6810 lines
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6810 lines
134 KiB
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"thaumaturgist":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"thaumaturgy":{
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"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a macabre tale about a woman who uses thaumaturgy to bring her dead lover back to life"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"science"
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],
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"related":[
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"abracadabra",
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"amulet",
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"charm",
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"fetish",
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"fetich",
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"mascot",
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"periapt",
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"phylactery",
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"talisman",
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"conjuration",
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"glamour",
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"glamor",
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"incantation",
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"spell",
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"curse",
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"hex",
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"jinx",
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"augury",
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"crystal gazing",
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"divination",
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"divining",
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"forecasting",
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"foreknowing",
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"foreseeing",
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"foretelling",
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"fortune-telling",
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"predicting",
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"presaging",
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"prognosticating",
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"prophesying",
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"soothsaying",
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"sortilege",
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"hexerei",
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"hoodoo",
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"occultism",
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"spiritualism",
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"augur",
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"omen",
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"exorcism",
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"alchemy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bewitchery",
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"bewitchment",
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"conjuring",
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"devilry",
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"deviltry",
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"diablerie",
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"enchantment",
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"ensorcellment",
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"magic",
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"mojo",
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"necromancy",
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"sorcery",
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"voodooism",
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"witchcraft",
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"witchery",
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"wizardry"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"thawed":{
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"freed from a frozen state by exposure to warmth":{
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"antonyms":[
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"frozen"
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],
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"examples":[
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"recommends cooking thawed fish within 24 hours"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chilled",
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"iced",
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"refrigerated",
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"quick-frozen",
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"refrozen",
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"supercooled",
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"congealed",
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"glaciated",
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"semisolid",
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"frostbitten",
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"frosty",
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"icy"
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],
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"related":[
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"liquefied",
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"melted",
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"molten",
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"deiced",
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"heated",
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"warmed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"defrosted",
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"unfrozen"
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]
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},
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"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hardened",
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"set",
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"solidified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"will have to let the apple juice concentrate thaw before you can mix it with water"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clotted",
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"coagulated",
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"congealed",
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"gelled",
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"jelled",
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"jellied",
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"thickened"
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],
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"related":[
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"founded",
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"guttered",
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"tried",
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"dissolved",
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"rendered",
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"softened",
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"thinned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deliquesced",
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"fluxed",
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"fused",
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"liquefied",
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"liquified",
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"melted",
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"ran",
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"run"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"the whole kit and caboodle":{
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"a complete amount of something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"net"
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],
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"related":[
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"gross",
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"completeness",
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"comprehensiveness",
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"cumulativeness",
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"entirety",
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"bulk",
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"lion's share",
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"mass",
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"enchilada",
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"schmear"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aggregate",
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"full",
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"sum",
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"summation",
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"sum total",
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"total",
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"totality",
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"whole"
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]
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},
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"a number of things considered as a unit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"entity",
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"item",
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"single",
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"unit"
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],
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"related":[
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"accumulation",
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"aggregate",
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"aggregation",
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"conglomeration",
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"agglomeration",
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"assortment",
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"hodgepodge",
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"jumble",
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"miscellany",
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"mixture",
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"odds and ends",
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"sundries",
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"variety",
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"cycle",
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"run",
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"series",
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"suit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"array",
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"assemblage",
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"band",
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"bank",
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"batch",
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"battery",
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"block",
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"bunch",
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"clot",
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"clump",
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"cluster",
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"clutch",
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"collection",
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"constellation",
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"group",
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"grouping",
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"huddle",
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"knot",
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"lot",
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"muster",
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"package",
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"parcel",
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"passel",
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"set",
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"suite"
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]
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},
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"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"individual",
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"single"
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],
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"related":[
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"assembly",
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"collective",
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"congregation",
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"gathering",
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"muster",
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"organization",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"clique",
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"coterie",
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"fellowship",
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"gang",
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"ring",
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"round",
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"set",
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"faction",
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"guild",
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"gild",
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"order",
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"school",
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"sect",
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"brigade",
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"crew",
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"outfit",
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"phalanx",
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"platoon",
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"posse",
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"task force",
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"team",
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"alliance",
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"bloc",
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"coalition",
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"confederacy",
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"confederation",
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"federation",
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"league",
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"union",
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"battalion",
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"squadron",
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"bevy",
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"brood",
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"covey"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"array",
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"band",
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"batch",
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"battery",
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"body",
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"boodle",
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"bunch",
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"cluster",
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"clutch",
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"consort",
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"constellation",
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"crop",
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"group",
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"grouping",
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"huddle",
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"knot",
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"lot",
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"parcel",
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"party",
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"passel"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"the whole shebang":{
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"a complete amount of something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"If you buy the whole shebang right now, you'll get a 20% discount."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"net"
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],
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"related":[
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"gross",
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"completeness",
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"comprehensiveness",
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"cumulativeness",
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"entirety",
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"bulk",
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"lion's share",
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"mass",
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"enchilada",
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"schmear"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aggregate",
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"full",
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"sum",
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"summation",
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"sum total",
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"total",
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"totality",
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"whole"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"theoretical":{
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"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea":{
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"antonyms":[
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"concrete",
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"nonabstract"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the theoretical musings in his new book are less engaging than the anecdote-driven arguments of his previous works"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"material",
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"physical",
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"appreciable",
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"detectable",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
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"noticeable",
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"observable",
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"palpable",
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"perceptible",
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"sensible",
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"substantial",
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"tangible",
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"visible",
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"defined",
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"definite",
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"distinct",
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"actual",
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"factual",
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"real"
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],
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"related":[
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"conjectural",
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"hypothetical",
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"speculative",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"intellectual",
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"mental",
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"spiritual",
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"ethereal",
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"immaterial",
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"incorporeal",
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"insubstantial",
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"nonmaterial",
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"nonphysical",
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"unsubstantial",
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"impalpable",
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"imperceptible",
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"insensible",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"impractical",
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"romantic",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental",
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"unreal",
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"utopian",
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"visionary"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abstract",
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"conceptual",
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"ideal",
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"ideational",
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"metaphysical",
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"notional"
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]
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},
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"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"actual",
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"factual",
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"real"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the merits of the new testing procedures are purely theoretical , since no one has ever used them before"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clinical",
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"practical",
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"concrete",
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"defined",
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"definite",
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"distinct",
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"attested",
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"authenticated",
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"confirmed",
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"demonstrated",
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"established",
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"proven",
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"substantiated",
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"tested",
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"time-tested",
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"validated",
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"verified",
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"empirical",
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"empiric",
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"nonspeculative",
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"nontheoretical",
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"observational"
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],
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"related":[
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"alleged",
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"assumed",
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"presumed",
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"presupposed",
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"proposed",
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"supposed",
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"unproved",
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"unproven",
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"untested",
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"debatable",
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"moot",
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"abstract",
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"conceptual",
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"intellectual",
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"metaphysical",
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"nonclinical",
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"nonpractical",
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"nonempirical"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"academic",
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"academical",
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"conjectural",
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"hypothetical",
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"speculative",
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"suppositional"
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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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"theorizing":{
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"to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"theory":{
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"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"set out to prove her theory that people can't really taste any difference between colas, so they buy according to the product's image"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assurance",
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"certainty",
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"fact",
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"knowledge"
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],
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"related":[
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"assumption",
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"concession",
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"premise",
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"premiss",
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"presumption",
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"presupposition",
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"theorem",
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"conjecture",
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"generalization",
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"guess",
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"guesswork",
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"inference",
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"speculation",
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"surmise",
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"proffer",
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"proposal",
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"suggestion",
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"feeling",
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"hunch",
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"impression",
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"inkling",
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"notion",
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"suspicion",
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"abstraction",
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"concept",
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"conception",
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"construct"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hypothesis",
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"proposition",
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"supposition",
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"thesis"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"there":{
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"as in here":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in no , well":{
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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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"interjection",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"thereabout":{
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"as in hereabouts , hereaway":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"thieved":{
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"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"someone's been thieving my cookies!"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bought",
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"purchased",
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"bestowed",
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"contributed",
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"donated",
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"gave",
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"handed over",
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"presented"
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],
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"related":[
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"burglarized",
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"knocked over",
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"robbed",
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"looted",
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"pillaged",
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"plundered",
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"sacked",
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"carjacked",
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"hijacked",
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"highjacked",
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"picked",
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"rifled",
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"poached",
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"rustled",
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"shoplifted",
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"collared",
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"grabbed",
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"grasped",
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"nailed",
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"seized",
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"snatched",
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"took",
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"mooched",
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"sponged",
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"abducted",
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"kidnapped",
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"kidnaped",
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"shanghaied",
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"spirited"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appropriated",
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"boosted",
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"filched",
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"heisted",
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"hooked",
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"lifted",
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"misappropriated",
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"nicked",
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"nipped",
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"pilfered",
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"pinched",
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"pocketed",
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"purloined",
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"ripped off",
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"snitched",
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"stole",
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"swiped"
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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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"thievery":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who has a history of petty thievery and narcotics peddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"graft",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"petit larceny",
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"rapine",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"black marketeering",
|
|
"smuggling",
|
|
"banditry",
|
|
"piracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larceny",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thieving":{
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone's been thieving my cookies!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"spiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"heisting",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"swiping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thimblerigged":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thimblerigs":{
|
|
"as in three-card montes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thin on the ground":{
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Business has been thin on the ground since tourist season concluded."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thingamajig":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingummy",
|
|
"whatchamacallit",
|
|
"whatnot",
|
|
"whatsit",
|
|
"whatsis",
|
|
"what-is-it"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thingness":{
|
|
"the fact of being or of being real":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexistence",
|
|
"nonbeing",
|
|
"nonexistence",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conceptual artists have taken the thingness out of art, asserting that the artistic vision is embodied in the concept and not in any particular object"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"virtuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"realness",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"prevalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"corporality",
|
|
"corporeality",
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"subsistence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thingumajigs":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingummies",
|
|
"whatchamacallits",
|
|
"whatnots",
|
|
"whatsits",
|
|
"whatses",
|
|
"what-is-its"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thingummies":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an antiques store filled with thingummies from the horse-and-buggy days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"whatchamacallits",
|
|
"whatnots",
|
|
"whatsits",
|
|
"whatses",
|
|
"what-is-its"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thingummy":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an antiques store filled with thingummies from the horse-and-buggy days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"whatchamacallit",
|
|
"whatnot",
|
|
"whatsit",
|
|
"whatsis",
|
|
"what-is-it"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"think (about or over)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"muse (upon)",
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"think (up)":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"drum up",
|
|
"excogitate",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"trump up",
|
|
"vamp (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporize",
|
|
"improvise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"replicate",
|
|
"reproduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thinkable":{
|
|
"as in plausible , conceivable":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"thinking (up)":{
|
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"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"cloning",
|
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"copycatting",
|
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"copying",
|
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"duplicating",
|
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"imitating",
|
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"mimicking",
|
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"reduplicating",
|
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"replicating",
|
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"reproducing"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"coining",
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"designing",
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"hatching",
|
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"producing",
|
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"daydreaming",
|
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"dreaming",
|
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"fantasizing",
|
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"conceiving",
|
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"envisaging",
|
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"envisioning",
|
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"imagining",
|
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"picturing",
|
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"visioning",
|
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"visualizing",
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"ad-libbing",
|
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"extemporizing",
|
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"improvising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"concocting",
|
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"constructing",
|
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"contriving",
|
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"cooking (up)",
|
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"devising",
|
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"drumming up",
|
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"excogitating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
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"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"trumping up",
|
|
"vamping (up)"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thinks (up)":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes",
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"extemporizes",
|
|
"improvises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"drums up",
|
|
"excogitates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"trumps up",
|
|
"vamps (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thirstiness":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only way to satisfy that thirstiness for a new job is to start looking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thistly":{
|
|
"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught her sleeve on a thistly bush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brambly",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thorny":{
|
|
"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay out of the thorny brambles unless you want a ton of scratches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brambly",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"thistly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidate tried to avoid discussing his views on the thorny issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unproblematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"scabrous",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thoroughfare":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the city's main thoroughfares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thought (about or over)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"thoughtful":{
|
|
"decided on as a result of careful thought":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"uncalculated",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thoughtful argument for military action"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aforethought",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"prudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought-out",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thoughtful offer to watch the neighbors' children on moving day",
|
|
"a thoughtful manager who understands that people's families should be more important than their jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"magnanimous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"solicitous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unreflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was a quiet and thoughtful child who rarely spoke but when he did, he almost always had something worthwhile to say"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"introspective",
|
|
"retrospective",
|
|
"self-reflective",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"philosophical",
|
|
"philosophic",
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"absentminded",
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"abstracted",
|
|
"preoccupied"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"broody",
|
|
"cogitative",
|
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"contemplative",
|
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"meditative",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pensive",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"ruminant",
|
|
"ruminative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"thoughtfulness":{
|
|
"as in concern , kindness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"thrash":{
|
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrash (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churn out",
|
|
"crank out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"effect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carve (out)",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashes":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashing":{
|
|
"as in pounding , battering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrashing (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churning out",
|
|
"cranking out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"effecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carving (out)",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threadbare":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never knew that she had so many threadbare relatives until she won the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clich\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"threaded":{
|
|
"to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concatenated",
|
|
"strung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"merged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"salted",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threaten":{
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"peril"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hang (over)",
|
|
"hover (over)",
|
|
"impend (over)",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"overhang"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threshing":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor dog threshed against his chain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attacker threw his victim to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"threw down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"threw a life preserver to the drowning man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"threw up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"regurgitated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"nauseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"puked",
|
|
"retched",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"spat up",
|
|
"upchucked",
|
|
"vomited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"pounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dashed (off)",
|
|
"jerry-built"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigged",
|
|
"patched (together)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrift":{
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thriftless":{
|
|
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thriftless girl who didn't keep track of her finances and overspent constantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrived":{
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"overgrew",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"shot up",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"fruited",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thriving":{
|
|
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our new landscaping business is thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"socko"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thriving manufacturing community that is experiencing a tremendous growth in new jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"overgrowing",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"shooting up",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"fruiting",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"seeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"excelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throbs":{
|
|
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"vibrations",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"tremors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"palpitations",
|
|
"pulsations",
|
|
"pulses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"trembles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"palpitates",
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
|
"pitter-patters",
|
|
"pulsates",
|
|
"pulses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throng":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans thronged the field to celebrate the win"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"through":{
|
|
"along the way of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quickest way out of the building is through that hall there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"underneath",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by",
|
|
"via"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as the result of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won the tournament through practice and hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"because of",
|
|
"due to",
|
|
"owing to",
|
|
"with"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"brought or having come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"uncompleted",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfinished"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"over with",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"from beginning to end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"read the letter through twice",
|
|
"never once missed class the whole year through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"from one side to the other of an intervening space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bullet struck the door and went right through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in or into the middle of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost control of the car and drove through the crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"from",
|
|
"out of"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"between",
|
|
"betwixt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amid",
|
|
"amidst",
|
|
"among",
|
|
"amongst",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"midst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the numerous small towns scattered through these hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in the course of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thoughtless people talking through the whole movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amid",
|
|
"amidst",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"during",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"pending",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to the opposite side of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked through the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"using the means or agency of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apparently got his money through theft and deception"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"per",
|
|
"via",
|
|
"with"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"through street":{
|
|
"as in Main Street , high street":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw cold water on":{
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her parents threw cold water on her dream of becoming a poet."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"scare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw in the sponge":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw off":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"divert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throw out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deselect",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"send (out)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwaway":{
|
|
"as in castaway":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in handout , handbill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"overspend",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"lay out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fiddle away",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"trifle (away)",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing over":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"throwing up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spitting up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"pounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dashing (off)",
|
|
"jerry-building"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"jury-rigging",
|
|
"patching (together)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thumb (through)":{
|
|
"as in turn over , dip (into)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thumbs one's nose (at)":{
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"lionizes",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"subscribes (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemns",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"looks down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"sniffs (at)",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"thump":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"In frustration, she gave the jammed copier a thump with her fist."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thunderously":{
|
|
"as in loudly , boisterously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thunders":{
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as we got closer, the waterfall thundered louder and louder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"whimpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"bells",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hotheaded man who was always thundering about the crooks and idiots running the government"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"ululates",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hollos",
|
|
"halloos",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thwarted":{
|
|
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"overcame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thief":{
|
|
"one who steals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thief has been stealing wallets and valuables from the lockers at the gym"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larcenist",
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglar",
|
|
"cat burglar",
|
|
"cracksman",
|
|
"housebreaker",
|
|
"picklock",
|
|
"safecracker",
|
|
"embezzler",
|
|
"grafter",
|
|
"klepto",
|
|
"kleptomaniac",
|
|
"sneak thief",
|
|
"cutpurse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"pilferer",
|
|
"shoplifter",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"carjacker",
|
|
"hijacker",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper",
|
|
"skyjacker",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"ravisher",
|
|
"poacher",
|
|
"rustler",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"footpad",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"mugger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thick on the ground":{
|
|
"being more than enough without being excessive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Tourism has been thick on the ground since the new ampitheater opened last fall."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"aplenty",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cornucopian",
|
|
"galore",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thingamajigs":{
|
|
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingummies",
|
|
"whatchamacallits",
|
|
"whatnots",
|
|
"whatsits",
|
|
"whatses",
|
|
"what-is-its"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thrusting":{
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"bearing (down)",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"weighing (upon)",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"leaning (on or against)",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"ramming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thwacked":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"clapped",
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"clapt",
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"clipped",
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"clobbered",
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"clocked",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"hammered",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"nailed",
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"pasted",
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"pounded",
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"punched",
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"rapped",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"slogged",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"struck",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"tagged",
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"thumped",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"whaled",
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"zapped"
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],
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"related":[
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged",
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"chopped",
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"cuffed",
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"drubbed",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"licked",
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"mangled",
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"mauled",
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"pelted",
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"peppered",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"roughed",
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"scuffed",
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"bunted",
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"flicked",
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"stroked",
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"tapped",
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"bumped",
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"butted",
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"jabbed",
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"jostled",
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"kicked",
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"kneed",
|
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"poked",
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"prodded",
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"pushed",
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"shoved",
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"stamped",
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"bowled (down or over)",
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"creamed",
|
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"decked",
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"dumped",
|
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"felled",
|
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"floored",
|
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"knocked down",
|
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"leveled",
|
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"levelled",
|
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"rabbit-punched",
|
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"sucker punched",
|
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"caned",
|
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"clubbed",
|
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"cudgeled",
|
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"cudgelled",
|
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"flailed",
|
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"flogged",
|
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"lashed",
|
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"sapped",
|
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"slashed",
|
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"sledged",
|
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"sledgehammered",
|
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"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
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"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
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"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"thresholds":{
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"on the threshold of a new age of green technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |