27461 lines
537 KiB
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27461 lines
537 KiB
JSON
{
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"cube":{
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"one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided":{
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"examples":[
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"even though they worked in adjoining cubes , the two coworkers rarely acknowledged one another's existence"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay",
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"cabin",
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"cell",
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"chamber",
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"compartment",
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"cubicle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cubbyhole",
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"pigeonhole",
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"snuggery",
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"alcove",
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"niche",
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"nook",
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"recess",
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"cabinet",
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"drawer",
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"locker",
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"cavity",
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"hole",
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"hollow",
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"booth",
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"box",
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"crib",
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"loge",
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"stall",
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"bunker",
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"crypt",
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"vault"
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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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"cuckoo":{
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"examples":[
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"a cuckoo woman who wandered around town carefully gathering up useless trash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"gaga",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"wud"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dotty",
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"fey",
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"loopy",
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"off",
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"potty",
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"teched",
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"tetched",
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"touched",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
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"disordered",
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"disturbed",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoiac",
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"paranoic",
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"paranoid",
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"paranoidal",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopathic",
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"eccentric",
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"odd",
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"oddball",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"queer",
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"strange",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"witless",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable",
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"amok",
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"amuck",
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"ape",
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"ballistic",
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"bananas",
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"berserk",
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"nuclear",
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"depressed",
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"distracted",
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"distraught",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"raving",
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"wigged-out",
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"fixated",
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"monomaniac",
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"monomaniacal",
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"obsessed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"lucid",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"judicious",
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"sensible",
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"wise",
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"healthy",
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"normal",
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"well-adjusted",
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"unneurotic"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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]
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},
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"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"offered a completely cuckoo suggestion for using the defunct strip mall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"foolish",
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"half-baked",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"zany"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"boobish",
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"brain-dead",
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"chowderheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"clueless",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"feebleminded",
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"gormless",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"mindless",
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"moronic",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"thoughtless",
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"thick",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"vacuous",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"surd",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound",
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"weak",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"notional",
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"buffoonish",
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"clownish",
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"ill-advised",
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"unconsidered",
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"unreasoned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid",
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"well-advised"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise"
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]
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},
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"berk",
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"ding-dong",
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"dingbat",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"featherhead",
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"fool",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"daredevil",
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"madman",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dumbbell",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"moron",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"pinhead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schlump",
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"schnook",
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"stock",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"butt",
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"dupe",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"monkey",
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"chump",
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"loser",
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"schlemiel",
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"shlemiel",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a silly flighty person":{
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"examples":[
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"didn't want to be among those cuckoos who race around the mall the day before Christmas"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birdbrain",
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"ditz",
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"featherbrain",
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"featherhead",
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"flibbertigibbet",
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"nitwit",
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"rattlebrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"softhead"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"silly",
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"simpleton"
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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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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cudgel":{
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"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
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"examples":[
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"a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastinado",
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"bastinade",
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"bat",
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"baton",
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"billy",
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"billy club",
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"bludgeon",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"nightstick",
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"rod",
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"rung",
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"sap",
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"shillelagh",
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"shillalah",
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"staff",
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"truncheon",
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"waddy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blackjack",
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"knobkerrie",
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"mace",
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"birch",
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"crabstick",
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"hickory",
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"rattan",
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"stave",
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"switch",
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"beetle",
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"gavel",
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"hammer",
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"mallet",
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"maul",
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"sledgehammer",
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"crook",
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"crosier",
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"crozier",
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"walking stick",
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"whangee"
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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 whack , thwack":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jump (on)",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"lay on",
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"paste",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"punch",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"storm",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whomp",
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"birch",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung up",
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"club",
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"curry",
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"do",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"flog",
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"hammer",
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"hide",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lash",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"maul",
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"mess (up)",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"punch out",
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"rough (up)",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"wallop",
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"whale",
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"whip",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"fustigate",
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"horsewhip",
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"leather",
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"pistol-whip",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"strap",
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"gore",
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"lacerate",
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"wound",
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"maim",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate"
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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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"cudgeled":{
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"as in whacked , thwacked":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"chopped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cuffed",
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"descended (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jumped (on)",
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"knocked",
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"laid on",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"pounced (on or upon)",
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"punched",
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"raided",
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"rushed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"stormed",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked",
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"whammed",
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"whomped",
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cudgeling":{
|
|
"as in beating , pounding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whacking , thwacking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cudgels":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whacks , thwacks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cue":{
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"allusion",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"guidepost",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-off",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"intuition",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"foreshadower",
|
|
"foretaste",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prefigurement",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"symptom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cue to get tickets to the concert moved with agonizing slowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"column",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"array"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in line , line up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"hierarchize",
|
|
"prioritize",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"equalize",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regularize",
|
|
"standardize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"misalign"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cued":{
|
|
"as in lined , lined up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"hierarchized",
|
|
"prioritized",
|
|
"sequenced",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"equalized",
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regularized",
|
|
"standardized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"misaligned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cul-de-sacs":{
|
|
"a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cull":{
|
|
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"white elephant",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"second"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
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"opt (for)",
|
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"pick",
|
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"prefer",
|
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"select",
|
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"single (out)",
|
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"tag",
|
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"take"
|
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]
|
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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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"culled":{
|
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"as in screened , winnowed (out)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"declined",
|
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"refused",
|
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"rejected",
|
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"turned down"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"disapproved",
|
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"negatived",
|
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"repudiated",
|
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"spurned",
|
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"discarded",
|
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"jettisoned",
|
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"threw away",
|
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"threw out"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"preselected",
|
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"appointed",
|
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"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
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"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
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"accepted",
|
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"adopted",
|
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"embraced",
|
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"espoused",
|
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"settled (on or upon)"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
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"preferred",
|
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"selected",
|
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"singled (out)",
|
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"tagged",
|
|
"took"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"culling":{
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culprit":{
|
|
"a person who has committed a crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"offender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdemeanant",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"gallows bird",
|
|
"misdoer",
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"blackhander",
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"enforcer",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"gunsel",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"triggerman",
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"recidivist",
|
|
"relapser",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestee",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"detainee",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"lawman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivate":{
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"sluff",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"form"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"inhibit"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"underwrite",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"agitate (for)",
|
|
"campaign (for)",
|
|
"work (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"incubate",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"hoe",
|
|
"sharecrop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farm",
|
|
"tend",
|
|
"till"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivates":{
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"sluffs",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"forms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"inhibits"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"agitates (for)",
|
|
"campaigns (for)",
|
|
"works (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"incubates",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"hoes",
|
|
"sharecrops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farms",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"tills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultures":{
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"traditions",
|
|
"subcultures",
|
|
"subsocieties",
|
|
"sub-societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilizations",
|
|
"lifestyles",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
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"plants",
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"sows",
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"gathers",
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"gleans",
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"harvests",
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"reaps",
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"germinates",
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"quickens",
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"ripens",
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"roots",
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"sprouts"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
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"crops",
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"cultivates",
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"dresses",
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"grows",
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"promotes",
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"raises",
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"rears",
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"tends"
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]
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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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"cumulativeness":{
|
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"as in entirety , completeness":{
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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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"cunning":{
|
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"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
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"examples":[
|
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"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"artful",
|
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"beguiling",
|
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"cagey",
|
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"cagy",
|
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"crafty",
|
|
"cute",
|
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"designing",
|
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"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
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"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
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"shrewd",
|
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"slick",
|
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"sly",
|
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"subtle",
|
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"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skillful with the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"double-jointed",
|
|
"loose-jointed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used cunning and subterfuge to lure unwitting victims into the fraudulent scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cunnings":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skillful with the hands":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"double-jointed",
|
|
"loose-jointed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used cunning and subterfuge to lure unwitting victims into the fraudulent scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbs":{
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"tames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"chokes (back)",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"circumscriptions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"provisos",
|
|
"provisoes",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"latitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cure":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drug",
|
|
"medicament",
|
|
"medication",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"pharmaceutical",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"botanical",
|
|
"patent medicine",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"prescription drug",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"injection",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"embrocation",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"poultice",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"serum",
|
|
"cathartic",
|
|
"purgative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"diagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"misdiagnose",
|
|
"overdiagnose",
|
|
"underdiagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pastor , abb\u00e9":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curious":{
|
|
"interested in what is not one's own business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curious neighbors peered out of their windows as the new people moved in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snoopy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intrusive",
|
|
"meddlesome",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"officious",
|
|
"inquisitional",
|
|
"inquisitorial",
|
|
"interrogative",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uncurious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a pretty curious coincidence\u2014almost too curious to be believed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that is one of the most curious paintings I've ever seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curling up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"snugging",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curls":{
|
|
"a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let her hair grow in its natural curls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frizzes",
|
|
"frizzles",
|
|
"ringlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"tresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"corkscrews",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeonliness":{
|
|
"as in dyspepsia , sulkiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"current":{
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the currents of fashion are always changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"current wisdom on parenting favors allowing children lots of self-expression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"uncommon"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing or in progress right now":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the current fund-raising effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"unborn",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noncontemporary",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currying":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
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"licking",
|
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"mauling",
|
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"messing (up)",
|
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"paddling",
|
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"pelting",
|
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"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
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"tanning",
|
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"thrashing",
|
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"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
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"walloping",
|
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"whaling",
|
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"whipping",
|
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"whopping",
|
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"whapping",
|
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"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
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"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
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"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursing":{
|
|
"as in profanity , swearing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"congratulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"danging",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"durning",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"cussing (out)",
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"beshrewing",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"panging",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"martyring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"railing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cussing",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"saluting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curst":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cursed tree fell and blocked the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"saluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curt":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"monosyllabic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"thumbnail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"inflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtail":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailing":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"tapering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"syncopating",
|
|
"truncating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailment":{
|
|
"as in abridgment , abbreviation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compaction",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constriction",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"telescoping",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"lessening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"dilation",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"distension",
|
|
"distention",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailments":{
|
|
"as in abridgments , condensations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compends",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"shortenings",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"breviaries",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"conspectuses",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulations",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"roundups",
|
|
"rundowns",
|
|
"run-throughs",
|
|
"summae",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summings-up",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum-ups",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"wrap-ups",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"rehashes",
|
|
"reprises",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cuts , cutbacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"detractions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"givebacks",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebates",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"supplementations",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kittens keep climbing the curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drapery",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"window shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be curtains for us if we're caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtained (off)":{
|
|
"as in screened (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screened (off)",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked (off)",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"walled (off)",
|
|
"diked",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unbolted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushion":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a blanket as a cushion between the two tables in the moving van"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"cordon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"soften"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtund",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"relieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushioning":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put plenty of cushioning around that bottle of wine if you're going to carry it home in your suitcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"cordon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in softening , emollient":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"softening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obtunding",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"relieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusses":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who has never uttered a single cuss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusswords",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodians":{
|
|
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caretakers",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"janitors",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"watchmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocurators",
|
|
"co-curators",
|
|
"curators",
|
|
"sextons",
|
|
"stewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"minders",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchers",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"spotters",
|
|
"surveillants",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"honor guards",
|
|
"gatekeepers",
|
|
"hacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone that protects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must regard ourselves as custodians of the Earth so that its natural resources may be enjoyed by many generations to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"guardian angels",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"protectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"harborers",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customizes":{
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"refigures",
|
|
"refits",
|
|
"refocuses",
|
|
"reinvents",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"rigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut (across)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut across the field on the way to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut a deal":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We managed to cut a deal with the landlord in which we will be allowed to adopt a furry friend in exchange for an increase in rent."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"palter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"comparison shop",
|
|
"shop (around)",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut capers":{
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The children cut capers through the garden."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"curvet",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut-back":{
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
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"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
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"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in shortened , curtailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cut , curtailment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"giveback",
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"rebate",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"supplementation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutbacks":{
|
|
"as in cuts , curtailments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"detractions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"givebacks",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebates",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"supplementations",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cute":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's very nice, but she's not afraid to get cute when there's something she wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're having a serious discussion here, so cut the cute remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-ass",
|
|
"smart-assed",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"wiseass"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cute baby that no one could resist cooing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"cuties":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
"cover girls",
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
"houris",
|
|
"cutie-pies",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"stunners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"lovelies",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-pusses",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"showstoppers",
|
|
"tens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutoff":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts ice":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Honestly, that jargon doesn't really cut any ice with me."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting":{
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cutlet",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cutting side of the sword blade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clawlike",
|
|
"daggerlike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"richening",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"pasteurizing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"condensing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"tempering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"stiff-arming",
|
|
"stiffing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewing",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"yawing",
|
|
"zagging",
|
|
"zigging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"decussating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"intersecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"showing up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerating",
|
|
"aggregating",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"synthesizing",
|
|
"unifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"diagnosing",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"subdividing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"deconstructing",
|
|
"dissecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skiving",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"crosscutting",
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"severing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"slitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"lopping",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting (out)":{
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine abruptly cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"jamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"buggering off",
|
|
"bugging off",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running along",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"stepping (along)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"emigrating",
|
|
"adjourning",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"reaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"displanting",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"usurping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting down":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopping (down)",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting edge":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"state-of-the-art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"avant-gardist",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"trailblazer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"old guard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"leading edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spearhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting edges":{
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"old guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"undergrounds",
|
|
"avant-gardists",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"trailblazers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-gardes",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spearheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forefronts",
|
|
"front lines",
|
|
"leading edges",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting horse":{
|
|
"as in quarter horse , saddle horse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"mustang",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"palomino",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"sorrel",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate",
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"steed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting-edge":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"state-of-the-art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"avant-gardist",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"trailblazer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"old guard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"leading edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spearhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumber":{
|
|
"as in burden , load":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutlass":{
|
|
"as in saber , rapier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsword",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"scimitar",
|
|
"smallsword",
|
|
"blade",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursorily":{
|
|
"with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursorily glanced over the report before tossing it to one side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culminations":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an acting performance that was seen as the culmination of a brilliant career on the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customary":{
|
|
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the customary response to the greeting \"How are you?\" is \"Fine, thanks\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"uncommon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the customary toasting of the bride and groom at their wedding reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"prescriptive",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"ancestral",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"untraditional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customs":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rituals",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"usages",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"jog trots",
|
|
"regimens",
|
|
"regimes",
|
|
"r\u00e9gimes",
|
|
"rotes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curled up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"snugged",
|
|
"snuggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailed":{
|
|
"as in shortened , abbreviated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut-back",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"truncated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"subtracted (from)",
|
|
"tapered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusswords":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was reprimanded for teaching his little brother cusswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumulations":{
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cumulation of grime on the stove was really disgusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"cumuli",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"backlogs",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvy":{
|
|
"having a well-proportioned feminine figure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curvy brunette with lots of male admirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvacious",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perilously curvy stretch of a corniche along the Riviera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"second nature",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"usage",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"jog trot",
|
|
"regime",
|
|
"r\u00e9gime",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethic",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transactions or economic support provided by customers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that restaurant certainly lost my custom after they were cited for health code violations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that business tycoon wears only custom suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuttings":{
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cutlets",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cur":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"denounced as curs those police officers who deserted their posts during the hurricane and its aftermath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"scaramouch",
|
|
"scaramouche"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"valiant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a cur would abandon friends in their time of need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut loose":{
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Realizing that he could not afford to pay her, she cut him loose by calling off the bet."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disembarrass",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unsnarl",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"untwine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curative":{
|
|
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some believe that the herb has curative properties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"officinal",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"therapeutic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"tonic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the best curative for her depression might be volunteer work at a local animal shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutlasses":{
|
|
"as in sabers , rapiers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadswords",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"scimitars",
|
|
"smallswords",
|
|
"blades",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdy":{
|
|
"having small pieces or lumps spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curdy cottage cheese"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"clumpy",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"knobbed",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"clabbered",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"pebbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuirassier":{
|
|
"as in cavalryman , dragoon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"servicewoman",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"dogface",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"legionary",
|
|
"legionnaire",
|
|
"man-at-arms",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"serviceman",
|
|
"soldier",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"warrior",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts a deal":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We managed to cut a deal with the landlord in which we will be allowed to adopt a furry friend in exchange for an increase in rent."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"palters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"comparison shops",
|
|
"shops (around)",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultists":{
|
|
"as in zealots , pietists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pietists",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"fundamentalists",
|
|
"deists",
|
|
"monotheists",
|
|
"polytheists",
|
|
"theist",
|
|
"believers",
|
|
"religionists",
|
|
"churchgoers",
|
|
"communicants",
|
|
"congregants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curred":{
|
|
"as in cooed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cooed",
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed",
|
|
"thrummed",
|
|
"chirred",
|
|
"churred",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"whirred",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultist":{
|
|
"as in zealot , pietist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pietist",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"fundamentalist",
|
|
"deist",
|
|
"monotheist",
|
|
"polytheist",
|
|
"theist",
|
|
"believer",
|
|
"religionist",
|
|
"churchgoer",
|
|
"communicant",
|
|
"congregant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbed":{
|
|
"as in controlled , restrained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currency":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer to carry only paper currency , as coins are too heavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushioned":{
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"softened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"relieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut (out)":{
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine abruptly cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"displant",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"usurp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in able , capable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"pitch-perfect",
|
|
"condign",
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"companionate",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"rightful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"malapropos",
|
|
"misbecoming",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unbeseeming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitting",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unmeet",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"uncongenial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currish":{
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apologized for his currish behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cubes":{
|
|
"one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though they worked in adjoining cubes , the two coworkers rarely acknowledged one another's existence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"cubicles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cubbyholes",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"snuggeries",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"drawers",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"booths",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"loges",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussing (out)":{
|
|
"as in railing (against) , fulminating (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"danging",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"durning",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"beshrewing",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"congratulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut-and-dry":{
|
|
"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden-variety",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"standard-issue",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"untypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"unexampled",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unparalleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuteys":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"stunners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
"cover girls",
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
"houris",
|
|
"cutie-pies",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-pusses",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"showstoppers",
|
|
"tens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"lovelies",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutleries":{
|
|
"as in knives , flatware":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chopsticks",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons",
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silvers",
|
|
"silverwares",
|
|
"tablewares",
|
|
"place settings",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"silver plates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutback":{
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in shortened , curtailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cut , curtailment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"giveback",
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"rebate",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"supplementation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom-built":{
|
|
"built to fit the needs or requirements of a particular person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a custom-built home",
|
|
"The car is custom-built ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culprits":{
|
|
"a person who has committed a crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"offenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdemeanants",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"gallows birds",
|
|
"misdoers",
|
|
"misfeasors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"enforcers",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"gunsels",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"triggermen",
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"recidivists",
|
|
"relapsers",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestees",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"detainees",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"lawmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutlery":{
|
|
"as in knife , flatware":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chopstick",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon",
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silverware",
|
|
"tableware",
|
|
"place setting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"silver plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curries":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut-and-paste":{
|
|
"as in mixed , intermixed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwoven",
|
|
"coalescent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncompound",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customarily":{
|
|
"as in regularly , routinely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"natch",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"familiarly",
|
|
"conventionally",
|
|
"traditionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"atypically",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"untypically",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"funnily",
|
|
"oddly",
|
|
"peculiarly",
|
|
"queerly",
|
|
"strangely",
|
|
"weirdly",
|
|
"anomalously",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"radically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut up":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"hotdog",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"showboat",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"misbehave",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"maffick",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in jokester , comedian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"merry-andrew",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in skylarker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"binger",
|
|
"carouser",
|
|
"party animal",
|
|
"wassailer",
|
|
"noisemaker",
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"merrymaker",
|
|
"partyer",
|
|
"partier",
|
|
"partygoer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts (across)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut across the field on the way to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curse":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"malison",
|
|
"winze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"excommunication",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"whammy",
|
|
"pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benison",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"beshrew",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"cuss (out)",
|
|
"fulminate (against)",
|
|
"rail (against)",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"congratulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuffs":{
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"bracelet",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligature",
|
|
"manacle(s)",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"straitjacket",
|
|
"straightjacket",
|
|
"fastener",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold-down",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in socks , slaps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumbers":{
|
|
"as in burdens , loads":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curveted":{
|
|
"as in danced , pranced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"kited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curry":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumshaw":{
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clerk at Calcutta airport was clearly angling for a little cumshaw on the side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perk",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"throw-in",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pension",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"icing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captain slipped the customs official his customary cumshaw at the Port of Shanghai"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backhander",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baksheesh",
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"slush fund",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"horn in",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curable":{
|
|
"as in recoverable , redeemable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimable",
|
|
"recoverable",
|
|
"redeemable",
|
|
"reformable",
|
|
"remediable",
|
|
"retrievable",
|
|
"savable",
|
|
"saveable",
|
|
"reversible",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"penitent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"remorseful",
|
|
"repentant",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"correctable",
|
|
"fixable",
|
|
"rectifiable",
|
|
"repairable",
|
|
"reparable",
|
|
"salvable",
|
|
"salvageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"incurable",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irredeemable",
|
|
"irreformable",
|
|
"irremediable",
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"unrecoverable",
|
|
"unredeemable",
|
|
"irreparable",
|
|
"irreversible",
|
|
"uncorrectable",
|
|
"unencouraging",
|
|
"unpromising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvets":{
|
|
"as in dances , prances":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"skylarks",
|
|
"kites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumulative":{
|
|
"produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cumulative weight gain of 20 pounds over the course of a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretive",
|
|
"accumulative",
|
|
"additive",
|
|
"conglomerative",
|
|
"incremental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gradual",
|
|
"step-by-step",
|
|
"stepwise",
|
|
"increscent",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"accruable",
|
|
"accrued",
|
|
"aggregated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"built-up",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"conglomerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decremental",
|
|
"decrescent",
|
|
"degressive",
|
|
"regressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts":{
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscuts",
|
|
"hacksaws",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"amputates",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"severs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"shows up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"stiff-arms",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skives",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"lops",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"sophisticates",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"envenoms",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizes",
|
|
"lards",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"leaches",
|
|
"pasteurizes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"condenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"richens",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"yaws",
|
|
"zags",
|
|
"zigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skews",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisects",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"intersects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crisscrosses",
|
|
"decussates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"deconstructs",
|
|
"dissects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schematizes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"subdivides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"synthesizes",
|
|
"unifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuttings",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cutlets",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chapters",
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"increments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received my cut of the profits from the garage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"quotas",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"percentages",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a style or arrangement of hair":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiffures",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"haircuts",
|
|
"hairdos",
|
|
"hairstyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afros",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"cornrows",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"beehives",
|
|
"big hairs",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"chignons",
|
|
"French twists",
|
|
"pageboys",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"updos",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"pigtails",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"ponytails",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
|
"ducktails",
|
|
"pompadours",
|
|
"roaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts capers":{
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The children cut capers through the garden."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"curvets",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"skylarks",
|
|
"kites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvetted":{
|
|
"as in danced , pranced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"kited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Cuban sandwiches":{
|
|
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my favorite place to get a Cuban sandwich is in Chicago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grinders",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"hoagies",
|
|
"Italian sandwiches",
|
|
"po'boys",
|
|
"poor boys",
|
|
"submarines",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"torpedoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeonly":{
|
|
"as in cantankerous , ornery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutters":{
|
|
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fabric cutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blades",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleavers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"bowie knifes",
|
|
"bowie knives",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switchblades",
|
|
"switch knives",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuplike":{
|
|
"as in cavernous , crescentic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alveolar",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"crescentic",
|
|
"cupped",
|
|
"cuppy",
|
|
"recurved",
|
|
"concave",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indented",
|
|
"recessed",
|
|
"sunken",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"pockmarked",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"cambered",
|
|
"convex",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"protrusive",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"bulbous",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"puffy",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"globular",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"spherical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currying favor":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishing",
|
|
"bootlicking",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"truckling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"defying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curl":{
|
|
"a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let her hair grow in its natural curls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frizz",
|
|
"frizzle",
|
|
"ringlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"tress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussword":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was reprimanded for teaching his little brother cusswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumberbunds":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cummerbund is the perfect accessory for a man's tuxedo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"ceintures",
|
|
"cinctures",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut (down)":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chop (down)",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuticles":{
|
|
"as in skins , hides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings",
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culverts":{
|
|
"as in drains , ravines":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acequias",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"fosses",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"sheughs",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"ha-has",
|
|
"moats",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"sunk fences",
|
|
"kennels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicuing":{
|
|
"as in spiraling , curling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuboid":{
|
|
"as in boxy , blocky":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockish",
|
|
"blocky",
|
|
"boxlike",
|
|
"boxy",
|
|
"cubic",
|
|
"cubical",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"quadrate",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"squarish",
|
|
"rectangular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumulation":{
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cumulation of grime on the stove was really disgusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"cumulus",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"pileup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"backlog",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvetting":{
|
|
"as in dancing , prancing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cul-de-sac":{
|
|
"a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customize":{
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut the mustard":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a college footballer who couldn't cut the mustard in the professional leagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"excel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain (off)":{
|
|
"as in screen (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screen (off)",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block (off)",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"close (off)",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"wall (off)",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"obstruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unbar",
|
|
"reopen",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unbolt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlycues":{
|
|
"as in curls , coils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spirals , curls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currently":{
|
|
"at the present time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're currently working on three separate projects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anymore",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"nowadays",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"then"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting (across)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut across the field on the way to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"passing (over)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom-tailored":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a filing system that is custom-tailored to the needs of your office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curses":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"malisons",
|
|
"winzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excommunications",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"poxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"cusswords",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"threats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"safeties",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"beshrews",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"dangs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"cusses (out)",
|
|
"fulminates (against)",
|
|
"rails (against)",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"congratulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"excruciates",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"victimizes",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"martyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cults":{
|
|
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"deisms",
|
|
"heathenisms",
|
|
"monotheisms",
|
|
"paganisms",
|
|
"pantheisms",
|
|
"polytheisms",
|
|
"theisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingisms",
|
|
"atheisms",
|
|
"nonbeliefs",
|
|
"secularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuckoos":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"charlies",
|
|
"charleys",
|
|
"ding-a-lings",
|
|
"dingbats",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dipsticks",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"gits",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"mooncalves",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't want to be among those cuckoos who race around the mall the day before Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"ditzes",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"flibbertigibbets",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"rattlebrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"softheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"sillies",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutthroat":{
|
|
"not guided by or showing a concern for what is right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"licentious",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
|
"dog-eat-dog",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who kills another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"manslayer",
|
|
"murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"torpedo",
|
|
"triggerman",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"executioner",
|
|
"massacrer",
|
|
"slaughterer",
|
|
"slayer",
|
|
"murderess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut":{
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incise",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscut",
|
|
"hacksaw",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scissor",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"amputate",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"sever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"show up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"lop",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilize",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"pasteurize",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"condense"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"richen",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"yaw",
|
|
"zag",
|
|
"zig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skew",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"intersect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crisscross",
|
|
"decussate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"deconstruct",
|
|
"dissect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"diagnose",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"subdivide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"synthesize",
|
|
"unify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cutlet",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"increment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received my cut of the profits from the garage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"quota",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"ration",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"percentage",
|
|
"member",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a style or arrangement of hair":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiffure",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"haircut",
|
|
"hairdo",
|
|
"hairstyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afro",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"cornrow",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"big hair",
|
|
"bun",
|
|
"chignon",
|
|
"French twist",
|
|
"pageboy",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"updo",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
|
"crew cut",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"ponytail",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"comb-over",
|
|
"ducktail",
|
|
"pompadour",
|
|
"roach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in reduced , diminished":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plenary",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"unabridged",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiminished",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"maximal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chiseled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beer-bellied",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cupped":{
|
|
"as in cavernous , recurved":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alveolar",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"crescentic",
|
|
"cuplike",
|
|
"cuppy",
|
|
"recurved",
|
|
"concave",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indented",
|
|
"recessed",
|
|
"sunken",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"pockmarked",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"cambered",
|
|
"convex",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"protrusive",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"bulbous",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"puffy",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"globular",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"spherical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culvert":{
|
|
"as in drain , ravine":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acequia",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"fosse",
|
|
"foss",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"sheugh",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"ha-ha",
|
|
"moat",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"sunk fence",
|
|
"kennel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cubage":{
|
|
"the largest number or amount that something can hold":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pipes with a cubage of over 1,000 cubic meters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"real estate",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"stowage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting the mustard":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a college footballer who couldn't cut the mustard in the professional leagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"excelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culinarian":{
|
|
"a person who prepares food by some manner of heating":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrated culinarian who started his own cooking school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chef",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"cooker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baker",
|
|
"p\u00e2tissier",
|
|
"patissier",
|
|
"barbecuer",
|
|
"griller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curl up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting up":{
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"hotdogging",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"showboating",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"mafficking",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"wassailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curates":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of a Christian parish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The curate met with the bishop in the cathedral."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting back":{
|
|
"as in economizing , frugality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skiving",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"syncopating",
|
|
"truncating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"tapering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curving":{
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the curving shoreline on the island's south side is a beachcomber's paradise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"swerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"incurvating",
|
|
"incurving",
|
|
"inflecting",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"kinking",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dimpling",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"sloping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curled":{
|
|
"forming or styled into loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strokes of the capital letters were elaborately curled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"crimpy",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"frizzled",
|
|
"frizzy",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"wavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curled and complicated route through a series of caves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicues":{
|
|
"as in curls , coils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spirals , curls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbing":{
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"taming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"silencing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts in (on)":{
|
|
"as in butts in , obtrudes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"obtrudes",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"intrudes (upon)",
|
|
"pesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushions":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a blanket as a cushion between the two tables in the moving van"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"cushionings",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"cordons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"softens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obtunds",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"relieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtaining":{
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussed (out)":{
|
|
"as in railed (against) , fulminated (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvet":{
|
|
"as in dance , prance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtilage":{
|
|
"as in courtyard , terrace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"courtyard",
|
|
"enclosure",
|
|
"inclosure",
|
|
"patio",
|
|
"quad",
|
|
"quadrangle",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"forecourt",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"plaza",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"atrium",
|
|
"galleria",
|
|
"parvis",
|
|
"parvise",
|
|
"peristyle",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"terrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cupboards":{
|
|
"a built-in space for storage behind a door":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colonial dining room features a double-door corner cupboard for the family's finest china"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"pantries",
|
|
"presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambries",
|
|
"butteries",
|
|
"larders",
|
|
"spences",
|
|
"cloakrooms",
|
|
"coatrooms",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"vestiaries",
|
|
"wardrobes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dishes go in the cupboard next to the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcases",
|
|
"breakfronts",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"china closets",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dressers",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curds":{
|
|
"as in curdles , clumps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"gums",
|
|
"lumps (up)",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"thickens",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"solidifies",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gelates",
|
|
"gelatinizes",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"thaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutey":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-puss",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"showstopper",
|
|
"ten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dog"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuff(s)":{
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"bracelet",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligature",
|
|
"manacle(s)",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"straitjacket",
|
|
"straightjacket",
|
|
"fastener",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold-down",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in socks , slaps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culverin":{
|
|
"as in shotgun , musket":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"speargun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"horns in",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom-made":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an odd-sized window that will require the purchase of custom-made curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"tailor-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiosa":{
|
|
"as in ephemera , virtu":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivating":{
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"forming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"sluffing",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"incubating",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"staking",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"underwriting",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"agitating (for)",
|
|
"campaigning (for)",
|
|
"working (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"inhibiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"culturing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling (up)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farming",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"tilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"hoeing",
|
|
"sharecropping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodies":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government department having custody of all official state gifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custodianships",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governorships",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"superintendences",
|
|
"supervisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuss (out)":{
|
|
"as in rail (against) , fulminate (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate (against)",
|
|
"rail (against)",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"beshrew",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"congratulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutie-pie":{
|
|
"as in dish , doll":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cudgeling one's brains (about)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"secludes",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sequesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"reintegrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cunningly":{
|
|
"as in craftily , slyly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously",
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cues":{
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"guideposts",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"pointers",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prefigurements",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"symptoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cue to get tickets to the concert moved with agonizing slowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"arrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lines , lines up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"hierarchizes",
|
|
"prioritizes",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"equalizes",
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regularizes",
|
|
"standardizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"musses (up)",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"misaligns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curring":{
|
|
"as in cooing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing",
|
|
"thrumming",
|
|
"chirring",
|
|
"churring",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customized":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a customized car for a physically challenged person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"redesigned",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"refigured",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refocused",
|
|
"reinvented",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fiddled (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"phased",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"rigged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvature":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvature of the spine is called scoliosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdled":{
|
|
"as in sour , fermented":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in thickened , clotted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clabbered",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"knobbed",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"clumpy",
|
|
"curdy",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"set (against)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"empoisoned",
|
|
"envenomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clumped , curded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"curded",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"lumped (up)",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solidified",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelated",
|
|
"gelatinized",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts (out)":{
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine abruptly cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"malfunctions",
|
|
"jams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"buggers off",
|
|
"bugs off",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears off",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"runs along",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"steps (along)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"emigrates",
|
|
"adjourns",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"reaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"displants",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussedness":{
|
|
"as in contrariness , cantankerousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiosity":{
|
|
"an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our neighbor's curiosity about what we were doing last night was really offensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiousness",
|
|
"inquisitiveness",
|
|
"nosiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"intrusiveness",
|
|
"meddlesomeness",
|
|
"obtrusiveness",
|
|
"officiousness",
|
|
"eavesdropping",
|
|
"rubbernecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incuriosity",
|
|
"incuriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's curiosities include items constructed entirely out of toothpicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of curiosities from around the world that the family picked up during various vacations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bibelot",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"knickknack",
|
|
"nicknack",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"tchotchke",
|
|
"trinket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouterie",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackery",
|
|
"trinketry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"figurine",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"conversation piece",
|
|
"collectible",
|
|
"collectable",
|
|
"collector's item"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Charles Dickens typically endowed his characters with an array of endearing curiosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currachs":{
|
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursed":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cursed tree fell and blocked the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"saluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtilages":{
|
|
"as in courtyards , terraces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"courtyards",
|
|
"enclosures",
|
|
"inclosures",
|
|
"patios",
|
|
"quadrangles",
|
|
"quads",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"forecourts",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"plazas",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"atria",
|
|
"atriums",
|
|
"gallerias",
|
|
"parvises",
|
|
"peristyles",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"terraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuddies":{
|
|
"a built-in space for storage behind a door":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept his stash of liquor in a small cuddy by the dining room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"pantries",
|
|
"presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambries",
|
|
"butteries",
|
|
"larders",
|
|
"spences",
|
|
"cloakrooms",
|
|
"coatrooms",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"vestiaries",
|
|
"wardrobes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pub seemed to be the favorite haunt of every cuddy in the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuesta":{
|
|
"as in butte , hogback":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"hogback",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"escarpment",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scarp",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutie":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-puss",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"showstopper",
|
|
"ten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dog"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuestas":{
|
|
"as in buttes , hogbacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"hogbacks",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"escarpments",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"scarps",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"pitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutie-pies":{
|
|
"as in dishes , dolls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"houris",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
"cover girls",
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"cuties",
|
|
"cuteys",
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"stunners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culpability":{
|
|
"responsibility for wrongdoing or failure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cannot find culpability where there is neither knowledge that a crime has been committed nor evidence of intent to commit a crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blameworthiness",
|
|
"complicity",
|
|
"guiltiness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"finger-pointing",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"guiltlessness",
|
|
"innocence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicued":{
|
|
"as in spiraled , curled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended",
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"wheeled",
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"turned",
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"twisted",
|
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"wound",
|
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"winded",
|
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"deviated",
|
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"veered"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"cudgelling":{
|
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"as in beating , pounding":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
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"bastinade",
|
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"battering",
|
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"beating",
|
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"bludgeoning",
|
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"clobbering",
|
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"drubbing",
|
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"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
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"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
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"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
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"counterstroke",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whacking , thwacking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currents":{
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the currents of fashion are always changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"downsides",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"upsides",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"countercurrents",
|
|
"countertrends",
|
|
"counter-trends",
|
|
"undercurrents",
|
|
"undertows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curio":{
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful of the fragile curios on the end tables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bibelot",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"knickknack",
|
|
"nicknack",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"tchotchke",
|
|
"trinket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouterie",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackery",
|
|
"trinketry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"figurine",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"conversation piece",
|
|
"collectible",
|
|
"collectable",
|
|
"collector's item"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum's collection of curios brought back from the Far East by 19th-century traders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting it":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He couldn't cut it as an actor, so went into journalism instead."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"excelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut out":{
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine abruptly cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"displant",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"usurp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in able , capable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"pitch-perfect",
|
|
"condign",
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"companionate",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"rightful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"malapropos",
|
|
"misbecoming",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unbeseeming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitting",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unmeet",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"uncongenial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curators":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curator seeking an addition to the collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocurators",
|
|
"co-curators",
|
|
"caretakers",
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"janitors",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"watchmen",
|
|
"sextons",
|
|
"stewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curded":{
|
|
"as in curdled , clumped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"lumped (up)",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solidified",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelated",
|
|
"gelatinized",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumbrous":{
|
|
"difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took two people to haul the cumbrous machine into the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bunglesome",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"clunky",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"unhandy",
|
|
"unwieldy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"dinosaurian",
|
|
"dinosauric",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"useful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"handy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curricular":{
|
|
"as in academic , educational":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"educational",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"scholastic",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"pedagogical",
|
|
"pedagogic",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"tweedy",
|
|
"collegiate",
|
|
"graduate",
|
|
"postgraduate",
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"instructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonacademic",
|
|
"noneducational",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"unscholarly",
|
|
"cocurricular",
|
|
"extracurricular",
|
|
"noncollegiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut-and-dried":{
|
|
"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden-variety",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"standard-issue",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"untypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"unexampled",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unparalleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumuli":{
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cumulus of sundry things that fill up one's attic and somehow sum up a lifetime of experiences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"cumulations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"backlogs",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cudgelled":{
|
|
"as in whacked , thwacked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut-price":{
|
|
"costing little":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cut-price purse that looked like a much more expensive brand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affordable",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapish",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"fire-sale",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"prohibitory",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"luxurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting (down)":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopping (down)",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumulous":{
|
|
"as in pillowy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pillowy",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"lighter-than-air",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"rarefied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"weightless",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"gauzelike",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvatures":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvature of the spine is called scoliosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusses (out)":{
|
|
"as in rails (against) , fulminates (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates (against)",
|
|
"rails (against)",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"dangs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"beshrews",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"congratulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuckoo clock":{
|
|
"as in alarm clock , atomic clock":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm clock",
|
|
"atomic clock",
|
|
"grandfather clock",
|
|
"time clock",
|
|
"chronometer",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"timekeeper",
|
|
"timepiece",
|
|
"timer",
|
|
"clepsydra",
|
|
"hourglass",
|
|
"sandglass",
|
|
"sundial",
|
|
"water clock",
|
|
"chronograph",
|
|
"stopwatch",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curly":{
|
|
"forming or styled into loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy's naturally curly locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"crimpy",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"frizzled",
|
|
"frizzy",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"wavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cubs":{
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarians",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"novitiates",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"tyros",
|
|
"virgins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"learners",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"trainees",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"probationers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"vets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut of one's jib":{
|
|
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"By the cut of his jib we guessed that the man was a seasoned outdoorsman."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"comportment",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitus",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"physiognomy",
|
|
"superficies",
|
|
"visage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuisine":{
|
|
"the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent several years in Tuscany mastering Italian cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cookery",
|
|
"cooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haute cuisine",
|
|
"gastronomy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curriculum":{
|
|
"the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undergraduate curriculum",
|
|
"The college has a liberal arts curriculum ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"core",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"clinic",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"survey course",
|
|
"minicourse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuddle":{
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kittens cuddling in a basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"snoozle",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"wince"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curr":{
|
|
"as in coo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curb":{
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"circumscription",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"stricture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"proviso",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"stipulation",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"latitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curricles":{
|
|
"as in caroches , barouches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"droshkies",
|
|
"droskies",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultured":{
|
|
"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the most highly cultured period of the country's long history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled (up)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cure-all":{
|
|
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raising a young person's self-esteem is not the cure-all that some people think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catholicon",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"theriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullet",
|
|
"silver bullet",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cummerbund":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cummerbund is the perfect accessory for a man's tuxedo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtained":{
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiosities":{
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's curiosities include items constructed entirely out of toothpicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"exotics",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found objects",
|
|
"objets trouv\u00e9s",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"ephemerae",
|
|
"ephemeras",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"rara avises",
|
|
"rarae aves",
|
|
"rare birds",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of curiosities from around the world that the family picked up during various vacations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bibelots",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"gauds",
|
|
"gewgaws",
|
|
"geegaws",
|
|
"gimcracks",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"knickknacks",
|
|
"nicknacks",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"ornamentals",
|
|
"tchotchkes",
|
|
"trinkets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouteries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackeries",
|
|
"trinketries",
|
|
"trumperies",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"bagatelles",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"figurines",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"keepsakes",
|
|
"mementos",
|
|
"mementoes",
|
|
"souvenirs",
|
|
"conversation pieces",
|
|
"collectibles",
|
|
"collectables",
|
|
"collector's items"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Charles Dickens typically endowed his characters with an array of endearing curiosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchets",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"erraticisms",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"individualisms",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mannerisms",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"neuroticisms",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curries favor":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishes",
|
|
"bootlicks",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"truckles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"cowers",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"defers",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"defies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursives":{
|
|
"a type of writing in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He writes in cursive when he takes notes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backhands",
|
|
"copperplates",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"running hands",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"penmanships",
|
|
"scripts",
|
|
"cacographies",
|
|
"hen scratches",
|
|
"hen tracks",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"John Hancocks",
|
|
"John Henrys",
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts (down)":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops (down)",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"hews",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cubical":{
|
|
"as in boxy , blocky":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockish",
|
|
"blocky",
|
|
"boxlike",
|
|
"boxy",
|
|
"cubic",
|
|
"cuboid",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"quadrate",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"squarish",
|
|
"rectangular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curding":{
|
|
"as in curdling , clumping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lumping (up)",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"thickening",
|
|
"caking",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"firming (up)",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"solidifying",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelating",
|
|
"gelatinizing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"jelling",
|
|
"jellying",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquescing",
|
|
"fluxing",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"liquefying",
|
|
"liquifying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"thawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuff":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mama cat would give her kittens a cuff with a paw whenever they played too rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"bracelet",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligature",
|
|
"manacle(s)",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"straitjacket",
|
|
"straightjacket",
|
|
"fastener",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold-down",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sock , slap":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdle":{
|
|
"as in sour":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"set (against)",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"empoison",
|
|
"envenom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clump , curd":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"curd",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lump (up)",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"solidify",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curveting":{
|
|
"as in dancing , prancing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuddling":{
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kittens cuddling in a basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snoozling",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shying",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"wincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivator":{
|
|
"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agriculturist",
|
|
"agriculturalist",
|
|
"agronomist",
|
|
"farmer",
|
|
"grower",
|
|
"planter",
|
|
"tiller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmhand",
|
|
"field hand",
|
|
"gleaner",
|
|
"harvester",
|
|
"plowman",
|
|
"reaper",
|
|
"workfolk",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"crofter",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"gentleman farmer",
|
|
"sharecropper",
|
|
"subsistence farmer",
|
|
"tenant farmer",
|
|
"yeoman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"nester",
|
|
"granger",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"ranchman",
|
|
"campesino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvaceous":{
|
|
"having a well-proportioned feminine figure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvaceous swimsuit models"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cunningness":{
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took a certain amount of cunningness on the photographer's part to obtain such revealing portraits of his rich and famous subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people should remember that it was cunningness and not kindness that made him a very wealthy lawyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cubbyholes":{
|
|
"as in corners , crannies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"cubicles",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"embrasures",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"ambries",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"shrines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivators":{
|
|
"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agriculturists",
|
|
"agriculturalists",
|
|
"agronomists",
|
|
"farmers",
|
|
"growers",
|
|
"planters",
|
|
"tillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmhands",
|
|
"field hands",
|
|
"gleaners",
|
|
"harvesters",
|
|
"plowmen",
|
|
"reapers",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"crofters",
|
|
"croppers",
|
|
"gentlemen farmers",
|
|
"sharecroppers",
|
|
"subsistence farmers",
|
|
"tenant farmers",
|
|
"yeomen",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"nesters",
|
|
"grangers",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"ranchmen",
|
|
"campesinos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtaining (off)":{
|
|
"as in screening (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screening (off)",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking (off)",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"walling (off)",
|
|
"diking",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unbolting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut back":{
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in shortened , curtailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cut , curtailment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"giveback",
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"rebate",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"supplementation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customers":{
|
|
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store greatly values its regular customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"clients",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"punters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"vendees",
|
|
"browsers",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"window-shoppers",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"regulars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's one tough customer , so you'd better not cross him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curves":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bold curve of the racing yacht's hull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"swerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"incurvates",
|
|
"incurves",
|
|
"inflects",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursedness":{
|
|
"as in accursedness , devilishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutline":{
|
|
"an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cutline wrongly identified the people in the photo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"legend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"key",
|
|
"closed-captioning",
|
|
"subtitle",
|
|
"translation",
|
|
"motto",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"slogan",
|
|
"tagline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut in (on)":{
|
|
"as in butt in , obtrude":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"intrude (upon)",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutter":{
|
|
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fabric cutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blade",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaver",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"bodkin",
|
|
"bolo",
|
|
"bowie knife",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"dagger",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"machete",
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
|
"stiletto",
|
|
"stylet",
|
|
"switchblade",
|
|
"switch knife",
|
|
"yataghan",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts loose":{
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Realizing that he could not afford to pay her, she cut him loose by calling off the bet."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disembarrasses",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"untwines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cups of tea":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A lazy afternoon on the river is just my cup of tea ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"faves",
|
|
"favs",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bugbears"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curling":{
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curling labyrinth designed to discourage grave robbers from ever finding the inner burial chamber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cudgeled one's brains (about)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodianships":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum that regards its mission as nothing less than the custodianship of the nation's cultural heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governorships",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"superintendences",
|
|
"supervisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts (off)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"secludes",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sequesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"reintegrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut (off)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts it":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He couldn't cut it as an actor, so went into journalism instead."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"excels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fails"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts the mustard":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a college footballer who couldn't cut the mustard in the professional leagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"excels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fails"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cupidity":{
|
|
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reports of great treasure in the Indies inflamed the cupidity of Columbus's crew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"graspingness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"mercenariness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialism",
|
|
"materialism",
|
|
"possessiveness",
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"piggishness",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"bounteousness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"selflessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curraghs":{
|
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivation":{
|
|
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people of cultivation appreciate the special experience that only live theater can provide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"civilization",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cures":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"curatives",
|
|
"rectifiers",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"therapeutics",
|
|
"therapies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"palliatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"diagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"misdiagnoses",
|
|
"overdiagnoses",
|
|
"underdiagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"rehabs",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pastors , abb\u00e9s":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Cuban sandwich":{
|
|
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my favorite place to get a Cuban sandwich is in Chicago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grinder",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"hoagie",
|
|
"hoagy",
|
|
"Italian sandwich",
|
|
"po'boy",
|
|
"poor boy",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"submarine",
|
|
"torpedo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodianship":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum that regards its mission as nothing less than the custodianship of the nation's cultural heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"hand(s)",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curve":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bold curve of the racing yacht's hull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"swerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"incurvate",
|
|
"incurve",
|
|
"inflect",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customer":{
|
|
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store greatly values its regular customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"client",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"punter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"vendee",
|
|
"browser",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"window-shopper",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's one tough customer , so you'd better not cross him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culturati":{
|
|
"as in avant-garde":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"clerisy",
|
|
"intelligentsia",
|
|
"literati",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cubbyhole":{
|
|
"as in corner , cranny":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"alcove",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"nook",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"cubicle",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"embrasure",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"ambry",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"shrine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts out":{
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine abruptly cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"malfunctions",
|
|
"jams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"buggers off",
|
|
"bugs off",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears off",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"runs along",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"steps (along)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"emigrates",
|
|
"adjourns",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"reaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"displants",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuteness":{
|
|
"the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that kitten's cuteness is simply overwhelming!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetics",
|
|
"esthetics",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"beauteousness",
|
|
"beautifulness",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"comeliness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"loveliness",
|
|
"prettiness",
|
|
"sightliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"sublimity",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"nubility",
|
|
"pulchritude",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"sex appeal",
|
|
"sexiness",
|
|
"shapeliness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"glossiness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"splashiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"horribleness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"terribleness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"homeliness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"ugliness",
|
|
"unattractiveness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unloveliness",
|
|
"unsightliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut ice":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Honestly, that jargon doesn't really cut any ice with me."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cueing":{
|
|
"as in lining , lining up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"hierarchizing",
|
|
"prioritizing",
|
|
"sequencing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"equalizing",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"proportioning",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regularizing",
|
|
"standardizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"misaligning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutlets":{
|
|
"a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a breaded veal cutlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"croquettes",
|
|
"fritters",
|
|
"galettes",
|
|
"patties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"g\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"gateaux",
|
|
"gateaus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutpurse":{
|
|
"as in pickpocket , shoplifter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"pilferer",
|
|
"shoplifter",
|
|
"sneak thief",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"carjacker",
|
|
"hijacker",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper",
|
|
"skyjacker",
|
|
"klepto",
|
|
"kleptomaniac",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"ravisher",
|
|
"embezzler",
|
|
"grafter",
|
|
"poacher",
|
|
"rustler",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"burglar",
|
|
"cat burglar",
|
|
"cracksman",
|
|
"housebreaker",
|
|
"picklock",
|
|
"safecracker",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"footpad",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"larcenist",
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer",
|
|
"thief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currencies":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer to carry only paper currency , as coins are too heavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culture":{
|
|
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of its wide reputation as a place of culture , Boston became known as \"the Athens of America\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"civilization",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilization",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"lifestyle",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"subculture",
|
|
"subsociety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curriculums":{
|
|
"the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undergraduate curriculum",
|
|
"The college has a liberal arts curriculum ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"electives",
|
|
"refreshers",
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"survey courses",
|
|
"minicourses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushy":{
|
|
"providing physical comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big cushy chair that's perfect for watching television"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"comfy",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"easeful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"uninviting",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutthroats":{
|
|
"a person who kills another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"manslayers",
|
|
"murderers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"torpedoes",
|
|
"triggermen",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"executioners",
|
|
"massacrers",
|
|
"slaughterers",
|
|
"slayers",
|
|
"murderesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuffing":{
|
|
"as in socking , slapping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cudgels one's brains (about)":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"perpends",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"cult":{
|
|
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"followership",
|
|
"following"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discipleship",
|
|
"fandom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"monotheism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"polytheism",
|
|
"theism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut down":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chop (down)",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtsy":{
|
|
"as in bow , nod":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"dop",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"salaam",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"obeisance",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"capitulation",
|
|
"obsequiousness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"teachableness",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"tractableness",
|
|
"trainability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"noncooperation",
|
|
"recusancy",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"noncompliance",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"misbehavior",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"mutinousness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"insurgence",
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"revolt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushionings":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put plenty of cushioning around that bottle of wine if you're going to carry it home in your suitcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"cordons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currach":{
|
|
"as in pirogue , skiff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtains":{
|
|
"pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kittens keep climbing the curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drapery",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"window shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be curtains for us if we're caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curator":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curator seeking an addition to the collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocurator",
|
|
"caretaker",
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"janitor",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"watchman",
|
|
"sexton",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cup of tea":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A lazy afternoon on the river is just my cup of tea ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"fave",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bugbear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuticle":{
|
|
"as in skin , hide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"cassette",
|
|
"casette",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casing",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutlet":{
|
|
"a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a breaded veal cutlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"croquette",
|
|
"fritter",
|
|
"galette",
|
|
"patty",
|
|
"pattie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"g\u00e2teau",
|
|
"gateau"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"curried":{
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"belted",
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"birched",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"did",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mauled",
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"messed (up)",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"punched out",
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"roughed (up)",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"walloped",
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"whaled",
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"whipped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"chopped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"cuffed",
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"descended (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jumped (on)",
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"knocked",
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"laid on",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"pounced (on or upon)",
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"punched",
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"raided",
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"rushed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"stormed",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked",
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"whammed",
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"whomped",
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"blackjacked",
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"caned",
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"cowhided",
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"flagellated",
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"fustigated",
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"horsewhipped",
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"leathered",
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"pistol-whipped",
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"rawhided",
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"scourged",
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"strapped",
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"gored",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated"
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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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"curried favor":{
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"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
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"examples":[
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"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apple-polished",
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"bootlicked",
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"fawned",
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"fussed",
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"kowtowed",
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"sucked (up)",
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"toadied",
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"truckled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drooled",
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"gushed",
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"slavered",
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"slobbered",
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"endeared",
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"ingratiated",
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"courted",
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"wooed",
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"adulated",
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"idolized",
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"worshipped",
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"worshiped",
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"blandished",
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"cajoled",
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"coaxed",
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"flattered",
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"overpraised",
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"soft-soaped",
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"cowered",
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"cringed",
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"groveled",
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"grovelled",
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"abased",
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"debased",
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"demeaned",
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"deferred",
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"submitted",
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"yielded"
|
|
],
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|
"near antonyms":[
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"despised",
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"disdained",
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"scorned",
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"gibed",
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"jibed",
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"jeered",
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"scoffed",
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"braved",
|
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"challenged",
|
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"defied"
|
|
],
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|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"phrase"
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|
]
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},
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"cuts back":{
|
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"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"bobs",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
"skives",
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|
"whittles",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"syncopates",
|
|
"truncates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
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"recapitulates",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"subtracts (from)",
|
|
"tapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusps":{
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical researchers who are on the cusp of a major breakthrough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cusp of a fang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"tines",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"jags",
|
|
"prickles",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeons":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |