5787 lines
113 KiB
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5787 lines
113 KiB
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{
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"earlier":{
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"so as to precede something in order of time":{
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"examples":[
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"he had arrived earlier to take care of some preliminary matters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"afore",
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"ahead",
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"already",
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"antecedently",
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"anteriorly",
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"before",
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"beforehand",
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"formerly",
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"preliminarily",
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"previously"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"a priori",
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"early",
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"prematurely",
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"first",
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"first off",
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"now",
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"before long",
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"erelong",
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"presently",
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"shortly",
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"soon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"behind",
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"by and by",
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"next",
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"subsequently"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"after",
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"afterward",
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"afterwards",
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"later"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"earmarked":{
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"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
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"examples":[
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"the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allocated",
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"consecrated",
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"dedicated",
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"devoted",
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"gave up (to)",
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"reserved",
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"saved",
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"set by"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"hallowed",
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"sanctified",
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"committed",
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"confided",
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"consigned",
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"entrusted",
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"intrusted",
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"applied",
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"bestowed",
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"employed",
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"used"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ignored",
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"neglected",
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"misapplied",
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"misused"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"earmarking":{
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"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ignoring",
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"neglecting",
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"misapplying",
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"misusing"
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],
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"related":[
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"blessing",
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"hallowing",
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"sanctifying",
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"committing",
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"confiding",
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"consigning",
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"entrusting",
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"intrusting",
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"applying",
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"bestowing",
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"employing",
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"using"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allocating",
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"consecrating",
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"dedicating",
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"devoting",
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"giving up (to)",
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"reserving",
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"saving",
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"setting by"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"earned":{
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"to receive as return for effort":{
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"examples":[
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"during my teen years I earned pocket money by mowing lawns"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acquired",
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"attained",
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"bagged",
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"brought in",
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"came by",
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"captured",
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"carried",
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"drew",
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"gained",
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"garnered",
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"got",
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"knocked down",
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"landed",
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"made",
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"obtained",
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"procured",
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"pulled down",
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"realized",
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"reaped",
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"secured",
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"won"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cleared",
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"grossed",
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"netted",
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"accomplished",
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"achieved",
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"notched (up)",
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"scored",
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"accumulated",
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"amassed",
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"racked up",
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"caught",
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"picked up",
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"annexed",
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"occupied",
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"took over",
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"reacquired",
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"reattained",
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"recaptured",
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"regained",
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"remade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accorded",
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"gave",
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"granted",
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"paid",
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"gave up",
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"handed over",
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"parted (with)",
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"relinquished",
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"surrendered",
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"yielded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"forfeited",
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"lost"
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]
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},
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"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
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"examples":[
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"you've earned the afternoon off after all that hard work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deserved",
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"merited",
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"rated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entitled",
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"qualified"
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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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"earnest":{
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"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
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"examples":[
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"I'll accept only an earnest apology from you"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grave",
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"humorless",
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"no-nonsense",
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"po-faced",
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"sedate",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"sober",
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"sobersided",
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"solemn",
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"staid",
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"uncomic",
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"unsmiling",
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"weighty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"harsh",
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"stern",
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"strict",
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"businesslike",
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"professional",
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"dignified",
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"distinguished",
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"elevated",
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"serious-minded",
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"gloomy",
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"grim"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antic",
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"comic",
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"comical",
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"droll",
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"farcical",
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"funny",
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"hilarious",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"laughable",
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"light",
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"light-headed",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"riotous",
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"risible",
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"screaming",
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"sidesplitting",
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"uproarious",
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"featherbrained",
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"flighty",
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"frivolous",
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"goofy",
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"harebrained",
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"lighthearted",
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"puerile",
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"scatterbrained",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"cockeyed",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"foolish",
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"half-witted",
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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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"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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"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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"antonyms":[
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"facetious",
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"flip",
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"flippant",
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"humorous",
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"jesting",
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"jocular",
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"joking",
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"kittenish",
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"ludic",
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"playful"
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]
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},
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"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
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"examples":[
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"I am in deadly earnest about this marriage proposal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"earnestness",
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"graveness",
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"gravity",
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"intentness",
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"serious-mindedness",
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"seriousness",
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"soberness",
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"sobriety",
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"solemnity",
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"solemnness",
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"staidness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gravitas",
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"humorlessness",
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"decisiveness",
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"deliberation",
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"determination",
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"firmness",
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"purposefulness",
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"resoluteness",
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"resolve",
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"absorption",
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"attentiveness",
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"concentration",
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"engrossment",
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"enthrallment",
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"immersion",
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"intensity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lightness",
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"shallowness",
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"superficiality",
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"dalliance",
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"dilettantism",
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"cheerfulness",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"glee",
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"high-spiritedness",
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"merriment",
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"mirth"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"facetiousness",
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"flightiness",
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"flippancy",
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"frivolity",
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"frivolousness",
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"levity",
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"lightheartedness",
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"lightness",
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"play",
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"unseriousness"
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]
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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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"earnestness":{
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"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
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"examples":[
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"practiced the art of acting with great earnestness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"graveness",
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"gravity",
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"intentness",
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"serious-mindedness",
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"seriousness",
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"soberness",
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"sobriety",
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"solemnity",
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"solemnness",
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"staidness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gravitas",
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"humorlessness",
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"decisiveness",
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"deliberation",
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"determination",
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"firmness",
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"purposefulness",
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"resoluteness",
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"resolve",
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"absorption",
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"attentiveness",
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"concentration",
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"engrossment",
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"enthrallment",
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"immersion",
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"intensity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lightness",
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"shallowness",
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"superficiality",
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"dalliance",
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"dilettantism",
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"cheerfulness",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"glee",
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"high-spiritedness",
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"merriment",
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"mirth"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"facetiousness",
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"flightiness",
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"flippancy",
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"frivolity",
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"frivolousness",
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"levity",
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"lightheartedness",
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"lightness",
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"play",
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"unseriousness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"earthborn":{
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"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
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"examples":[
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"turned away from earthborn concerns during the High Holidays"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carnal",
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"earthbound",
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"earthly",
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"fleshly",
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"material",
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"mundane",
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"sublunary",
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"temporal",
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"terrene",
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"terrestrial",
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"worldly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"animal",
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"bodily",
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"corporal",
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"corporeal",
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"physical",
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"daily",
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"diurnal",
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"unspiritual",
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"anthropic",
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"anthropical",
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"anthropocentric"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"celestial",
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"Elysian",
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"empyreal",
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"empyrean",
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"supernal",
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"metaphysical",
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"devotional",
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"divine",
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"religious",
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"sacred",
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"spiritual",
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"utopian",
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"ethereal",
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"supernatural",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"heavenly",
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"nontemporal",
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"unearthly",
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"unworldly"
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]
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},
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"relating to or characteristic of human beings":{
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"examples":[
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"he claims to be above such earthborn concerns as material comfort"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"human",
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"mortal",
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"natural"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anthropoid",
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"creatural",
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"hominid",
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"humanlike",
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"humanoid"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"angelic",
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"angelical",
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"divine",
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"godlike",
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"preternatural",
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"superhuman",
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"supernatural",
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"supernormal",
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"immortal",
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"omnipotent",
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"omniscient",
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"animal",
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"beastly",
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"bestial",
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"brute",
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"infrahuman",
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"inhuman",
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"robotic",
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"subhuman"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonhuman"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"earthly":{
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"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
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"examples":[
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"a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carnal",
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"earthborn",
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"earthbound",
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"fleshly",
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"material",
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"mundane",
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"sublunary",
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"temporal",
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"terrene",
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"terrestrial",
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"worldly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"animal",
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"bodily",
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"corporal",
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"corporeal",
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"physical",
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"daily",
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"diurnal",
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"unspiritual",
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"anthropic",
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"anthropical",
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"anthropocentric"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"celestial",
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"Elysian",
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"empyreal",
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"empyrean",
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"supernal",
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"metaphysical",
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"devotional",
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"divine",
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"religious",
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"sacred",
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"spiritual",
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"utopian",
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"ethereal",
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"supernatural",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"heavenly",
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"nontemporal",
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"unearthly",
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"unworldly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"earthwork":{
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"a raised bank or wall made of soil \u2014 usually plural":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"prehistoric earthworks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"eased":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
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"antonyms":[
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"complicated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"measures intended to ease the flow of traffic during rush hour"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"retarded",
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"aggravated",
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"worsened",
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"perplexed",
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"sophisticated"
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],
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"related":[
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"accelerated",
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"expedited",
|
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"hastened",
|
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"hurried",
|
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"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eating (up)":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |