7270 lines
147 KiB
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7270 lines
147 KiB
JSON
{
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"cicerone":{
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"as in adviser , counselor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cinch":{
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"something that is easy to do":{
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"examples":[
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"the clear instructions made setting up the audiovisual system a cinch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breeze",
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"cake",
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"cakewalk",
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"child's play",
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"cream puff",
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"duck soup",
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"kid stuff",
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"picnic",
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"pushover",
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"roses",
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"snap"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"no-brainer",
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"nothing",
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"sitting duck",
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"gimme",
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"laugher",
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"walkaway"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainteaser",
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"poser",
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"stumper",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"bother",
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"nuisance",
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"trouble"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bear",
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"beast",
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"chore",
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"headache",
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"horror show",
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"killer",
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"labor",
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"murder",
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"pain",
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"sticky wicket",
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"stinker"
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]
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},
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"one that is certain to succeed":{
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"examples":[
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"after that hole in one, she's a cinch to make the cut for the next round of the tournament"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lock",
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"shoo-in",
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"slam dunk",
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"sure thing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"certainty",
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"inevitability",
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"eventuality",
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"foregone conclusion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dark horse",
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"long shot"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
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"examples":[
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"the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assure",
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"ensure",
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"guarantee",
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"guaranty",
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"ice",
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"insure",
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"secure"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attest",
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"certify",
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"vouch",
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"warrant",
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"witness",
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"pledge",
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"promise",
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"swear"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"enfeeble",
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"undermine",
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"weaken"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circlets":{
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"as in ringlets":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ringlets",
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"circles",
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"cirques",
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"rings",
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"roundels",
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"rounds",
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"ellipses",
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"loops",
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"ovals",
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"balls",
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"globes",
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"orbs",
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"spheres"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"circuit":{
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"as in compass , ambit":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambit",
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"compass",
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"circumference",
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"girth",
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"waistline",
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"equator",
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"diameter",
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"radius",
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"perimeter",
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"periphery"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in loop , circle":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"loop",
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"orbit",
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"course",
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"line",
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"path",
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"pathway",
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"route",
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"routeway",
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"steps",
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"track",
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"way",
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"arc",
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"flight path",
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"trajectory",
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"ascent",
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"descent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in tour":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tour",
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"journey",
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"travel(s)",
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"voyage",
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"expedition",
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"odyssey",
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"safari",
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"excursion",
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"jaunt",
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"junket",
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"outing",
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"ramble",
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"sally",
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"sashay",
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"sortie",
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"spin",
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"detour",
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"hike",
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"peregrination",
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"trek",
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"walk",
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"pilgrimage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in conference":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conference",
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"affiliation",
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"cooperative",
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"partnership",
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"association",
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"group",
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"organization",
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"faction",
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"front",
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"fusion",
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"side",
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"wing",
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"cartel",
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"syndicate",
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"trust",
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"cabal",
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"conspiracy",
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"junto",
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"alliance",
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"axis",
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"bloc",
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"block",
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"coalition",
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"combination",
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"combine",
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"confederacy",
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"confederation",
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"federation",
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"league",
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"union"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to travel completely around":{
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"examples":[
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"after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"circumnavigate",
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"circumvent",
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"compass",
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"encircle",
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"girdle",
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"orbit",
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"ring",
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"round"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circumambulate",
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"cross",
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"perambulate",
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"traverse"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circulate":{
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcast",
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"disseminate",
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"propagate",
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"spread"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"radiate",
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"sprawl",
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"diffuse",
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"dispense",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"scatter",
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"sow",
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"communicate",
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"convey",
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"impart",
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"pass (on)",
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"transmit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloak",
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"conceal",
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"enshroud",
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"hide",
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"hold (in)",
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"mask",
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"obscure",
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"secrete",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"contain",
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"limit",
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"restrict"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bruit (about)",
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"noise (about or abroad)",
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"rumor",
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"whisper"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandy (about)",
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"blab",
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"tattle",
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"bare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"expose",
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"let on (about)",
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"report",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"hint",
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"imply",
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"insinuate",
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"intimate",
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"suggest",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"propagate",
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"publicize",
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"spread"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to become known":{
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"examples":[
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"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"come out",
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"get about",
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"get around",
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"get out",
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"get round",
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"leak (out)",
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"out",
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"spread"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"develop",
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"transpire",
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"unfold",
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"disclose",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hush (up)",
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"suppress",
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"conceal",
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"disguise",
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"hide",
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"mask",
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"secrete"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circulating":{
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcasting",
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"disseminating",
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"propagating",
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"spreading"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"radiating",
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"sprawling",
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"diffusing",
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"dispensing",
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"scattering",
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"sowing",
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"communicating",
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"conveying",
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"imparting",
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"passing (on)",
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"transmitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"holding (in)",
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"masking",
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"obscuring",
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"secreting",
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"shrouding",
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"veiling",
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"containing",
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"limiting",
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"restricting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bruiting (about)",
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"noising (about or abroad)",
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"rumoring",
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"whispering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandying (about)",
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"blabbing",
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"dishing",
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"gossiping",
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"tattling",
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"baring",
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"disclosing",
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"divulging",
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"exposing",
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"letting on (about)",
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"reporting",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling",
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"insinuating",
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"intimating",
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"suggesting",
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"blazing",
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"broadcasting",
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"proclaiming",
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"promulgating",
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"propagating",
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"publicizing",
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"spreading"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to become known":{
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"examples":[
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"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking",
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"coming out",
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"getting about",
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"getting around",
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"getting out",
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"getting round",
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"leaking (out)",
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"outing",
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"spreading"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"developing",
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"transpiring",
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"unfolding",
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"disclosing",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hushing (up)",
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"suppressing",
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"concealing",
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"disguising",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"secreting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circumfused":{
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"to surround or cover closely":{
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"examples":[
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"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosomed",
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"bowered",
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"cocooned",
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"embosomed",
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"embowered",
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"embraced",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"encompassed",
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"enfolded",
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"enshrouded",
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"enswathed",
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"enveloped",
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"enwrapped",
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"invested",
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"involved",
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"lapped",
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"mantled",
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"muffled",
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"shrouded",
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"swathed",
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"veiled",
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"wrapped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curtained",
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"draped",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"encased",
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"swaddled",
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"blanketed",
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"overlaid",
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"overspread",
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"camouflaged",
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"cloaked",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"circled",
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"encircled",
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"enlaced",
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"enwound"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bared",
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"denuded",
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"exposed",
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"stripped",
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"stript"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circumlocution":{
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"deliberate evasion in speech":{
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"examples":[
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"rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equivocation",
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"shuffle",
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"tergiversation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"quibbling",
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"ambiguity",
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"ambiguousness",
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"equivocalness",
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"murkiness",
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"nebulousness",
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"obscureness",
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"obscurity",
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"opacity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"forthrightness",
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"frankness",
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"openheartedness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plumpness",
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"straightforwardness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
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"examples":[
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"your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diffuseness",
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"diffusion",
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"garrulity",
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"garrulousness",
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"logorrhea",
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"long-windedness",
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"periphrasis",
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"prolixity",
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"redundancy",
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"verbalism",
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"verbiage",
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"verboseness",
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"verbosity",
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"windiness",
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"wordage",
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"wordiness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circuitousness",
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"circularity",
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"digressiveness",
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"pleonasm",
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"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumlocutory":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the studio's statement that \"the film's earnings did not live up to expectations\" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"periphrastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"logorrheic",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"circumscribing":{
|
|
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"holding down",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"narrowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"tightening",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening",
|
|
"overextending",
|
|
"overreaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delimiting",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"demarking",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"describing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumspect":{
|
|
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has a reputation for being quiet and circumspect in investigating charges of child abuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertent",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"hypercautious",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumspection":{
|
|
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumspection is always good when considering charging someone with cheating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"suddenness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"shrewdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"gingerliness",
|
|
"guardedness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumventing":{
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"incurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"end-running",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"outflanking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"warding (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"shortcutting",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citations":{
|
|
"a formal expression of praise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the citation for the Nobel Prize winner noted his major contributions to quantum theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"indictments",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"sermons"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"dedications",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"laudations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"recommendations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogia",
|
|
"eulogiums",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police officer who has received several citations for his work with troubled youths in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"medals",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"dedications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"mentions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in your paper be sure to include citations to back up any points you make about the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"references",
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"snippets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quotations",
|
|
"quotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citizen":{
|
|
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeman",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"nonimmigrant",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"stranger",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"noncitizen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgher",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny",
|
|
"townsman",
|
|
"villager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"townswoman",
|
|
"cliff dweller",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"townsfolk",
|
|
"townspeople",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"gownsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncitizen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civies":{
|
|
"as in mufti":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mufti",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"couture",
|
|
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
|
|
"pret-a-porter",
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"gaudery",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"activewear",
|
|
"loungewear",
|
|
"outerwear",
|
|
"playwear",
|
|
"sportswear",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"nightclothes",
|
|
"sleepwear",
|
|
"smallclothes",
|
|
"underclothes",
|
|
"underwear",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"haberdashery",
|
|
"menswear",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costumery",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vestments",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wearables",
|
|
"weeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil":{
|
|
"of or relating to a nation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnational"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the country was not destroyed by outside enemies but by a series of civil wars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"global",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"foreign"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civic",
|
|
"federal",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"governmental",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"intestine",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican",
|
|
"nationwide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"national",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please try to be civil to your ex-husband at the upcoming family wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unceremonious",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unrespectable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"gentlemanlike",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"red-carpet",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"comme il faut",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civility":{
|
|
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the usual civilities , the parents and the principal had a serious talk about the boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"treated people from all walks of life with the same unfailing civility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"ceremonialness",
|
|
"ceremoniousness",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"chivalrousness",
|
|
"chivalry",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentlemanliness",
|
|
"knighthood",
|
|
"knightliness",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circa":{
|
|
"not far from (something) in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was born circa 1600."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"beside",
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"at",
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citadel":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"city-states":{
|
|
"a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city-states of ancient Greece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularized":{
|
|
"as in solicited , canvassed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuit judges":{
|
|
"as in chief justices , justices of the peace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chief justices",
|
|
"justices of the peace",
|
|
"squires",
|
|
"adjudicators",
|
|
"beaks",
|
|
"benches",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"jurists",
|
|
"justices",
|
|
"magistrates",
|
|
"auditors",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"jurisconsults",
|
|
"jurisprudents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstance":{
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condemned murderer seemed indifferent to his circumstance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"kismet",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"portion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestination",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"due to unexpected circumstances , the test will be postponed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"episode",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"incident",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidence",
|
|
"co-occurrence",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was a victim of circumstance , for nothing that I could have done would have made a difference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortuitousness",
|
|
"fortuity",
|
|
"haphazardry",
|
|
"randomness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citation":{
|
|
"a formal expression of praise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the citation for the Nobel Prize winner noted his major contributions to quantum theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"dedication",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"laudation",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"recommendation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"indictment",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"sermon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police officer who has received several citations for his work with troubled youths in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"dedication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in your paper be sure to include citations to back up any points you make about the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quotation",
|
|
"quote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allusion",
|
|
"reference",
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"snippet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumambulated":{
|
|
"as in crossed , traversed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"circuited",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumvents":{
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"shortcuts",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"end-runs",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"outflanks",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"parries",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"wards (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"incurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuitousness":{
|
|
"as in circularity , digressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in indirectness , circuity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuity",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuses":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Roman circus is believed to have held 50,000 spectators in ancient times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums",
|
|
"stadiums",
|
|
"stadia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballparks",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"hippodromes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with seven kids in the house, it's a circus most of the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"bedlams",
|
|
"madhouses",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"three-ring circuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"brouhahas",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the media circus that took place outside the courthouse every day of the murder trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"raree-shows",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"spectaculars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumscriptions":{
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such circumscriptions on the freedom of speech are antithetical to a free and open society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"provisos",
|
|
"provisoes",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"latitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"electronic monitoring bracelets are sometimes used to impose a circumscription of movement on people awaiting trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"containments",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"segregations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantiated":{
|
|
"as in backed (up) , corroborated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"testified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cisterns":{
|
|
"as in tubs , vats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"casks",
|
|
"firkins",
|
|
"hogsheads",
|
|
"kegs",
|
|
"kilderkins",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"puncheons",
|
|
"rundlets",
|
|
"runlets",
|
|
"tuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cinctures":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrapped a cincture around the dress as a stylish accessory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"ceintures",
|
|
"cummerbunds",
|
|
"cumberbunds",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"sashes",
|
|
"self-belts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"waistbands",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"baldrics",
|
|
"bandoliers",
|
|
"bandoleers",
|
|
"Sam Browne belts",
|
|
"cesti",
|
|
"obis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cites":{
|
|
"to give as an example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited several experts' opinions to back up her argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adduces",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"quotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exemplifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)",
|
|
"bears out",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"references",
|
|
"sources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited a number of similar instances of people surviving plane crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"hints (at)",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"points (out)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"spells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumfusing":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil war":{
|
|
"a a state or period of fighting between groups of people in the same country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a region that has had many civil wars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"holy war",
|
|
"limited war",
|
|
"police action",
|
|
"world war",
|
|
"conflagration",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"hot war",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"demilitarization",
|
|
"demobilization",
|
|
"disarmament",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"cease-fire",
|
|
"truce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilians":{
|
|
"as in noncombatants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noncombatants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"armed forces",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"men-at-arms",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"servicemen",
|
|
"servicewomen",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"soldiery",
|
|
"force"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cinched":{
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"guarantied",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumnavigates":{
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first ship to circumnavigate the globe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citable":{
|
|
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has a lot of annoying little habits but none are really citable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"memorable",
|
|
"mentionable",
|
|
"nameable",
|
|
"namable",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"remarkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quotable",
|
|
"repeatable",
|
|
"indelible",
|
|
"unforgettable",
|
|
"newsworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forgettable",
|
|
"unmemorable",
|
|
"unremarkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumferences":{
|
|
"the distance around a round body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the circumference of the earth at the equator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"girths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"waistlines",
|
|
"equators",
|
|
"diameters",
|
|
"radii",
|
|
"radiuses",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a silly little affair that's of interest to no one beyond the circumference of this campus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civvies":{
|
|
"as in mufti":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mufti",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"couture",
|
|
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
|
|
"pret-a-porter",
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"gaudery",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"activewear",
|
|
"loungewear",
|
|
"outerwear",
|
|
"playwear",
|
|
"sportswear",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"nightclothes",
|
|
"sleepwear",
|
|
"smallclothes",
|
|
"underclothes",
|
|
"underwear",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"haberdashery",
|
|
"menswear",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costumery",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vestments",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wearables",
|
|
"weeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumfuses":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"embowers",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"enwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circle":{
|
|
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a circle of columns surrounds the memorial to the fallen heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circlet",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a circular strip":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a decorative circle of silver on the rim of the commemorative plate for their 25th wedding anniversary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"hoop",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"wreath",
|
|
"annulet",
|
|
"becket",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"furl",
|
|
"hank",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spire",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"whorl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got together with her social circle once a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"coven",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circle",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"in-group",
|
|
"closed shop",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"tribe",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sodality",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the birth of a child coming so soon after the death of a grandparent, we were once again reminded of the circle of life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"merry-go-round",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"zodiac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"syndrome",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnover",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that lies outside the circle of our investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"turf",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"subfield",
|
|
"subspecialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulate",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cinching":{
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"guarantying",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumjacent":{
|
|
"as in surrounding , encircling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous",
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuits":{
|
|
"as in compasses , ambits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"waistlines",
|
|
"equators",
|
|
"diameters",
|
|
"radii",
|
|
"radiuses",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in loops , circles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"pathways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"routeways",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"flight paths",
|
|
"trajectories",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"descents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tours":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"pilgrimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in conferences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"affiliations",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumvention":{
|
|
"as in bypassing , sidestepping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"runaround",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"elusion",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evasion",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflection",
|
|
"obviation",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"prevention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"toleration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumfluous":{
|
|
"as in circumfluent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumfluent",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"semiliquid",
|
|
"semisolid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"nonliquid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularizing":{
|
|
"as in soliciting , canvassing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"sounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cipher":{
|
|
"the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remember to put the cipher after the decimal point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aught",
|
|
"goose egg",
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nil",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"o",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was either write the Great American Novel or be consigned to the status of a cipher in the annals of literature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"insect",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"pip-squeak",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"snippersnapper",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noncelebrity",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"planet",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"power"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"add up",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totalize",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"allow (for)",
|
|
"deduct",
|
|
"factor (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figure in",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"solve (for)",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"calibrate",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"recalculate",
|
|
"recompute",
|
|
"refigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cities":{
|
|
"a thickly settled, highly populated area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asphalt jungles",
|
|
"burgs",
|
|
"cosmopolises",
|
|
"megacities",
|
|
"megalopolises",
|
|
"metropolises",
|
|
"municipalities",
|
|
"towns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boroughs",
|
|
"conurbations",
|
|
"urban sprawls",
|
|
"exurbs",
|
|
"suburbias",
|
|
"suburbs",
|
|
"central cities",
|
|
"edge cities",
|
|
"garden cities",
|
|
"core cities",
|
|
"downtowns",
|
|
"inner cities",
|
|
"midtowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil unions":{
|
|
"as in domestic partnerships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domestic partnerships",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyandries",
|
|
"polygamies",
|
|
"polygynies",
|
|
"monogamies",
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matrimonies",
|
|
"wedlocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citified":{
|
|
"as in urbanized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"urbanized",
|
|
"urban",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"nonfarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bucolic",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"backwoodsy",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've become so citified that many people have no idea where their food comes from"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"urbanized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumlocutions":{
|
|
"deliberate evasion in speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tergiversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"city-state":{
|
|
"a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city-states of ancient Greece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cinematheques":{
|
|
"as in art houses , art theaters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"art houses",
|
|
"art theaters",
|
|
"megaplexes",
|
|
"multiplexes",
|
|
"plexes",
|
|
"'plexes",
|
|
"fleapits",
|
|
"grind houses",
|
|
"nickelodeons",
|
|
"drive-ins",
|
|
"cinemas",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilly":{
|
|
"as in respectfully , politely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumference":{
|
|
"the distance around a round body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the circumference of the earth at the equator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"girth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"waistline",
|
|
"equator",
|
|
"diameter",
|
|
"radius",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a silly little affair that's of interest to no one beyond the circumference of this campus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circus":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Roman circus is believed to have held 50,000 spectators in ancient times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"coliseum",
|
|
"colosseum",
|
|
"stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"gym",
|
|
"gymnasium",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"hippodrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with seven kids in the house, it's a circus most of the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"madhouse",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"three-ring circus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the media circus that took place outside the courthouse every day of the murder trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"raree-show",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"spectacular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantial":{
|
|
"including many small descriptive features":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the circumstantial account of his surgery told us more than we really wanted to know about the stomach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow-by-blow",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"thorough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"inventoried",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"numerated",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"descriptive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"nondescript",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"bird's-eye",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"summary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuitously":{
|
|
"as in deviously , veeringly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway",
|
|
"as the crow flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulates":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"holds (in)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruits (about)",
|
|
"noises (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumors",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandies (about)",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"gets about",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"gets round",
|
|
"leaks (out)",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cirque":{
|
|
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harvest moon was a glowing cirque in autumn sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circlet",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularity":{
|
|
"as in circuitousness , digressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilities":{
|
|
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the usual civilities , the parents and the principal had a serious talk about the boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"formalities",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"pleasantries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ceremonies",
|
|
"observances",
|
|
"rites",
|
|
"rituals",
|
|
"decorums",
|
|
"etiquettes",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cirques":{
|
|
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harvest moon was a glowing cirque in autumn sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"roundels",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circlets",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"ellipses",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ovals",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"globes",
|
|
"orbs",
|
|
"spheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilizing":{
|
|
"as in cultivating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"citifying",
|
|
"urbanizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civic":{
|
|
"relating to a city, town, or country or to the people who live there":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Serving on a jury is our civic duty.",
|
|
"A meeting of civic leaders that intends to promote economic cooperation in the region."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"federal",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"urban",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"governmental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil union":{
|
|
"as in domestic partnership":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domestic partnership",
|
|
"cohabitation",
|
|
"common-law marriage",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"intermarriage",
|
|
"miscegenation",
|
|
"mixed marriage",
|
|
"remarriage",
|
|
"betrothal",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"espousal",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"bigamy",
|
|
"polyandry",
|
|
"polygamy",
|
|
"polygyny",
|
|
"monogamy",
|
|
"conjugality",
|
|
"connubiality",
|
|
"marriage",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matrimony",
|
|
"wedlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ciceroni":{
|
|
"as in advisers , counselors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"drillers",
|
|
"drillmasters",
|
|
"instructors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"handlers",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"trainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantiate":{
|
|
"as in back (up) , corroborate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"testify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ciphered":{
|
|
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"added up",
|
|
"averaged",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"totalized",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"subtracted",
|
|
"allowed (for)",
|
|
"deducted",
|
|
"factored (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figured in",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"solved (for)",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"calibrated",
|
|
"gauged",
|
|
"gaged",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"appraised",
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"evaluated",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"recalculated",
|
|
"recomputed",
|
|
"refigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulators":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ugly rumor about one of our staffers was circulating, and, as usual, the chief circulator was the in-house busybody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"newsmongers",
|
|
"quidnuncs",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tale-tellers",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"yentas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"scandalmongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cite":{
|
|
"to give as an example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited several experts' opinions to back up her argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"quote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"bear out",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"reference",
|
|
"source"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited a number of similar instances of people surviving plane crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"hint (at)",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"point (out)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"spell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citing":{
|
|
"to give as an example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited several experts' opinions to back up her argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"quoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"referencing",
|
|
"sourcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited a number of similar instances of people surviving plane crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilizes":{
|
|
"as in cultivates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"citifies",
|
|
"urbanizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstances":{
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condemned murderer seemed indifferent to his circumstance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"kismets",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"portions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestinations",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"due to unexpected circumstances , the test will be postponed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"incidents",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"occurrences",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidences",
|
|
"co-occurrences",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was a victim of circumstance , for nothing that I could have done would have made a difference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortuities",
|
|
"haphazardries",
|
|
"uncertainties",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantiating":{
|
|
"as in backing (up) , corroborating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"evidencing",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"testifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulated":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sprawled",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"transmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"held (in)",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruited (about)",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"got about",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"got round",
|
|
"leaked (out)",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"secreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circlet":{
|
|
"as in ringlet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil servants":{
|
|
"a worker in a government agency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucrats",
|
|
"functionaries",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"public servants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"officeholders",
|
|
"officials",
|
|
"officiaries",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"jobholders",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citifying":{
|
|
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've become so citified that many people have no idea where their food comes from"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"urbanizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilizing",
|
|
"cultivating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil disobedience":{
|
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"refusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to do or change something":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"In an act of civil disobedience , the family sent its tax money to an antiwar organization.",
|
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"A student organization is encouraging civil disobedience as a way to get the university to change its policies."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noncooperation",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency",
|
|
"trainability",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"tractableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumambulating":{
|
|
"as in crossing , traversing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citizens":{
|
|
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freemen",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"nonimmigrants",
|
|
"residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"strangers",
|
|
"immigrants",
|
|
"nonnatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"noncitizens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burghers",
|
|
"townies",
|
|
"townsmen",
|
|
"villagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"townswomen",
|
|
"cliff dwellers",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"occupants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"residers",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"towns",
|
|
"townsfolk",
|
|
"townspeople",
|
|
"suburbanites",
|
|
"urbanites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"nonnatives",
|
|
"tourists",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"visitors",
|
|
"gownsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncitizens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cinematographer":{
|
|
"as in photographer , photog":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lensman",
|
|
"photog",
|
|
"photographer",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shutterbug",
|
|
"paparazzo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilized":{
|
|
"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a civilized older couple who are celebrated for holding dinner parties that are attended by the city's best and brightest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"hypercivilized",
|
|
"overcivilized",
|
|
"oversophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"polyester",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cultivated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"urbanized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumambulate":{
|
|
"as in cross , traverse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"traverse",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilization":{
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"lifestyle",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"subculture",
|
|
"subsociety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the 18th century Boston had reached a level of civilization sufficiently advanced to support a circle of portrait painters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"refinement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"intellectualism",
|
|
"intellectuality",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship",
|
|
"cosmopolitanism",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"politeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"rusticity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbarianism",
|
|
"barbarism",
|
|
"philistinism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"city slickers":{
|
|
"a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with their snotty attitude, the city slickers quickly wore out their welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitans",
|
|
"cosmopolites",
|
|
"metropolitans",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"sophisticates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"urbanites",
|
|
"worldlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkins",
|
|
"hicks",
|
|
"provincials",
|
|
"rustics",
|
|
"yokels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circular":{
|
|
"not straightforward or direct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rather circular discussion of the problem that never addresses it directly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promptly tosses out those advertising circulars that come in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booklet",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"folder",
|
|
"leaflet",
|
|
"pamphlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"flysheet",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuity":{
|
|
"as in indirectness , circuitousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citizenry":{
|
|
"all the citizens of a place \u2014 usually singular":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an educated citizenry",
|
|
"the citizenry of Boston"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"city",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"hamlet",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"village",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulars":{
|
|
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promptly tosses out those advertising circulars that come in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booklets",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"folders",
|
|
"leaflets",
|
|
"pamphlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"flysheets",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"throwaways",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Cimmerian":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wealthy recluse who lived in Cimmerian isolation in a decaying Victorian mansion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cincture":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrapped a cincture around the dress as a stylish accessory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
"cummerbund",
|
|
"cumberbund",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"sash",
|
|
"self-belt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"waistband",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"baldric",
|
|
"bandolier",
|
|
"bandoleer",
|
|
"Sam Browne belt",
|
|
"cestus",
|
|
"obi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citadels":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"fortifications",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlements",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"embattlements",
|
|
"parapets",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"blockhouses",
|
|
"garrison houses",
|
|
"alcazars",
|
|
"casbahs",
|
|
"kasbahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citifies":{
|
|
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've become so citified that many people have no idea where their food comes from"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"urbanizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilizes",
|
|
"cultivates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil servant":{
|
|
"a worker in a government agency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucrat",
|
|
"functionary",
|
|
"mandarin",
|
|
"public servant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"officiary",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumnavigating":{
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first ship to circumnavigate the globe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circling":{
|
|
"as in swirling , spiraling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civilizations":{
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"traditions",
|
|
"subcultures",
|
|
"subsocieties",
|
|
"sub-societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cinches":{
|
|
"something that is easy to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clear instructions made setting up the audiovisual system a cinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"roses",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-brainers",
|
|
"sitting ducks",
|
|
"gimmes",
|
|
"laughers",
|
|
"walkaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"horror shows",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"stinkers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that is certain to succeed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after that hole in one, she's a cinch to make the cut for the next round of the tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"shoo-ins",
|
|
"slam dunks",
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"inevitabilities",
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"foregone conclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circled":{
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuited",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"girdled",
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"orbited",
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"ringed",
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"rounded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circumambulated",
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"crossed",
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"perambulated",
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"traversed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"citify":{
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"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
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"examples":[
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"we've become so citified that many people have no idea where their food comes from"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"urbanize"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"civilize",
|
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"cultivate"
|
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
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}
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} |