dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ea_mwt.json
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{
"earlier":{
"so as to precede something in order of time":{
"examples":[
"he had arrived earlier to take care of some preliminary matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead",
"already",
"antecedently",
"anteriorly",
"before",
"beforehand",
"formerly",
"preliminarily",
"previously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"a priori",
"early",
"prematurely",
"first",
"first off",
"now",
"before long",
"erelong",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behind",
"by and by",
"next",
"subsequently"
],
"antonyms":[
"after",
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"earmarked":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocated",
"consecrated",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"gave up (to)",
"reserved",
"saved",
"set by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"applied",
"bestowed",
"employed",
"used"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"earmarking":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"related":[
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"applying",
"bestowing",
"employing",
"using"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocating",
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"giving up (to)",
"reserving",
"saving",
"setting by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"earned":{
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"during my teen years I earned pocket money by mowing lawns"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
]
},
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
"examples":[
"you've earned the afternoon off after all that hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"deserved",
"merited",
"rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entitled",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"earnest":{
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"I'll accept only an earnest apology from you"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"I am in deadly earnest about this marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"earnestness":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"practiced the art of acting with great earnestness"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earthborn":{
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
"examples":[
"turned away from earthborn concerns during the High Holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnal",
"earthbound",
"earthly",
"fleshly",
"material",
"mundane",
"sublunary",
"temporal",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"daily",
"diurnal",
"unspiritual",
"anthropic",
"anthropical",
"anthropocentric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"Elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"supernal",
"metaphysical",
"devotional",
"divine",
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual",
"utopian",
"ethereal",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavenly",
"nontemporal",
"unearthly",
"unworldly"
]
},
"relating to or characteristic of human beings":{
"examples":[
"he claims to be above such earthborn concerns as material comfort"
],
"synonyms":[
"human",
"mortal",
"natural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anthropoid",
"creatural",
"hominid",
"humanlike",
"humanoid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical",
"divine",
"godlike",
"preternatural",
"superhuman",
"supernatural",
"supernormal",
"immortal",
"omnipotent",
"omniscient",
"animal",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"brute",
"infrahuman",
"inhuman",
"robotic",
"subhuman"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonhuman"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earthly":{
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
"examples":[
"a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnal",
"earthborn",
"earthbound",
"fleshly",
"material",
"mundane",
"sublunary",
"temporal",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"daily",
"diurnal",
"unspiritual",
"anthropic",
"anthropical",
"anthropocentric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"Elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"supernal",
"metaphysical",
"devotional",
"divine",
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual",
"utopian",
"ethereal",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavenly",
"nontemporal",
"unearthly",
"unworldly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earthwork":{
"a raised bank or wall made of soil \u2014 usually plural":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"prehistoric earthworks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eased":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"complicated"
],
"examples":[
"measures intended to ease the flow of traffic during rush hour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"related":[
"accelerated",
"expedited",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"untangled",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"synonyms":[
"facilitated",
"greased",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"examples":[
"new investments in the region have eased since the rise in interest rates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"related":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"antonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tensioned",
"tightened"
],
"examples":[
"the rock climber eased the rope a little so that his fellow climber had room to maneuver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"constrained",
"restrained"
],
"related":[
"detached",
"freed",
"unbound",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untied"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slacked",
"slackened"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
],
"examples":[
"grandmother's firm belief that there are few ailments that chicken soup won't ease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"helped",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"palliated",
"relieved",
"soothed"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
],
"examples":[
"the chairman of the Federal Reserve has promised to ease interest rates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled"
],
"related":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"easily":{
"without difficulty":{
"examples":[
"a skater who easily executes even the most difficult jumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
]
},
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"we easily have enough people to get the project under way"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"easy":{
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
"examples":[
"a minor problem with an easy solution"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"downhill",
"effortless",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiotproof",
"mindless",
"quick",
"straightforward",
"unchallenging",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"troublesome",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
]
},
"readily taken advantage of":{
"examples":[
"senior citizens who are easy prey for scam artists"
],
"synonyms":[
"dewy-eyed",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"susceptible",
"trusting",
"unwary",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credulous",
"overcredulous",
"trustful",
"uncritical",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"innocent",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"fictile",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"deceivable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"sophisticated",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"shrewd",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"providing physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"my favorite easy chair for watching TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"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"
]
},
"tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others":{
"examples":[
"despite her easy approach to discipline, she had a remarkably well-behaved class"
],
"synonyms":[
"charitable",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"obliging",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demanding",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"inflexible",
"intolerant",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unyielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"without difficulty":{
"examples":[
"we can make the trip in four hours easy"
],
"synonyms":[
"easily",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
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"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"eating (up)":{
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster"
],
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"drinking (in)",
"embracing",
"lapping (up)",
"welcoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"espousing",
"taking up",
"greeting",
"hailing",
"enjoying",
"liking",
"preferring",
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"deciding (on)",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"throwing over",
"turning down",
"demurring (to)",
"objecting (to)"
],
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},
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"consuming",
"devouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutting",
"depleting",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"spending",
"using up",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"obliterating",
"removing",
"rubbing out",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"eatables":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"the buffet table aboard the cruise ship always had a tempting array of eatables"
],
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"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"related":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"earsplitting":{
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"the earsplitting noise coming from the jackhammers at the construction site"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"early":{
"relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period":{
"examples":[
"early birds of the Jurassic period"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancient",
"primal",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"budding",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"infant",
"aged",
"age-old",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoary",
"old",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"complex",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale"
],
"antonyms":[
"late"
]
},
"occurring before the usual or expected time":{
"examples":[
"we had an early dinner so as not to miss the concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"unlooked-for",
"abrupt",
"sudden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"latish",
"overdue",
"slow",
"tardy",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"delayed",
"detained",
"postponed"
],
"antonyms":[
"late"
]
},
"before the usual or expected time":{
"examples":[
"that year spring arrived early"
],
"synonyms":[
"beforehand",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"instantly",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"punctually",
"apropos",
"betimes",
"seasonably"
],
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"antonyms":[
"belatedly",
"late",
"tardily"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"eats":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"there are some good eats at the buffet table"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers"
],
"synonyms":[
"consumes",
"ingests",
"partakes (of)",
"puts away",
"puts down",
"tucks (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digests",
"downs",
"mouths (down)",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"chows (down on)",
"devours",
"gluts (on)",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"snarfs (down)",
"swills",
"wolfs",
"chews",
"gnaws (at or on)",
"gums",
"laps",
"licks",
"nibbles (on)",
"nurses",
"picks (at)",
"relishes",
"savors",
"savours",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"dines",
"fares",
"feasts",
"gormandizes",
"pigs out",
"regales",
"dispatches",
"polishes off",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
"examples":[
"the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid"
],
"synonyms":[
"bites (at)",
"corrodes",
"erodes",
"frets",
"gnaws",
"nibbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"decimates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ruins",
"wastes",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshens",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"where's the best place to eat in this town?"
],
"synonyms":[
"dines",
"fares",
"feeds",
"partakes",
"refreshes",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquets",
"feasts",
"repasts",
"chows (down)",
"digs in",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature\u2014and then leave their litter behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"eases":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"measures intended to ease the flow of traffic during rush hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"facilitates",
"greases",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the rock climber eased the rope a little so that his fellow climber had room to maneuver"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosens",
"relaxes",
"slackens",
"slacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"frees",
"unbinds",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaches",
"binds",
"fastens",
"ties",
"constrains",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tensions",
"tightens"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"grandmother's firm belief that there are few ailments that chicken soup won't ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"helps",
"mitigates",
"mollifies",
"palliates",
"relieves",
"soothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"fixes",
"mends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"repairs",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"the chairman of the Federal Reserve has promised to ease interest rates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"new investments in the region have eased since the rise in interest rates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
"examples":[
"the sunburn medication brought me instant ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviations",
"comforts",
"releases",
"reliefs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasements",
"assuagements",
"decreases",
"diminishments",
"mitigations",
"moderations",
"mollifications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomforts",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"earthworks":{
"a raised bank or wall made of soil":{
"examples":[
"prehistoric earthworks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"ramparts",
"dams",
"dikes",
"embankments",
"heads",
"levees",
"breakwaters",
"jetties",
"seawalls",
"canals",
"channels",
"ditches",
"gutters",
"troughs",
"locks",
"barricades",
"barriers",
"blocks",
"floodgates",
"sluices",
"barrages",
"milldams",
"stanks",
"weirs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eases (up)":{
"as in lets up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lets up",
"breaks",
"recesses",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"escapes",
"gets (away)",
"gets off",
"bums",
"goldbricks",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"slacks (off)",
"holidays",
"vacations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"earaches":{
"as in toothaches , headaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backaches",
"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"colics",
"complaints",
"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"toothaches",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"inflammations",
"sores",
"swellings",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"eases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ear":{
"a state of being aware":{
"examples":[
"I'm trying to get the boss's ear in order to ask for a raise in my pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"recognition",
"thought",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eating":{
"suitable for use as food":{
"examples":[
"crab apples are not actually eating apples"
],
"synonyms":[
"comestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"esculent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbable",
"chewable",
"digestible",
"ingestible",
"swallowable",
"nourishing",
"nutritious",
"nutritive",
"appetizing",
"delicious",
"flavorful",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"succulent",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indigestible",
"nondigestible",
"nonnutritious",
"undigestible"
],
"antonyms":[
"inedible",
"nonedible",
"uneatable"
]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers"
],
"synonyms":[
"consuming",
"ingesting",
"partaking (of)",
"putting away",
"putting down",
"tucking (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digesting",
"downing",
"mouthing (down)",
"swallowing",
"bolting",
"chowing (down on)",
"devouring",
"glutting (on)",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"snarfing (down)",
"swilling",
"wolfing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"gumming",
"lapping",
"licking",
"nibbling (on)",
"nursing",
"picking (at)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"tasting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"faring",
"feasting",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"regaling",
"dispatching",
"polishing off",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
"examples":[
"the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid"
],
"synonyms":[
"biting (at)",
"corroding",
"eroding",
"fretting",
"gnawing",
"nibbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"decimating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ruining",
"wasting",
"wrecking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshening",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"where's the best place to eat in this town?"
],
"synonyms":[
"dining",
"faring",
"feeding",
"partaking",
"refreshing",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"repasting",
"chowing (down)",
"digging in",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"overfeeding",
"pigging out",
"grazing",
"nibbling",
"noshing",
"picking",
"snacking",
"boarding",
"dining out",
"messing",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"picnicking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature\u2014and then leave their litter behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"earthquake":{
"a shaking of the earth":{
"examples":[
"the San Andreas Fault is notorious for its earthquakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"quake",
"shake",
"temblor",
"tremor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aftershock",
"foreshock",
"shock",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"upheaval",
"microearthquake",
"microseism",
"seaquake"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"the election of the socialist candidate caused a political earthquake that nearly led to a military coup"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversement",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"paroxysm",
"storm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"upheaval",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"subversion",
"unrest",
"uprising",
"upset",
"fit",
"seizure",
"spasm",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"coil",
"commotion",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"rout",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"williwaw",
"quaking",
"rocking",
"shaking",
"trembling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earthbound":{
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
"examples":[
"we have too many earthbound worries to speculate on the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnal",
"earthborn",
"earthly",
"fleshly",
"material",
"mundane",
"sublunary",
"temporal",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"daily",
"diurnal",
"unspiritual",
"anthropic",
"anthropical",
"anthropocentric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"Elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"supernal",
"metaphysical",
"devotional",
"divine",
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual",
"utopian",
"ethereal",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavenly",
"nontemporal",
"unearthly",
"unworldly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earmark":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in point , characteristic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"essentiality",
"feature",
"flavor",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"point",
"property",
"savor",
"savour",
"stamp",
"trait",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"disposition",
"grain",
"sort",
"temper",
"temperament",
"character",
"clay",
"colors",
"complexion",
"constitution",
"genius",
"nature",
"personality",
"self",
"tone",
"composition",
"makeup",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"interior",
"interiority",
"soul",
"spirit",
"metal",
"stuff",
"substance",
"habit",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"earthenwares":{
"articles made of baked clay":{
"examples":[
"a wide array of hand-painted earthenware available at the craft fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"crockeries",
"potteries",
"stonewares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ceramics",
"chinas",
"ironstone chinas",
"porcelains",
"redwares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earthlike":{
"consisting or suggestive of earth":{
"examples":[
"the basket of garden-fresh mushrooms had that typically earthlike smell"
],
"synonyms":[
"earthy",
"loamy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clayey",
"dusty",
"muddy",
"sandy",
"silty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earache":{
"as in toothache , headache":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earnestly":{
"as in simply , sincerely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"directly",
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly",
"impolitely",
"inconsiderately",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"truthfully",
"veraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ardently , conscientiously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully",
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"eager":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"Tom was eager to try out his new pair of skis"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"eagerness":{
"urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"students with an eagerness to learn"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"ardor",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"desirousness",
"enthusiasm",
"excitement",
"hunger",
"impatience",
"keenness",
"lust",
"thirst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alacrity",
"quickness",
"ambition",
"gusto",
"zest",
"appetence",
"appetency",
"fervency",
"passion",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"amenability",
"readiness",
"willingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casualness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earl":{
"as in duke , baron":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"baronet",
"count",
"duke",
"esquire",
"marchese",
"margrave",
"marquess",
"marquis",
"master",
"prince",
"princelet",
"princeling",
"raja",
"viscount",
"don",
"hidalgo",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"seigneur",
"seignior",
"sheikh",
"sheik",
"lordship",
"sire",
"cavalier",
"chevalier",
"knight",
"country gentleman",
"squire",
"gentleman",
"grandee",
"lord",
"milord",
"nobleman",
"peer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boor",
"churl",
"cottar",
"cotter",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"toiler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eavesdrop (on)":{
"to listen to (another in private conversation)":{
"examples":[
"a nosy traveler who likes to eavesdrop on his fellow airline passengers"
],
"synonyms":[
"listen in (on)",
"overhear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bug",
"tap",
"wiretap",
"monitor",
"snoop",
"spy",
"surveil",
"attend",
"hear",
"hearken",
"heed",
"mind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"earls":{
"as in dukes , barons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baronets",
"barons",
"counts",
"dukes",
"esquires",
"marchesi",
"margraves",
"marquesses",
"marquises",
"marquis",
"masters",
"princelets",
"princelings",
"princes",
"rajas",
"viscounts",
"dons",
"hidalgos",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"seigneurs",
"seigniors",
"sheikhs",
"sheiks",
"lordships",
"sires",
"cavaliers",
"chevaliers",
"knights",
"country gentlemen",
"squires",
"gentlemen",
"grandees",
"lords",
"milords",
"noblemen",
"peers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boors",
"churls",
"cottars",
"cotters",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"toilers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eating one's heart out":{
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"covetous",
"envious",
"green-eyed",
"invidious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"resentful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"avaricious",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"distrustful",
"suspicious",
"malicious",
"petty",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generous",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"altruistic",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"well-meaning"
],
"antonyms":[
"unenvious"
]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aching",
"longing (for)",
"pining (away)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"sympathizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"earfuls":{
"as in broadsides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"barrages",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"cannonades",
"drumbeats",
"drumfires",
"flurries",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys",
"avalanches",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"rashes",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"each and everyone":{
"every person":{
"examples":[
"Each and everyone was given a warm meal and a place to sleep."
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"everybody",
"everyone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anybody",
"anyone",
"somebody",
"someone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"none",
"no one"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"eavesdropped (on)":{
"to listen to (another in private conversation)":{
"examples":[
"a nosy traveler who likes to eavesdrop on his fellow airline passengers"
],
"synonyms":[
"listened in (on)",
"overheard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bugged",
"tapped",
"wiretapped",
"monitored",
"snooped",
"spied",
"surveilled",
"attended",
"heard",
"hearkened",
"harkened",
"heeded",
"minded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"easy street":{
"a situation or state of carefree comfort":{
"examples":[
"just knew that if I hit the lottery, I'd be on easy street for the rest of my life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beer and skittles",
"fun and games",
"hog heaven",
"picnic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primrose path",
"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"American dream",
"good life",
"ease",
"relaxation",
"rest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"hell",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earliness":{
"as in prematurity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prematurity",
"alacrity",
"aptness",
"quickness",
"readiness",
"willingness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"punctuality",
"timeliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tardiness",
"unpunctuality",
"belatedness",
"lateness",
"slowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earnests":{
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"I'll accept only an earnest apology from you"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"I am in deadly earnest about this marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"earful":{
"as in broadside":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadside",
"barrage",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earning":{
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"during my teen years I earned pocket money by mowing lawns"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
"examples":[
"you've earned the afternoon off after all that hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"deserving",
"meriting",
"rating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entitling",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"easygoing":{
"having a relaxed, casual manner":{
"examples":[
"counselors at the summer camp are pretty easygoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"mellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carefree",
"casual",
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
"lackadaisical",
"nonchalant",
"unaffected",
"unconcerned",
"unfussy",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"familiar",
"homey",
"homy",
"informal",
"flexible",
"lax",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"soft",
"accessible",
"approachable",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"genial",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"neighborly",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"decorous",
"formal",
"rigid",
"strict",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittish",
"tense"
],
"antonyms":[
"high-strung",
"uptight"
]
},
"not bound by rigid standards":{
"examples":[
"some men are pretty easygoing about housekeeping"
],
"synonyms":[
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"unrestrained",
"unrestricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"heedless",
"irresponsible",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"tight",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"implacable",
"inflexible"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earth":{
"the celestial body on which we live":{
"examples":[
"environmentalists who are committed to preserving the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"globe",
"planet",
"world"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmos",
"creation",
"nature",
"universe",
"ball",
"orb",
"sphere",
"macrocosm",
"microcosm",
"microcosmos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
"examples":[
"after nearly drowning, I was glad to feel the earth under my feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dust",
"ground",
"land",
"soil",
"terra firma"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continent",
"landmass",
"zone",
"island",
"isthmus",
"mainland",
"peninsula"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"examples":[
"set the plants deep enough into the earth so that they'll be sure to take root"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"dirt",
"ground",
"mold",
"soil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very large amount of money":{
"examples":[
"it'll cost the earth to repair that porcelain vase, so make sure that it's worth it"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eager beaver":{
"a person who is very enthusiastic about doing something; a hardworking and eager person":{
"examples":[
"When she first started working she was a real eager beaver ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"achiever",
"comer",
"doer",
"enterpriser",
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"powerhouse",
"self-starter",
"he-man",
"individualist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdler",
"idler",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"putterer",
"trifler",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"procrastinator",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"drone",
"lazybones",
"sluggard",
"dallier",
"laggard",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"slowpoke",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"ignorer",
"ne'er-do-well",
"neglecter",
"daydreamer",
"dreamer",
"dropout",
"quitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"easeful":{
"as in relaxing , restful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"easy",
"snug",
"soft",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"homelike",
"homely",
"homey",
"homy",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncomfortable",
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"inhospitable",
"uninviting",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"eat (up)":{
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster"
],
"synonyms":[
"drink (in)",
"embrace",
"lap (up)",
"welcome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"espouse",
"take up",
"greet",
"hail",
"enjoy",
"like",
"prefer",
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"decide (on)",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"throw over",
"turn down",
"demur (to)",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"devour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gut",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"spend",
"use up",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"waste",
"wreck",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"rub out",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"easiness":{
"as in na\u00efvet\u00e9 , gullibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gullibility",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"predisposition",
"proneness",
"sensitivity",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"helplessness",
"powerlessness",
"defenselessness",
"susceptibility",
"vulnerability",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invulnerability",
"immunity",
"impenetrability",
"indomitability",
"indomitableness",
"invincibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"each and every":{
"being one of a group":{
"examples":[
"The guests finished each and every slice of pizza."
],
"synonyms":[
"any",
"each",
"every"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all",
"several",
"various",
"particular",
"respective",
"specific",
"either"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"eagerly":{
"as in excitedly , keenly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avidly",
"excitedly",
"impatiently",
"keenly",
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high",
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"warmly",
"zealously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily",
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"impassively",
"incuriously",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in actively , heartily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"solidly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly",
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"eased (up)":{
"as in let up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"let up",
"broke",
"recessed",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got off",
"bummed",
"goldbricked",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"slacked (off)",
"holidayed",
"vacationed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"endeavored",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"eateries":{
"a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises":{
"examples":[
"we usually go to lunch at an eatery that is just around the corner from the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaneries",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"caffs",
"diners",
"grills",
"restaurants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cafeterias",
"lunch counters",
"luncheonettes",
"lunchrooms",
"snack bars",
"greasy spoons",
"hash houses",
"chophouses",
"steak houses",
"pizzerias",
"coffeehouses",
"coffee shops",
"estaminets",
"teahouses",
"tearooms",
"tea shops",
"barrooms",
"bars",
"inns",
"taverns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"easygoingness":{
"as in laid-backness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laid-backness",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern",
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eaten (up)":{
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster"
],
"synonyms":[
"drunk (in)",
"drank (in)",
"embraced",
"lapped (up)",
"welcomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"espoused",
"taken up",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"enjoyed",
"liked",
"preferred",
"cherry-picked",
"chosen",
"culled",
"decided (on)",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"taken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"thrown over",
"turned down",
"demurred (to)",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"consumed",
"devoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutted",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"spent",
"used up",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"devastated",
"done in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"torn down",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rubbed out",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ease (up)":{
"as in let up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"let up",
"break",
"recess",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get off",
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"slack (off)",
"holiday",
"vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"eaten one's heart out":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"taken on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"eat one's heart out":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"He was admiring my new car, but I told him to eat his heart out because I'd never let him drive it."
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"eaves trough":{
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
"examples":[
"rain so heavy that the eaves trough couldn't handle it"
],
"synonyms":[
"drainpipe",
"gutter",
"rainspout",
"spout",
"trough",
"waterspout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drain",
"flume",
"sluice",
"conduit",
"duct",
"aqueduct"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earths":{
"the celestial body on which we live":{
"examples":[
"environmentalists who are committed to preserving the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"globes",
"planets",
"worlds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmoses",
"creations",
"natures",
"universes",
"balls",
"orbs",
"spheres",
"macrocosms",
"microcosmoses",
"microcosms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"earth-shattering":{
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
"examples":[
"scientists have made a few minor discoveries in that area, but nothing earth-shattering"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"strategic",
"earnest",
"grave",
"heavy",
"serious",
"sincere",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"central",
"critical",
"crucial",
"essential",
"key",
"pivotal",
"seminal",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltry",
"petty",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earliest":{
"coming before all others in time or order":{
"examples":[
"the earliest computers were massive machines that practically filled up a room"
],
"synonyms":[
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"original",
"pioneer",
"premier",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ancient",
"early",
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"antecedent",
"preceding",
"previous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"late",
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"succeeding",
"penultimate"
],
"antonyms":[
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"earthenware":{
"articles made of baked clay":{
"examples":[
"a wide array of hand-painted earthenware available at the craft fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"crockery",
"pottery",
"stoneware"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ceramics",
"china",
"ironstone china",
"porcelain",
"redware"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"each":{
"being one of a group":{
"examples":[
"each park visitor receives a free souvenir"
],
"synonyms":[
"any",
"every"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all",
"several",
"various",
"particular",
"respective",
"specific",
"either"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"for each one":{
"examples":[
"raffle tickets selling for a dollar each"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"apiece",
"per",
"per capita"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apart",
"discretely",
"independently",
"individually",
"respectively",
"separately",
"singly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregately",
"altogether",
"collectively",
"together"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
}
}