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{
"grabble":{
"as in get , cast about":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"cast about",
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"feel",
"fish",
"fumble",
"grope",
"scrabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grace":{
"an act of kind assistance":{
"examples":[
"in Victor Hugo's novel, Les Mis\u00e9rables , Jean Valjean's decision to go to jail for the man mistaken for him is a grace that goes beyond thanks"
],
"synonyms":[
"benevolence",
"boon",
"courtesy",
"favor",
"indulgence",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"service",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispensation",
"waiver",
"advantage",
"benefit",
"blessing",
"godsend",
"manna",
"liberty",
"license",
"licence",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindrance",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"obstacle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
"examples":[
"a beautiful actress who was the epitome of grace during her too-brief career"
],
"synonyms":[
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance"
]
},
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"examples":[
"as if taste were not enough, red wine has the added grace of being healthy for the heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtue",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"superiority"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defect",
"failing",
"fault",
"flaw",
"drawback",
"minus",
"negative"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"demerit",
"disvalue"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"I hope that you will grace our gathering with your presence"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"redecorate",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gracelessness":{
"as in artlessness , inelegance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grading":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"grade these apples \"extra fancy\" and those \"fancy\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"related":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"seeding",
"counting",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"grouping",
"separating",
"setting",
"sorting",
"installing",
"instating"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"placing",
"ranking",
"rating",
"standing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grafts":{
"as in ties , attaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affixes",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"tags",
"ties",
"adds",
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"appends",
"subjoins",
"tacks (on)",
"infuses",
"injects",
"inserts",
"interfuses",
"introduces",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells (up)",
"elongates",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"supplies",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"bates",
"deducts",
"knocks off",
"removes",
"subtracts",
"takes off",
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"separates",
"unfastens",
"amputates",
"cuts",
"excises",
"lops (off)",
"severs",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grail":{
"something that is sought after but that is very hard to get or achieve":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The championship trophy was the grail they were seeking."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grain":{
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"related":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
]
},
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cheer",
"frame",
"habit",
"humor",
"inclination",
"mode",
"spirit",
"angle",
"attitude",
"mind-set",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"heart",
"passion",
"sentiment",
"strain",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"view",
"expression",
"tone",
"vein",
"character",
"identity",
"individuality",
"makeup",
"mettle",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"setup",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"synonyms":[
"disposition",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand tour":{
"as in progress , quest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandame":{
"as in dowager , beldam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beldam",
"beldame",
"dowager",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"patriarch",
"whitebeard",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"ancient",
"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"dotard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandeur":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"struck by the grandeur of the sun setting over the Golden Gate Bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandeurs":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"struck by the grandeur of the sun setting over the Golden Gate Bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandfather":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"examples":[
"this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandfathers":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents"
],
"examples":[
"this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"families",
"issues",
"lineages",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds",
"stocks",
"daughters",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"scions",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"related":[
"antecessors",
"predecessors",
"ancestresses",
"foremothers",
"grandmothers",
"matriarchs",
"grandsires",
"patriarchs",
"sires",
"ancestries",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"fathers",
"forebearers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandness":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"wanted to see the Alps in all of their wintertime grandness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being large in size":{
"examples":[
"were impressed with the grandness of the movie set"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"substantiality",
"voluminousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granny flats":{
"as in garden apartments , duplex apartments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grant":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"applied for a federal grant to restore the church, one of the oldest and most architecturally significant in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"subsidy",
"subvention"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"you will grant that she is difficult to work with"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"agree",
"allow",
"concede",
"confess",
"fess (up)",
"own (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburden",
"unburden",
"unload",
"affirm",
"avow",
"confirm",
"profess",
"accept",
"recognize",
"yield",
"announce",
"break",
"broadcast",
"communicate",
"declare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"impart",
"proclaim",
"publish",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"betray",
"blab",
"expose",
"give away",
"inform",
"leak",
"rat",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tattle",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"breathe",
"say",
"whisper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"rebut",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"hide",
"obscure",
"veil",
"kid (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"award",
"confer",
"vest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"show",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"extend",
"offer",
"proffer",
"allocate",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"appoint",
"designate",
"dub",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"granules":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"is there one granule of truth in that statement?"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grappled":{
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"examples":[
"two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears"
],
"synonyms":[
"rassled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended",
"dueled",
"duelled",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"bashed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"hit",
"punched",
"slugged",
"struck",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"skirmished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"a crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grapples":{
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces"
],
"related":[
"horse races",
"nail-biters",
"showdowns",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"discords",
"frictions",
"arguments",
"controversies",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputations",
"disputes",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"wrangles"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball games",
"battles",
"combats",
"competitions",
"conflicts",
"confrontations",
"contentions",
"contests",
"dogfights",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"matches",
"rivalries",
"strifes",
"struggles",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tugs-of-war",
"warfares",
"wars"
]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"related":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
]
},
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battles",
"clashes (with)",
"combats",
"contends",
"duels",
"fights",
"wars (against)",
"bashes",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"hits",
"punches",
"slugs",
"strikes",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"skirmishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"rassles",
"scuffles",
"tussles",
"wrestles"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"misses"
],
"examples":[
"a crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grapples (with)":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"a medical ethicist who grapples with extremely difficult questions all the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"takes",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grasped":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"the emergency operator finally grasped what he was trying to tell her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
]
},
"to have a practical understanding of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he just doesn't grasp how important it is that he call when he'll be late"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misinterpreted",
"misknew",
"misperceived",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"cognized",
"fathomed",
"followed",
"kenned",
"perceived",
"savvied",
"had",
"possessed",
"caught on (to)",
"picked up"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehended",
"knew",
"understood"
]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the departing soldier grasped his children a little closer than usual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamped",
"clung",
"cradled",
"grabbed",
"gripped",
"held",
"bosomed",
"embosomed",
"encircled",
"entwined",
"enveloped",
"enwound",
"folded",
"locked",
"twined",
"wrapped",
"cuddled",
"fondled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"patted",
"petted",
"snuggled",
"stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugged",
"clasped",
"crushed",
"embraced",
"enclasped",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"strained"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the attendant grasped my arm and steered me towards the door"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"related":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"took"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grassland":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gratify":{
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just gratify this one whim of mine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"related":[
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"wallow",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"delight",
"please",
"pleasure",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displease"
],
"examples":[
"your presence at the holiday table would really gratify your grandmother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"related":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gladden",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"satisfy",
"suit",
"warm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gratuities":{
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
"examples":[
"for parties of eight or more, we automatically add a 15% gratuity onto the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"perquisites",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"donations",
"gifts",
"lagniappes",
"largesses",
"presents",
"bonuses",
"favors",
"rewards",
"contributions",
"offerings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"got a $100 gratuity in addition to his regular pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"cumshaws",
"dividends",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gravies",
"gravy trains",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"perquisites",
"throw-ins",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pensions",
"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
"generosities",
"largesses",
"philanthropies",
"contributions",
"donations",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"boons",
"mannas",
"windfalls",
"favors",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"fringe benefits",
"icings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grave":{
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
"examples":[
"the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacomb",
"charnel",
"charnel house",
"columbarium",
"crypt",
"mausoleum",
"vault",
"cemetery",
"churchyard",
"graveyard",
"potter's field",
"barrow",
"mound",
"tumulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"the state of being dead":{
"examples":[
"a terrible fear of the grave"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"deadness",
"death",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness",
"sleep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mortality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immortality",
"life span",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[
"existence",
"life"
]
},
"having a matter of importance as its topic":{
"examples":[
"leaving gossip and celebrities to other magazines, this journal focuses on the grave issues confronting the nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"serious",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"portentous",
"significant",
"solid",
"substantial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"insignificant",
"lite",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"silly",
"slight",
"small",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"unserious"
]
},
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"going over Niagara Falls poses a grave danger"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
]
},
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"when I asked him how his dog was doing, he looked grave and said, \"Not good\""
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"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"
]
},
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
"examples":[
"a grave hexachord"
],
"synonyms":[
"bass",
"deep",
"low",
"throaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boomy",
"tubby",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"squealing",
"thin",
"earsplitting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"strident",
"peeping",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[
"acute",
"high",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"treble"
]
},
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"examples":[
"the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face"
],
"synonyms":[
"engrave",
"etch",
"incise",
"inscribe",
"insculp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carve",
"chisel",
"sculpt",
"sculpture",
"chase",
"groove",
"indent",
"notch",
"score",
"trace",
"affix",
"impress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"graveling":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravid":{
"containing unborn young within the body":{
"antonyms":[
"nonpregnant"
],
"examples":[
"the patient is a gravid woman in her seventh month"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barren",
"infertile",
"aborting",
"miscarrying",
"delivered"
],
"related":[
"parturient",
"prenatal",
"childbearing",
"gestational",
"brooding",
"conceiving",
"impregnated"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gravity":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grayed":{
"as in got along , got on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"got along",
"got on",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"mellowed",
"softened",
"aged",
"developed",
"grew",
"grew up",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grayness":{
"as in gloominess , dimness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"half-light",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"midnight",
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness",
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grazing":{
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I grazed my elbow diving for the ball"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polishing",
"smoothing",
"softening",
"waxing"
],
"related":[
"barking",
"skinning",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"galling",
"clawing",
"cutting",
"lacerating",
"bruising",
"contusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrading",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"scuffing"
]
},
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cows grazing in the meadow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"eating",
"feeding",
"nibbling",
"ranging",
"stocking",
"overgrazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsing",
"foraging",
"pasturing",
"rustling"
]
},
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"punching",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"swiping",
"thudding",
"thwacking",
"whacking"
],
"related":[
"bumping",
"contacting",
"scraping",
"sideswiping",
"striking",
"sweeping",
"swiping",
"touching",
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skipping",
"caressing",
"cuddling",
"fondling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking",
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"synonyms":[
"brushing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"shaving",
"skimming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greasepaint":{
"as in makeup , lipstick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cold cream",
"cream",
"eye shadow",
"kohl",
"lipstick",
"lotion",
"mascara",
"oil",
"powder",
"rouge",
"vanishing cream",
"cosmetics",
"makeup",
"maquillage",
"paint",
"war paint",
"camo",
"camouflage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greases":{
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"make sure you grease the pan before you put the batter in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs",
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches",
"sears"
],
"related":[
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"souses",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets"
],
"synonyms":[
"lubricates",
"oils",
"slicks",
"waxes"
]
},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
],
"examples":[
"your help might grease the complicated adoption proceedings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"related":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"great divide":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"great divides":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"deaths",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dissolutions",
"dooms",
"ends",
"exits",
"expirations",
"expiries",
"fates",
"graves",
"passages",
"passings",
"quietuses",
"sleeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"martyrdoms",
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides",
"annihilations",
"destructions",
"endings",
"exterminations",
"ruins",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existences",
"lives",
"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
"rises"
],
"antonyms":[
"births",
"nativities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greatheartedness":{
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"it took a special kind greatheartedness for the conscientious objector to remain true to his beliefs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"related":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green-light":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"examples":[
"we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"related":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"as soon as the project is green-lighted , we'll schedule a planning meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"censure",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"interdict",
"refuse",
"reject",
"revoke",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"deplore",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (at or on)",
"grudge",
"check",
"curb",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"related":[
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"warrant",
"accord",
"concede",
"grant",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe",
"admit",
"brook",
"condone",
"countenance",
"endure",
"support",
"tolerate"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"have",
"permit",
"suffer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"greenishness":{
"as in greenness , sallowness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"greenness",
"sallowness",
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greet":{
"to acknowledge (someone) by means of spoken words":{
"examples":[
"The host cheerfully greeted the party guests at the door."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"address",
"board",
"hail",
"herald",
"salute",
"chat (with)",
"converse (with)",
"speak (to or with)",
"talk (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grewsome":{
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"enticing",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"alarming",
"bloodcurdling",
"dire",
"direful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"gut-wrenching",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"terrifying",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"grotesque",
"ugly",
"unsightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmare",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrific"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grieve (for)":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"I grieve for our loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"mourn",
"wail (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegize",
"cry (for)",
"keen",
"moan",
"weep",
"regret",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"sob",
"agonize",
"bleed",
"hurt",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"exult (in)",
"glory (in)",
"joy",
"rejoice (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grievous":{
"difficult to endure":{
"examples":[
"the months of chemotherapy seemed almost as grievous an affliction as the cancer itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
]
},
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the death of a spouse can be a grievous loss from which one never recovers"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
]
},
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"a grievous wound that requires a doctor's immediate attention"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
]
},
"of a kind to cause great distress":{
"examples":[
"the grievous cost of the war in human lives weighed heavily on the president's mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"affecting",
"doleful",
"moving",
"piteous",
"poignant",
"ruthful",
"touching",
"awful",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"severe",
"terrible",
"alarming",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"traumatic",
"unsettling",
"crushing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intolerable",
"overwhelming",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"unbearable",
"miserable",
"pitiful",
"sad",
"wretched",
"calamitous",
"disastrous",
"painful",
"raging",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rewarding",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"cheering",
"heartwarming",
"inspiring",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grievously":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"I was grievously disappointed not to be invited to the wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"grille":{
"as in screen , lattice":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lattice",
"screen",
"screening",
"wirework",
"web",
"webbing",
"bobbinet",
"Brussels lace",
"filigree",
"fishnet",
"lace",
"marquisette",
"tulle",
"mesh",
"net",
"netting",
"network"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grim":{
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"examples":[
"a grim and desolate landscape",
"a grim and short-tempered shopkeeper who didn't exactly invite friendly conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
]
},
"difficult to endure":{
"examples":[
"this winter is supposed to be particularly grim , so stock up on firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
]
},
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"with grim determination, the woman worked three jobs to put her fatherless children through college"
],
"synonyms":[
"determined",
"dogged",
"implacable",
"relentless",
"unappeasable",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious",
"hard",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"uncooperative",
"willful",
"wilful",
"merciless",
"ruthless",
"unforgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slackening",
"softening",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"invertebrate",
"slack",
"spineless",
"weak",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition":{
"examples":[
"grim warriors heading into battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"savage",
"vicious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"scrappy",
"warlike",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"blood-and-guts",
"in-your-face",
"take-no-prisoners",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"menacing",
"threatening",
"bestial",
"brute",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"barbaric",
"uncivilized",
"wild",
"heartless",
"implacable",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"ruthless",
"unrelenting",
"wanton",
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hearty",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"compliant",
"submissive",
"tame",
"benign",
"compassionate",
"kind",
"merciful",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"human",
"humane",
"civilized",
"cultured"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"mild",
"unaggressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grimace":{
"to distort one's face":{
"examples":[
"playgoers grimaced at the actor's terrible attempt at a French accent"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouth",
"mug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pout",
"contort",
"deform",
"twist",
"warp",
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"gape",
"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"simper",
"smirk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"grin",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"he made a grimace when he tasted the medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"frown",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"squinch",
"wince",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grime":{
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this new product really cuts through grime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"related":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grimly":{
"as in determinedly , resolutely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gruffly",
"resolutely",
"strongly",
"toughly",
"abusively",
"brutishly",
"savagely",
"viciously",
"callously",
"cold-bloodedly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"inhumanly",
"insensately",
"insensitively",
"mercilessly",
"obdurately",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"tyrannically",
"uncharitably",
"unfeelingly",
"unmercifully",
"unsparingly",
"brutally",
"hard",
"hardly",
"harshly",
"ill",
"oppressively",
"roughly",
"severely",
"sternly",
"stiffly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemently",
"gently",
"leniently",
"lightly",
"mildly",
"softly",
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"considerately",
"cordially",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"lovingly",
"tenderly",
"charitably",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"mercifully",
"softheartedly",
"sympathetically",
"tolerantly",
"understandingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"grind (down)":{
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"devastate",
"floor",
"oppress",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"snow under",
"swamp",
"whelm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gripe":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"I would rather not listen to gripes about your latest disasters in the dating game"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"griping":{
"as in complaining , whining":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
],
"examples":[
"her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"related":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gripping":{
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
"examples":[
"I found the exhibit on the Holocaust intensely gripping and quite moving"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"emphatic",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"spellbinding",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"curious",
"odd",
"unusual",
"weird",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"eventful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"amusing",
"entertaining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"operose",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"sterile",
"unexciting",
"dreary",
"humdrum",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"gripped the handlebars tightly and raced down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing",
"carrying",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"corralling",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"latching (on or onto)",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"taking",
"trapping",
"feeling",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"clasping",
"embracing",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"cradling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropping",
"giving",
"handing",
"unclasping",
"unhanding",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"that true crime story gripped me as much as any whodunit"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bedazzling",
"catching up",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"that movie will grip any true sports car fan"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"the baby gripped my fingers and wouldn't let go"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasping",
"grasping",
"holding",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"holding on (to)",
"catching",
"nabbing",
"seizing",
"snatching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"dropping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"relinquishing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"turning over",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grit":{
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"examples":[
"she was an athlete with true grit , continuing her training despite bad weather and an injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"gnash",
"grate",
"grind",
"scrape",
"scrunch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creak",
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groan":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"antonyms":[
"exultation",
"rejoicing"
],
"examples":[
"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"related":[
"cry",
"sob",
"tears",
"agonizing",
"grieving",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"weeping",
"hand-wringing",
"regret",
"complaint",
"cri de coeur",
"outcry",
"protest",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"moan",
"plaint",
"wail"
]
},
"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"related":[
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"bawl",
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"moan",
"wail"
]
},
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"related":[
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"sniff",
"snivel",
"whimper",
"whine",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"keen",
"lament",
"rue",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer",
"bawl",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"yammer",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"moan",
"wail"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groaned":{
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"guffawed",
"laughed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"related":[
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"sniffed",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"keened",
"lamented",
"rued",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered",
"bawled",
"howled",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"yammered",
"yelped",
"yowled"
],
"synonyms":[
"moaned",
"wailed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groaner":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"the play's dialogue featured all of the groaners that seem to be de rigueur for any dysfunctional-family drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"banality",
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groans":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"examples":[
"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"laments",
"moans",
"plaints",
"wails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cries",
"sobs",
"tears",
"mournings",
"sufferings",
"hand-wringings",
"regrets",
"complaints",
"cris de coeur",
"outcries",
"protests",
"anguishes",
"dolors",
"griefs",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"woes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"exultations",
"rejoicings"
]
},
"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
"examples":[
"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
],
"synonyms":[
"moans",
"wails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"whinings",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"laments",
"plaints",
"bawls",
"cries",
"howls",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"yelps",
"yowls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"laughs",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter a moan":{
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"moans",
"wails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"sniffs",
"snivels",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"keens",
"laments",
"rues",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"sorrows",
"suffers",
"bawls",
"howls",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"yammers",
"yelps",
"yowls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"laughs",
"snickers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grog":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"sailors clamoring for more grog"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grokked":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groom":{
"as in man , husband":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brace",
"fortify",
"gird",
"steel",
"batten",
"gather",
"gear up",
"mount",
"educate",
"indoctrinate",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"tutor",
"boot (up)",
"prime",
"arrange",
"set",
"spread",
"arm",
"equip",
"forearm",
"furnish",
"outfit",
"provide",
"supply",
"incline",
"predispose",
"draft",
"draw up",
"frame",
"warm (up)"
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"fit",
"fix",
"lay",
"prep",
"prepare",
"ready"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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],
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"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
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"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
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"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"out",
"uncool",
"unhip",
"untrendy"
],
"examples":[
"old college buddies fondly recalling the days when bell-bottom jeans were about the grooviest thing around"
],
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"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"dowdy",
"styleless",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"related":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"modish",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"voguish"
],
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"au courant",
"cool",
"def",
"downtown",
"hep",
"hip",
"in",
"mod",
"now",
"trendy",
"turned-on",
"with-it"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"a great movie with groovy special effects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grotesqueness":{
"as in garishness , tastelessness":{
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"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"gracelessness",
"tackiness",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"unfashionableness"
],
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"cool",
"coolness",
"fashionableness",
"hip",
"hipness",
"hipsterism",
"modishness",
"stylishness",
"trendiness",
"voguishness",
"chic",
"chicness",
"dapperness",
"elegance",
"poshness",
"smartness",
"style",
"swank",
"swankiness",
"class",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"majesty",
"stateliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ugliness , plainness":{
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"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness",
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"sublimity",
"superbness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotesques":{
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"examples":[
"a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ogresses",
"Frankensteins",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"frights",
"imps",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"horrors",
"terrors",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"abnormalities",
"freaks",
"mutants",
"mutations"
],
"synonyms":[
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"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"ogres"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotty":{
"not clean":{
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"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"examples":[
"get rid of that grotty old rag"
],
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"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"related":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grouchiness":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
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"examples":[
"their grouchiness after waiting in line for an hour was understandable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"related":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ground":{
"the area around and belonging to a building":{
"examples":[
"an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds"
],
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"demesne",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acres",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"campus",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
"examples":[
"strain the coffee to remove the grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"deposition",
"dregs",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"motive",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small area of usually open land":{
"examples":[
"I'll meet you at the parade ground in two hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"field",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"common(s)",
"croft",
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"opposed to the notion that religious law should be used as a ground for civil law"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"examples":[
"stuck the shovel in the ground and went inside for a glass of water"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"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":[]
},
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
"examples":[
"take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"background"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set",
"stage",
"entourage",
"environment",
"milieu",
"setting",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreground",
"center",
"focal point",
"focus",
"heart"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
"examples":[
"was glad to be back on the ground after a turbulent flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dust",
"earth",
"land",
"soil",
"terra firma"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continent",
"landmass",
"zone",
"island",
"isthmus",
"mainland",
"peninsula"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
"examples":[
"chopping wood with a finely ground axe"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"honed",
"keen",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"trenchant",
"whetted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clawlike",
"daggerlike",
"knifelike",
"jabbing",
"jagged",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"spiky",
"spikey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rounded",
"smooth",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"slick"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"hang",
"predicate",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establish",
"found",
"assume",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"suppose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groups":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grousers":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"had the misfortune of waiting on a table full of grousers , who sent her back to the kitchen constantly and then refused to tip her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grove":{
"a small group of trees":{
"examples":[
"They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hedge",
"stand",
"woodlot",
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket",
"canebrake",
"brush",
"bush",
"scrub",
"scrubland",
"bramble",
"jungle",
"tangle",
"forest",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"wood",
"woodland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grovel":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"synonyms":[
"cower",
"cringe",
"quail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"squinch",
"blanch",
"blench",
"whiten",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"toady"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"crawl",
"creep",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grovelled":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowered",
"cringed",
"quailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched",
"blanched",
"blenched",
"whitened",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"toadied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellied",
"crawled",
"crept",
"slid",
"slithered",
"snaked",
"wormed",
"wriggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouched",
"squatted",
"edged",
"inched",
"nosed",
"skulked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole",
"tiptoed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grow (in)":{
"to gradually increase in":{
"examples":[
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"pick up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"accrue",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"excite",
"stimulate",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"enrich",
"expand",
"extend",
"maximize",
"boost",
"elevate",
"jack (up)",
"mount",
"ramp (up)",
"step up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"fall (in)",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off"
],
"antonyms":[
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growled":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"related":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunted",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered",
"mewled",
"puled",
"squeaked",
"whimpered"
],
"related":[
"grumbled",
"rolled",
"rumbled",
"banged",
"blared",
"blasted",
"pealed",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"bawled",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"hooted",
"shouted",
"whooped",
"yelled",
"belled",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"wailed",
"yowled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellowed",
"boomed",
"roared",
"thundered"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boomed",
"drummed",
"thundered",
"bellowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumbled",
"lumbered",
"rolled",
"rumbled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growly":{
"as in guttural , growling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grown":{
"covered with a thick healthy natural growth":{
"examples":[
"a field lavishly grown with poppies"
],
"synonyms":[
"green",
"leafy",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"overgrown",
"verdant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"productive",
"prolific",
"rich",
"dense",
"tangled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleak",
"depleted",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unproductive",
"arid",
"dead",
"desert",
"dry",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"waterless"
],
"antonyms":[
"barren",
"leafless"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sown",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown up",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"synonyms":[
"become",
"come",
"gone",
"got",
"gotten",
"run",
"turned",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"metamorphosed",
"modified",
"mutated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"been",
"continued",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grubstakes":{
"as in underwrites , liquidates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gruesomeness":{
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"examples":[
"permanently scarred by the sheer gruesomeness of what she had witnessed during the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gruff":{
"harsh and dry in sound":{
"examples":[
"she had a gruff speaking voice, but a surprisingly sweet singing voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"examples":[
"I didn't exchange one word with the gruff mountaineer who sat next to me in the diner"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grumble":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"a chorus of moans and grumbles when they found out that the overnight camping trip had been cancelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"he grumbled about how sore his feet were after standing all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"examples":[
"heavily loaded trucks grumbling as they passed over the steel bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"growl",
"lumber",
"roll",
"rumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"drum",
"thunder",
"bellow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grumping":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out"
],
"synonyms":[
"moping",
"pouting",
"sulking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brooding",
"dwelling (on)",
"mulling (over)",
"musing (over)",
"pondering",
"frowning",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling",
"carrying on",
"taking on",
"petting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grunting":{
"speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{
"examples":[
"says he talks in his sleep, but really it's just snorts and grunting"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunt",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"mutter",
"muttering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rumor",
"undertone",
"whisper",
"babble",
"babbling",
"blab",
"blabbing",
"chatter",
"chattering",
"drivel",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabble",
"gabbling",
"jabber",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattle",
"prattling",
"rambling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted"
],
"synonyms":[
"chuntering",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"chattering",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattling",
"rambling",
"breathing",
"gasping",
"panting",
"whispering",
"buzzing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating"
],
"antonyms":[
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grandmothers":{
"the mother of your father or mother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ancestresses",
"foremothers",
"matriarchs",
"ancestors",
"forebearers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"grandfathers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors",
"antecessors",
"predecessors",
"grandsires",
"patriarchs",
"sires",
"ancestries",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"families",
"issues",
"lineages",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds",
"stocks",
"daughters",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"scions",
"sons",
"successors",
"descendants",
"descendents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gross out":{
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravy":{
"a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish":{
"examples":[
"order a large serving of fries with extra gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dressing",
"sauce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condiment",
"relish",
"seasoning",
"fixing(s)",
"garnish",
"topping",
"dip",
"marinade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"you only pay for three CDs; the fourth one they give you is just gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pension",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grows":{
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"crops",
"cultivates",
"cultures",
"dresses",
"promotes",
"raises",
"rears",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breeds",
"produces",
"propagates",
"plants",
"sows",
"gathers",
"gleans",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"germinates",
"quickens",
"ripens",
"roots",
"sprouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kills",
"digs",
"extirpates",
"picks",
"plucks",
"pulls (up)",
"uproots",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"develops",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellows",
"softens",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"advances",
"evolves",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"grays",
"greys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"synonyms":[
"becomes",
"comes",
"gets",
"goes",
"runs",
"turns",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"metamorphoses",
"modifies",
"mutates",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"continues",
"is",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"great power":{
"as in power , sea power":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grinds":{
"a harsh grating sound":{
"examples":[
"the grind of ice in the blender sent the cat running from the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"creaks",
"jars",
"rasps",
"scrapes",
"scratches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"jangles",
"scuffs",
"croaks",
"gargles",
"blasts",
"bleats",
"brays",
"screeches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"examples":[
"don't be such a grind \u2014go out with your friends and enjoy yourself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworms",
"dinks",
"dorks",
"geeks",
"nerds",
"swots",
"weenies",
"wonks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-domes",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"academics",
"bookmen",
"scholars",
"gearheads",
"techies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"goof-offs",
"slackers",
"underachievers",
"lowbrows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"yard work is a real grind"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeyworks",
"drudgeries",
"drudges",
"fatigues",
"labors",
"moils",
"slaveries",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadeworks",
"efforts",
"exertions",
"pains",
"struggles",
"troubles",
"chores",
"duties",
"jobs",
"obligations",
"responsibilities",
"routines",
"tediums",
"treadmills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompressions",
"eases",
"leisures",
"relaxations",
"reposes",
"rests",
"amusements",
"dalliances",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations",
"sports",
"dormancies",
"inactivities",
"inertias"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"plays"
]
},
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"the daily grind of a 50-mile commute was getting old"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"grooves",
"locksteps",
"patterns",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"treadmills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozens",
"regimens",
"housekeepings",
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"approaches",
"manners",
"methods",
"procedures",
"strategies",
"styles",
"tacks",
"techniques",
"ways",
"designs",
"plans",
"programs",
"schemes",
"conventions",
"policies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"files",
"hones",
"rasps",
"rubs",
"sands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"planes",
"scrapes",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"shines",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"edges",
"sharpens",
"strops",
"whets",
"regrinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"scuffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone in the car winced when the driver ground the gears trying to shift into second"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"gnashes",
"grates",
"grits",
"scrapes",
"scrunches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creaks",
"groans",
"moans",
"rasps",
"scratches",
"whines",
"clashes",
"collides",
"jangles",
"jars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sharp or sharper":{
"examples":[
"better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"edges",
"hones",
"sharpens",
"stones",
"strops",
"whets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"files"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"rounds",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunts",
"dulls"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
"examples":[
"ground the rock against the stone wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"grates",
"rasps",
"scrapes",
"scratches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rubs",
"groans",
"whines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glides",
"skates",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"beats",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"crushes",
"disintegrates",
"mills",
"mulls",
"pounds",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"graying":{
"as in getting along , getting on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"getting along",
"getting on",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grease the hand of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"He tried to grease the hands of the officials with promises of free service."
],
"synonyms":[
"bribe",
"buy",
"corrupt",
"have",
"pay off",
"square"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix",
"tamper (with)",
"abase",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"dishonor",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"taint",
"warp",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"motivate",
"provoke",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"goad",
"induce",
"flatter",
"persuade",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"grudged":{
"as in disliked , deplored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deplored",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (at or on)",
"censured",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"interdicted",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"checked",
"curbed",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowed",
"green-lighted",
"had",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"warranted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grounding":{
"as in stranding , beaching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in education , instruction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"basing",
"hanging",
"predicating",
"resting"
],
"related":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"assuming",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"supposing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"growing up":{
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowing",
"softening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"group":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
],
"synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve",
"identify",
"recognize",
"cull",
"screen",
"set",
"sieve",
"sift",
"winnow",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"subcategorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grots":{
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
"examples":[
"the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"antres",
"caverns",
"caves",
"delves",
"grottoes",
"grottos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"hollows",
"crawlways",
"galleries",
"subways",
"tunnels",
"excavations",
"mines",
"pits",
"shafts",
"wells",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"foxholes",
"burrows",
"coverts",
"dens",
"holes",
"lairs",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grasses":{
"as in lawns , green":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"green",
"greenswards",
"lawns",
"clearings",
"fields",
"grounds",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts",
"commons",
"crofts",
"glades",
"grasslands",
"heathlands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"meadows",
"moors",
"pasturelands",
"pastures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandam":{
"as in dowager , beldam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beldam",
"beldame",
"dowager",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"patriarch",
"whitebeard",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"ancient",
"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"dotard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand old man":{
"as in first lady":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"first lady",
"fixture",
"institution",
"icon",
"ikon",
"symbol",
"dean",
"elder statesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grill":{
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"police grilled the suspect, but had to release him when it became clear he didn't have the information they were looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechize",
"examine",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"sweat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"poll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"grilled the children about her ex-husband's new girlfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"catechize",
"inquire (of)",
"interrogate",
"query",
"question",
"quiz"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besiege",
"bombard",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"examine",
"pump",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoin",
"retort",
"comment",
"observe",
"remark",
"avoid",
"duck"
],
"antonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"respond"
]
},
"a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises":{
"examples":[
"headed down to the local bar and grill for a beer and a burger"
],
"synonyms":[
"beanery",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"caff",
"diner",
"eatery",
"restaurant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cafeteria",
"lunch counter",
"luncheonette",
"lunchroom",
"snack bar",
"greasy spoon",
"hash house",
"chophouse",
"steak house",
"pizzeria",
"coffeehouse",
"coffee shop",
"estaminet",
"teahouse",
"tearoom",
"tea shop",
"bar",
"barroom",
"inn",
"tavern"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grievances":{
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"examples":[
"this is no place to air your grievances against him"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"grudges",
"resentments",
"scores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemnations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"umbrages",
"complaints",
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"despites",
"malevolences",
"malices",
"spites",
"spleens",
"venoms",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"rancors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"she decided to file a formal grievance against the utility company"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grimy":{
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grown-up":{
"relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity":{
"examples":[
"they have yet to find a grown-up way of handling their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"mature"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"childish",
"infantile",
"kiddish"
],
"antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"immature"
]
},
"a fully grown person":{
"examples":[
"once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult"
],
"near synonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bairn",
"child",
"cub",
"kid",
"moppet",
"tad",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"baby",
"infant",
"adolescent",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grotesqueries":{
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
"examples":[
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"grotesques",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"ogres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ogresses",
"Frankensteins",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"frights",
"imps",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"horrors",
"terrors",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"abnormalities",
"freaks",
"mutants",
"mutations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green with envy":{
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"She was green with envy when her rival took home the gold."
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"grief":{
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
"examples":[
"even the gruff grandfather felt a heartbreaking grief when the family dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"anguish",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorriness",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"suffering",
"torment",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"distress",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness",
"woefulness",
"wretchedness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"enjoyment",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"delight",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"pleasure",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"there seemed to be no end to the grief that the school bullies were giving to the young boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravel-blind":{
"as in purblind":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"purblind",
"blinded",
"blindfold",
"blindfolded",
"unsighted",
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sighted",
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gravelling":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grumbles":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"a chorus of moans and grumbles when they found out that the overnight camping trip had been cancelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"he grumbled about how sore his feet were after standing all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"examples":[
"heavily loaded trucks grumbling as they passed over the steel bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"growls",
"lumbers",
"rolls",
"rumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"drums",
"thunders",
"bellows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grubbers":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"most of the inhabitants of the seedy town are just downtrodden grubbers living from paycheck to paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"foot soldiers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"laborers",
"peons",
"peones",
"pluggers",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greasy":{
"having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction":{
"examples":[
"that wet tarmac road is greasy enough to send the car into a skid"
],
"synonyms":[
"greased",
"lubricated",
"oiled",
"slick",
"slicked",
"slippery",
"slippy",
"slithery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shined",
"coated",
"glazed",
"waxed",
"soapy",
"waxy",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"rough",
"roughened",
"scuffed",
"uneven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grammar school":{
"as in high school , public school":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"common school",
"elementary school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"madrassa",
"madrasa",
"madrassah",
"madrasah",
"Sunday school",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grabbed":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"don't grab my arm like that"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grease":{
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
"examples":[
"make sure you grease the pan before you put the batter in"
],
"synonyms":[
"lubricate",
"oil",
"slick",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsen",
"rough",
"roughen",
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"your help might grease the complicated adoption proceedings"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth",
"unclog"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"expedite",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"promote",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"improve",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"untangle",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"retard",
"aggravate",
"worsen",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"griper":{
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"a petty griper who drove us nuts with his merciless nitpicking"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fussbudget",
"fusser",
"fusspot",
"grumbler",
"kvetch",
"kvetcher",
"sniveler",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawler",
"bleater",
"moaner",
"screamer",
"squawker",
"wailer",
"weeper",
"crab",
"grump",
"malcontent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"driving across the country in four days would make anyone a confirmed griper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grew":{
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grew up",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"got on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"synonyms":[
"became",
"came",
"got",
"ran",
"run",
"turned",
"waxed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"metamorphosed",
"modified",
"mutated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"was"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grafting":{
"as in tying , attaching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affixing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"adding",
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling (up)",
"elongating",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grinds (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"after several years of aborted attempts, the band finally ground out a new album"
],
"synonyms":[
"carves (out)",
"develops",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"works out",
"works up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churns out",
"cranks out",
"turns out",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"throws up",
"composes",
"constructs",
"crafts",
"creates",
"engineers",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"generates",
"manufactures",
"mints",
"models",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"invents",
"originates",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dismantles",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"wrecks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grayish":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gravelled":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grasslands":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"examples":[
"stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa"
],
"synonyms":[
"campos",
"champaigns",
"downs",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"llanos",
"moors",
"pampas",
"plains",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"tundras",
"velds",
"veldts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fields",
"meadows",
"floodplains",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"flats",
"lowlands",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grubbed (about)":{
"as in poked (around)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poked (around)",
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learned",
"located",
"ran down",
"scared up",
"tracked (down)",
"explored",
"probed",
"prospected",
"skirmished",
"snooped",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"browsed",
"glanced (over)",
"looked over",
"frisked",
"patted down",
"shook down",
"perused",
"studied",
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"hunted (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured",
"searched",
"sorted (through)",
"trolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"abandoned",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greenness":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"was charmed by her genteel greenness and childlike innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graduations":{
"a scheme of rank or order":{
"examples":[
"had a graduation of testing levels into which to divide the students"
],
"synonyms":[
"hierarchies",
"ladders",
"orderings",
"rankings",
"scales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"food chains",
"pecking orders",
"peck orders",
"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"sequences",
"series",
"setups",
"degrees",
"echelons",
"footings",
"levels",
"places",
"positions",
"reaches",
"rungs",
"situations",
"spots",
"standings",
"stations",
"statuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grumped":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out"
],
"synonyms":[
"moped",
"pouted",
"sulked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brooded",
"dwelled (on)",
"dwelt (on)",
"mulled (over)",
"mused (over)",
"pondered",
"frowned",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled",
"carried on",
"took on",
"petted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"graffitis":{
"as in tags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tags",
"desecrates",
"violates",
"bangs up",
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"shatters",
"spoils",
"defaces",
"trashes",
"vandalizes",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"ravens",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"sabotages",
"depredates",
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"sacks",
"spoliates"
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"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"salvages",
"builds",
"rebuilds"
],
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"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
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],
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"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"resolve",
"stick-to-itiveness"
],
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"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
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"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"correct",
"educated",
"proper",
"aristocratic",
"genteel",
"patrician",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"learned",
"literary",
"classy",
"courtly",
"fine",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"Attic",
"cultured",
"refined",
"affected",
"bombastic",
"declamatory",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"oratorical",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"stilted",
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"formal",
"high-flown",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"stately",
"towering"
],
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"ineloquent",
"low",
"undignified",
"casual",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"slangy",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"indecent",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"incorrect",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals":{
"examples":[
"as commander of the Union army's first black regiment, Robert Gould Shaw died as greatly as he had lived"
],
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"gallantly",
"grandly",
"greatheartedly",
"heroically",
"high-mindedly",
"honorably",
"magnanimously",
"nobly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loftily",
"venerably",
"magnificently",
"majestically",
"bravely",
"chivalrously",
"courageously",
"valiantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"contemptibly",
"despicably",
"detestably",
"hatefully",
"nastily",
"pitiably",
"sorrily",
"wretchedly",
"degenerately"
],
"antonyms":[
"basely",
"currishly",
"dishonorably",
"ignobly"
]
},
"to a large extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"authorities have greatly increased the scope of their investigation of corruption in the mayor's office"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomically",
"big-time",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"I'm not greatly bothered by this setback"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"grovelers":{
"as in fans , worshippers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lapdogs",
"minions",
"running dogs",
"satellites",
"slaves",
"stooges",
"adherents",
"camp followers",
"converts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"me-tooers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"parasites",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"company men",
"yes-men",
"apple-polishers",
"bootlickers",
"brownnosers",
"fawners",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"lickspittles",
"suck-ups",
"sycophants",
"toadies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graveyards":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"memorial parks",
"necropolises",
"necropoles",
"necropoleis",
"necropoli",
"potter's fields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graveyard":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyard",
"cemetery",
"God's acre",
"memorial park",
"necropolis",
"potter's field"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyard",
"crypt",
"grave",
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"vault"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grants":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"applied for a federal grant to restore the church, one of the oldest and most architecturally significant in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
"subsidies",
"subventions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"set-asides",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"you will grant that she is difficult to work with"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"agrees",
"allows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"fesses (up)",
"owns (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburdens",
"unburdens",
"unloads",
"affirms",
"avows",
"confirms",
"professes",
"accepts",
"recognizes",
"yields",
"announces",
"breaks",
"broadcasts",
"communicates",
"declares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"imparts",
"proclaims",
"publishes",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells",
"unveils",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"exposes",
"gives away",
"informs",
"leaks",
"rats",
"squeals",
"talks",
"tattles",
"tips (off)",
"warns",
"wises (up)",
"breathes",
"says",
"whispers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"hides",
"obscures",
"veils",
"kids (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"denies"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"awards",
"confers",
"vests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"shows",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"extends",
"offers",
"proffers",
"allocates",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"appoints",
"designates",
"dubs",
"fixes",
"names",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groundwork":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"they had collectively laid the groundwork for a new kind of art"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gremlins":{
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
"examples":[
"during the World Wars, fighter pilots adopted the fanciful notion that gremlins were responsible for mechanical failures on their planes"
],
"synonyms":[
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little people",
"kelpies",
"nixies",
"changelings",
"imps",
"banshees",
"ghouls",
"hags",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grafters":{
"as in embezzlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embezzlers",
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"bandits",
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greasing the palm of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bribing",
"buying",
"corrupting",
"having",
"paying off",
"squaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"tampering (with)",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"dishonoring",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"tainting",
"warping",
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"motivating",
"provoking",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"goading",
"inducing",
"flattering",
"persuading",
"snaring",
"trapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"grottoes":{
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
"examples":[
"at the heart of the shrine is a small rocky grotto into which pilgrims can descend"
],
"synonyms":[
"antres",
"caverns",
"caves",
"delves",
"grots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"hollows",
"crawlways",
"galleries",
"subways",
"tunnels",
"excavations",
"mines",
"pits",
"shafts",
"wells",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"foxholes",
"burrows",
"coverts",
"dens",
"holes",
"lairs",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grass":{
"as in lawn , green":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn",
"clearing",
"field",
"ground",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract",
"common(s)",
"croft",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandmother":{
"the mother of your father or mother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"matriarch",
"ancestor",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor",
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor",
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grossed":{
"as in cleared , netted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"netted",
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost",
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"graceful":{
"moving easily":{
"examples":[
"the graceful ballerina effortlessly leapt across the stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"agile",
"featly",
"feline",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acrobatic",
"flexible",
"limber",
"loose-jointed",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"light-fingered",
"fleet-footed",
"sure-footed",
"athletic",
"balletic",
"coordinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncoordinated",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"bungling",
"inept",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful"
]
},
"having or showing elegance":{
"examples":[
"sat down in the old plantation home's very graceful parlor"
],
"synonyms":[
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"classic",
"conservative",
"exquisite",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"aristocratic",
"patrician",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"loud",
"raffish",
"splashy",
"tacky",
"tawdry",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"groveling":{
"as in obsequious , fawning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fawning",
"genuflecting",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"subservient",
"sycophantic",
"toadying",
"reverent",
"reverential",
"venerating",
"worshipful",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"polite",
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"kid-glove",
"kid-gloved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disrespectful",
"undutiful",
"abusive",
"insulting",
"offensive",
"belittling",
"demeaning",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disparaging",
"contemptuous",
"impudent",
"irreverent",
"scornful",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowering",
"cringing",
"quailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"squinching",
"blanching",
"blenching",
"whitening",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"toadying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellying",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"sliding",
"slithering",
"snaking",
"worming",
"wriggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouching",
"squatting",
"edging",
"inching",
"nosing",
"skulking",
"sneaking",
"stealing",
"tiptoeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grooved":{
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"examples":[
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
],
"synonyms":[
"scored",
"scribed",
"seamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abraded",
"filed",
"grazed",
"milled",
"rasped",
"scarified",
"scratched",
"beveled",
"bevelled",
"chamfered",
"fluted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
"examples":[
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed",
"assorted",
"blended",
"blent",
"chimed",
"chimed in",
"conformed",
"consorted",
"coordinated",
"harmonized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balanced",
"correlated",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"hung together",
"matched",
"met",
"paralleled",
"bonded",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"merged",
"squared",
"tallied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"contrasted",
"countered",
"differed",
"diverged",
"jarred",
"canceled (out)",
"cancelled (out)",
"counteracted",
"negated",
"offset"
],
"antonyms":[
"clashed",
"collided",
"conflicted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grubbing (about)":{
"as in poking (around)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poking (around)",
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"discovering",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"learning",
"locating",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"tracking (down)",
"exploring",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"skirmishing",
"snooping",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"browsing",
"glancing (over)",
"looking over",
"frisking",
"patting down",
"shaking down",
"perusing",
"studying",
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"hunting (through)",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring",
"searching",
"sorting (through)",
"trolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"abandoning",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grandames":{
"as in dowagers , beldams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beldams",
"beldames",
"dowagers",
"gaffers",
"graybeards",
"patriarchs",
"whitebeards",
"adults",
"grown-ups",
"ancients",
"elders",
"geriatrics",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors",
"dotards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngsters",
"youths",
"adolescents",
"minors",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gripped":{
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"gripped the handlebars tightly and raced down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"corralled",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"latched (on or onto)",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"took",
"trapped",
"felt",
"fingered",
"handled",
"pawed",
"clasped",
"embraced",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"cradled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave",
"handed",
"unclasped",
"unhanded",
"ceded",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed out",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"that true crime story gripped me as much as any whodunit"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"bedazzled",
"caught up",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"thrilled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"charmed",
"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"involved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"that movie will grip any true sports car fan"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"busied",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"the baby gripped my fingers and wouldn't let go"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"grasped",
"held",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grimaces":{
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"he made a grimace when he tasted the medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"faces",
"frowns",
"lowers",
"lours",
"moues",
"mouths",
"mows",
"mugs",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"snoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinches",
"squinches",
"winces",
"growls",
"snarls",
"rictuses",
"simpers",
"smirks",
"scoffs",
"sneers",
"glares",
"glowers",
"looks",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to distort one's face":{
"examples":[
"playgoers grimaced at the actor's terrible attempt at a French accent"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouths",
"mugs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pouts",
"contorts",
"deforms",
"twists",
"warps",
"frowns",
"glares",
"glooms",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls",
"gapes",
"gazes",
"ogles",
"stares",
"growls",
"snarls",
"sneers",
"simpers",
"smirks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"grins",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"green-eyed monster":{
"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
"examples":[
"the green-eyed monster dogged her whenever she visited her wealthy sister"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetousness",
"enviousness",
"envy",
"invidiousness",
"jealousy",
"resentment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animosity",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"ill will",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"spitefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolence",
"goodwill",
"kindness",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gripers":{
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"a petty griper who drove us nuts with his merciless nitpicking"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussbudgets",
"fussers",
"fusspots",
"grumblers",
"kvetchers",
"kvetches",
"snivelers",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawlers",
"bleaters",
"moaners",
"screamers",
"squawkers",
"wailers",
"weepers",
"crabs",
"grumps",
"malcontents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"driving across the country in four days would make anyone a confirmed griper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greased":{
"having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction":{
"examples":[
"the floor was greased with condensation, and so we slid everywhere we went"
],
"synonyms":[
"greasy",
"lubricated",
"oiled",
"slick",
"slicked",
"slippery",
"slippy",
"slithery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shined",
"coated",
"glazed",
"waxed",
"soapy",
"waxy",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"rough",
"roughened",
"scuffed",
"uneven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
"examples":[
"make sure you grease the pan before you put the batter in"
],
"synonyms":[
"lubricated",
"oiled",
"slicked",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"roughed",
"roughened",
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"your help might grease the complicated adoption proceedings"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"expedited",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"untangled",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"griped":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grass (on)":{
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"that bloke would grass on his own mater to save himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"fink",
"inform",
"rat (on)",
"sing",
"snitch",
"split (on)",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tell (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betray",
"give away",
"turn in",
"backstab",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time",
"blab",
"tattle",
"tip (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grills":{
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"police grilled the suspect, but had to release him when it became clear he didn't have the information they were looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechizes",
"examines",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"queries",
"questions",
"quizzes",
"sweats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debriefs",
"cross-examines",
"cross-questions",
"annoys",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"pesters",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"polls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"grilled the children about her ex-husband's new girlfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks",
"catechizes",
"inquires (of)",
"interrogates",
"queries",
"questions",
"quizzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besieges",
"bombards",
"cross-examines",
"cross-questions",
"examines",
"pumps",
"polls",
"surveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoins",
"retorts",
"comments",
"observes",
"remarks",
"avoids",
"ducks"
],
"antonyms":[
"answers",
"replies",
"responds"
]
},
"a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises":{
"examples":[
"headed down to the local bar and grill for a beer and a burger"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaneries",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"caffs",
"diners",
"eateries",
"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",
"verb"
]
},
"grubber":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"most of the inhabitants of the seedy town are just downtrodden grubbers living from paycheck to paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbody",
"drone",
"drudge",
"drudger",
"fag",
"foot soldier",
"grub",
"grunt",
"laborer",
"peon",
"plugger",
"slave",
"slogger",
"toiler",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorse",
"serf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandsires":{
"as in patriarchs , sires":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"patriarchs",
"sires",
"ancestresses",
"foremothers",
"grandmothers",
"matriarchs",
"ancestries",
"antecedents",
"roots",
"antecessors",
"predecessors",
"ancestors",
"fathers",
"forebearers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"grandfathers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents",
"children",
"families",
"issues",
"lineages",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds",
"stocks",
"daughters",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"scions",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grumblers":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"the motor coach tour would have been okay if I hadn't been paired up with a grumbler who whined through the whole thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"how can you be such a grumbler when so much in your life is going well?"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussbudgets",
"fussers",
"fusspots",
"gripers",
"kvetchers",
"kvetches",
"snivelers",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawlers",
"bleaters",
"moaners",
"screamers",
"squawkers",
"wailers",
"weepers",
"crabs",
"grumps",
"malcontents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grates":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"unintentionally or not, you say rude things that grate people"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"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":[]
},
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
"examples":[
"the sled grated along the bare pavement"
],
"synonyms":[
"grinds",
"rasps",
"scrapes",
"scratches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rubs",
"groans",
"whines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glides",
"skates",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"he grated the pieces of metal together"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"gnashes",
"grinds",
"grits",
"scrapes",
"scrunches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creaks",
"groans",
"moans",
"rasps",
"scratches",
"whines",
"clashes",
"collides",
"jangles",
"jars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grievance":{
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"examples":[
"this is no place to air your grievances against him"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"grudge",
"resentment",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemnation",
"offense",
"offence",
"umbrage",
"complaint",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"peeve",
"pique",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"rancor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"she decided to file a formal grievance against the utility company"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grinch":{
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
"examples":[
"accused the mayor of being a grinch after he cancelled the city's annual holiday parade for budgetary reasons"
],
"synonyms":[
"drag",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"wet blanket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fuddy-duddy",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes",
"old maid",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"defeatist",
"Jeremiah",
"knocker",
"pessimist",
"complainer",
"crab",
"cynic",
"grouch",
"grump",
"sorehead",
"sourpuss",
"whiner",
"bore",
"downer",
"drip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutup",
"jester",
"live wire",
"carouser",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"rejoicer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"libertine",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"rake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gray":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"the gray elephant and the gaudily dressed circus performer created a striking contrast"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"a gray rainy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"as in get along , get on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"get along",
"get on",
"advance",
"evolve",
"open",
"unfold",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"flower",
"mellow",
"soften",
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress",
"ripen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"sink",
"worsen",
"droop",
"dry",
"fade",
"flag",
"sag",
"shrivel",
"wane",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grizzling":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grubbiness":{
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
"examples":[
"the grubbiness and general dilapidation of the old house discouraged potential buyers"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discoloration",
"staining",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"muddiness",
"sootiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grainy":{
"made up of large particles":{
"examples":[
"grainy sand kept it off the rankings as one of the nation's best beaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"grained",
"granular",
"granulated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"earthy",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"coarse-grained",
"cracked",
"kibbled",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buttery",
"smooth",
"velvety",
"filtered",
"levigated",
"refined",
"close-grained",
"comminuted",
"ground",
"micronized",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pestled",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"triturated"
],
"antonyms":[
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grouched":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"always seems to be grouching about the weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grails":{
"something that is sought after but that is very hard to get or achieve":{
"examples":[
"The championship trophy was the grail they were seeking."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"holy grails",
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"bournes",
"bourns",
"designs",
"dreams",
"ends",
"goals",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"intentions",
"intents",
"marks",
"meanings",
"objectives",
"objects",
"plans",
"points",
"pretensions",
"purposes",
"targets",
"things",
"plots",
"projects",
"schemes",
"desires",
"hopes",
"minds",
"wishes",
"nirvanas",
"destinations",
"termini",
"terminuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"methods",
"ways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandes dames":{
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"the city's grandes dames still hold considerable sway in its cultural life"
],
"synonyms":[
"dames",
"dowagers",
"matriarchs",
"matrons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grandams",
"grandames",
"headmistresses",
"mistresses",
"materfamiliases",
"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"moms",
"mothers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ground rules":{
"a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity":{
"examples":[
"before the debate begins, let's lay out some ground rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"bylaws",
"regs",
"regulations",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codes",
"constitutions",
"decalogues",
"directories",
"acts",
"laws",
"ordinances",
"statutes",
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directions",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"instructions",
"orders",
"axioms",
"fundamentals",
"maxims",
"precepts",
"morals",
"principles",
"values",
"bans",
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"restrictions",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"traditions",
"ways",
"blueprints",
"canons",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"guidelines",
"guides",
"standards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graphing":{
"to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing":{
"examples":[
"They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charting",
"delineating",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"drawing",
"mapping (out)",
"plotting",
"defining",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"sketching",
"tracing",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"inventorying",
"calculating",
"computing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"listing",
"numerating",
"reciting",
"reeling off",
"rehearsing",
"ticking (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravy trains":{
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"cumshaws",
"dividends",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gratuities",
"gravies",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"perquisites",
"throw-ins",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pensions",
"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
"generosities",
"largesses",
"philanthropies",
"contributions",
"donations",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"boons",
"mannas",
"windfalls",
"favors",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"fringe benefits",
"icings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greatheartedly":{
"in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals":{
"examples":[
"greatheartedly refusing to profit from his pharmacological discoveries, he never applied for any patents"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallantly",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"heroically",
"high-mindedly",
"honorably",
"magnanimously",
"nobly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loftily",
"venerably",
"magnificently",
"majestically",
"bravely",
"chivalrously",
"courageously",
"valiantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"contemptibly",
"despicably",
"detestably",
"hatefully",
"nastily",
"pitiably",
"sorrily",
"wretchedly",
"degenerately"
],
"antonyms":[
"basely",
"currishly",
"dishonorably",
"ignobly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"gropes":{
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
"examples":[
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
"groping for the right answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"feels",
"fishes",
"fumbles",
"scrabbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabbles",
"casts about",
"hunts",
"looks",
"reaches",
"seeks (out)",
"captures",
"clutches",
"corrals",
"gets",
"grabs",
"nabs",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snatches",
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"scours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groks":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"gets",
"grasps",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grubbily":{
"as in nastily , filthily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"nastily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"chaotically",
"messily",
"untidily",
"slatternly",
"dowdily",
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smart",
"smartly",
"sprucely",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"spotlessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"graphic novel":{
"as in comic book , funny paper(s)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comic book",
"funny paper(s)",
"cartoon",
"comic",
"comic strip",
"funny",
"strip",
"animated cartoon",
"animation",
"caricature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gridlocks":{
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
"examples":[
"with the White House controlled by one party and Congress by the other, the nation experienced four years of legislative gridlock"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"impasses",
"logjams",
"Mexican standoffs",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"standstills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead ends",
"binds",
"bottlenecks",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jams",
"morasses",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"quandaries",
"spots",
"difficulties",
"problems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fills , packs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fills",
"packs",
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"furs",
"silts",
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"clots",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs",
"floods",
"gluts",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"swamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"opens (up)",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groundings":{
"as in educations , instructions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"educations",
"instructions",
"schoolings",
"tutelages",
"basic trainings",
"boot camps",
"cadetships",
"candidacies",
"probations",
"trials",
"apprenticeships",
"externships",
"internships",
"practicums",
"trainings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grieves (for)":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"I grieve for our loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments",
"mourns",
"wails (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegizes",
"cries (for)",
"keens",
"moans",
"weeps",
"regrets",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"sobs",
"agonizes",
"bleeds",
"hurts",
"sorrows",
"suffers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"exults (in)",
"glories (in)",
"joys",
"rejoices (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"griddle cake":{
"a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)":{
"examples":[
"buckwheat griddle cakes served with strawberry butter"
],
"synonyms":[
"flapjack",
"hotcake",
"pancake",
"slapjack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oatcake",
"wheat cake",
"blin",
"blintze",
"blintz",
"crepe",
"cr\u00eape",
"waffle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grate":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"unintentionally or not, you say rude things that grate people"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
"examples":[
"the sled grated along the bare pavement"
],
"synonyms":[
"grind",
"rasp",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rub",
"groan",
"whine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glide",
"skate",
"slide"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"he grated the pieces of metal together"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"gnash",
"grind",
"grit",
"scrape",
"scrunch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creak",
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groupies":{
"as in junkies , fanatics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanatics",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"exponents",
"friends",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"adherents",
"converts",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"votaries",
"admirers",
"amateurs",
"collectors",
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"authorities",
"experts",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonfans",
"nonadmirers",
"belittlers",
"carpers",
"critics",
"detractors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grisly":{
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
"examples":[
"the police report described the murder scene in grisly detail"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmare",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alarming",
"bloodcurdling",
"dire",
"direful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"gut-wrenching",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"terrifying",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"grotesque",
"ugly",
"unsightly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"enticing",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grubstaked":{
"as in underwrote , liquidated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"bankrolled",
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grubstaking":{
"as in underwriting , liquidating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"bankrolling",
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"graybeards":{
"as in patriarchs , whitebeards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaffers",
"patriarchs",
"whitebeards",
"ancients",
"elders",
"geriatrics",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors",
"beldams",
"beldames",
"dowagers",
"grandams",
"grandames",
"adults",
"grown-ups",
"dotards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngsters",
"youths",
"adolescents",
"minors",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grasps":{
"the ability to direct the course of something":{
"examples":[
"for a time it looked like most of Europe would be within Hitler's grasp"
],
"synonyms":[
"controls",
"hands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutches",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"arms",
"commands",
"dominions",
"helms",
"sways",
"authorities",
"dominations",
"jurisdictions",
"mights",
"powers",
"administrations",
"directions",
"governances",
"governments",
"guidance",
"managements",
"operations",
"oversights",
"regulations",
"superintendences",
"supervisions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses",
"impotences",
"impotencies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"during the roller coaster ride, my date clutched my arm with a deathlike grasp"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grapples",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"I think I finally have a grasp of Spanish grammar"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciations",
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehensions"
]
},
"to have a practical understanding of":{
"examples":[
"he just doesn't grasp how important it is that he call when he'll be late"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehends",
"knows",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"cognizes",
"fathoms",
"follows",
"kens",
"perceives",
"savvies",
"has",
"possesses",
"catches on (to)",
"picks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misinterprets",
"misknows",
"misperceives",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"the departing soldier grasped his children a little closer than usual"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugs",
"clasps",
"crushes",
"embraces",
"enclasps",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamps",
"clings",
"cradles",
"grabs",
"grips",
"holds",
"bosoms",
"embosoms",
"encircles",
"entwines",
"envelops",
"enwinds",
"folds",
"locks",
"twines",
"wraps",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"nestles",
"nuzzles",
"pats",
"pets",
"snuggles",
"strokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"the attendant grasped my arm and steered me towards the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"the emergency operator finally grasped what he was trying to tell her"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"gets",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grabby":{
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"examples":[
"very young children tend to be grabby and often refuse to share"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"likely to attract attention":{
"examples":[
"a tabloid that invariably favors grabby headlines, even for underwhelming stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"graffitied":{
"as in tagged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tagged",
"desecrated",
"violated",
"banged up",
"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"shattered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"defaced",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"ravened",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"sabotaged",
"depredated",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"sacked",
"spoliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"salvaged",
"built",
"rebuilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grimed":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grooved (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grovels":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowers",
"cringes",
"quails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"squinches",
"blanches",
"blenches",
"whitens",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"toadies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies",
"crawls",
"creeps",
"slides",
"slithers",
"snakes",
"worms",
"wriggles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouches",
"squats",
"edges",
"inches",
"noses",
"skulks",
"sneaks",
"steals",
"tiptoes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grey":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"the gray elephant and the gaudily dressed circus performer created a striking contrast"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"a gray rainy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"as in get along , get on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"get along",
"get on",
"advance",
"evolve",
"open",
"unfold",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"flower",
"mellow",
"soften",
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress",
"ripen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"sink",
"worsen",
"droop",
"dry",
"fade",
"flag",
"sag",
"shrivel",
"wane",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grinding":{
"as in rough , abrasive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"filing",
"honing",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"sanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"planing",
"scraping",
"sandblasting",
"scouring",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"glossing",
"polishing",
"shining",
"smoothing",
"edging",
"sharpening",
"stropping",
"whetting",
"regrinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsening",
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"scuffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone in the car winced when the driver ground the gears trying to shift into second"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunching",
"gnashing",
"grating",
"gritting",
"scraping",
"scrunching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creaking",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"rasping",
"scratching",
"whining",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"jangling",
"jarring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sharp or sharper":{
"examples":[
"better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"edging",
"honing",
"sharpening",
"stoning",
"stropping",
"whetting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffing",
"burnishing",
"glossing",
"polishing",
"rounding",
"smoothing"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunting",
"dulling"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"furbishing",
"glossing",
"polishing",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeking",
"slicking",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
"examples":[
"ground the rock against the stone wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"grating",
"rasping",
"scraping",
"scratching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rubbing",
"groaning",
"whining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gliding",
"skating",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizing",
"beating",
"braying",
"comminuting",
"crushing",
"disintegrating",
"milling",
"mulling",
"pounding",
"powdering",
"pulverizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grating",
"kibbling",
"crumbling",
"crunching",
"breaking",
"busting",
"dashing",
"fracturing",
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"micronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gruelling":{
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"running a marathon is grueling"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
"examples":[
"cutting diamonds can be grueling work"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"burdensome",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"killing",
"laborious",
"onerous",
"persnickety",
"taxing",
"toilsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficult",
"formidable",
"hard",
"herculean",
"rough",
"rugged",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"testing",
"tough",
"oppressive",
"trying",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"nondemanding",
"unchallenging",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"greenhouse":{
"a glass-enclosed building for growing plants":{
"examples":[
"needed to move the plants into the greenhouse before the first frost killed them"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservatory",
"glasshouse",
"hothouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold frame",
"hotbed",
"nursery",
"botanical garden",
"botanic garden"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graceless":{
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
"examples":[
"a graceless person who was a butterfingered lout when it came to playing basketball"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"butterfingered",
"cack-handed",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uncoordinated",
"bunglesome",
"bungling",
"gauche",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"masterly",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"coordinated"
],
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
]
},
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
"examples":[
"was a graceless preteen but evolved into a confident teenager"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"gawky",
"lubberly",
"ungainly",
"boorish",
"clownish",
"uncouth",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"meek",
"modest",
"self-doubting",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"antonyms":[
"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
]
},
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
"examples":[
"one guest made a graceless comment about the bride's bleached hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inopportune",
"unfortunate",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"misbecoming",
"mismatched",
"incompatible",
"inconsistent",
"uncongenial",
"bad",
"naughty",
"sinful",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"apt",
"germane",
"material",
"pat",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"kosher",
"licensed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"blameless",
"irreproachable",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious"
],
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"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
]
},
"having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner":{
"examples":[
"her graceless dancing was painful to watch"
],
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"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawkish",
"gawky",
"klutzy",
"uncoordinated",
"ungainly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"galumphing",
"larruping",
"lubberly",
"lumbering",
"lumpish",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"unsteady",
"wobbly",
"wabbly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"nimble",
"sure-footed"
],
"antonyms":[
"coordinated",
"graceful"
]
},
"showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{
"examples":[
"indifferent to the nuances of constructive criticism, she sometimes says things which are hurtful or graceless"
],
"synonyms":[
"brash",
"ill-advised",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"indelicate",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"unwise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"mindless",
"thoughtless",
"ill-mannered",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"uncivil",
"unseemly",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intelligent",
"logical",
"rational",
"sensible",
"smart",
"sound",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"civil",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient"
],
"antonyms":[
"advisable",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"tactful",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grouchy":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"a lack of sleep would make anyone grouchy"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"given to complaining a lot":{
"examples":[
"a grouchy kid who refuses to eat his vegetables"
],
"synonyms":[
"crabby",
"cranky",
"fussy",
"grumpy",
"querulous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antsy",
"fidgety",
"restive",
"restless",
"squirmy",
"twitchy",
"uneasy",
"wiggly",
"wriggly",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"fretful",
"nervous",
"worrisome",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"ornery",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snippy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"genial",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"well-disposed",
"accommodating",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gravitate":{
"to be drawn or attracted":{
"examples":[
"He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore.",
"She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incline (toward)",
"tend (to)",
"care (for)",
"favor",
"lean (toward or towards)",
"like",
"prefer",
"adore",
"cotton (to)",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"choose",
"cull",
"handpick",
"name",
"pick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"take",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"hanker (for or after)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"be partial to",
"go in for",
"go",
"indicate",
"point",
"suggest",
"run",
"tend",
"trend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"shun",
"shy (from or away from)",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"mislike",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grotesquerie":{
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
"examples":[
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"grotesque",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"ogre"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ogress",
"Frankenstein",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"banshee",
"bogeyman",
"bogyman",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"fright",
"imp",
"incubus",
"horror",
"terror",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"abnormality",
"freak",
"mutant",
"mutation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greathearted":{
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
"examples":[
"those greathearted but otherwise ordinary individuals who answered their country's call for military service"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"reassured",
"unafraid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
]
},
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
"examples":[
"a greathearted program to provide basic necessities to millions of children in war-torn countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"natural",
"noble",
"sublime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"honorable",
"valiant",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"knightly",
"princely",
"regal",
"inspiring",
"moving",
"numinous",
"uplifting",
"august",
"magnificent",
"majestic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"vicious",
"dastardly",
"dirty",
"lousy",
"sorry",
"little",
"mean",
"narrow",
"small-minded",
"degrading",
"discreditable",
"humiliating",
"ignominious",
"coarse",
"crude",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"debased",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"ignoble",
"low"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"granny dresses":{
"as in sweaterdresses , kirtles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chemises",
"coatdresses",
"housedresses",
"jumpers",
"kimonos",
"kirtles",
"minidresses",
"Mother Hubbards",
"muumuus",
"overdresses",
"sacks",
"sheaths",
"shifts",
"shirtdresses",
"shirtwaists",
"sundresses",
"sweaterdresses",
"tea gowns",
"dresses",
"frocks",
"gowns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gregarious":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a gregarious child who ran up to every person on the playground and wanted to be their friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
]
},
"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"walruses are highly gregarious"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonial",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"green light":{
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"as soon as the project is green-lighted , we'll schedule a planning meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"have",
"permit",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"warrant",
"accord",
"concede",
"grant",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe",
"admit",
"brook",
"condone",
"countenance",
"endure",
"support",
"tolerate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"censure",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"interdict",
"refuse",
"reject",
"revoke",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"deplore",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (at or on)",
"grudge",
"check",
"curb",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
]
},
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ground zeros":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"a city that was once ground zero for the insurance industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bases",
"capitals",
"centers",
"centrals",
"cores",
"cynosures",
"epicenters",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"loci",
"meccas",
"navels",
"nerve centers",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"omphali",
"seats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting grounds",
"hives",
"hotbeds",
"hot spots",
"playgrounds",
"playlands",
"kernels",
"nubs",
"piths",
"deeps",
"thicks",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"attractions",
"lodestones",
"loadstones",
"magnets",
"polestars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green snakes":{
"as in garter snakes , diamondback rattlesnakes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adders",
"anacondas",
"asps",
"black racers",
"blacksnakes",
"blue racers",
"boas",
"bull snakes",
"bushmasters",
"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"copperheads",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
"sidewinders",
"taipans",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graphs":{
"to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing":{
"examples":[
"They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charts",
"delineates",
"diagrams",
"draws",
"maps (out)",
"plots",
"defines",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"traces",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"inventories",
"calculates",
"computes",
"estimates",
"figures",
"reckons",
"cites",
"mentions",
"names",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"lists",
"numerates",
"recites",
"reels off",
"rehearses",
"ticks (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growl":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellow",
"boom",
"roar",
"thunder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grumble",
"roll",
"rumble",
"bang",
"blare",
"blast",
"peal",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"bawl",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"bell",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"wail",
"yowl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunt",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper",
"mewl",
"pule",
"squeak",
"whimper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"examples":[
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumble",
"lumber",
"roll",
"rumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"drum",
"thunder",
"bellow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in snarl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snarl",
"flinch",
"squinch",
"wince",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"granule":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"is there one granule of truth in that statement?"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grow":{
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"crop",
"cultivate",
"culture",
"dress",
"promote",
"raise",
"rear",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breed",
"produce",
"propagate",
"plant",
"sow",
"gather",
"glean",
"harvest",
"reap",
"germinate",
"quicken",
"ripen",
"root",
"sprout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kill",
"dig",
"extirpate",
"pick",
"pluck",
"pull (up)",
"uproot",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress",
"ripen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellow",
"soften",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"flower",
"open",
"unfold",
"advance",
"evolve",
"get along",
"get on",
"gray",
"grey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"sink",
"worsen",
"droop",
"dry",
"fade",
"flag",
"sag",
"shrivel",
"wane",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"synonyms":[
"become",
"come",
"get",
"go",
"run",
"turn",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"metamorphose",
"modify",
"mutate",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"be",
"continue",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groaners":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"the play's dialogue featured all of the groaners that seem to be de rigueur for any dysfunctional-family drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"banalities",
"bromides",
"chestnuts",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdoms",
"party lines",
"routines",
"inanities",
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"simplifications",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotesque":{
"disagreeable to one's aesthetic or artistic sense":{
"examples":[
"the gaudy, overdecorated interior of the gambling casino was just too grotesque for my taste"
],
"synonyms":[
"grating",
"harsh",
"jarring",
"unaesthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acid",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"tawdry",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"inartistic",
"unartistic",
"artless",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"uncultured",
"unrefined",
"disgusting",
"gross",
"obscene",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"disagreeable",
"jolting",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"blaring",
"clashing",
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"jangling",
"off-key",
"ragged",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"bizarre",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artful",
"artistic",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"becoming",
"comely",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"felicitous",
"good",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"pleasing",
"seemly",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"softened",
"subdued",
"cultured",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"polished",
"refined",
"tasteful"
],
"antonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical"
]
},
"unpleasant to look at":{
"examples":[
"that bloody Halloween mask is grotesque"
],
"synonyms":[
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ugly",
"unappealing",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly",
"vile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"gross",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"plain",
"unaesthetic",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"shapely",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"prepossessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"lovely",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
]
},
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
"examples":[
"a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"ogre"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ogress",
"Frankenstein",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"banshee",
"bogeyman",
"bogyman",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"fright",
"imp",
"incubus",
"horror",
"terror",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"abnormality",
"freak",
"mutant",
"mutation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"grained":{
"made up of large particles":{
"examples":[
"the sugar in some countries has a much more grained consistency than what we're used to in the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"earthy",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"coarse-grained",
"cracked",
"kibbled",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buttery",
"smooth",
"velvety",
"filtered",
"levigated",
"refined",
"close-grained",
"comminuted",
"ground",
"micronized",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pestled",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"triturated"
],
"antonyms":[
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ground (down)":{
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushed",
"devastated",
"floored",
"oppressed",
"overcame",
"overmastered",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"prostrated",
"snowed under",
"swamped",
"whelmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"sank",
"sunk",
"confuted",
"defeated",
"refuted",
"broke",
"demoralized",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"rocked",
"shattered",
"staggered",
"threw",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grabbling":{
"as in getting , casting about":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capturing",
"clutching",
"corralling",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring",
"casting about",
"hunting",
"looking",
"reaching",
"seeking (out)",
"feeling",
"fishing",
"fumbling",
"groping",
"scrabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gristly":{
"as in stringy , fibrous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fibrous",
"sinewy",
"stringy",
"chewy",
"leathery",
"tough",
"brittle",
"crunchy",
"hard",
"cardboardy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"mushy",
"soft"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"griefs":{
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"there seemed to be no end to the grief that the school bullies were giving to the young boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"irritations",
"pips",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitations",
"discomforts",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"upsets",
"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"angers",
"chafes",
"danders",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"griming":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"daubing",
"dirtying",
"distaining",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"discoloring",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"collying",
"crocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"graffiting":{
"as in tagging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tagging",
"desecrating",
"violating",
"banging up",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"shattering",
"spoiling",
"defacing",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"annihilating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"ravening",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wracking",
"wrecking",
"sabotaging",
"depredating",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking",
"sacking",
"spoliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"salvaging",
"building",
"rebuilding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greenhorns":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"go easy on him\u2014he's just a greenhorn and doesn't have all the experience you do"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groupie":{
"as in junkie , fanatic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"authority",
"expert",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonfan",
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grange":{
"a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock":{
"examples":[
"asked the community's farmers to meet at the Howard family grange to help raise a new barn"
],
"synonyms":[
"estate",
"farm",
"farmstead",
"ranch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cropland",
"farmland",
"farmyard",
"farmhouse",
"hacienda",
"homestead",
"manor",
"plantation",
"spread",
"croft",
"smallholding",
"station",
"steading",
"garden",
"orchard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green lights":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"as soon as the project is green-lighted , we'll schedule a planning meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"has",
"permits",
"suffers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"warrants",
"accords",
"concedes",
"grants",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes",
"admits",
"brooks",
"condones",
"countenances",
"endures",
"supports",
"tolerates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"censures",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"interdicts",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"revokes",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"deplores",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"frowns (at or on)",
"grudges",
"checks",
"curbs",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grasp":{
"the ability to direct the course of something":{
"examples":[
"for a time it looked like most of Europe would be within Hitler's grasp"
],
"synonyms":[
"control",
"hand(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"arm",
"command",
"dominion",
"helm",
"sway",
"authority",
"domination",
"jurisdiction",
"might",
"power",
"administration",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
"guidance",
"management",
"operation",
"oversight",
"regulation",
"running",
"superintendence",
"supervision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"during the roller coaster ride, my date clutched my arm with a deathlike grasp"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"clench",
"grapple",
"grip",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"purchase",
"grab",
"seizure",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"clinch",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"I think I finally have a grasp of Spanish grammar"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grip",
"hold",
"perception",
"percipience",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"assimilation",
"digestion",
"uptake",
"conception",
"visualization",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"enlightenment",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"noncomprehension"
]
},
"to have a practical understanding of":{
"examples":[
"he just doesn't grasp how important it is that he call when he'll be late"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehend",
"know",
"understand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"cognize",
"fathom",
"follow",
"ken",
"perceive",
"savvy",
"have",
"possess",
"catch on (to)",
"pick up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misinterpret",
"misknow",
"misperceive",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"the departing soldier grasped his children a little closer than usual"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hug",
"clasp",
"crush",
"embrace",
"enclasp",
"enfold",
"hug",
"strain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamp",
"cling",
"cradle",
"grab",
"grip",
"hold",
"bosom",
"embosom",
"encircle",
"entwine",
"envelop",
"enwind",
"fold",
"lock",
"twine",
"wrap",
"cuddle",
"fondle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"pat",
"pet",
"snuggle",
"stroke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"the attendant grasped my arm and steered me towards the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"the emergency operator finally grasped what he was trying to tell her"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grips":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"she placed her grip in the train's overhead rack and seated herself comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"wallets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"baggages",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"get a better grip on the lid and try to open the jar again"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grapples",
"grasps",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"he has a good grip on basic Spanish grammar and spelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciations",
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehensions"
]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"a tyrant that keeps the masses tightly in his grip"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"death grips",
"dominions",
"holds",
"masteries",
"powers",
"reigns",
"reins",
"sways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clouts",
"influences",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"voices",
"weights",
"jurisdictions",
"directions",
"managements",
"dominances",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies"
]
},
"a part by which an implement is held":{
"examples":[
"bought new pots with heat-resistant grips"
],
"synonyms":[
"hafts",
"handgrips",
"handles",
"helves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"handlebars",
"bails",
"bows",
"loops",
"hilts",
"shafts",
"crops",
"whipstocks",
"broomsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"gripped the handlebars tightly and raced down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"corrals",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"latches (on or onto)",
"nabs",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"takes",
"traps",
"feels",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"clasps",
"embraces",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"cradles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives",
"hands",
"unclasps",
"unhands",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"that true crime story gripped me as much as any whodunit"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"bedazzles",
"catches up",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
"absorbs",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"involves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"that movie will grip any true sports car fan"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"the baby gripped my fingers and wouldn't let go"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grasps",
"holds",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"graphic":{
"something that visually explains or decorates a text":{
"examples":[
"the use of graphics in the text of the dictionary helps to break up the visual monotony of the page"
],
"synonyms":[
"diagram",
"figure",
"illustration",
"plate",
"visual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"art",
"artwork",
"drawing",
"illumination",
"image",
"pictogram",
"pictograph",
"picture",
"caption",
"key",
"legend",
"inset",
"depiction",
"pictorialization",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"representation",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description":{
"examples":[
"the report offered many graphic details about the devastating earthquake that rocked the area"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineated",
"pictorial",
"picturesque",
"visual",
"vivid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicted",
"descriptive",
"expressive",
"concrete",
"explicit",
"specific",
"faithful",
"lifelike",
"natural",
"photographic",
"realistic",
"fresh",
"incisive",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"sketchy",
"unclear",
"vague",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dark",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"muddy",
"murky",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"consisting of or relating to pictures":{
"examples":[
"got a degree in graphic design"
],
"synonyms":[
"imaginal",
"pictorial",
"visual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photographic",
"video",
"drawn",
"painted",
"represented",
"illustrational",
"illustrative",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"iconographic",
"iconographical",
"ideogramic",
"ideogrammic",
"ideogrammatic",
"ideographic",
"pictographic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"gruesome":{
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
"examples":[
"didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmare",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alarming",
"bloodcurdling",
"dire",
"direful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"gut-wrenching",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"terrifying",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"grotesque",
"ugly",
"unsightly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"enticing",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gris-gris":{
"as in juju , toadstone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"juju",
"philter",
"toadstone",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"mojo",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"totem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"curse",
"hex",
"spell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grizzle":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groundworks":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"they had collectively laid the groundwork for a new kind of art"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graspable":{
"capable of being understood":{
"examples":[
"the immensity of the world is not graspable to a child of that age, so the notion of a globe-trotting Santa Claus is plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessible",
"apprehensible",
"coherent",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"legible",
"scrutable",
"understandable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipherable",
"plain",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"well-spoken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"cryptic",
"esoteric",
"mysterious",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incomprehensible",
"inscrutable",
"insensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gravels":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
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"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
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},
"as in sands , dust":{
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"dust",
"sands",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils",
"subsoils",
"substrata"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grab":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"don't grab my arm like that"
],
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"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
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"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"an instance of theft":{
"examples":[
"a political activist who thinks the government's lease of public lands to logging companies amounts to an illegal land grab"
],
"synonyms":[
"heist",
"pinch",
"rip-off",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break-in",
"burglary",
"holdup",
"mugging",
"stickup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grab bag":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"the festival featured a grab bag of independent films from widely disparate genres"
],
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"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grope":{
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
"examples":[
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
"groping for the right answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"fish",
"fumble",
"scrabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabble",
"cast about",
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growers":{
"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
"examples":[
"orange growers in Florida were hard hit by the hurricane"
],
"synonyms":[
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"workfolks",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grangers":{
"as in farmers , cultivators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"campesinos",
"workfolks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groveler":{
"as in fan , worshipper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"yes-man",
"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greatcoat":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"the men donned their greatcoats for the ride in the open carriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"overcoat",
"surcoat",
"topcoat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"frock coat",
"mackinaw",
"ulster",
"jacket",
"parka",
"surtout",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"sou'wester",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granny dress":{
"as in sweaterdress , kirtle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chemise",
"coatdress",
"housedress",
"jumper",
"kimono",
"kirtle",
"minidress",
"Mother Hubbard",
"muumuu",
"overdress",
"sack",
"sheath",
"shift",
"shirtdress",
"shirtwaist",
"sundress",
"sweaterdress",
"tea gown",
"dress",
"frock",
"gown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandly":{
"in a luxurious manner":{
"examples":[
"we were staying at the Plaza Hotel in New York and living rather grandly"
],
"synonyms":[
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"richly",
"sumptuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imposingly",
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"grandiosely",
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously",
"affluently",
"comfortably",
"fine",
"wealthily",
"immoderately",
"indulgently",
"intemperately",
"prodigally",
"wantonly",
"wastefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpretentiously",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"restrainedly",
"sensibly",
"temperately"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
]
},
"in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals":{
"examples":[
"had grandly offered to pay the entire cost of the Christmas party at the children's hospital"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallantly",
"greatheartedly",
"greatly",
"heroically",
"high-mindedly",
"honorably",
"magnanimously",
"nobly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loftily",
"venerably",
"magnificently",
"majestically",
"bravely",
"chivalrously",
"courageously",
"valiantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"contemptibly",
"despicably",
"detestably",
"hatefully",
"nastily",
"pitiably",
"sorrily",
"wretchedly",
"degenerately"
],
"antonyms":[
"basely",
"currishly",
"dishonorably",
"ignobly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"grandiosely":{
"as in ostentatiously , pretentiously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously",
"imposingly",
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"affluently",
"comfortably",
"fine",
"wealthily",
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"richly",
"sumptuously",
"immoderately",
"indulgently",
"intemperately",
"prodigally",
"wantonly",
"wastefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply",
"unpretentiously",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"restrainedly",
"sensibly",
"temperately"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"growing (in)":{
"to gradually increase in":{
"examples":[
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"building up",
"gaining",
"gathering",
"picking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubling (in)",
"tripling (in)",
"accruing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"exciting",
"stimulating",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"enriching",
"expanding",
"extending",
"maximizing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"jacking (up)",
"mounting",
"ramping (up)",
"stepping up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"declining (in)",
"diminishing (in)",
"dipping",
"dwindling",
"falling (in)",
"lessening",
"tapering",
"tapering off"
],
"antonyms":[
"decreasing (in)",
"losing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gremlin":{
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
"examples":[
"during the World Wars, fighter pilots adopted the fanciful notion that gremlins were responsible for mechanical failures on their planes"
],
"synonyms":[
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little people",
"kelpie",
"nixie",
"changeling",
"imp",
"banshee",
"ghoul",
"hag",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grilled":{
"as in fried , roasted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baked",
"boiled",
"braised",
"broiled",
"fried",
"heated",
"roasted",
"saut\u00e9ed",
"sauteed",
"overdone",
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"scorched",
"well-done",
"cooked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raw",
"uncooked",
"unheated",
"rare"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"police grilled the suspect, but had to release him when it became clear he didn't have the information they were looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechized",
"examined",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed",
"sweat",
"sweated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debriefed",
"cross-examined",
"cross-questioned",
"annoyed",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"polled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"grilled the children about her ex-husband's new girlfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"catechized",
"inquired (of)",
"interrogated",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besieged",
"bombarded",
"cross-examined",
"cross-questioned",
"examined",
"pumped",
"polled",
"surveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoined",
"retorted",
"commented",
"observed",
"remarked",
"avoided",
"ducked"
],
"antonyms":[
"answered",
"replied",
"responded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"greasepaints":{
"as in makeups , lipsticks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cold creams",
"creams",
"eye shadows",
"kohls",
"lipsticks",
"lotions",
"mascaras",
"oils",
"powders",
"rouges",
"vanishing creams",
"cosmetics",
"makeups",
"maquillages",
"paints",
"war paints",
"camos",
"camouflages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandsire":{
"as in patriarch , sire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots",
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestor",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent",
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravel":{
"harsh and dry in sound":{
"examples":[
"after his bout with laryngitis, he had a terribly gravel voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in soil , sand":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clay",
"dirt",
"humus",
"loam",
"sand",
"soil",
"gumbo",
"silt",
"guck",
"gook",
"mire",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grains":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
"examples":[
"cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispositions",
"natures",
"temperaments",
"tempers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheers",
"frames",
"habits",
"humors",
"inclinations",
"modes",
"spirits",
"angles",
"attitudes",
"mind-sets",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"emotions",
"feelings",
"hearts",
"passions",
"sentiments",
"strains",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"opinions",
"persuasions",
"views",
"expressions",
"tones",
"veins",
"characters",
"identities",
"individualities",
"makeups",
"mettles",
"personalities",
"selfhoods",
"self-identities",
"setups",
"sensibilities",
"sensitivities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granulated":{
"made up of large particles":{
"examples":[
"don't use powdered sugar in that recipe, use granulated sugar"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"grained",
"grainy",
"granular"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"earthy",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"coarse-grained",
"cracked",
"kibbled",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buttery",
"smooth",
"velvety",
"filtered",
"levigated",
"refined",
"close-grained",
"comminuted",
"ground",
"micronized",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pestled",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"triturated"
],
"antonyms":[
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grumbler":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"the motor coach tour would have been okay if I hadn't been paired up with a grumbler who whined through the whole thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"how can you be such a grumbler when so much in your life is going well?"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fussbudget",
"fusser",
"fusspot",
"griper",
"kvetch",
"kvetcher",
"sniveler",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawler",
"bleater",
"moaner",
"screamer",
"squawker",
"wailer",
"weeper",
"crab",
"grump",
"malcontent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"griminess":{
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
"examples":[
"disgusted by the griminess in which the previous tenant had left the appliances"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discoloration",
"staining",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"muddiness",
"sootiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"growler":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"we can't figure out why our very happy and optimistic friend is dating that chronic growler"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grizzles":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growling":{
"as in guttural , growly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"growly",
"guttural",
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellowing",
"booming",
"roaring",
"thundering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grumbling",
"rolling",
"rumbling",
"banging",
"blaring",
"blasting",
"pealing",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"squalling",
"bawling",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"hooting",
"shouting",
"whooping",
"yelling",
"belling",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"wailing",
"yowling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunting",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering",
"mewling",
"puling",
"squeaking",
"whimpering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"examples":[
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumbling",
"lumbering",
"rolling",
"rumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"drumming",
"thundering",
"bellowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"greying":{
"as in getting along , getting on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"getting along",
"getting on",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grogshops":{
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"last saw them heading down to the local grogshop for a pint of beer"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrooms",
"bars",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"cantinas",
"dramshops",
"gin mills",
"public houses",
"pubs",
"saloons",
"taprooms",
"taverns",
"watering holes",
"watering places"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouses",
"barrelhouses",
"bistros",
"bottle clubs",
"brewpubs",
"cabarets",
"dives",
"joints",
"nightclubs",
"roadhouses",
"speakeasies",
"sports bars",
"wineshops",
"package stores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gratifying":{
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"a spectacular film that is gratifying to both the mind and the eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
]
},
"making one feel good inside":{
"examples":[
"your warm welcome sure is gratifying to this tired soul"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"fulfilling",
"gladdening",
"heartening",
"heartwarming",
"rewarding",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affecting",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"edifying",
"elevating",
"uplifting",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"kind",
"kindly",
"loving",
"warm",
"animating",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"thrilling",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"welcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"disappointing",
"disgruntling",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"saddening",
"discomforting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"cold",
"unfeeling",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unloving",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
]
},
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"examples":[
"just gratify this one whim of mine"
],
"synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basking",
"luxuriating",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"wallowing",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"your presence at the holiday table would really gratify your grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladdening",
"gladding",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"rejoicing",
"satisfying",
"suiting",
"warming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gregariousness":{
"the quality or state of being social":{
"examples":[
"his natural gregariousness serves him well as a salesman"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"sociability"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amiability",
"cordiality",
"folksiness",
"friendliness",
"neighborliness",
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"fellowship",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"extroversion",
"extraversion",
"forwardness",
"immodesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"coyness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"introversion",
"reclusion",
"modesty",
"retiringness"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsociability",
"unsociableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grows up":{
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"develops",
"grows",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellows",
"softens",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"advances",
"evolves",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"grays",
"greys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grieved":{
"as in heartbroken , heartsick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"desolate",
"dispirited",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unpleased",
"unsatisfied",
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"melancholy"
],
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"beatific",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"intoxicated",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blissful",
"chuffed",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lighthearted",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"we all grieved over the lost cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
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"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"groused":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
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"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grip":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"she placed her grip in the train's overhead rack and seated herself comfortably"
],
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"carry-on",
"carryall",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"wallet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"carpetbag",
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"attach\u00e9",
"attach\u00e9 case",
"briefcase",
"valise",
"baggage",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"get a better grip on the lid and try to open the jar again"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"clench",
"grapple",
"grasp",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"purchase",
"grab",
"seizure",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"clinch",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"he has a good grip on basic Spanish grammar and spelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"hold",
"perception",
"percipience",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"assimilation",
"digestion",
"uptake",
"conception",
"visualization",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"enlightenment",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"noncomprehension"
]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"a tyrant that keeps the masses tightly in his grip"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"hold",
"mastery",
"power",
"reign",
"rein(s)",
"sway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction",
"direction",
"management",
"dominance",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"a part by which an implement is held":{
"examples":[
"bought new pots with heat-resistant grips"
],
"synonyms":[
"haft",
"handgrip",
"handle",
"helve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"handlebar",
"bail",
"bow",
"loop",
"hilt",
"shaft",
"crop",
"whipstock",
"broomstick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"gripped the handlebars tightly and raced down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"corral",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"latch (on or onto)",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"take",
"trap",
"feel",
"finger",
"handle",
"paw",
"clasp",
"embrace",
"grasp",
"hug",
"cradle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drop",
"give",
"hand",
"unclasp",
"unhand",
"cede",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"render",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"that true crime story gripped me as much as any whodunit"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"that movie will grip any true sports car fan"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"obsess",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"the baby gripped my fingers and wouldn't let go"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"grasp",
"hold",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ground plans":{
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
"examples":[
"their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"master plans",
"plans",
"programs",
"projects",
"road maps",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"systems"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collusions",
"conspiracies",
"plots",
"contrivances",
"devices",
"gambits",
"maneuvers",
"ruses",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"tricks",
"counterplans",
"counterstrategies",
"counter-strategies",
"means",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways",
"procedures",
"protocols",
"conceptions",
"ideas",
"projets",
"proposals",
"specifications",
"specifics",
"aims",
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"diagrams",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"layouts",
"maps",
"patterns",
"platforms",
"policies",
"recipes",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand tours":{
"as in progresses , quests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"odysseys",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"quests",
"safaris",
"expeditions",
"journeys",
"passages",
"peregrinations",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips",
"commutations",
"commutes",
"errands",
"excursions",
"flights",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"tours",
"cruises",
"sails",
"voyages",
"drives",
"rides",
"spins",
"hikes",
"slogs",
"tramps",
"walkabouts",
"walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"great houses":{
"as in houses , manor houses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"estates",
"haciendas",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"manses",
"mansions",
"palaces",
"villas",
"abodes",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"housings",
"nests",
"quarters",
"residencies",
"roofs",
"salons",
"suites",
"town houses",
"country houses",
"countryseats",
"aeries",
"penthouses",
"showplaces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grizzled":{
"as in hoary , brindled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brindled",
"brindle",
"hoar",
"hoary",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grosses":{
"as in amounts , totals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amounts",
"sums",
"totals",
"wholes",
"scores",
"recounts",
"censuses",
"counts",
"tales",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revenues , incomes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gains",
"incomes",
"nets",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"receipts",
"returns",
"revenues",
"winnings",
"bags",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"bounties",
"catches",
"hauls",
"takes",
"yields",
"appropriations",
"collections"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"losses",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clears , nets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"nets",
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses",
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grinds (down)":{
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushes",
"devastates",
"floors",
"oppresses",
"overcomes",
"overmasters",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"prostrates",
"snows under",
"swamps",
"whelms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"sinks",
"confutes",
"defeats",
"refutes",
"breaks",
"demoralizes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"rocks",
"shatters",
"staggers",
"throws",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gracioso":{
"as in antic , jester":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antic",
"fool",
"jester",
"motley",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche",
"cutup",
"madcap",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantaloon",
"buffo",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"harlequin",
"zany",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"joker",
"jokester",
"merry-andrew",
"second banana",
"stand-up",
"top banana",
"wag",
"wit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"griller":{
"as in barbecuer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barbecuer",
"baker",
"p\u00e2tissier",
"patissier",
"chef",
"cook",
"cooker",
"culinarian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greenback":{
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"she threw a few greenbacks on the counter to pay for the drinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"banknote",
"bill",
"note"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"buck",
"dollar",
"simoleon",
"smacker",
"C-note",
"fifty",
"fin",
"five",
"fiver",
"hundred",
"one",
"sawbuck",
"ten",
"tenner",
"twenty",
"two",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"pelf",
"check",
"draft",
"money order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grists":{
"as in gists , substances":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bases",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"talking points",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates",
"subject matters",
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes",
"topics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greensward":{
"as in grass , lawn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grass",
"green",
"lawn",
"clearing",
"field",
"ground",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract",
"common(s)",
"croft",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grouped":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
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"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"scraped (up or together)",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gritted":{
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunched",
"gnashed",
"grated",
"ground",
"scraped",
"scrunched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creaked",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"rasped",
"scratched",
"whined",
"clashed",
"collided",
"jangled",
"jarred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groomed":{
"being clean and in good order":{
"examples":[
"the front office is always carefully groomed in order to give customers a good first impression"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"examples":[
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"fixed",
"laid",
"prepared",
"prepped",
"readied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braced",
"fortified",
"girded",
"girt",
"steeled",
"battened",
"gathered",
"geared up",
"mounted",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored",
"booted (up)",
"primed",
"arranged",
"set",
"spread",
"armed",
"equipped",
"forearmed",
"furnished",
"outfitted",
"provided",
"supplied",
"inclined",
"predisposed",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"framed",
"warmed (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gradual":{
"proceeding or changing by steps or degrees":{
"examples":[
"a gradual drop in gas prices will take place over the next several months"
],
"synonyms":[
"gradational",
"incremental",
"phased",
"piecemeal",
"step-by-step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"progressive",
"stepped",
"tapered",
"imperceptible",
"inching",
"decrescent",
"increscent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontinuous",
"saltatory",
"acute",
"sharp",
"changeable",
"dynamic",
"meteoric",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[
"abrupt",
"sudden"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grisettes":{
"as in prostitutes , trulls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prostitutes",
"trulls",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"vamps",
"chippies",
"doxies",
"fancy women",
"floozies",
"hoochies",
"hussies",
"Jezebels",
"minxes",
"queans",
"tramps",
"trollops",
"wenches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"griddle cakes":{
"a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)":{
"examples":[
"buckwheat griddle cakes served with strawberry butter"
],
"synonyms":[
"flapjacks",
"hotcakes",
"pancakes",
"slapjacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oatcakes",
"wheat cakes",
"blini",
"blinis",
"blintzes",
"crepes",
"cr\u00eapes",
"waffles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graph":{
"to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing":{
"examples":[
"They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"chart",
"delineate",
"diagram",
"draw",
"map (out)",
"plot",
"define",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"trace",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"inventory",
"calculate",
"compute",
"estimate",
"figure",
"reckon",
"cite",
"mention",
"name",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"list",
"numerate",
"recite",
"reel off",
"rehearse",
"tick (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grungy":{
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"after playing outside, the kids came in grungy and in need of a good bath"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"even though this grungy sweatshirt is falling apart, it's still my favorite"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"greenwoods":{
"as in wildwoods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wildwoods",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"groves",
"scrublands",
"stands",
"thickets",
"woodlots",
"forestlands",
"forests",
"timberlands",
"timbers",
"woodlands",
"woods",
"arboretums",
"arboreta",
"plantations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grind":{
"a harsh grating sound":{
"examples":[
"the grind of ice in the blender sent the cat running from the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"creak",
"jar",
"rasp",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"jangle",
"scuff",
"croak",
"gargle",
"blast",
"bleat",
"bray",
"screech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"examples":[
"don't be such a grind \u2014go out with your friends and enjoy yourself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworm",
"dink",
"dork",
"geek",
"nerd",
"swot",
"weenie",
"wonk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-dome",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"brain",
"genius",
"academic",
"bookman",
"scholar",
"gearhead",
"techie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"goof-off",
"slacker",
"underachiever",
"lowbrow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"yard work is a real grind"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeywork",
"drudge",
"drudgery",
"fatigue",
"labor",
"moil",
"slavery",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadework",
"effort",
"exertion",
"pains",
"struggle",
"trouble",
"chore",
"duty",
"job",
"obligation",
"responsibility",
"routine",
"tedium",
"treadmill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"repose",
"rest",
"amusement",
"dalliance",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation",
"sport",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"dallying",
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"play"
]
},
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"the daily grind of a 50-mile commute was getting old"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"groove",
"lockstep",
"pattern",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"treadmill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozen",
"regimen",
"housekeeping",
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"approach",
"manner",
"method",
"procedure",
"strategy",
"style",
"tack",
"technique",
"way",
"design",
"plan",
"program",
"scheme",
"convention",
"policy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"file",
"hone",
"rasp",
"rub",
"sand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plane",
"scrape",
"sandblast",
"scour",
"burnish",
"dress",
"gloss",
"polish",
"shine",
"smooth",
"edge",
"sharpen",
"strop",
"whet",
"regrind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsen",
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"scuff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone in the car winced when the driver ground the gears trying to shift into second"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"gnash",
"grate",
"grit",
"scrape",
"scrunch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creak",
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sharp or sharper":{
"examples":[
"better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"edge",
"hone",
"sharpen",
"stone",
"strop",
"whet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"file"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"gloss",
"polish",
"round",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunt",
"dull"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"gloss",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
"examples":[
"ground the rock against the stone wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"grate",
"rasp",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rub",
"groan",
"whine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glide",
"skate",
"slide"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomize",
"beat",
"bray",
"comminute",
"crush",
"disintegrate",
"mill",
"mull",
"pound",
"powder",
"pulverize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grate",
"kibble",
"crumble",
"crunch",
"break",
"bust",
"dash",
"fracture",
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"micronize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gravities":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grieving (for)":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"I grieve for our loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"wailing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegizing",
"crying (for)",
"keening",
"moaning",
"weeping",
"regretting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"sobbing",
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"hurting",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"exulting (in)",
"glorying (in)",
"joying",
"rejoicing (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grooms":{
"to make ready in advance":{
"examples":[
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
],
"synonyms":[
"fits",
"fixes",
"lays",
"prepares",
"preps",
"readies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braces",
"fortifies",
"girds",
"steels",
"battens",
"gathers",
"gears up",
"mounts",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"tutors",
"boots (up)",
"primes",
"arranges",
"sets",
"spreads",
"arms",
"equips",
"forearms",
"furnishes",
"outfits",
"provides",
"supplies",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"frames",
"warms (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in men , husbands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bridegrooms",
"hubbies",
"husbands",
"men",
"misters",
"old men",
"better halves",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"soul mates",
"domestic partners",
"brides",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"ladies",
"wives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exes",
"singles",
"bachelors",
"bachelorettes",
"maidens",
"maids",
"spinsters"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grueling":{
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"running a marathon is grueling"
],
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"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
"examples":[
"cutting diamonds can be grueling work"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"burdensome",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"killing",
"laborious",
"onerous",
"persnickety",
"taxing",
"toilsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficult",
"formidable",
"hard",
"herculean",
"rough",
"rugged",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"testing",
"tough",
"oppressive",
"trying",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"nondemanding",
"unchallenging",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grapevine":{
"as in outlet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"outlet",
"avenue",
"conduit",
"route",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"source",
"wellspring",
"channel",
"pipeline",
"supplier",
"connection",
"contact"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green snake":{
"as in garter snake , diamondback rattlesnake":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adder",
"anaconda",
"asp",
"black racer",
"blacksnake",
"blue racer",
"boa",
"bull snake",
"bushmaster",
"chicken snake",
"cobra",
"constrictor",
"copperhead",
"coral snake",
"cottonmouth moccasin",
"diamondback rattlesnake",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snake",
"gopher snake",
"hognose snake",
"horned viper",
"indigo snake",
"king cobra",
"king snake",
"krait",
"mamba",
"milk snake",
"moccasin",
"pine snake",
"pit viper",
"puff adder",
"python",
"racer",
"rat snake",
"rattlesnake",
"sea serpent",
"sea snake",
"sidewinder",
"taipan",
"water moccasin",
"water snake",
"worm snake",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand total":{
"a complete amount of something":{
"examples":[
"The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggregate",
"full",
"sum",
"summation",
"sum total",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gross",
"completeness",
"comprehensiveness",
"cumulativeness",
"entirety",
"bulk",
"lion's share",
"mass",
"enchilada",
"schmear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"net"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand finale":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greasy spoons":{
"as in hash houses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hash houses",
"cafeterias",
"lunch counters",
"luncheonettes",
"lunchrooms",
"snack bars",
"chophouses",
"steak houses",
"beaneries",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"caffs",
"diners",
"eateries",
"grills",
"restaurants",
"pizzerias",
"coffeehouses",
"coffee shops",
"estaminets",
"teahouses",
"tearooms",
"tea shops",
"barrooms",
"bars",
"inns",
"taverns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grooves (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"rejoices (in)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grow up":{
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"progress",
"ripen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellow",
"soften",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"flower",
"open",
"unfold",
"advance",
"evolve",
"get along",
"get on",
"gray",
"grey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"sink",
"worsen",
"droop",
"dry",
"fade",
"flag",
"sag",
"shrivel",
"wane",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grafted":{
"as in tied , attached":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affixed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"added",
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"subjoined",
"tacked (on)",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
"interfused",
"introduced",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groundbursts":{
"as in airbursts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airbursts",
"bangs",
"booms",
"pops",
"blowouts",
"flare-ups",
"discharges",
"firings",
"shootings",
"blasts",
"blowups",
"bursts",
"detonations",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"outbursts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravestone":{
"a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased":{
"examples":[
"we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones"
],
"synonyms":[
"headstone",
"monument",
"stone",
"tombstone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cross",
"marker",
"plaque",
"table",
"tablet",
"monolith",
"obelisk",
"pillar",
"memorial",
"shrine",
"burial",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granddaddy":{
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"the granddaddy of all English mystery novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"archetype",
"daddy",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire",
"father",
"mother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"daughter",
"son"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grumps":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"a real grump in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out"
],
"synonyms":[
"mopes",
"pouts",
"sulks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broods",
"dwells (on)",
"mulls (over)",
"muses (over)",
"ponders",
"frowns",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls",
"carries on",
"takes on",
"pets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grits":{
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"gnashes",
"grates",
"grinds",
"scrapes",
"scrunches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creaks",
"groans",
"moans",
"rasps",
"scratches",
"whines",
"clashes",
"collides",
"jangles",
"jars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"green-lights":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"as soon as the project is green-lighted , we'll schedule a planning meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"has",
"permits",
"suffers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"warrants",
"accords",
"concedes",
"grants",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes",
"admits",
"brooks",
"condones",
"countenances",
"endures",
"supports",
"tolerates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"censures",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"interdicts",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"revokes",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"deplores",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"frowns (at or on)",
"grudges",
"checks",
"curbs",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grandams":{
"as in dowagers , beldams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beldams",
"beldames",
"dowagers",
"gaffers",
"graybeards",
"patriarchs",
"whitebeards",
"adults",
"grown-ups",
"ancients",
"elders",
"geriatrics",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors",
"dotards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngsters",
"youths",
"adolescents",
"minors",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grantee":{
"as in beneficiary , assignee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignee",
"beneficiary",
"devisee",
"heir",
"heir at law",
"inheritor",
"legatee",
"claimant",
"heir apparent",
"representative",
"succeeder",
"successor",
"coheir",
"coheiress",
"heiress",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"scion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graving":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"examples":[
"the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face"
],
"synonyms":[
"engraving",
"etching",
"incising",
"inscribing",
"insculping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carving",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"sculpting",
"sculpturing",
"chasing",
"grooving",
"indenting",
"notching",
"scoring",
"tracing",
"affixing",
"impressing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravelly":{
"harsh and dry in sound":{
"examples":[
"his singing voice is a little gravelly , but otherwise he's a fine musician"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grandaddies":{
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"the granddaddy of all English mystery novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"archetypes",
"daddies",
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"precursors",
"predecessors",
"prototypes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"originals",
"originators",
"sires",
"fathers",
"mothers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"spin-offs",
"daughters",
"sons"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graduate":{
"of or relating to schooling done after earning a bachelor's degree":{
"examples":[
"The team is conducting graduate research on the effects of climate change.",
"She plans to begin graduate school in the fall."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collegiate",
"postgraduate",
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedagogical",
"pedagogic",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive",
"academic",
"educational",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncollegiate",
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly",
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grandiloquent":{
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
"examples":[
"poets in the 19th century tended to write poetry filled with grandiloquent phrases"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureate",
"florid",
"flowery",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"magnific",
"ornate",
"purple",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"bloated",
"fancy-pants",
"grandiose",
"inflated",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"excessive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"lofty",
"bookish",
"inkhorn",
"learned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prosaic",
"unpoetic",
"bald",
"direct",
"lean",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"spare",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"natural",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
"examples":[
"at Independence Day celebrations grandiloquent speeches by local politicians are as traditional as fireworks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombastic",
"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloated",
"elevated",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"inflated",
"lofty",
"ornate",
"pompous",
"pontifical",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"overdone",
"verbose",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"well-spoken",
"bald",
"direct",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grind house":{
"as in fleapit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fleapit",
"art house",
"art theater",
"cinematheque",
"drive-in",
"megaplex",
"multiplex",
"plex",
"'plex",
"nickelodeon",
"cinema",
"playhouse",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotesquery":{
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
"examples":[
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"grotesque",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"ogre"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ogress",
"Frankenstein",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"banshee",
"bogeyman",
"bogyman",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"fright",
"imp",
"incubus",
"horror",
"terror",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"abnormality",
"freak",
"mutant",
"mutation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grabbled":{
"as in got , cast about":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captured",
"clutched",
"corralled",
"got",
"grabbed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured",
"cast about",
"hunted",
"looked",
"reached",
"sought (out)",
"felt",
"fished",
"fumbled",
"groped",
"scrabbled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grieved (for)":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"I grieve for our loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"wailed (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegized",
"cried (for)",
"keened",
"moaned",
"wept",
"regretted",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"sobbed",
"agonized",
"bled",
"hurt",
"sorrowed",
"suffered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"grinned",
"laughed",
"smiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulted (in)",
"gloried (in)",
"joyed",
"rejoiced (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grunts":{
"speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{
"examples":[
"preoccupied with what he was doing, the mechanic gave only a grunt when I asked when the car would be ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rumors",
"undertones",
"whispers",
"babbles",
"babblings",
"blabs",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabbles",
"jabberings",
"jabbers",
"prattles",
"ramblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"we have an opening in the warehouse if you don't mind doing grunt work"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"foot soldiers",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"laborers",
"peons",
"peones",
"pluggers",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted"
],
"synonyms":[
"chunters",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"gabbles",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"maunders",
"prattles",
"rambles",
"breathes",
"gasps",
"pants",
"whispers",
"buzzes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulates",
"enunciates"
],
"antonyms":[
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grossing out":{
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusting",
"nauseating",
"putting off",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"appalling",
"disquieting",
"horrifying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"drawing",
"enchanting",
"enticing",
"fascinating",
"luring",
"pulling",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rejoicing",
"tickling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"appealing (to)",
"interesting",
"intriguing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grimes":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grouses":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"a forum in which employees can air their grouses"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grinned":{
"to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward":{
"examples":[
"grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"beamed",
"smiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughed",
"simpered",
"smirked",
"sneered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grimaced",
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled",
"pouted",
"sulked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grimacing":{
"to distort one's face":{
"examples":[
"playgoers grimaced at the actor's terrible attempt at a French accent"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouthing",
"mugging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pouting",
"contorting",
"deforming",
"twisting",
"warping",
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glooming",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling",
"gaping",
"gazing",
"ogling",
"staring",
"growling",
"snarling",
"sneering",
"simpering",
"smirking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grillers":{
"as in barbecuers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barbecuers",
"bakers",
"p\u00e2tissiers",
"patissiers",
"chefs",
"cookers",
"cooks",
"culinarians"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grants-in-aid":{
"as in aids , assistances":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"set-asides",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"subventions",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graven":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"examples":[
"the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face"
],
"synonyms":[
"engraved",
"etched",
"incised",
"inscribed",
"insculped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carved",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"sculpted",
"sculptured",
"chased",
"grooved",
"indented",
"notched",
"scored",
"traced",
"affixed",
"impressed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ground plan":{
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
"examples":[
"their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"master plan",
"plan",
"program",
"project",
"road map",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"system"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collusion",
"conspiracy",
"plot",
"contrivance",
"device",
"gambit",
"maneuver",
"ruse",
"stratagem",
"subterfuge",
"trick",
"counterplan",
"counterstrategy",
"means",
"tactic",
"technique",
"way",
"procedure",
"protocol",
"conception",
"idea",
"projet",
"proposal",
"specific(s)",
"specification(s)",
"aim",
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"diagram",
"formula",
"layout",
"map",
"pattern",
"platform",
"policy",
"recipe",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greetings":{
"best wishes":{
"examples":[
"when you see him, give him my sincerest greetings"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grande dames":{
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"the city's grandes dames still hold considerable sway in its cultural life"
],
"synonyms":[
"dames",
"dowagers",
"matriarchs",
"matrons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grandams",
"grandames",
"headmistresses",
"mistresses",
"materfamiliases",
"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"moms",
"mothers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greyed":{
"as in got along , got on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"got along",
"got on",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"mellowed",
"softened",
"aged",
"developed",
"grew",
"grew up",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growing":{
"as in robust , booming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"roaring",
"robust",
"coming",
"promising",
"boffo",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"runaway",
"socko",
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropping",
"cultivating",
"culturing",
"dressing",
"promoting",
"raising",
"rearing",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breeding",
"producing",
"propagating",
"planting",
"sowing",
"gathering",
"gleaning",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"germinating",
"quickening",
"ripening",
"rooting",
"sprouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killing",
"digging",
"extirpating",
"picking",
"plucking",
"pulling (up)",
"uprooting",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowing",
"softening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"synonyms":[
"becoming",
"coming",
"getting",
"going",
"running",
"turning",
"waxing"
],
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"altering",
"changing",
"metamorphosing",
"modifying",
"mutating",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"being",
"continuing",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gravestones":{
"a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased":{
"examples":[
"we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones"
],
"synonyms":[
"headstones",
"monuments",
"stones",
"tombstones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosses",
"markers",
"plaques",
"tables",
"tablets",
"monoliths",
"obelisks",
"pillars",
"memorials",
"shrines",
"burials",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grudging":{
"said, done, or given in an unwilling or doubtful way":{
"examples":[
"Her theories have begun to win grudging acceptance in the scientific community.",
"He has earned the grudging admiration/respect of his rivals."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"envious",
"resentful",
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous",
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in disliking , deploring":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deploring",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (at or on)",
"censuring",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"interdicting",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"revoking",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"checking",
"curbing",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowing",
"green-lighting",
"having",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"warranting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grand totals":{
"a complete amount of something":{
"examples":[
"The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggregates",
"fulls",
"summations",
"sums",
"sum totals",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grosses",
"entireties",
"bulks",
"masses",
"enchiladas",
"schmears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greeted":{
"to acknowledge (someone) by means of spoken words":{
"examples":[
"The host cheerfully greeted the party guests at the door."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"addressed",
"boarded",
"hailed",
"heralded",
"saluted",
"chatted (with)",
"conversed (with)",
"spoke (to or with)",
"talked (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grunted":{
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted"
],
"synonyms":[
"chuntered",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbled",
"blabbed",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"maundered",
"prattled",
"rambled",
"breathed",
"gasped",
"panted",
"whispered",
"buzzed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated"
],
"antonyms":[
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grokking":{
"as in understanding , knowledge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"conception",
"grasp",
"knowledge",
"perception",
"prehension",
"understanding",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"misapprehension",
"misconstruction",
"misconstruing",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misknowledge",
"misreading",
"misunderstanding",
"astigmatism",
"misconception",
"misperception",
"misprision",
"mistake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grooving":{
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"examples":[
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
],
"synonyms":[
"scoring",
"scribing",
"seaming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrading",
"filing",
"grazing",
"milling",
"rasping",
"scarifying",
"scratching",
"beveling",
"bevelling",
"chamfering",
"fluting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
"examples":[
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing",
"assorting",
"blending",
"chiming",
"chiming in",
"conforming",
"consorting",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balancing",
"correlating",
"corresponding",
"dovetailing",
"hanging together",
"matching",
"meeting",
"paralleling",
"bonding",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"conjoining",
"fusing",
"merging",
"squaring",
"tallying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"contrasting",
"countering",
"differing",
"diverging",
"jarring",
"canceling (out)",
"cancelling (out)",
"counteracting",
"negating",
"offsetting"
],
"antonyms":[
"clashing",
"colliding",
"conflicting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravitated":{
"to be drawn or attracted":{
"examples":[
"He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore.",
"She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inclined (toward)",
"tended (to)",
"cared (for)",
"favored",
"leaned (toward or towards)",
"liked",
"preferred",
"adored",
"cottoned (to)",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"chose",
"culled",
"handpicked",
"named",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"hankered (for or after)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"biased",
"biassed",
"prejudiced",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"was partial to",
"went in for",
"went",
"indicated",
"pointed",
"suggested",
"ran",
"run",
"tended",
"trended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"shied (from or away from)",
"shunned",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"misliked",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"great":{
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"one of the great anthropologists"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
},
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
"examples":[
"a great humanitarian",
"great acts of charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"natural",
"noble",
"sublime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"honorable",
"valiant",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"knightly",
"princely",
"regal",
"inspiring",
"moving",
"numinous",
"uplifting",
"august",
"magnificent",
"majestic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"vicious",
"dastardly",
"dirty",
"lousy",
"sorry",
"little",
"mean",
"narrow",
"small-minded",
"degrading",
"discreditable",
"humiliating",
"ignominious",
"coarse",
"crude",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"debased",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"ignoble",
"low"
]
},
"lasting for a considerable time":{
"examples":[
"haven't seen them in a great while"
],
"synonyms":[
"extended",
"far",
"lengthy",
"long",
"long-drawn-out",
"long-drawn",
"long-lived",
"long-term",
"marathon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aeonian",
"aeonic",
"endless",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"persistent",
"longish",
"overlong",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"permanent",
"all-day",
"all-night",
"multiday",
"multiyear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"abbreviated",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"momentary",
"transient",
"transitory",
"impermanent",
"short-range"
],
"antonyms":[
"brief",
"little",
"mini",
"short",
"shortish",
"short-lived",
"short-term"
]
},
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
"examples":[
"saw a great moose calmly walking through our backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"major",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"copious",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"petite",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"this cake is great !"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"she's great on any type of sport that requires endurance"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"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"
]
},
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"regards global warming as the great issue of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"a descendant of one of the great families of Philadelphia"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"in a pleasing way":{
"examples":[
"the game was going great for the home team"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"attractively",
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"invitingly",
"temptingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"greased the hand of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"He tried to grease the hands of the officials with promises of free service."
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"bribed",
"corrupted",
"had",
"paid off",
"squared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed",
"tampered (with)",
"abased",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"depraved",
"dishonored",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"tainted",
"warped",
"allured",
"baited",
"beguiled",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"motivated",
"provoked",
"spurred",
"stimulated",
"goaded",
"induced",
"flattered",
"persuaded",
"snared",
"trapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"grounds":{
"the area around and belonging to a building":{
"examples":[
"an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"demesne",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acres",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"campus",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
"examples":[
"strain the coffee to remove the grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"deposition",
"dregs",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"motive",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"hangs",
"predicates",
"rests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishes",
"founds",
"assumes",
"postulates",
"premises",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"supposes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"growls":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellows",
"booms",
"roars",
"thunders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grumbles",
"rolls",
"rumbles",
"bangs",
"blares",
"blasts",
"peals",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"bawls",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hoots",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yells",
"bells",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"wails",
"yowls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunts",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers",
"mewls",
"pules",
"squeaks",
"whimpers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"examples":[
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumbles",
"lumbers",
"rolls",
"rumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"drums",
"thunders",
"bellows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in snarls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snarls",
"flinches",
"squinches",
"winces",
"rictuses",
"simpers",
"smirks",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"moues",
"mouths",
"mows",
"mugs",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"snoots",
"scoffs",
"sneers",
"glares",
"glowers",
"looks",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grubs (about)":{
"as in pokes (around)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pokes (around)",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"discovers",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"learns",
"locates",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"explores",
"probes",
"prospects",
"skirmishes",
"snoops",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"browses",
"glances (over)",
"looks over",
"frisks",
"pats down",
"shakes down",
"peruses",
"studies",
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"hunts (through)",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"scours",
"searches",
"sorts (through)",
"trolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"abandons",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greasy spoon":{
"as in hash house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hash house",
"cafeteria",
"lunch counter",
"luncheonette",
"lunchroom",
"snack bar",
"chophouse",
"steak house",
"beanery",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"caff",
"diner",
"eatery",
"grill",
"restaurant",
"pizzeria",
"coffeehouse",
"coffee shop",
"estaminet",
"teahouse",
"tearoom",
"tea shop",
"bar",
"barroom",
"inn",
"tavern"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greenhouses":{
"a glass-enclosed building for growing plants":{
"examples":[
"needed to move the plants into the greenhouse before the first frost killed them"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservatories",
"glasshouses",
"hothouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold frames",
"hotbeds",
"nurseries",
"botanical gardens",
"botanic gardens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grounded":{
"resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water":{
"examples":[
"once his boat was grounded , all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar"
],
"synonyms":[
"aground",
"beached",
"stranded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landed",
"alongshore",
"high and dry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offshore"
],
"antonyms":[
"afloat"
]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"based",
"hung",
"hanged",
"predicated",
"rested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"founded",
"assumed",
"postulated",
"premised",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"supposed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grandiosity":{
"the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{
"examples":[
"I'd rather be thought of as a person with simple integrity, not a person given to grandiosity and exaggeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"inflation",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"bumptiousness",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"egotism",
"hauteur",
"imperiousness",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pride",
"self-aggrandizement",
"self-assertion",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"disdain",
"haughtiness",
"lordliness",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"confidence",
"presumption",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"boastfulness",
"braggadocio",
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brassiness",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"forwardness",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"grandiloquence",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"mummery",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"show",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"naturalness",
"sincerity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groundling":{
"as in philistine , materialist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lowbrow",
"materialist",
"philistine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"adept",
"authority",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"past master",
"scholar",
"virtuoso",
"critic",
"reviewer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greasing the hand of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bribing",
"buying",
"corrupting",
"having",
"paying off",
"squaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"tampering (with)",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"dishonoring",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"tainting",
"warping",
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"motivating",
"provoking",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"goading",
"inducing",
"flattering",
"persuading",
"snaring",
"trapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"greatest":{
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"the greatest achievement in the history of cinema"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"of the highest degree":{
"examples":[
"I have the greatest respect for the selfless medical missionaries working around the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"full",
"maximum",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost",
"utter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heightened",
"high"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lessened",
"low"
],
"antonyms":[
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grisette":{
"as in prostitute , trull":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prostitute",
"trull",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp",
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"fancy woman",
"floozy",
"floozie",
"hoochie",
"hussy",
"Jezebel",
"minx",
"quean",
"tramp",
"trollop",
"wench"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graded":{
"running in a slanting direction":{
"examples":[
"a graded creek bed, with the creek's center depth being about three feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"canted",
"diagonal",
"inclined",
"leaning",
"listing",
"oblique",
"pitched",
"raked",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slantwise",
"sloped",
"sloping",
"tilted",
"tilting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"horizontal",
"level",
"plumb",
"up-and-down",
"vertical",
"parallel",
"perpendicular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"grade these apples \"extra fancy\" and those \"fancy\""
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"examples":[
"believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens"
],
"synonyms":[
"placed",
"ranked",
"rated",
"stood",
"was"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seeded",
"counted",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"grouped",
"separated",
"set",
"sorted",
"installed",
"instated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"graduation":{
"a scheme of rank or order":{
"examples":[
"had a graduation of testing levels into which to divide the students"
],
"synonyms":[
"hierarchy",
"ladder",
"ordering",
"ranking",
"scale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"food chain",
"pecking order",
"peck order",
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"sequence",
"series",
"setup",
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"reaches",
"rung",
"situation",
"spot",
"standing",
"station",
"status"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groping":{
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
"examples":[
"she groped in her purse for her car keys",
"groping for the right answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"fishing",
"fumbling",
"scrabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabbling",
"casting about",
"hunting",
"looking",
"reaching",
"seeking (out)",
"capturing",
"clutching",
"corralling",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grand":{
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"examples":[
"the grand ceremonies that typically mark the opening of the Olympic Games"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"won the grand prize"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{
"examples":[
"the grand total comes to $350"
],
"synonyms":[
"compleat",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"entire",
"full",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"plenary",
"total",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unabridged",
"uncut",
"undiminished",
"all-out",
"exhaustive",
"extensive",
"maximal",
"full-blooded",
"full-blown",
"full-bore",
"full-fledged",
"full-on",
"full-out",
"full-scale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"cut",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"partial"
]
},
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
"examples":[
"in the grand ring of the three-ring circus stood the lion tamer himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"major",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"copious",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"petite",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"everyone wanted to be seen with Palm Beach society's grand dame"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"that picnic in the mountains was simply grand"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"before them lay a grand treeless plain that stretched as far as the eye could see"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"green-eyed":{
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"an anonymous online review of the restaurant that looks like it may have been written by a green-eyed competitor"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetous",
"envious",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ground (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"after several years of aborted attempts, the band finally ground out a new album"
],
"synonyms":[
"carved (out)",
"developed",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"thrashed (out)",
"worked out",
"worked up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churned out",
"cranked out",
"turned out",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"threw up",
"composed",
"constructed",
"crafted",
"created",
"engineered",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"framed",
"generated",
"manufactured",
"minted",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"shaped",
"tailored",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"hatched",
"invented",
"originated",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried out",
"effected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dismantled",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"undid",
"unmade",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grittiness":{
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"examples":[
"the movie somewhat exaggerates the grittiness of the explorers, but the basic facts are correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grieve":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"we all grieved over the lost cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"graphic novels":{
"as in comic books , funny papers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comic books",
"funny papers",
"cartoons",
"comics",
"comic strips",
"funnies",
"strips",
"animated cartoons",
"animations",
"caricatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grinding (down)":{
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushing",
"devastating",
"flooring",
"oppressing",
"overcoming",
"overmastering",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"prostrating",
"snowing under",
"swamping",
"whelming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"sinking",
"confuting",
"defeating",
"refuting",
"breaking",
"demoralizing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"rocking",
"shattering",
"staggering",
"throwing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greedy":{
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"examples":[
"a young rocker who was greedy for fame and riches",
"the greedy exploitation of the land by developers"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a huge appetite":{
"examples":[
"he's so greedy you have to carefully watch your plate during dinner, lest he snatch food off it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edacious",
"esurient",
"gluttonous",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hearty",
"wolfish",
"devouring",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"gulping",
"insatiable",
"unquenchable",
"unslakable",
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"content",
"full",
"glutted",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"he's greedy for new assignments that will really challenge him"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
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"stoked",
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"voracious",
"wild"
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"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
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"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
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"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
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"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
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"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
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"adjective"
]
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"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
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"issue",
"problem",
"basis",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"bottom",
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"essentiality",
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"matter",
"motif",
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"question",
"subject",
"theme",
"topic"
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"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
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],
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"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
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"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in hostility , sternness":{
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"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
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"vehemence",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
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"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{
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"she's got the gray matter to figure that equation out"
],
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"brain(s)",
"brainpower",
"headpiece",
"intellect",
"intellectuality",
"intelligence",
"mentality",
"reason",
"sense",
"smarts"
],
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"eggheadedness",
"highbrowism",
"intellectualism",
"braininess",
"brilliance",
"acumen",
"alertness",
"apprehension",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"discriminability",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"mother wit",
"aptitude",
"talent",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"head",
"mind",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denseness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"feeblemindedness",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to distort one's face":{
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"playgoers grimaced at the actor's terrible attempt at a French accent"
],
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"mouthed",
"mugged"
],
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"pouted",
"contorted",
"deformed",
"twisted",
"warped",
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled",
"gaped",
"gazed",
"ogled",
"stared",
"growled",
"snarled",
"sneered",
"simpered",
"smirked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"examples":[
"the grisliness of the crime scene was too much for the jury"
],
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"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gratification":{
"the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met":{
"examples":[
"eating good chocolate gives me a sense of intense gratification"
],
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"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"pleasure",
"relish",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afterglow",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"joy",
"pleasance",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"heaven",
"rapture",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"jubilation",
"joie de vivre",
"comfort",
"ease",
"restfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"woe",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"gloom",
"melancholy",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"pique",
"vexation",
"anger",
"fury",
"rage",
"agitation",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"discomfort",
"restlessness",
"uneasiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontentedness",
"discontentment",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotto":{
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
"examples":[
"at the heart of the shrine is a small rocky grotto into which pilgrims can descend"
],
"synonyms":[
"antre",
"cave",
"cavern",
"delve",
"grot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"hollow",
"crawlway",
"gallery",
"subway",
"tunnel",
"excavation",
"mine",
"pit",
"shaft",
"well",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"foxhole",
"burrow",
"covert",
"den",
"hole",
"lair",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gray market":{
"as in black market":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"black market",
"business",
"commerce",
"marketplace",
"trade",
"traffic",
"free trade",
"dealings",
"horse-trading",
"e-tail",
"merchandising",
"retailing",
"wholesaling",
"bartering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grown up":{
"relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity":{
"examples":[
"they have yet to find a grown-up way of handling their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"mature"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"childish",
"infantile",
"kiddish"
],
"antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"immature"
]
},
"a fully grown person":{
"examples":[
"once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult"
],
"near synonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bairn",
"child",
"cub",
"kid",
"moppet",
"tad",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"baby",
"infant",
"adolescent",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gratuity":{
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
"examples":[
"for parties of eight or more, we automatically add a 15% gratuity onto the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"perquisite",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"donation",
"gift",
"lagniappe",
"largesse",
"largess",
"present",
"bonus",
"favor",
"reward",
"contribution",
"offering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"got a $100 gratuity in addition to his regular pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pension",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandstands":{
"a group of spectators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"audiences",
"galleries",
"houses",
"assemblages",
"assemblies",
"conferences",
"congregations",
"convocations",
"gatherings",
"ingatherings",
"meetings",
"musters",
"companies",
"consorts",
"coteries",
"gangs",
"packs",
"caucuses",
"forums",
"fora",
"markets",
"panels",
"rallies",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"synods",
"crowds",
"flocks",
"hordes",
"legions",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"crushes",
"mobs",
"rabblements",
"rabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gratifications":{
"the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met":{
"examples":[
"eating good chocolate gives me a sense of intense gratification"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"pleasure",
"relish",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afterglow",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"joy",
"pleasance",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"heaven",
"rapture",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"jubilation",
"joie de vivre",
"comfort",
"ease",
"restfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"woe",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"gloom",
"melancholy",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"pique",
"vexation",
"anger",
"fury",
"rage",
"agitation",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"discomfort",
"restlessness",
"uneasiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontentedness",
"discontentment",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravitates":{
"to be drawn or attracted":{
"examples":[
"He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore.",
"She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inclines (toward)",
"tends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"favors",
"leans (toward or towards)",
"likes",
"prefers",
"adores",
"cottons (to)",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"chooses",
"culls",
"handpicks",
"names",
"picks",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"takes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"biases",
"biasses",
"prejudices",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"goes in for",
"is partial to",
"goes",
"indicates",
"points",
"suggests",
"runs",
"tends",
"trends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"shies (from or away from)",
"shuns",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"mislikes",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grays":{
"as in gets along , gets on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gets along",
"gets on",
"advances",
"evolves",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"mellows",
"softens",
"ages",
"develops",
"grows",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grogshop":{
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"last saw them heading down to the local grogshop for a pint of beer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"bottle club",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"wineshop",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grantees":{
"as in beneficiaries , assignees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignees",
"beneficiaries",
"devisees",
"heirs",
"heirs at law",
"inheritors",
"legatees",
"claimants",
"heirs apparent",
"representatives",
"succeeders",
"successors",
"coheiresses",
"co-heiresses",
"coheirs",
"co-heirs",
"heiresses",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"scions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graffitist":{
"as in tagger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tagger",
"defacer",
"vandal",
"demolisher",
"desecrater",
"desecrator",
"despoiler",
"destroyer",
"ravager",
"ruiner",
"saboteur",
"waster",
"wrecker",
"depredator",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"sacker",
"spoiler",
"spoliator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserver",
"preserver",
"protector",
"saver",
"conservator",
"preservationist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granted":{
"as in given , accepted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"given",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"evident",
"hands-down",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"patent",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unmistakable",
"self-explanatory",
"axiomatic",
"prima facie",
"self-evident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arguable",
"contestable",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"dubious",
"moot",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"you will grant that she is difficult to work with"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"agreed",
"allowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"fessed (up)",
"owned (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburdened",
"unburdened",
"unloaded",
"affirmed",
"avowed",
"confirmed",
"professed",
"accepted",
"recognized",
"yielded",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"broke",
"communicated",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"imparted",
"proclaimed",
"published",
"revealed",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unveiled",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"exposed",
"gave away",
"informed",
"leaked",
"ratted",
"squealed",
"talked",
"tattled",
"tipped (off)",
"warned",
"wised (up)",
"breathed",
"said",
"whispered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"hid",
"obscured",
"veiled",
"kidded (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"denied"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"awarded",
"conferred",
"vested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"showed",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"extended",
"offered",
"proffered",
"allocated",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"appointed",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"fixed",
"named",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grin":{
"to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward":{
"examples":[
"grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"beam",
"smile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laugh",
"simper",
"smirk",
"sneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grimace",
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"pout",
"sulk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in smile , smirk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk",
"crow",
"whoop",
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grown (in)":{
"to gradually increase in":{
"examples":[
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"built up",
"gained",
"gathered",
"picked up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubled (in)",
"tripled (in)",
"accrued",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"excited",
"stimulated",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"enriched",
"expanded",
"extended",
"maximized",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"jacked (up)",
"mounted",
"ramped (up)",
"stepped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"declined (in)",
"diminished (in)",
"dipped",
"dwindled",
"fallen (in)",
"lessened",
"tapered",
"tapered off"
],
"antonyms":[
"decreased (in)",
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grouches":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"an uncle who is a real grouch when he's sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"it wouldn't be a workday if we didn't hear his daily grouch about how bad the coffee is"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"always seems to be grouching about the weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grumbling":{
"as in complaining , whining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"complaining",
"fussing",
"griping",
"kvetching",
"protesting",
"squawking",
"whining",
"uncompromising",
"unforgiving",
"unyielding",
"impatient",
"intolerant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"enduring",
"forbearing",
"patient",
"tolerant",
"accepting",
"forgiving",
"long-suffering",
"resigned",
"uncomplaining",
"willing",
"indulgent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"he grumbled about how sore his feet were after standing all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"examples":[
"heavily loaded trucks grumbling as they passed over the steel bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"growling",
"lumbering",
"rolling",
"rumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"drumming",
"thundering",
"bellowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grump":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"a real grump in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out"
],
"synonyms":[
"mope",
"pout",
"sulk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"dwell (on)",
"mull (over)",
"muse (over)",
"ponder",
"frown",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"carry on",
"take on",
"pet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grant-in-aid":{
"as in aid , assistance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"set-aside",
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"subvention",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graces":{
"an act of kind assistance":{
"examples":[
"in Victor Hugo's novel, Les Mis\u00e9rables , Jean Valjean's decision to go to jail for the man mistaken for him is a grace that goes beyond thanks"
],
"synonyms":[
"benevolences",
"boons",
"courtesies",
"favors",
"indulgences",
"mercies",
"services",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispensations",
"waivers",
"advantages",
"benefits",
"blessings",
"godsends",
"mannas",
"liberties",
"licenses",
"licences",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindrances",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"obstacles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"examples":[
"as if taste were not enough, red wine has the added grace of being healthy for the heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtues",
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"excellencies",
"merits",
"values",
"virtues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"superiorities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defects",
"failings",
"faults",
"flaws",
"drawbacks",
"minuses",
"negatives"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"demerits",
"disvalues"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"I hope that you will grace our gathering with your presence"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grunt":{
"speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{
"examples":[
"preoccupied with what he was doing, the mechanic gave only a grunt when I asked when the car would be ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunting",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"mutter",
"muttering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rumor",
"undertone",
"whisper",
"babble",
"babbling",
"blab",
"blabbing",
"chatter",
"chattering",
"drivel",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabble",
"gabbling",
"jabber",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattle",
"prattling",
"rambling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"we have an opening in the warehouse if you don't mind doing grunt work"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbody",
"drone",
"drudge",
"drudger",
"fag",
"foot soldier",
"grub",
"grubber",
"laborer",
"peon",
"plugger",
"slave",
"slogger",
"toiler",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorse",
"serf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"examples":[
"was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted"
],
"synonyms":[
"chunter",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"maunder",
"prattle",
"ramble",
"breathe",
"gasp",
"pant",
"whisper",
"buzz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"enunciate"
],
"antonyms":[
"speak out",
"speak up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grassed (on)":{
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"that bloke would grass on his own mater to save himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"finked",
"informed",
"ratted (on)",
"sang",
"sung",
"snitched",
"split (on)",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"talked",
"told (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayed",
"gave away",
"turned in",
"backstabbed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed",
"blabbed",
"tattled",
"tipped (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"graveled":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greenhorn":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"go easy on him\u2014he's just a greenhorn and doesn't have all the experience you do"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grogs":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"sailors clamoring for more grog"
],
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"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"Dutch courages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand finales":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greenbacks":{
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"she threw a few greenbacks on the counter to pay for the drinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"banknotes",
"bills",
"notes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrips",
"bucks",
"dollars",
"simoleons",
"smackers",
"C-notes",
"fifties",
"fins",
"fivers",
"fives",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"ones",
"sawbucks",
"tenners",
"tens",
"twenties",
"twos",
"cash",
"chips",
"currencies",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"checks",
"drafts",
"money orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greediness":{
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
"examples":[
"her all-consuming greediness blinded her to the pain she caused others in her drive to get rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"graspingness",
"greed",
"mercenariness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialism",
"materialism",
"possessiveness",
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"piggishness",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"ravenousness",
"thirst",
"voracity",
"yearning",
"yen",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"selfishness",
"self-regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contentment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"bounteousness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"magnanimity",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"selflessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grinders":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwiches",
"heroes",
"hoagies",
"Italian sandwiches",
"po'boys",
"poor boys",
"submarines",
"subs",
"torpedoes"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groves":{
"a small group of trees":{
"examples":[
"They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hedges",
"stands",
"woodlots",
"boscages",
"boskages",
"bosks",
"bosques",
"bosquets",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"thickets",
"canebrakes",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"scrublands",
"scrubs",
"brambles",
"jungles",
"tangles",
"forests",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravies":{
"a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish":{
"examples":[
"order a large serving of fries with extra gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dressings",
"sauces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condiments",
"relishes",
"seasonings",
"fixings",
"garnishes",
"toppings",
"dips",
"marinades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"you only pay for three CDs; the fourth one they give you is just gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"cumshaws",
"dividends",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gratuities",
"gravy trains",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"perquisites",
"throw-ins",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pensions",
"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
"generosities",
"largesses",
"philanthropies",
"contributions",
"donations",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"boons",
"mannas",
"windfalls",
"favors",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"fringe benefits",
"icings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravitating":{
"to be drawn or attracted":{
"examples":[
"He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore.",
"She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inclining (toward)",
"tending (to)",
"caring (for)",
"favoring",
"leaning (toward or towards)",
"liking",
"preferring",
"adoring",
"cottoning (to)",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"choosing",
"culling",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"picking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"hankering (for or after)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"prejudicing",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"being partial to",
"going in for",
"going",
"indicating",
"pointing",
"suggesting",
"running",
"tending",
"trending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"shunning",
"shying (from or away from)",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"misliking",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grows (in)":{
"to gradually increase in":{
"examples":[
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"builds up",
"gains",
"gathers",
"picks up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubles (in)",
"triples (in)",
"accrues",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"excites",
"stimulates",
"enhances",
"enlarges",
"enriches",
"expands",
"extends",
"maximizes",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"jacks (up)",
"mounts",
"ramps (up)",
"steps up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"declines (in)",
"diminishes (in)",
"dips",
"dwindles",
"falls (in)",
"lessens",
"tapers",
"tapers off"
],
"antonyms":[
"decreases (in)",
"loses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grimness":{
"as in ferocity , fierceness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness",
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguineness",
"sanguinity",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"oppressiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graciosos":{
"as in antics , jesters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antics",
"fools",
"jesters",
"motleys",
"scaramouches",
"cutups",
"madcaps",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mummers",
"pantaloons",
"buffi",
"buffos",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"harlequins",
"zanies",
"comedians",
"comediennes",
"comics",
"drolls",
"farceurs",
"funnymen",
"gaggers",
"gagmen",
"gagsters",
"humorists",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"merry-andrews",
"second bananas",
"stand-ups",
"top bananas",
"wags",
"wits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greek":{
"as in hocus-pocus , double-talk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double-talk",
"hocus-pocus",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green-lighting":{
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"as soon as the project is green-lighted , we'll schedule a planning meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"having",
"permitting",
"suffering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"warranting",
"according",
"conceding",
"granting",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing",
"admitting",
"brooking",
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"supporting",
"tolerating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"censuring",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"interdicting",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"revoking",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"deploring",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (at or on)",
"grudging",
"checking",
"curbing",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"graciously":{
"with good reason or courtesy":{
"examples":[
"flattered to be asked but unable to attend, she graciously turned down the wedding invitation"
],
"synonyms":[
"considerately",
"courteously",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"thoughtfully",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pleasantly",
"excusably",
"fairly",
"justifiably",
"validly",
"discreetly",
"judiciously",
"prudently",
"sensibly",
"wisely",
"chivalrously",
"decorously",
"deferentially",
"gallantly",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"solicitously",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"sweetly",
"sympathetically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impolitely",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"snootily",
"cruelly",
"heartlessly",
"nastily",
"viciously",
"shabbily",
"unfairly"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteously",
"inconsiderately",
"thoughtlessly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"grandees":{
"a man of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"only a Spanish grandee \u2014and no one of lesser rank\u2014can address comments to the king and queen of Spain"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentlemen",
"lords",
"milords",
"noblemen",
"peers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country gentlemen",
"squires",
"cavaliers",
"chevaliers",
"knights",
"dons",
"hidalgos",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"seigneurs",
"seigniors",
"sheikhs",
"sheiks",
"baronets",
"barons",
"counts",
"dukes",
"earls",
"esquires",
"marchesi",
"margraves",
"marquesses",
"marquises",
"marquis",
"masters",
"princelets",
"princelings",
"princes",
"rajas",
"viscounts",
"lordships",
"sires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boors",
"churls",
"cottars",
"cotters",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"toilers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"graphical":{
"something that visually explains or decorates a text":{
"examples":[
"the use of graphics in the text of the dictionary helps to break up the visual monotony of the page"
],
"synonyms":[
"diagram",
"figure",
"illustration",
"plate",
"visual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"art",
"artwork",
"drawing",
"illumination",
"image",
"pictogram",
"pictograph",
"picture",
"caption",
"key",
"legend",
"inset",
"depiction",
"pictorialization",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"representation",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description":{
"examples":[
"the report offered many graphic details about the devastating earthquake that rocked the area"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineated",
"pictorial",
"picturesque",
"visual",
"vivid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicted",
"descriptive",
"expressive",
"concrete",
"explicit",
"specific",
"faithful",
"lifelike",
"natural",
"photographic",
"realistic",
"fresh",
"incisive",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"sketchy",
"unclear",
"vague",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dark",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"muddy",
"murky",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"consisting of or relating to pictures":{
"examples":[
"got a degree in graphic design"
],
"synonyms":[
"imaginal",
"pictorial",
"visual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photographic",
"video",
"drawn",
"painted",
"represented",
"illustrational",
"illustrative",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"iconographic",
"iconographical",
"ideogramic",
"ideogrammic",
"ideogrammatic",
"ideographic",
"pictographic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"grandiose":{
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"examples":[
"a grandiose plan to upgrade the entire interstate highway system in 10 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
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"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
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"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
]
},
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"made some grandiose claim that she was the descendant of a French princess"
],
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"affected",
"high-minded",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"snippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"self-aggrandizing",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
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"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
],
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"modest",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"great house":{
"as in house , manor house":{
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"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"showplace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groundbreaker":{
"as in pioneer , innovator":{
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"innovator",
"pioneer",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"bellwether",
"leader",
"pacemaker",
"pacer",
"pacesetter",
"trendsetter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"follower",
"imitator",
"Johnny-come-lately",
"me-tooer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groundburst":{
"as in airburst":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airburst",
"bang",
"boom",
"pop",
"blowout",
"flare-up",
"discharge",
"firing",
"shooting",
"blast",
"blowup",
"burst",
"bursting",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"outburst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groove":{
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"I can't get into the groove on Monday morning without a cup of coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"grind",
"lockstep",
"pattern",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"treadmill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozen",
"regimen",
"housekeeping",
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"approach",
"manner",
"method",
"procedure",
"strategy",
"style",
"tack",
"technique",
"way",
"design",
"plan",
"program",
"scheme",
"convention",
"policy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited":{
"examples":[
"after years of bouncing from job to job, she discovered that her natural groove was social work"
],
"synonyms":[
"niche",
"place",
"slot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"position",
"post",
"rank",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"forte",
"long suit",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"strong suit",
"thing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"examples":[
"if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it"
],
"synonyms":[
"score",
"scribe",
"seam"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrade",
"file",
"graze",
"mill",
"rasp",
"scarify",
"scratch",
"bevel",
"chamfer",
"flute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
"examples":[
"surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree",
"assort",
"blend",
"chime",
"chime in",
"conform",
"consort",
"coordinate",
"harmonize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balance",
"correlate",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"hang together",
"match",
"meet",
"parallel",
"bond",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"conjoin",
"fuse",
"merge",
"square",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"contrast",
"counter",
"differ",
"diverge",
"jar",
"cancel (out)",
"counteract",
"negate",
"offset"
],
"antonyms":[
"clash",
"collide",
"conflict"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grilles":{
"as in screens , lattices":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lattices",
"screenings",
"screens",
"wireworks",
"webbings",
"webs",
"bobbinets",
"Brussels laces",
"filigrees",
"fishnets",
"laces",
"marquisettes",
"tulles",
"meshes",
"nets",
"nettings",
"networks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grammar schools":{
"as in high schools , public schools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gravitas":{
"a very serious quality or manner":{
"examples":[
"The new leader has an air of gravitas that commands respect.",
"a comic actress who lacks the gravitas for dramatic roles"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"humorlessness",
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness",
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greasing":{
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
"examples":[
"make sure you grease the pan before you put the batter in"
],
"synonyms":[
"lubricating",
"oiling",
"slicking",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsening",
"roughening",
"roughing",
"dehydrating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"your help might grease the complicated adoption proceedings"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing",
"unclogging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"expediting",
"hastening",
"hurrying",
"quickening",
"rushing",
"speeding",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"promoting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"improving",
"disentangling",
"straightening (out)",
"untangling",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"retarding",
"aggravating",
"worsening",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grades":{
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
"examples":[
"just one grade removed from completion"
],
"synonyms":[
"chapters",
"cuts",
"degrees",
"inches",
"notches",
"pegs",
"phases",
"places",
"points",
"stages",
"steps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"aspects",
"facets",
"sides",
"amounts",
"measures",
"planes",
"decrements",
"increments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"degree of excellence":{
"examples":[
"only motor oil of the highest grade for his fancy sports car"
],
"synonyms":[
"calibers",
"calibres",
"classes",
"qualities",
"rates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"footings",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"measures",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"there are various grades of wool to consider when selecting a fabric"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"examples":[
"that painting just doesn't make the grade"
],
"synonyms":[
"barometers",
"bars",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"gold standards",
"marks",
"measures",
"metrics",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"instances",
"averages",
"norms",
"rules",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"deviations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the hill rises at a seven percent grade"
],
"synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"slants",
"slopes",
"upgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascents",
"banks",
"climbs",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"grade these apples \"extra fancy\" and those \"fancy\""
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"examples":[
"believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens"
],
"synonyms":[
"is",
"places",
"ranks",
"rates",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seeds",
"counts",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"groups",
"separates",
"sets",
"sorts",
"installs",
"instates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"greenery":{
"green leaves or plants":{
"examples":[
"Scottish highlands covered with lush greenery"
],
"synonyms":[
"flora",
"foliage",
"green",
"herbage",
"leafage",
"vegetation",
"verdure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grassland",
"prairie",
"underbrush",
"undergrowth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandee":{
"a man of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"only a Spanish grandee \u2014and no one of lesser rank\u2014can address comments to the king and queen of Spain"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentleman",
"lord",
"milord",
"nobleman",
"peer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country gentleman",
"squire",
"cavalier",
"chevalier",
"knight",
"don",
"hidalgo",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"seigneur",
"seignior",
"sheikh",
"sheik",
"baron",
"baronet",
"count",
"duke",
"earl",
"esquire",
"marchese",
"margrave",
"marquess",
"marquis",
"master",
"prince",
"princelet",
"princeling",
"raja",
"viscount",
"lordship",
"sire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boor",
"churl",
"cottar",
"cotter",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"toiler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greys":{
"as in gets along , gets on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gets along",
"gets on",
"advances",
"evolves",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"mellows",
"softens",
"ages",
"develops",
"grows",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growths":{
"an abnormal mass of tissue":{
"examples":[
"found a growth on the dog's neck under her collar"
],
"synonyms":[
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"lumps",
"neoplasms",
"tumors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outgrowths",
"cancers",
"carcinomas",
"carcinomata",
"lymphomas",
"lymphomata",
"malignancies",
"melanomas",
"melanomata",
"polyps",
"cysts",
"tubercles",
"warts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
"examples":[
"the growth of the gambling industry into an economic mainstay in some locations"
],
"synonyms":[
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"progresses",
"progressions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancements",
"betterments",
"improvements",
"perfections",
"refinements",
"incubations",
"maturations",
"flowerings",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"enhancements",
"supplementations",
"emergences",
"evolvements",
"metamorphoses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devaluations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
"antonyms":[
"regresses",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greases the hand of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"He tried to grease the hands of the officials with promises of free service."
],
"synonyms":[
"bribes",
"buys",
"corrupts",
"has",
"pays off",
"squares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes",
"tampers (with)",
"abases",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"dishonors",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"taints",
"warps",
"allures",
"baits",
"beguiles",
"entices",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"motivates",
"provokes",
"spurs",
"stimulates",
"goads",
"induces",
"flatters",
"persuades",
"snares",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"greased the palm of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"He tried to grease the hands of the officials with promises of free service."
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"bribed",
"corrupted",
"had",
"paid off",
"squared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed",
"tampered (with)",
"abased",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"depraved",
"dishonored",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"tainted",
"warped",
"allured",
"baited",
"beguiled",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"motivated",
"provoked",
"spurred",
"stimulated",
"goaded",
"induced",
"flattered",
"persuaded",
"snared",
"trapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"grand old men":{
"as in first ladies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"first ladies",
"fixtures",
"institutions",
"icons",
"ikons",
"symbols",
"deans",
"elder statesmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gridlocking":{
"as in filling , packing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filling",
"packing",
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"furring",
"silting",
"blocking",
"choking",
"clogging",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grins":{
"to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward":{
"examples":[
"grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"beams",
"smiles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughs",
"simpers",
"smirks",
"sneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grimaces",
"frowns",
"glares",
"glooms",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls",
"pouts",
"sulks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in smiles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"smiles",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"airs",
"appearances",
"aspects",
"bearings",
"demeanors",
"manners",
"miens",
"presences",
"casts",
"countenances",
"expressions",
"faces",
"looks",
"visages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}
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