dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/at_mwt.json
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{
"Attic":{
"a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building":{
"examples":[
"rented the attic out to a college student"
],
"synonyms":[
"cockloft",
"garret",
"loft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hayloft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in refined , cultured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"refined",
"affected",
"bombastic",
"declamatory",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"oratorical",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"stilted",
"classy",
"courtly",
"fine",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"formal",
"high-flown",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"stately",
"towering",
"aristocratic",
"genteel",
"patrician",
"correct",
"educated",
"grammatical",
"proper",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"learned",
"literary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ineloquent",
"low",
"undignified",
"casual",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"slangy",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"indecent",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"incorrect",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"at full tilt":{
"type":[
"phrase"
],
"with great speed":{
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
],
"examples":[
"The plane is flying at full tilt ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"related":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
]
}
},
"at hand":{
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"We sat down to address the issue at hand ."
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"situated within easy reach":{
"examples":[
"She always keeps a water bottle near at hand ."
],
"synonyms":[
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"reachable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"approachable",
"attainable",
"getatable",
"obtainable",
"ultraconvenient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"removed",
"unapproachable",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"inconvenient",
"unhandy",
"unreachable",
"untouchable"
]
},
"being soon to appear or take place":{
"examples":[
"The time to act is close at hand ."
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"imminent",
"impending",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"pending",
"proximate",
"upcoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"future",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"foregone",
"former",
"old",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"antonyms":[
"late",
"recent"
]
},
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"examples":[
"They live in a second-floor apartment with several shops and restaurants at hand ."
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being within the confines of a specified place":{
"examples":[
"They had several nurses at hand in case anything went wrong."
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"in",
"present"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"observing",
"participating",
"available",
"abounding",
"latent",
"breathing",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"live"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"gone",
"retired",
"nonexistent",
"AWOL",
"truant",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"lost",
"vanished",
"belated",
"delayed",
"delinquent",
"late",
"overdue",
"tardy"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"away",
"missing",
"out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"athletic":{
"having great physical strength, skill, or ability":{
"examples":[
"She had always been athletic , playing multiple sports even as a child."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"trim",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well-conditioned",
"brawny",
"muscular",
"rugged",
"sinewy",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"muscle-bound",
"powerful",
"sculpted",
"beefy",
"burly",
"husky",
"strapping",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"balletic",
"coordinated",
"acrobatic",
"flexible",
"limber",
"loose-jointed",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"light-fingered",
"agile",
"featly",
"feline",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"hard",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"red-blooded",
"vigorous",
"vitalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unathletic",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"delicate",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"weakling",
"wimpy",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"uncoordinated",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"effete",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"weakened",
"weakly",
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"paralyzed",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"puny",
"slight",
"small",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"spare"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"atomized":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"brayed",
"comminuted",
"crushed",
"disintegrated",
"ground",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pounded",
"powdered",
"pulverized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grated",
"kibbled",
"crumbled",
"crunched",
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"dashed",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"micronized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atoms":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attaching (to)":{
"as in connecting (with) , communicating (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicating (with)",
"connecting (with)",
"linking (with)",
"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering (on)",
"butting (on or against)",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"marching (with)",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging (on)",
"bounding",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"lining",
"margining",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"contacting",
"converging",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attach\u00e9 cases":{
"as in briefcases , attach\u00e9s":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attack":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"malaria is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"relief",
"remission"
],
"related":[
"recurrence",
"relapse",
"brainstorm",
"convulsion",
"eclampsia",
"pang",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"throe",
"agitation",
"frenzy",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"bout",
"case",
"fit",
"seizure",
"siege",
"spell",
"turn"
]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The USS Constitution was nicknamed \"Old Ironsides\" after its oaken hull successfully withstood a British attack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"related":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley",
"whammy"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mayor and all his aides were attacked mercilessly in the press when the scandal erupted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"berate",
"harangue",
"harass",
"harry",
"revile",
"scold",
"whip",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"execrate",
"imprecate",
"profane",
"affront",
"insult",
"slur",
"asperse",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"blackguard",
"disparage",
"put down",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"chastise",
"chide",
"criticize",
"lace (into)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"fulminate",
"lash (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"assail",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"jump (on)",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"potshot",
"savage",
"scathe",
"slam",
"trash",
"vituperate"
]
},
"to start work on energetically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Courtney attacked the huge mess in her room with determination and enthusiasm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"buckle (down to)",
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"synonyms":[
"dive (into)",
"tackle",
"wade (in or into)"
]
},
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our dog unexpectedly attacked the mailman, sinking his teeth into the startled man's leg"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"related":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"attacked":{
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mayor and all his aides were attacked mercilessly in the press when the scandal erupted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"related":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"assailed",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
]
},
"to start work on energetically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Courtney attacked the huge mess in her room with determination and enthusiasm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"evaded",
"shunned",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"idled",
"lagged",
"messed",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"poked",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"related":[
"addressed",
"approached",
"faced",
"buckled (down to)",
"concentrated (on)",
"focused (on)",
"focussed (on)",
"knuckled down (to)",
"zeroed (in on)",
"fell (to)",
"pitched in",
"plunged (in)",
"settled (down)",
"pursued",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"synonyms":[
"dived (into)",
"dove (into)",
"tackled",
"waded (in or into)"
]
},
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our dog unexpectedly attacked the mailman, sinking his teeth into the startled man's leg"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"related":[
"bum-rushed",
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"banged away (at)",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran",
"enveloped",
"flanked"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"beset",
"bushwhacked",
"charged",
"descended (on or upon)",
"jumped (on)",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"raided",
"rushed",
"set on",
"sicced",
"sicked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"trashed",
"turned (on)",
"went in (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attend (to)":{
"as in treat , care (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"physic",
"treat",
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"set up",
"fortify",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"alleviate",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"repair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"damage",
"disable",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lacerate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"wound",
"afflict",
"ail",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"lay up",
"sap",
"sicken",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"study",
"watch",
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
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"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attends":{
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
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"examples":[
"a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes"
],
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"abandons",
"deserts",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"forsakes"
],
"related":[
"walks",
"associates",
"consorts",
"pals (around)",
"teams (up)",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"brings",
"conducts",
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"ushers",
"follows",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tags along",
"tails",
"hangs (around)",
"hovers (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companies",
"companions",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees",
"squires"
]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
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"examples":[
"all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates",
"follows",
"succeeds"
],
"related":[
"chances",
"happens",
"haps",
"transpires"
],
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"accompanies",
"coexists",
"coincides",
"concurs",
"co-occurs",
"synchronizes"
]
},
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
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"ignores",
"tunes out"
],
"examples":[
"I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
],
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"synonyms":[
"harkens",
"harks",
"hearkens",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens",
"minds"
]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
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"examples":[
"tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own"
],
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"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"related":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attention":{
"a focusing of the mind on something":{
"examples":[
"I need your full attention right now"
],
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"absorption",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixation",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"alertness",
"application",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"consideration",
"heedfulness",
"intentness",
"raptness",
"regard",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"pondering",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"absentmindedness",
"abstractedness",
"abstraction",
"detachment",
"distraction",
"obliviousness",
"remoteness",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"withdrawal",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"mindlessness",
"unconcern",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderment",
"confusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"inattention"
]
},
"a state of being aware":{
"examples":[
"several mothers brought to the committee's attention the deplorable condition of the playground"
],
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"advertence",
"advertency",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"recognition",
"thought",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
"examples":[
"she enjoyed her suitor's old-school attentions"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenity",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry",
"politeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honors",
"ceremony",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favor",
"grace",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"protocol",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attentive":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"Susan became particularly attentive when the sportscaster turned to women's tennis, her favorite sport"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others":{
"examples":[
"an attentive neighbor who helps out whenever and wherever she spots a need"
],
"synonyms":[
"considerate",
"kind",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inattentive",
"uncaring",
"unheeding",
"inhospitable",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"unmannerly",
"unhelpful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"spiteful"
],
"antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
]
},
"paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"if only for your own safety, you need to stay attentive when you are hunting"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"Argus-eyed",
"awake",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sensitive",
"cognizant",
"heedful",
"keen",
"mindful",
"observing",
"regardful",
"sharp",
"sharp-eyed",
"hyperalert",
"hypervigilant",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"wary",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"absorbed",
"abstracted",
"daydreaming",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"sleeping",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unprepared",
"unready"
],
"antonyms":[
"asleep"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"attest":{
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"examples":[
"the appraiser attests that the lamp is indeed an original Tiffany"
],
"synonyms":[
"authenticate",
"avouch",
"certify",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"profess",
"vow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"examples":[
"an eyewitness who will attest to my innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"swear",
"testify",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"verify",
"vouch",
"promise",
"vow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"I'll attest that she was at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attestations":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"the fact that he spent hours standing in line for the sequel should be attestation enough that he's a die-hard fan of the movie series"
],
"synonyms":[
"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"proofs",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"validations",
"vouchers",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"(the) goods",
"certificates",
"documents",
"exhibits",
"demonstrations",
"illustrations",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"charges",
"assumptions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumptions",
"surmises",
"suspicions"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproofs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attesters":{
"as in reporters , witnesses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attired":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
],
"examples":[
"men attired in tuxedos for the awards banquet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"attires":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"men attired in tuxedos for the awards banquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparels",
"arrays",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attitudes":{
"a general way of holding the body":{
"examples":[
"had the ramrod straight attitude of a man who had spent all of his life in the military"
],
"synonyms":[
"carriages",
"poises",
"postures",
"stances",
"stations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"body languages",
"poses",
"seats",
"bearings",
"behaviors",
"conducts",
"demeanors",
"deportments",
"airs",
"presences",
"aspects",
"looks",
"miens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attribute":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"impute",
"lay",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"pin (on)",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"account (for)",
"explain",
"explain away",
"rationalize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"list the attributes of a mammal"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"attributing":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"laying",
"putting down"
]
},
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"condoning",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"explaining away",
"rationalizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attributions":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"a genuine respect for one another is one of the most commonly cited attributions of a happily married couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"diagnostics",
"differentiae",
"features",
"fingerprints",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
"particularities",
"peculiarities",
"points",
"properties",
"qualities",
"specifics",
"stamps",
"touches",
"traits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"indications",
"signs",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"individualities",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attuned":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"conciliated",
"conformed",
"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"keyed",
"reconciled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapted",
"tuned",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"connected",
"correlated",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"fused",
"integrated",
"joined",
"matched",
"merged",
"orchestrated",
"paired",
"squared",
"suited",
"synchronized",
"synthesized",
"unified",
"united",
"aligned",
"alined",
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"balanced",
"equalized",
"evened",
"ordered",
"proportioned",
"regularized",
"standardized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"skewed",
"upset",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attunes":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"conciliates",
"conforms",
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"keys",
"reconciles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapts",
"tunes",
"blends",
"combines",
"connects",
"correlates",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"fuses",
"integrates",
"joins",
"matches",
"merges",
"orchestrates",
"pairs",
"squares",
"suits",
"synchronizes",
"synthesizes",
"unifies",
"unites",
"aligns",
"alines",
"arranges",
"arrays",
"balances",
"equalizes",
"evens",
"orders",
"proportions",
"regularizes",
"standardizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"skews",
"upsets",
"alienates",
"estranges"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attars":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"exuding the attar of jasmine, the beautifully bejeweled woman set off for the ball"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"incenses",
"perfumes",
"redolences",
"scents",
"spices"
],
"related":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
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"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at length":{
"with attention to all aspects or details":{
"examples":[
"They spoke at length about their plans for college."
],
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"completely",
"comprehensively",
"detailedly",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"inside out",
"minutely",
"roundly",
"sweepingly",
"systematically",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally"
],
"related":[
"meticulously",
"microscopically",
"all-out",
"full blast",
"intensively",
"broadly",
"encyclopedically",
"extensively",
"generally",
"globally",
"widely",
"conclusively",
"consummately",
"definitely",
"perfectly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"desultorily",
"haphazardly",
"hit-or-miss",
"randomly",
"cursorily",
"imperfectly",
"inadequately",
"narrowly",
"shallowly",
"sketchily",
"summarily",
"superficially",
"indeterminately",
"nebulously",
"vaguely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a full extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"We've reviewed your application at length ."
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
]
},
"at a later time":{
"examples":[
"We at length returned home from our journey."
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"finally",
"someday",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"related":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"imminently",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon",
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attackers":{
"one who violently sets upon another":{
"examples":[
"was able to pick her attacker out of the police lineup"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailants",
"assaulters",
"bushwhackers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muggers",
"robbers",
"molesters",
"predators",
"rapers",
"rapists",
"ravagers",
"aggressors",
"besiegers",
"invaders",
"raiders",
"counterattackers",
"counter-attackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attending (to)":{
"as in treating , caring (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"physicking",
"treating",
"curing",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"setting up",
"fortifying",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"alleviating",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"repairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippling",
"damaging",
"disabling",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"lacerating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"wounding",
"afflicting",
"ailing",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"laying up",
"sapping",
"sickening",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in considering , minding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"studying",
"watching",
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atrociously":{
"as in terribly , horribly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"atone (for)":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift"
],
"synonyms":[
"expiate",
"mend",
"redeem"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensate",
"recompense",
"reimburse",
"remunerate",
"repay",
"amend",
"correct",
"rectify",
"redress",
"propitiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attachment":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"examples":[
"I doubt that there's any permanent attachment between the two teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
]
},
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a grinder attachment for the kitchen mixer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
"examples":[
"an unflinching attachment to the marriage, through times both good and bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attester":{
"as in reporter , witness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness",
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller",
"pollster",
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attractiveness":{
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
"examples":[
"she had a certain attractiveness that came from her witty conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"animal magnetism",
"appeal",
"captivation",
"charisma",
"charm",
"duende",
"enchantment",
"fascination",
"force field",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"magic",
"magnetism",
"oomph",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"seductiveness",
"witchery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurement",
"attraction",
"call",
"lure",
"seduction",
"agreeableness",
"darlingness",
"delightfulness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"niceness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasingness",
"sweetness",
"sex appeal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"offensiveness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"antonyms":[
"repulsion",
"repulsiveness"
]
},
"the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{
"examples":[
"the attractiveness of the Greek countryside has inspired poets since ancient times"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"sublimity",
"superbness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"foxiness",
"lusciousness",
"nubility",
"pulchritude",
"seductiveness",
"sex appeal",
"sexiness",
"shapeliness",
"flawlessness",
"perfection",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"glossiness",
"showiness",
"slickness",
"splashiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"antonyms":[
"grotesqueness",
"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attributed":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"ascribed",
"chalked up",
"credited",
"imputed",
"laid",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"charged",
"fathered (on)",
"imputed (to)",
"pinned (on)",
"assigned",
"referred",
"associated",
"attached",
"connected",
"linked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounted (for)",
"explained",
"explained away",
"rationalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atoned (for)":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift"
],
"synonyms":[
"expiated",
"mended",
"redeemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"reimbursed",
"remunerated",
"repaid",
"amended",
"corrected",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"propitiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attribution":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"a genuine respect for one another is one of the most commonly cited attributions of a happily married couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attributes":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"ascribes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"imputes",
"lays",
"puts down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"pins (on)",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts (for)",
"explains",
"explains away",
"rationalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"list the attributes of a mammal"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attributions",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"diagnostics",
"differentiae",
"features",
"fingerprints",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
"particularities",
"peculiarities",
"points",
"properties",
"qualities",
"specifics",
"stamps",
"touches",
"traits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"indications",
"signs",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"individualities",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"attained":{
"as in accomplished , achieved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"compassed",
"realized",
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"ended",
"finished",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"through",
"up",
"dead",
"defunct",
"extinct",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"expired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"Napol\u00e9on had attained mastery of much of Europe at that point"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"clocked (up)",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"with hard work she will inevitably attain success in her chosen profession"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"at least":{
"whatever else is done or is the case":{
"examples":[
"It's too bad we ran out of mashed potatoes, but at least there's still plenty of cranberry sauce."
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"leastways",
"leastwise"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attainments":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"first place in the state journalism competition is quite an attainment"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"acquirements",
"babies",
"coups",
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"jackpots",
"megahits",
"miracles",
"smashes",
"winners",
"conquests",
"gains",
"victories",
"wins",
"skills",
"deeds",
"feats",
"performances",
"arrivals",
"completions",
"consummations",
"culminations",
"executions",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"cock-ups",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"washouts",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"losses",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievements"
]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"the attainment of man's age-old dream of flying was at last realized in 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes",
"realizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at all":{
"in any way or respect":{
"examples":[
"wasn't at all pleased with the way the family portrait came out"
],
"synonyms":[
"anywise",
"ever",
"half"
],
"near synonyms":[
"somehow",
"someway",
"someways",
"remotely"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"at fault":{
"deserving reproach or blame":{
"examples":[
"The driver who failed to yield was at fault in the accident."
],
"synonyms":[
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"guilty",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"foolish",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"amerciable",
"chargeable",
"disciplinable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"criminal",
"illegal",
"illicit",
"unlawful",
"illegitimate",
"improper",
"wrongful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"perfect",
"pure",
"guiltless",
"innocent"
],
"antonyms":[
"blameless",
"faultless",
"impeccable",
"irreproachable"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atheism":{
"as in godlessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"godlessness",
"disbelief",
"doubt",
"unbelief",
"unfaith",
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"apostasy",
"lapse",
"tergiversation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"faith",
"piety",
"religion",
"devoutness",
"piousness",
"religiousness",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atheistical":{
"a person who believes that God does not exist":{
"examples":[
"He left the church while in college and became an atheist ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disbeliever",
"giaour",
"infidel",
"misbeliever",
"miscreant",
"nonbeliever",
"unbeliever",
"gentile",
"heathen",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"pagan",
"doubter",
"skeptic",
"agnostic",
"neo-pagan",
"polytheist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attending":{
"being within the confines of a specified place":{
"examples":[
"a surprise arrest of the operator of an illegal gambling joint and all attending employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"in",
"present"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"observing",
"participating",
"available",
"abounding",
"latent",
"breathing",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"live"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"gone",
"retired",
"nonexistent",
"AWOL",
"truant",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"lost",
"vanished",
"belated",
"delayed",
"delinquent",
"late",
"overdue",
"tardy"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"away",
"missing",
"out"
]
},
"present at the same time and place":{
"examples":[
"dislikes flying and all of its attending inconveniences"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"attendant",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concomitant",
"concurrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous",
"associated",
"collateral",
"connected",
"linked",
"related",
"consequent",
"resultant",
"resulting",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"freak",
"incident",
"incidental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unassociated",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clinician , hospitalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"general practitioner",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"optometrist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"specialist",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"EMT",
"paramedic",
"paramedical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"companioning",
"companying",
"convoying",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"squiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walking",
"associating",
"consorting",
"palling (around)",
"teaming (up)",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"bringing",
"conducting",
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"ushering",
"following",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tagging along",
"tailing",
"hanging (around)",
"hovering (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"forsaking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
"examples":[
"I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"harkening",
"harking",
"hearing",
"hearkening",
"harkening",
"heeding",
"listening",
"minding"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"discounting",
"disregarding"
],
"antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"coexisting",
"coinciding",
"concurring",
"co-occurring",
"synchronizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chancing",
"happening",
"happing",
"transpiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating",
"following",
"succeeding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"atrophy":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"in the years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied"
],
"synonyms":[
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"devolve",
"ebb",
"regress",
"retrograde",
"rot",
"sink",
"worsen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"wane",
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decompose",
"degrade",
"dilapidate",
"disintegrate",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"sour",
"spoil",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"debilitate",
"undermine",
"droop",
"fail",
"fall",
"flag",
"lag",
"languish",
"run down",
"sag",
"slip",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better",
"upgrade",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"strengthen",
"advance",
"develop",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"improve",
"meliorate"
]
},
"as in degeneration , decline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"enfeeblement",
"weakening",
"regression",
"relapse",
"setback",
"drooping",
"flagging",
"limping",
"exhaustion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comeback",
"improvement",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehabilitation",
"revitalization",
"snapback",
"invigoration",
"strengthening",
"progress",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"attested":{
"as in valid , substantiated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"real-world",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"examples":[
"the appraiser attests that the lamp is indeed an original Tiffany"
],
"synonyms":[
"authenticated",
"avouched",
"certified",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"professed",
"vowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"examples":[
"an eyewitness who will attest to my innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposed",
"swore",
"testified",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"verified",
"vouched",
"promised",
"vowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"I'll attest that she was at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"verified",
"vindicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouched",
"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"attended (to)":{
"as in treated , cared (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"doctored",
"medicated",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed",
"physicked",
"treated",
"cured",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"set up",
"fortified",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"alleviated",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippled",
"damaged",
"disabled",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lacerated",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"wounded",
"afflicted",
"ailed",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"laid up",
"sapped",
"sickened",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in considered , minded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"studied",
"watched",
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atingle":{
"as in aflutter , afire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"afire",
"aflutter",
"aquiver",
"hyperexcited",
"overexcited",
"anxious",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"het up",
"high-strung",
"hyped-up",
"hyper",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"wired",
"agitated",
"excited",
"feverish",
"frenzied",
"heated",
"hectic",
"hyperactive",
"overactive",
"overwrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"atmosphere":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"the fireplace and cozy armchairs give the bookstore the atmosphere of a comfortable home"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"liked the quiet and scholarly atmosphere of his prep school"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at death's door":{
"nearly dead":{
"examples":[
"They found him at death's door , but he has since recovered."
],
"synonyms":[
"dying",
"moribund"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expiring",
"fading",
"passing away",
"sinking",
"decadent",
"declining",
"deteriorating",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"lifeless",
"passed away",
"terminal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"live",
"living",
"quick",
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"surviving",
"booming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"at sea":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"He's been a little at sea ever since he moved out of the house he'd lived in for over 30 years."
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
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"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
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"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
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"disagreeing with each other":{
"examples":[
"The two found themselves at loggerheads about whether to proceed with the project."
],
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"disunited",
"divided",
"split"
],
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"balkanized",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"cohesionless",
"factious"
],
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"unanimous",
"undivided",
"united"
]
},
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"phrase"
]
},
"athwart":{
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"examples":[
"after it enters the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane is predicted to advance athwart to the Texas coastline"
],
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"across",
"over",
"through"
],
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"clear"
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},
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"examples":[
"we hung the twisted strips of crepe paper athwart to the floor and ceiling so that they formed giant crosses on all four walls"
],
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"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
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"across"
],
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"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
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},
"to the opposite side of":{
"examples":[
"athwart the road was farmland as far as the eye could see"
],
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"across",
"over",
"through"
],
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"around",
"round",
"beyond",
"past"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"atomizes":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can"
],
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"beats",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"crushes",
"disintegrates",
"grinds",
"mills",
"mulls",
"pounds",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"athletics":{
"as in gymnastics , aerobics":{
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"near synonyms":[
"aerobics",
"bodybuilding",
"body mechanics",
"calisthenics",
"gymnastics",
"isometrics",
"plyometrics",
"slimnastics",
"weight lifting",
"activity",
"conditioning",
"exercise",
"exertion",
"training",
"warm-up",
"workout",
"toning",
"trimming",
"physical therapy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sport":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"sport",
"bout",
"competition",
"contest",
"event",
"game",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney",
"battle",
"conflict",
"scrimmage",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tug-of-war",
"tussle",
"championship",
"national(s)",
"final",
"nightcap",
"play-off",
"semifinal",
"derby",
"field day",
"gymkhana",
"open",
"outing",
"biathlon",
"decathlon",
"heptathlon",
"pentathlon",
"triathlon",
"marathon",
"race",
"ultramarathon",
"heat",
"round",
"run",
"set",
"rally",
"volley"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attorneys":{
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate"
],
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"agents",
"assignees",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"alternates",
"backups",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"surrogates",
"understudies",
"informers",
"operatives",
"spies",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"finished law school and became an attorney"
],
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"advocates",
"attorneys-at-law",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counselors-at-law",
"counsels",
"lawyers",
"legal eagles"
],
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"cocounsels",
"co-counsels",
"district attorneys",
"prosecuting attorneys",
"prosecutors",
"solicitors",
"criminal lawyers",
"mouthpieces",
"public defenders",
"trial lawyers",
"solicitors",
"jurists",
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons",
"ambulance chasers",
"pettifoggers",
"Philadelphia lawyers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atoning (for)":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift"
],
"synonyms":[
"expiating",
"mending",
"redeeming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"reimbursing",
"remunerating",
"repaying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"propitiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at once":{
"at one and the same time":{
"examples":[
"I have three papers due all at once ."
],
"synonyms":[
"coincidentally",
"coincidently",
"concurrently",
"contemporaneously",
"simultaneously",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"immediately",
"narrowly",
"near"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"independently",
"individually",
"singly",
"consecutively",
"successively"
],
"antonyms":[
"separately"
]
},
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"Call me at once when you get this message."
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straight off",
"straightway"
],
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"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full-tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attesting":{
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"examples":[
"the appraiser attests that the lamp is indeed an original Tiffany"
],
"synonyms":[
"authenticating",
"avouching",
"certifying",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"professing",
"vowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"examples":[
"an eyewitness who will attest to my innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"swearing",
"testifying",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"verifying",
"vouching",
"promising",
"vowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"I'll attest that she was at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
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"avouching",
"backing (up)",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at close quarters":{
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"examples":[
"He had the rare opportunity to observe the lions at close quarters ."
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attracting":{
"as in interesting , attractive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"entertaining",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"impressive",
"smashing",
"striking",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring",
"unremarkable",
"boring",
"dull",
"jading",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninspired",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"usual",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage the attention of":{
"examples":[
"The park's natural wonders attract many tourists.",
"The blackbird puts on a colorful display in its attempt to attract a mate."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"alluring",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"involving",
"affecting",
"impacting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"reaching",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"atrocity":{
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"examples":[
"the undeniable atrocity of the forced march of Cherokees known as the Trail of Tears"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"was appalled by the atrocity of Stalin's mass executions"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[
"wars often unleash a level of atrocity that would be unimaginable in peacetime"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"grimness",
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguineness",
"sanguinity",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"oppressiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"antonyms":[
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atmospheres":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"the fireplace and cozy armchairs give the bookstore the atmosphere of a comfortable home"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"ambiences",
"ambiances",
"aromas",
"auras",
"climates",
"flavors",
"halos",
"haloes",
"karmas",
"moods",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"notes",
"odors",
"patinas",
"patinae",
"smells",
"tempers",
"vibrations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"mystiques",
"romances",
"genius locis",
"feelings",
"feels",
"sensations",
"senses",
"spirits",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"images",
"marks",
"notions",
"peculiarities",
"pictures",
"properties",
"traits",
"colors",
"illusions",
"overtones",
"semblances",
"suggestions",
"tones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"liked the quiet and scholarly atmosphere of his prep school"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"climates",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environments",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"surrounds",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attentively":{
"as in thoroughly , earnestly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ardently",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully",
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"attainment":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"first place in the state journalism competition is quite an attainment"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"acquirement",
"baby",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"jackpot",
"megahit",
"miracle",
"smash",
"winner",
"conquest",
"gain",
"victory",
"win",
"skill",
"deed",
"feat",
"performance",
"arrival",
"completion",
"consummation",
"culmination",
"execution",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"cock-up",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"washout",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"loss",
"setback"
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"nonachievement"
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],
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"achievement",
"actuality",
"actualization",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"pass",
"realization"
],
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"success",
"triumph"
],
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"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"antonyms":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"He felt right at home at his new job."
],
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"abreast",
"acquainted",
"au courant",
"conversant",
"familiar",
"informed",
"knowledgeable",
"up",
"up-to-date",
"versed",
"well-informed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient"
],
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"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"blind",
"oblivious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"inattentive",
"unheeding"
],
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"ignorant",
"unacquainted",
"unfamiliar",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable"
]
},
"enjoying physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"Please, make yourselves at home ."
],
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"canny",
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"relaxed",
"snug"
],
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"toasty",
"warm",
"content",
"contented",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"easeful",
"peaceful",
"resting",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"agitated",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncomfortable"
]
},
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"phrase"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the appraiser attests that the lamp is indeed an original Tiffany"
],
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"authenticates",
"avouches",
"certifies",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses"
],
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"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"professes",
"vows"
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"an eyewitness who will attest to my innocence"
],
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"deposes",
"swears",
"testifies",
"witnesses"
],
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"vouches",
"promises",
"vows"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"I'll attest that she was at the party"
],
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"argues",
"authenticates",
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"certifies",
"confirms",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"supports",
"validates",
"verifies",
"vindicates"
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"backs (up)",
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"vouches (for)",
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"warrants",
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"asserts",
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"professes",
"demonstrates",
"documents",
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"proves",
"reinforces",
"reenforces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"gainsays",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"questions"
],
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"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at first":{
"in the beginning":{
"examples":[
"He was a bit skittish at first , but he's since gotten more comfortable around people."
],
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"firstly",
"initially",
"originally",
"primarily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incipiently",
"primitively"
],
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"finally",
"lastly",
"ultimately"
],
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},
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"phrase"
]
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"attempted":{
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"after attempting \u2014and failing\u2014to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help",
"don't even attempt walking on your broken foot"
],
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"assayed",
"endeavored",
"essayed",
"sought",
"strove",
"strived",
"tried"
],
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"fought",
"strained",
"struggled",
"toiled",
"troubled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"aimed",
"aspired",
"hoped",
"assumed",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave up",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attunements":{
"as in corrections , harmonizations":{
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"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations",
"acclimations",
"acclimatizations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attentions":{
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"examples":[
"she enjoyed her suitor's old-school attentions"
],
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"amenities",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"formalities",
"gestures",
"pleasantries"
],
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"honors",
"ceremonies",
"observances",
"rites",
"rituals",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favors",
"graces",
"protocols",
"rules"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"attendant":{
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"examples":[
"dreaded the coming flu season and the attendant flood of school absences"
],
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"consequent",
"consequential",
"due (to)",
"resultant"
],
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"accompanying",
"coincident",
"concomitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"causal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"present at the same time and place":{
"examples":[
"the movie stars' divorce and the attendant press coverage about it"
],
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"accompanying",
"attending",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concomitant",
"concurrent"
],
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"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous",
"associated",
"collateral",
"connected",
"linked",
"related",
"consequent",
"resultant",
"resulting",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"freak",
"incident",
"incidental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unassociated",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy":{
"examples":[
"let the hotel attendant help them with their bags"
],
"synonyms":[
"companion",
"escort",
"guard",
"guide"
],
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"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"squire",
"shadow",
"sidekick",
"conductor",
"leader",
"pilot",
"convoy",
"courier",
"honor guard",
"outrider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"disease is the inevitable attendant of poor sanitation"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"companion",
"concomitant",
"corollary",
"incident",
"obbligato"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"complement",
"supplement",
"counterpart",
"fellow",
"mate",
"consequence",
"follow-up",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"attraction":{
"something that attracts interest":{
"examples":[
"a park with the world's fastest roller coaster and other attractions"
],
"synonyms":[
"draw",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capital",
"center",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"mecca",
"pole",
"polestar",
"allure",
"allurement",
"bait",
"enticement",
"fascination",
"lure",
"temptation",
"turn-on",
"appeal",
"call",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"persuasion",
"spur",
"stimulus",
"curiosity",
"sight(s)",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attach\u00e9":{
"as in briefcase , valise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attach\u00e9 case",
"briefcase",
"valise",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"carpetbag",
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"baggage",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in deputy , diplomat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
"consul",
"deputy",
"diplomat",
"foreign minister",
"nuncio",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"ambassadress",
"apostle",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"minister",
"representative",
"deputation",
"detachment",
"legation",
"courier",
"messenger",
"mouthpiece",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atones":{
"as in apologizes , confesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apologizes",
"confesses",
"deodorizes",
"excuses",
"explains away",
"extenuates",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"palliates",
"whitewashes",
"sugarcoats",
"varnishes",
"accounts (for)",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"soft-pedals",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lessens",
"lightens",
"mitigates",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attenuated":{
"as in linear , elongate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide",
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"attenuates":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"depresses",
"devaluates",
"devalues",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"reduces",
"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
"compresses",
"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"dilates",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atypical":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"examples":[
"the postal service delivered the package with atypical speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
]
},
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"examples":[
"since that's an atypical response for an infant, you might want to have her hearing tested"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"deviant",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"attractions":{
"something that attracts interest":{
"examples":[
"a park with the world's fastest roller coaster and other attractions"
],
"synonyms":[
"draws",
"lodestones",
"loadstones",
"magnets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capitals",
"centers",
"cynosures",
"epicenters",
"meccas",
"poles",
"polestars",
"allurements",
"allures",
"baits",
"enticements",
"fascinations",
"lures",
"temptations",
"turn-ons",
"appeals",
"calls",
"incentives",
"inducements",
"persuasions",
"spurs",
"stimuli",
"curiosities",
"sights",
"spectacles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at speed":{
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"He ran at speed to greet her."
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attaching":{
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
"examples":[
"you can attach the buttons to the puppet with fabric glue"
],
"synonyms":[
"affixing",
"bending",
"fastening",
"fixing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adhering",
"bolting",
"cinching",
"clamping",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinching",
"clipping",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"hanging",
"harnessing",
"hasping",
"lacing",
"lashing",
"latching",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pinning",
"plastering",
"riveting",
"screwing",
"shackling",
"stapling",
"sticking",
"strapping",
"tacking",
"tackling",
"toggling",
"tying",
"tieing",
"yoking",
"coapting",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"battening",
"belaying",
"buttoning",
"doing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unbinding",
"unfixing",
"unlashing",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"antonyms":[
"detaching",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unhooking"
]
},
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"attached the colonel to the new regiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointing",
"assigning",
"commissioning",
"constituting",
"designating",
"detailing",
"naming",
"nominating",
"placing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"delegating",
"deputing",
"deputizing",
"anointing",
"consecrating",
"creating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"installing",
"instating",
"instituting",
"investing",
"making",
"ordaining",
"crowning",
"enthroning",
"throning",
"choosing",
"destining",
"drafting",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"voting (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballing",
"deposing",
"dethroning",
"displacing",
"ejecting",
"evicting",
"ousting",
"overthrowing",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"uncrowning",
"unmaking",
"unseating"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"expelling",
"firing"
]
},
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"attached the house for nonpayment of property taxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"confiscating",
"expropriating",
"sequestering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garnisheeing",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"preempting",
"usurping",
"commandeering",
"seizing",
"taking over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceding",
"delivering",
"forfeiting",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at that":{
"in addition to":{
"examples":[
"She's a chef, and an incredible one at that ."
],
"synonyms":[
"as well as",
"beside",
"besides",
"beyond",
"over and above"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plus",
"including"
],
"near antonyms":[
"except",
"excepting",
"less",
"minus",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attractively":{
"as in beautifully , handsomely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"invitingly",
"temptingly",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"atrophied":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"in the years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied"
],
"synonyms":[
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ateliers":{
"a room where an artist works":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"studios",
"workplaces",
"workrooms",
"factories",
"manufactories",
"mills",
"plants",
"shops",
"works",
"workshops",
"sweatshops",
"yards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atwitter":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"the whole office was atwitter with speculation that there might be another round of layoffs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ate (up)":{
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster"
],
"synonyms":[
"drank (in)",
"embraced",
"lapped (up)",
"welcomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"espoused",
"took up",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"enjoyed",
"liked",
"preferred",
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"decided (on)",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"threw over",
"turned down",
"demurred (to)",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"consumed",
"devoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutted",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"spent",
"used up",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rubbed out",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atoll":{
"a ring-shaped land mass surrounded by water and made of coral":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrier reef",
"cay",
"coral reef",
"key",
"island",
"isle",
"islet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atomic clocks":{
"as in alarm clocks , time clocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alarm clocks",
"cuckoo clocks",
"grandfather clocks",
"time clocks",
"chronometers",
"clocks",
"timekeepers",
"timepieces",
"timers",
"clepsydras",
"clepsydrae",
"hourglasses",
"sandglasses",
"sundials",
"water clocks",
"chronographs",
"stopwatches",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atrophying":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"in the years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied"
],
"synonyms":[
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"regressing",
"retrograding",
"rotting",
"sinking",
"worsening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"dilapidating",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ate one's heart out":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"He was admiring my new car, but I told him to eat his heart out because I'd never let him drive it."
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"at times":{
"on some occasions":{
"examples":[
"That tired old dog still shows a spark of energy at times ."
],
"synonyms":[
"here and there",
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally",
"sometimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intermittently",
"off and on",
"periodically",
"recurrently",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"irregularly",
"sporadically",
"variously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"commonly",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"usually",
"always",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"invariably",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"incessantly",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"interminably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"at last":{
"at a later time":{
"examples":[
"After a long voyage, the sailor was glad to be on dry land at last .",
"At long last they arrived at the beach after what seemed like an interminable car ride."
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"finally",
"someday",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"imminently",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon",
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atrocious":{
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
"examples":[
"an atrocious crime that shocked even hardened members of the police force"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalling",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmare",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alarming",
"bloodcurdling",
"dire",
"direful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"gut-wrenching",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"terrifying",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"grotesque",
"ugly",
"unsightly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"enticing",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"extremely unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the picture quality on the pirated DVD was atrocious"
],
"synonyms":[
"awful",
"dismal",
"execrable",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"off",
"poor",
"substandard",
"wanting",
"contemptible",
"miserable",
"shameful",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"low-grade",
"mediocre",
"reprehensible",
"second-rate",
"bum",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"abominable",
"damnable",
"fiendish",
"odious",
"vile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choice",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"premium",
"prime",
"superior",
"adequate",
"sufficient",
"acceptable",
"satisfactory"
],
"antonyms":[
"bitchin'",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
]
},
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[
"the atrocious treatment of prisoners at the camps"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"atheists":{
"a person who believes that God does not exist":{
"examples":[
"He left the church while in college and became an atheist ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelievers",
"giaours",
"infidels",
"misbelievers",
"miscreants",
"nonbelievers",
"unbelievers",
"gentiles",
"heathens",
"heathen",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"pagans",
"doubters",
"skeptics",
"agnostics",
"neo-pagans",
"polytheists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attorneys-at-law":{
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"the sign on the door read \"Blalock Smith, Attorney-at-Law \""
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"attorneys",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counselors-at-law",
"counsels",
"lawyers",
"legal eagles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocounsels",
"co-counsels",
"district attorneys",
"prosecuting attorneys",
"prosecutors",
"solicitors",
"criminal lawyers",
"mouthpieces",
"public defenders",
"trial lawyers",
"solicitors",
"jurists",
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons",
"ambulance chasers",
"pettifoggers",
"Philadelphia lawyers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attach":{
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
"examples":[
"you can attach the buttons to the puppet with fabric glue"
],
"synonyms":[
"affix",
"bend",
"fasten",
"fix"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adhere",
"bolt",
"cinch",
"clamp",
"clasp",
"clench",
"clinch",
"clip",
"glue",
"hang",
"harness",
"hasp",
"lace",
"lash",
"latch",
"nail",
"paste",
"pin",
"plaster",
"rivet",
"screw",
"shackle",
"staple",
"stick",
"strap",
"tack",
"tackle",
"tie",
"toggle",
"yoke",
"coapt",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"batten",
"belay",
"button",
"do up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unbind",
"unfix",
"unlash",
"untie"
],
"antonyms":[
"detach",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unhook"
]
},
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"attached the colonel to the new regiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"appoint",
"assign",
"commission",
"constitute",
"designate",
"detail",
"name",
"nominate",
"place"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorize",
"delegate",
"depute",
"deputize",
"anoint",
"consecrate",
"create",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"install",
"instate",
"institute",
"invest",
"make",
"ordain",
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne",
"choose",
"destine",
"draft",
"elect",
"handpick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"vote (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackball",
"depose",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"eject",
"evict",
"oust",
"overthrow",
"remove",
"throw out",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"expel",
"fire"
]
},
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"attached the house for nonpayment of property taxes"
],
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"confiscate",
"expropriate",
"sequester"
],
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"garnishee",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"preempt",
"usurp",
"commandeer",
"seize",
"take over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cede",
"deliver",
"forfeit",
"give up",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atomizations":{
"as in polarizations , dichotomizations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"dichotomizations",
"polarizations",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"divorces",
"severances",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"breaches",
"ruptures",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations",
"bifurcations",
"breakups",
"cleavages",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionalizations",
"fractionations",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unifications",
"unions",
"assemblages",
"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atavistic":{
"very primitive \u2014 used to describe feelings or qualities that human beings have had from the earliest times":{
"examples":[
"atavistic instincts",
"reverting to atavistic behavior"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past",
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated",
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"at rest":{
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
"examples":[
"His bike's at rest until spring."
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"off",
"unused",
"vacant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abeyant",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"unoccupied",
"asleep",
"comatose",
"lifeless",
"moribund",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dull",
"slow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"assiduous",
"industrious",
"sedulous",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"feasible",
"practical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"viable"
],
"antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
]
},
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
"examples":[
"I tried to be quiet while you were at rest ."
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"reposing",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"comatose",
"semiconscious",
"sleepwalking",
"somnambulant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"sleepless",
"aroused",
"astir",
"awakened",
"roused",
"up",
"wakened",
"reawakened",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"awake",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atria":{
"as in peristyles , gallerias":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"peristyles",
"closes",
"courts",
"courtyards",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"patios",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards",
"forecourts",
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"decks",
"terraces",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atrophies":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"in the years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied"
],
"synonyms":[
"crumbles",
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"devolves",
"ebbs",
"regresses",
"retrogrades",
"rots",
"sinks",
"worsens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decomposes",
"degrades",
"dilapidates",
"disintegrates",
"molders",
"putrefies",
"sours",
"spoils",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"debilitates",
"undermines",
"droops",
"fails",
"falls",
"flags",
"lags",
"languishes",
"runs down",
"sags",
"slips",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"betters",
"upgrades",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"strengthens",
"advances",
"develops",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"improves",
"meliorates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attends (to)":{
"as in treats , cares (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"physics",
"treats",
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"sets up",
"fortifies",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"alleviates",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"repairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"damages",
"disables",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"lacerates",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"wounds",
"afflicts",
"ails",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"lays up",
"saps",
"sickens",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in considers , minds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"studies",
"watches",
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attiring":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"men attired in tuxedos for the awards banquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atilt":{
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
"examples":[
"cuts quite a dashing figure with a jauntily atilt beret"
],
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"atomize":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bray",
"comminute",
"crush",
"disintegrate",
"grind",
"mill",
"mull",
"pound",
"powder",
"pulverize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grate",
"kibble",
"crumble",
"crunch",
"break",
"bust",
"dash",
"fracture",
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"micronize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atelier":{
"a room where an artist works":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"studio",
"workplace",
"workroom",
"factory",
"manufactory",
"mill",
"plant",
"shop",
"works",
"workshop",
"sweatshop",
"yard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atones (for)":{
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift"
],
"synonyms":[
"expiates",
"mends",
"redeems"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"reimburses",
"remunerates",
"repays",
"amends",
"corrects",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"propitiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attuning":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"keying",
"reconciling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapting",
"tuning",
"blending",
"combining",
"connecting",
"correlating",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"fusing",
"integrating",
"joining",
"matching",
"merging",
"orchestrating",
"pairing",
"squaring",
"suiting",
"synchronizing",
"synthesizing",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"aligning",
"alining",
"arranging",
"arraying",
"balancing",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"ordering",
"proportioning",
"regularizing",
"standardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"skewing",
"upsetting",
"alienating",
"estranging"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atavism":{
"as in return":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"return",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"nondevelopment",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"decline",
"degeneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"progression",
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attendings":{
"as in clinicians , hospitalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attain":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"Napol\u00e9on had attained mastery of much of Europe at that point"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"with hard work she will inevitably attain success in her chosen profession"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at risk":{
"being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{
"examples":[
"She put her life at risk to rescue residents from the house fire."
],
"synonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likely",
"prone",
"uncovered",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unscreened",
"unsecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"antonyms":[
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atomizing":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"braying",
"comminuting",
"crushing",
"disintegrating",
"grinding",
"milling",
"mulling",
"pounding",
"powdering",
"pulverizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grating",
"kibbling",
"crumbling",
"crunching",
"breaking",
"busting",
"dashing",
"fracturing",
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"micronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at":{
"as in across , along":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"across",
"along",
"alongside",
"beside",
"circa",
"about",
"around",
"by",
"near",
"next to",
"nigh",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"athirst":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"was athirst for any news at all about family members serving in the war zone"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
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"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
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]
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"She finally felt at peace after resigning from a job that didn't make her happy."
],
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"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
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"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
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"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
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"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
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"as in unusually , extraordinarily":{
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"abnormally",
"extraordinarily",
"uncommonly",
"untypically",
"unusually",
"funnily",
"oddly",
"peculiarly",
"queerly",
"strangely",
"weirdly",
"anomalously",
"irregularly",
"radically"
],
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"commonly",
"generally",
"natch",
"naturally",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
"customarily",
"habitually",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"familiarly"
],
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate"
],
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"agent",
"assignee",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative"
],
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"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"alternate",
"backup",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"surrogate",
"understudy",
"informer",
"operative",
"spy",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
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},
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"finished law school and became an attorney"
],
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"advocate",
"attorney-at-law",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"counselor-at-law",
"lawyer",
"legal eagle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocounsel",
"district attorney",
"prosecuting attorney",
"prosecutor",
"solicitor",
"criminal lawyer",
"mouthpiece",
"public defender",
"trial lawyer",
"solicitor",
"jurist",
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon",
"ambulance chaser",
"pettifogger",
"Philadelphia lawyer",
"shyster"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attachments":{
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"examples":[
"I doubt that there's any permanent attachment between the two teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"devotions",
"loves",
"passions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"tastes",
"cravings",
"crushes",
"desires",
"infatuations",
"longings",
"lusts",
"yearnings",
"ardors",
"enthusiasms",
"fervors",
"zeals",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"regards",
"respects",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"deifications",
"idolatries",
"idolizations",
"worships",
"allegiances",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"abhorrences",
"disgusts",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"misanthropies"
],
"antonyms":[
"abominations",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"rancors"
]
},
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a grinder attachment for the kitchen mixer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"appliances",
"options"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at the ready":{
"possible to get":{
"examples":[
"We were all grateful to live next to a corner store that always had ripe avocados at the ready ."
],
"synonyms":[
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getatable",
"reachable",
"appropriable",
"purchasable",
"rentable",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attitude":{
"a general way of holding the body":{
"examples":[
"had the ramrod straight attitude of a man who had spent all of his life in the military"
],
"synonyms":[
"carriage",
"poise",
"posture",
"stance",
"station"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attention",
"body language",
"pose",
"seat",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"air",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at every turn":{
"on every relevant occasion":{
"examples":[
"Jose was there at every turn to cheer her on in her pursuits."
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continually",
"ever",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"invariably",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"unfailingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commonly",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
"inevitably",
"eternally",
"everlastingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atomization":{
"as in polarization , dichotomization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dichotomization",
"polarization",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"divorce",
"severance",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"breach",
"rupture",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration",
"bifurcation",
"breakup",
"cleavage",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionalization",
"fractionation",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unification",
"union",
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attracted":{
"to engage the attention of":{
"examples":[
"The park's natural wonders attract many tourists.",
"The blackbird puts on a colorful display in its attempt to attract a mate."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drew",
"enticed",
"interested",
"allured",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"carried away",
"dazzled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"ravished",
"transported",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"busied",
"caught up",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied",
"biased",
"biassed",
"colored",
"inspired",
"stirred",
"engaged",
"involved",
"affected",
"impacted",
"impressed",
"influenced",
"moved",
"reached",
"struck",
"swayed",
"told (on)",
"touched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied",
"underwhelmed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"at odds":{
"disagreeing with each other":{
"examples":[
"They've been at odds since the election."
],
"synonyms":[
"disunited",
"divided",
"split"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balkanized",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"cohesionless",
"factious"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"unanimous",
"undivided",
"united"
]
},
"not being in agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"I thought the soundtrack was at odds with the tone of the movie."
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreconcilable",
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposing",
"opposite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
"antonyms":[
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"at full throttle":{
"with great speed":{
"examples":[
"Farmers moved at full throttle to reap the harvest before the first hard frost."
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atom":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attach (to)":{
"as in connect (with) , communicate (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"skirt",
"touch",
"verge (on)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"attestation":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"the fact that he spent hours standing in line for the sequel should be attestation enough that he's a die-hard fan of the movie series"
],
"synonyms":[
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"demonstration",
"illustration",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atremble":{
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
"examples":[
"atremble with fright at the sound of the booming howitzers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquiver",
"quaking",
"quavery",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shaky",
"shuddering",
"shuddery",
"tottering",
"tottery",
"trembling",
"trembly",
"tremulous",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"wobbly",
"wabbly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsive",
"shivering",
"shivery",
"rocky",
"staggery",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"wavering",
"wavery",
"palpitating",
"pulsating",
"throbbing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"firm",
"settled",
"stable",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"atone":{
"as in apologize , confess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apologize",
"confess",
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash",
"sugarcoat",
"varnish",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"atrocities":{
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"examples":[
"the undeniable atrocity of the forced march of Cherokees known as the Trail of Tears"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"was appalled by the atrocity of Stalin's mass executions"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[
"wars often unleash a level of atrocity that would be unimaginable in peacetime"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"grimness",
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguineness",
"sanguinity",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"oppressiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"antonyms":[
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attempts":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"it took several attempts before we made good ice cream with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"descents",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"bombings",
"sieges",
"storms",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"volleys",
"whammies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"after attempting \u2014and failing\u2014to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help",
"don't even attempt walking on your broken foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"seeks",
"strives",
"tries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fights",
"strains",
"struggles",
"toils",
"troubles",
"works",
"aims",
"aspires",
"hopes",
"assumes",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives up",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"at a loss":{
"faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do":{
"examples":[
"She tried everything to salvage the friendship but was at a loss ."
],
"synonyms":[
"baffled",
"confounded",
"hard-pressed",
"hard put",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bewildered",
"confused",
"disconcerted",
"fazed",
"embarrassed",
"flustered",
"put out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undaunted",
"unfazed",
"composed",
"untroubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"attendance":{
"the condition of being attentive and ready to help":{
"examples":[
"The parents' attendance to their children's needs was remarkable."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support",
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"neglect",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attach\u00e9 case":{
"as in briefcase , attach\u00e9":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attach\u00e9",
"briefcase",
"valise",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"carpetbag",
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"baggage",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"at present":{
"at the present time":{
"examples":[
"At present , investigators have not gathered sufficient evidence to make an arrest."
],
"synonyms":[
"anymore",
"currently",
"now",
"nowadays",
"presently",
"right now",
"today"
],
"near synonyms":[
"here"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"far",
"farthest",
"remotest",
"heretofore",
"hitherto",
"since",
"ago",
"previously"
],
"antonyms":[
"before",
"formerly",
"long",
"once",
"then"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"atonement":{
"an act taken in order to redeem oneself":{
"examples":[
"He resolved to make atonement to those he had wronged by doing good deeds for them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amends",
"expiation",
"reparation",
"absolution",
"condonation",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission",
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction",
"compurgation",
"whitewash",
"acquittal",
"clearance",
"clearing",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"grace",
"redemption",
"salvation",
"cleansing",
"sanctification",
"alibi",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"plea",
"reason",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusation",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"incrimination",
"indictment",
"prosecution",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"conviction",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"atonal":{
"as in off-key , tuneless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"off-key",
"tuneless",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"resounding",
"sonorous",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clangorous",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"dinning",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jangly",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"noisy",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"clamorous",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"unvocal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"dulcet",
"euphonious",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"tuneful",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"chordal",
"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"polyphonic",
"polyphonous",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tonal",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"atrium":{
"as in peristyle , galleria":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"peristyle",
"close",
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attacker":{
"one who violently sets upon another":{
"examples":[
"was able to pick her attacker out of the police lineup"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailant",
"assaulter",
"bushwhacker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mugger",
"robber",
"molester",
"predator",
"raper",
"rapist",
"ravager",
"aggressor",
"besieger",
"invader",
"raider",
"counterattacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"attendances":{
"the condition of being attentive and ready to help":{
"examples":[
"The parents' attendance to their children's needs was remarkable."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support",
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"neglect",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}