festive array for the city's annual New Year's Eve celebration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishabille"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"best",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"full dress",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"regalia"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a marching band's carefully choreographed array"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disconnection",
|
|
"disjointedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"priority",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"disposal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"emboss",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"untruss"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"underdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck (out)",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enrobe",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tog (up or out)",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"vesture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"hierarchize",
|
|
"prioritize",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arrest":{
|
|
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"house arrest",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"pinch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"hemostasis\" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"involve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arrestee":{
|
|
"as in defendant , suspect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arrival":{
|
|
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"disappearance",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April",
|
|
"the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"evaporation",
|
|
"fadeaway",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"incoming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artful":{
|
|
"accomplished with trained ability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that was an artful way to handle a very delicate situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"bravura",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"workmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artful lawyer got the witness to admit he had been lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that kitchen gadget is an artful tool for extracting cherry pits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"assembly-line",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"groundbreaking",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"cleverish",
|
|
"gadgety",
|
|
"gimmicky",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"inventive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artfully":{
|
|
"in a skillful or expert manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"incapably",
|
|
"incompetently",
|
|
"inefficiently",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"inexpertly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unskillfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sushi chef artfully filleted the salmon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"crudely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"cleverly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"capably",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articles":{
|
|
"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"read an article extolling the benefits of vegetarianism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"editorials",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups",
|
|
"dissertations",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"prolegomena",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"themes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artifice":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used the artifice of saying his grandmother had died so that he could get the last seat on the plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"end run",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shenanigan",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"using their artifice , the Greeks crafted a hollow wooden horse to hide inside and thereby gained entry into the city of Troy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a painting that could only have been created with the artifice of a master"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crook who is a master of artifice and manipulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's willing to resort to artifice to get himself out of this jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artlessly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artlessly commented that the dress looked good",
|
|
"informed his host rather artlessly that the food was okay but not fantastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"artificially":{
|
|
"as in unnaturally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arrogates":{
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"expropriates",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"repossesses",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"embezzles",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arranged (for)":{
|
|
"as in signed up (for) , ordered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"area":{
|
|
"a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I last saw your dog over in that general area"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a top researcher in the area of human genetics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"turf",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"subfield",
|
|
"subspecialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aromaticity":{
|
|
"as in odoriferousness , odorousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arriving":{
|
|
"to get to a destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when will the guests arrive ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"getting through",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"touching down",
|
|
"debarking",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"blowing in",
|
|
"breezing (in)",
|
|
"bursting (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzing (in)",
|
|
"checking in",
|
|
"clocking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"clocking (out)",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"vamoosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"excelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |