17463 lines
351 KiB
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17463 lines
351 KiB
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{
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"Napoleon":{
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"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
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"examples":[
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"started out as a small-time banker but ultimately became a Napoleon of finance"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baron",
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"captain",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"king",
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"lion",
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"lord",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"monarch",
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"prince",
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"tycoon"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"big boy",
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"big cheese",
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"bigfoot",
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"biggie",
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"big gun",
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"big shot",
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"big wheel",
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"bigwig",
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"fat cat",
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"figure",
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"heavy",
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"heavyweight",
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"honcho",
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"kahuna",
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"main man",
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"mover and shaker",
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"nabob",
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"nawab",
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"notable",
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"personage",
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"pooh-bah",
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"poo-bah",
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"supremo",
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"VIP",
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"celebrity",
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"personality",
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"star",
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"superstar",
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"deity",
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"demigod",
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"god"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"half-pint",
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"lightweight",
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"small-timer",
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"inferior",
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"subordinate",
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"underling",
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"nobody",
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"nothing",
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"zero"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nadirs":{
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"the lowest point or level":{
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"examples":[
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"the discussion really reached its nadir when people resorted to name-calling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedrocks",
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"bottoms",
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"depths",
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"rock bottoms",
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"zeros",
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"zeroes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abysses",
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"armpits",
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"pits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blooms",
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"flood tides",
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"flowers",
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"glories",
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"heydays",
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"crescendos",
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"crescendoes",
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"crescendi",
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"highs",
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"caps",
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"ceilings",
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"crests",
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"roofs"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acmes",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"climaxes",
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"crowns",
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"culminations",
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"heads",
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"heights",
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"high-water marks",
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"meridians",
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"peaks",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits",
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"tip-tops",
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"tops",
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"zeniths"
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]
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},
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"the lowest part, place, or point":{
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"examples":[
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"got into the stock market when it was at its nadir and then watched prices soar"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"basements",
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"bases",
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"bottoms",
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"feet",
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"foot",
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"rock bottoms"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bases",
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"bedrocks",
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"beds",
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"foundations",
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"grounds",
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"groundworks",
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"keystones",
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"seats",
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"underpinnings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acmes",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"climaxes",
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"crests",
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"culminations",
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"heights",
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"meridians",
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"peaks",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits",
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"tips",
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"tip-tops",
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"zeniths"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"heads",
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"tops",
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"vertices",
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"vertexes"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nagged":{
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"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
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"examples":[
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"she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dogged",
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"henpecked",
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"hounded",
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"needled",
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"pecked (at)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carped (at)",
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"fussed (about or over)",
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"nitpicked",
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"annoyed",
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"badgered",
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"baited",
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"bothered",
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"bugged",
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"chivied",
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"chivvied",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"hassled",
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"irked",
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"pestered",
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"plagued",
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"rode",
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"rid",
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"vexed",
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"vext",
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"yapped (at)",
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"egged",
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"goaded",
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"incited",
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"prodded",
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"prompted",
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"spurred",
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"urged",
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"exhorted",
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"insisted",
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"pressed",
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"pressured",
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"pushed",
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"blandished",
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"cajoled",
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"coaxed",
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"wheedled",
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"begged",
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"importuned",
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"pleaded",
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"pled",
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"plead"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complimented",
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"commended",
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"lauded",
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"praised",
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"recommended",
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"touted",
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"acclaimed",
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"applauded",
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"built up",
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"eulogized",
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"extolled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"if all you can do is nag , then you are of no use to this organization at all"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefed",
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"bellyached",
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"bitched",
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"bleated",
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"carped",
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"caterwauled",
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"complained",
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"crabbed",
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"croaked",
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"fussed",
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"griped",
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"grizzled",
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"grouched",
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"groused",
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"growled",
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"grumbled",
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"grumped",
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"hollered",
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"inveighed",
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"keened",
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"kicked",
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"kvetched",
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"maundered",
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"moaned",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"repined",
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"screamed",
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"squawked",
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"squealed",
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"wailed",
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"whimpered",
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"whined",
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"whinged",
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"yammered",
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"yawped",
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"yauped",
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"yowled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"objected (to)",
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"protested",
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"quarreled (with)",
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"quarrelled (with)",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"quibbled",
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"fretted",
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"stewed",
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"worried",
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"bemoaned",
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"bewailed",
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"deplored",
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"lamented"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"bore",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"tolerated",
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"took",
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"applauded",
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"cheered",
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"commended"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"delighted",
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"rejoiced"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nags":{
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"a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding":{
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"examples":[
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"a poor farmer who could only afford one old nag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equines",
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"horses",
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"horse",
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"steeds"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"equids",
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"colts",
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"fillies",
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"foals",
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"geldings",
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"mares",
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"stallions",
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"broncos",
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"bronchos",
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"mustangs",
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"ponies",
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"chargers",
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"coursers",
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"cow ponies",
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"cutting horses",
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"gallopers",
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"hackneys",
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"hacks",
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"mounts",
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"packhorses",
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"prancers",
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"quarter horses",
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"racehorses",
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"saddle horses",
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"trotters",
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"warhorses",
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"workhorses",
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"bays",
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"blacks",
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"buckskins",
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"chestnuts",
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"duns",
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"palominos",
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"pintos",
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"pintoes",
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"roans",
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"skewbalds",
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"sorrels",
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"cobs",
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"dobbins",
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"jades",
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"plugs",
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"skates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
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"examples":[
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"she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dogs",
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"henpecks",
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"hounds",
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"needles",
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"pecks (at)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carps (at)",
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"fusses (about or over)",
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"nitpicks",
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"annoys",
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"badgers",
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"baits",
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"bothers",
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"bugs",
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"chivies",
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"chivvies",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"hassles",
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"irks",
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"pesters",
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"plagues",
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"rides",
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"vexes",
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"yaps (at)",
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"eggs",
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"goads",
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"incites",
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"prods",
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"prompts",
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"spurs",
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"urges",
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"exhorts",
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"insists",
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"presses",
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"pressures",
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"pushes",
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"blandishes",
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"cajoles",
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"coaxes",
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"wheedles",
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"begs",
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"importunes",
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"pleads"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compliments",
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"commends",
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"lauds",
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"praises",
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"recommends",
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"touts",
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"acclaims",
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"applauds",
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"builds up",
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"eulogizes",
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"extols",
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"extolls"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"if all you can do is nag , then you are of no use to this organization at all"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
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"bellyaches",
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"bitches",
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"bleats",
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"carps",
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"caterwauls",
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"complains",
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"crabs",
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"croaks",
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"fusses",
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"gripes",
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"grizzles",
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"grouches",
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"grouses",
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"growls",
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"grumbles",
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"grumps",
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"hollers",
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"inveighs",
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"keens",
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"kicks",
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"kvetches",
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"maunders",
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"moans",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters",
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"repines",
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"screams",
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"squawks",
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"squeals",
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"wails",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"whinges",
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"yammers",
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"yawps",
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"yaups",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"objects (to)",
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"protests",
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"quarrels (with)",
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"cavils",
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"quibbles",
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"frets",
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"stews",
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"worries",
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"blubbers",
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"bemoans",
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"bewails",
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"deplores",
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"laments"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepts",
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"bears",
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"countenances",
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"endures",
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"takes",
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"tolerates",
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"applauds",
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"cheers",
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"commends"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crows",
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"delights",
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"rejoices"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"naif":{
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"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aw-shucks",
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"dewy",
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"dewy-eyed",
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"green",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"primitive",
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"simple",
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"simpleminded",
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"uncritical",
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"unknowing",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unsuspecting",
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"unsuspicious",
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"unwary",
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"unworldly",
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"wide-eyed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"callow",
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"childish",
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"immature",
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"inexperienced",
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"raw",
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"childlike",
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"idealistic",
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"impractical",
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"unrealistic",
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"believing",
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"credulous",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"unguarded",
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"beguiled",
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"duped",
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"gulled",
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"tricked",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"doubting",
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"incredulous",
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"skeptical",
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"suspecting",
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"suspicious",
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"unconvinced",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"guarded",
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"leery",
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"leary",
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"wary",
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"watchful",
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"down-to-earth",
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"hardheaded",
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"pragmatic",
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"pragmatical",
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"realistic",
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"sober",
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"street-smart",
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"streetwise"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cosmopolitan",
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"experienced",
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"knowing",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise"
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]
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},
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"as in ingenue , greenhorn":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babe",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"greenhorn",
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"ingenue",
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"ing\u00e9nue",
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"newbie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"virgin",
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"angel",
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"dove",
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"innocent",
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"lamb",
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"sheep",
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"cherub",
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"saint",
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"softy",
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"softie",
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"weakling",
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"wimp",
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"dupe",
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"pigeon",
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"sap",
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|
"sucker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naive":{
|
|
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman's spiel and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"dewy",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"na\u00eff",
|
|
"naif",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"leery",
|
|
"leary",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social worker's probing questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"manipulative",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readily taken advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we get piles of junk mail because you are naive enough to keep entering these dumb contests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"overcredulous",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"fictile",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"deceivable",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naively":{
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she naively admitted to the job interviewer that she actually had little work experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivete":{
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"named":{
|
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"as in known , specified":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"abstained",
|
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"declined",
|
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"refused",
|
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"rejected",
|
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"turned down",
|
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"delayed",
|
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"halted",
|
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"hesitated",
|
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"stalled",
|
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"temporized",
|
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"shilly-shallied",
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"vacillated",
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"waffled",
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"wavered"
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"decreed",
|
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"ruled",
|
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"culled",
|
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"elected",
|
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"handpicked",
|
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"picked",
|
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"preferred",
|
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"selected",
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"singled (out)",
|
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"adjudged",
|
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"adjudicated",
|
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"arbitrated",
|
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"found",
|
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"judged",
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"refereed",
|
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"ruled (on)",
|
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"umpired",
|
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"chewed over",
|
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"cogitated",
|
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"considered",
|
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"contemplated",
|
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"debated",
|
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"deliberated",
|
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"entertained",
|
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"meditated",
|
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"mulled (over)",
|
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"pondered",
|
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"questioned",
|
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"ruminated",
|
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"studied",
|
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"thought (about or over)",
|
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"weighed"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"chose",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"opted",
|
|
"resolved",
|
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"settled (on or upon)"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
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],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"took"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pinned (down)",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"stigmatized",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"miscalled",
|
|
"misnamed",
|
|
"mistitled",
|
|
"code-named",
|
|
"nicknamed",
|
|
"rechristened",
|
|
"relabeled",
|
|
"relabelled",
|
|
"renamed",
|
|
"surnamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"cleped",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"styled",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"titled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"hinted (at)",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"pointed (out)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"spelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"dethroned",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"uncrowned",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"unseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"deputed",
|
|
"deputized",
|
|
"anointed",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"throned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"voted (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"placed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"names":{
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"introduced himself and then asked what my name was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"appellatives",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"compellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"monikers",
|
|
"monickers",
|
|
"nomenclatures",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal names",
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"middle names",
|
|
"surnames",
|
|
"matronymics",
|
|
"patronymics",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"hypocorisms",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"cryptonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"binomials",
|
|
"monomials",
|
|
"trivial names",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"misnomers",
|
|
"brand names",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"trade names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit calling her names"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrity who is the head of the charitable organization in name only"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"outwards",
|
|
"seemings",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has a good name among fellow marine biologists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reps",
|
|
"reputations",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"reverences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to get several names to appear at the restaurant's opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"christens",
|
|
"clepes",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"stigmatizes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"miscalls",
|
|
"misnames",
|
|
"mistitles",
|
|
"code-names",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
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"rechristens",
|
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"relabels",
|
|
"renames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"adverts (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
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"drops",
|
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"instances",
|
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"mentions",
|
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"notes",
|
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"notices",
|
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"quotes",
|
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"refers (to)",
|
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"specifies",
|
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"touches (on or upon)"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"alludes (to)",
|
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"hints (at)",
|
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"implies",
|
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"indicates",
|
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"infers",
|
|
"intends",
|
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"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"points (out)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"spells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputes",
|
|
"deputizes",
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"destines",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"votes (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"fires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pins (down)",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"orchestrates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"opts",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"adjudicates",
|
|
"arbitrates",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"rules (on)",
|
|
"umpires",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nap":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so tired that she needed to take a refreshing nap before soccer practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-quality suede has a good, even nap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"floss",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"lint",
|
|
"pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"lull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"drowse (off)",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"napped":{
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"drowsed",
|
|
"kipped",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"lulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"drowsed (off)",
|
|
"nodded off",
|
|
"overslept",
|
|
"slept in",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"hibernated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"napping":{
|
|
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the napping children looked so peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"semiconscious",
|
|
"sleepwalking",
|
|
"somnambulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people think that napping in the afternoon will keep you from sleeping well at night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"shut-eye",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"z's",
|
|
"zs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"rapid eye movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"drowsing",
|
|
"kipping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"lulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"drowsing (off)",
|
|
"nodding off",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"sleeping in",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hibernating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nappy":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcissistic":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to raise the social consciousness of the normally narcissistic Hollywood community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nark":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he began to suspect that there was a nark in his organization who was tipping off Scotland Yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrating":{
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"reeling off",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"particularizing",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow (down)":{
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"capsulize",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"constringe",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"telescope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"boil down",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompress",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nastily":{
|
|
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the musicians were nastily harassed on social media by a string of anonymous commenters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natters":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a section of the park in which nannies like to gather for a relaxed natter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchats",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could sit for hours nattering about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natty":{
|
|
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a natty woman, she's usually impeccably dressed in tailored clothing from Europe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"spiffed-up",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalize":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"naturalized":{
|
|
"as in introduced , imported":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imported",
|
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"introduced",
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"transplanted",
|
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"alien",
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"foreign",
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"nonnative",
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"external",
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"international",
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"multiculti",
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"multicultural",
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"multilateral",
|
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"multinational",
|
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"foreign-born",
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"nonindigenous",
|
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"distant",
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"far-off",
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"overseas",
|
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"remote",
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"bizarre",
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"exotic",
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"outlandish",
|
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"strange"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"domestic",
|
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"native",
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"endemic",
|
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"local",
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"aboriginal",
|
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"indigenous"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"as in domesticated":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"domesticated",
|
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"adopted",
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"borrowed",
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"embraced",
|
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"espoused",
|
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"took on",
|
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"took up",
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"appropriated",
|
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"arrogated",
|
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"took over",
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"usurped",
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"absorbed",
|
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"assimilated",
|
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"incorporated",
|
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"quoted",
|
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"cherished",
|
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"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
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"followed",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
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"brought up",
|
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"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
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"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in accustomed , familiarized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"shaped up",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nations":{
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an international organization dedicated to upholding the basic human rights of people from all nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethnicities",
|
|
"nationalities",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturals":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a character depicted as a natural in the novel as indicated by his unsophisticated speech habits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailed":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"seized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nappies":{
|
|
"as in beers , brews":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"Dutch courages",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nab":{
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pickpocket nabbed my wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nay":{
|
|
"not merely this but also":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was angry\u2014 nay , furious\u2014at the way they were treating that poor dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"verily",
|
|
"yea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"incontestably",
|
|
"incontrovertibly",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vote or decision against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"con",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"refusal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"nonacceptance",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"turndown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nabobs":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed conservatively so as to make a good impression with the nabobs on the co-op's board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naming":{
|
|
"as in nomination , assignment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"christening",
|
|
"cleping",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"styling",
|
|
"terming",
|
|
"titling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branding",
|
|
"stigmatizing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"miscalling",
|
|
"misnaming",
|
|
"mistitling",
|
|
"code-naming",
|
|
"nicknaming",
|
|
"rechristening",
|
|
"relabeling",
|
|
"relabelling",
|
|
"renaming",
|
|
"surnaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"placing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"throning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destining",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"voting (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"dethroning",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"pinning (down)",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"umpiring",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nativities":{
|
|
"the act or instance of being born":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"genitures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"parentings",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"fatherhoods",
|
|
"maternities",
|
|
"motherhoods",
|
|
"parenthoods",
|
|
"paternities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"stillbirths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalizes":{
|
|
"as in domesticates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"borrows",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in accustoms , familiarizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"shapes up",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navvy":{
|
|
"as in hack , laborer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"temp",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nawabs":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseate":{
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"gross out",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcotic":{
|
|
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some therapists believe that certain scents can have a narcotic effect on people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lecturer droned on in a narcotic monotone that eventually had the entire class struggling to stay awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an irradicable sense of self-righteousness seems to be the narcotic that inures these religious fanatics from any realization of the harm they have done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"opiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"security blanket",
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"palliative",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soporific",
|
|
"tranquilizer",
|
|
"tranquillizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navigator":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our crew comprised a captain, a navigator , and a few deckhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"swabbie",
|
|
"swabby",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivetes":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nannies":{
|
|
"a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babysitters",
|
|
"dry nurses",
|
|
"nursemaids",
|
|
"nursers",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"sitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amahs",
|
|
"ayahs",
|
|
"au pairs",
|
|
"bonnes",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"duennas",
|
|
"frauleins",
|
|
"governesses",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Nazism":{
|
|
"as in fascism , Communism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"Big Brotherism",
|
|
"Communism",
|
|
"fascism",
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny",
|
|
"monarchism",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"oppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nabe":{
|
|
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although it has undergone several transformations over the years, Times Square remains one of New York's most fabled nabes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"district",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"section"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"barrio",
|
|
"enclave",
|
|
"ghetto",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"'hood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailing":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"nailing (down)",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"seizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"rearresting",
|
|
"remanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unchaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseas":{
|
|
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such graphic scenes of senseless violence fill me with nausea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"repugnances",
|
|
"repulsions",
|
|
"revulsions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrences",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"displeasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"national guard":{
|
|
"as in militia , standing army":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"militia",
|
|
"standing army",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"infantry",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nation-states":{
|
|
"a form of political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language live in a particular area under one government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rise of European nation-states in the thirteenth century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nazi":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guy behind the food counter is a nazi with an apron: you either follow his rules, or you don't get served"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrowness":{
|
|
"as in bigotry , intolerance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigotry",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"apartheid",
|
|
"Jim Crow",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separatism",
|
|
"race-baiting",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"racialism",
|
|
"racism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antidiscrimination",
|
|
"antiracism",
|
|
"antisegregation",
|
|
"assimilationism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natural childbirth":{
|
|
"as in cesarean section":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cesarean section",
|
|
"caesarean section",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"childbed",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"lying-in",
|
|
"pregnancy",
|
|
"birth pang",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"accouchement",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"childbirth",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natch":{
|
|
"according to the usual course of things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he said he had no interest in adopting any of the puppies until, natch , one leapt into his arms and began licking his face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customarily",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"familiarly",
|
|
"conventionally",
|
|
"traditionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"funnily",
|
|
"oddly",
|
|
"peculiarly",
|
|
"queerly",
|
|
"strangely",
|
|
"weirdly",
|
|
"anomalously",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"radically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"atypically",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"untypically",
|
|
"unusually"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natural childbirths":{
|
|
"as in cesarean sections":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cesarean sections",
|
|
"caesarean sections",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"childbeds",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"lyings-in",
|
|
"lying-ins",
|
|
"pregnancies",
|
|
"birth pangs",
|
|
"contractions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"childbirths",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"travails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"na\u00effs":{
|
|
"as in ingenues , greenhorns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"doves",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"lambs",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"softies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"pigeons",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"suckers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nation-state":{
|
|
"a form of political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language live in a particular area under one government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rise of European nation-states in the thirteenth century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"name":{
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"introduced himself and then asked what my name was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"appellative",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"compellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"handle",
|
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"moniker",
|
|
"monicker",
|
|
"nomenclature",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal name",
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"given name",
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"middle name",
|
|
"surname",
|
|
"matronymic",
|
|
"patronymic",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"hypocorism",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cryptonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"binomial",
|
|
"monomial",
|
|
"trivial name",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"misnomer",
|
|
"brand name",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"trade name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit calling her names"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrity who is the head of the charitable organization in name only"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has a good name among fellow marine biologists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"reverence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to get several names to appear at the restaurant's opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"christen",
|
|
"clepe",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"stigmatize",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"miscall",
|
|
"misname",
|
|
"mistitle",
|
|
"code-name",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"rechristen",
|
|
"relabel",
|
|
"rename",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"hint (at)",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"point (out)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"spell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"depute",
|
|
"deputize",
|
|
"anoint",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"destine",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"vote (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"dethrone",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"uncrown",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"unseat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"fire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pin (down)",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"orchestrate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"adjudicate",
|
|
"arbitrate",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"rule (on)",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university's physics department boasts a number of name physicists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disreputable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiveness":{
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't believe the naiveness of people who don't realize there's always some catch to so-called free offers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the innate naiveness of young children is one of their most endearing qualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"na\u00eff":{
|
|
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"dewy",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"leery",
|
|
"leary",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ingenue , greenhorn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"lamb",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"softy",
|
|
"softie",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"pigeon",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natter":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a section of the park in which nannies like to gather for a relaxed natter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could sit for hours nattering about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"kibitz",
|
|
"kibbitz",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"shmooze",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navel-gazing":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singer-songwriter whose compositions are too often exercises in self-important navel-gazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcotics":{
|
|
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an irradicable sense of self-righteousness seems to be the narcotic that inures these religious fanatics from any realization of the harm they have done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anesthetics",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"opiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"security blankets",
|
|
"pacifiers",
|
|
"palliatives",
|
|
"hypnotics",
|
|
"sedatives",
|
|
"soporifics",
|
|
"tranquilizers",
|
|
"tranquillizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivety":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contention that the royal family took advantage of the young Diana's naivety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narking":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Napoleons":{
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started out as a small-time banker but ultimately became a Napoleon of finance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"movers and shakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"supremos",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"deities",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"small-timers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nail-biters":{
|
|
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a presidential election that was one of the great nail-biters of all time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cliff-hangers",
|
|
"hair-raisers",
|
|
"suspensers",
|
|
"thrillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"squeakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yawners",
|
|
"blowouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narc":{
|
|
"as in fed , plainclothesman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"G-man",
|
|
"plainclothesman",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tracer",
|
|
"tracker",
|
|
"detective",
|
|
"dick",
|
|
"gumshoe",
|
|
"hawkshaw",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"private detective",
|
|
"private eye",
|
|
"private investigator",
|
|
"shamus",
|
|
"sherlock",
|
|
"sleuth",
|
|
"sleuthhound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nail":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"nail (down)",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"insure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"stipulate",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unsettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturisms":{
|
|
"as in nudisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nudisms",
|
|
"altogethers",
|
|
"birthday suits",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"nudes",
|
|
"nudities",
|
|
"raws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nationals":{
|
|
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended that foreign nationals living in the region evacuate immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"freemen",
|
|
"subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"nonimmigrants",
|
|
"residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"strangers",
|
|
"immigrants",
|
|
"nonnatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"noncitizens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"national":{
|
|
"of or relating to a nation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"played the home team's national anthem before the start of the soccer game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"public"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civic",
|
|
"federal",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"governmental",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"intestine",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican",
|
|
"nationwide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"global",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"foreign"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnational"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended that foreign nationals living in the region evacuate immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"freeman",
|
|
"subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"nonimmigrant",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"stranger",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"noncitizen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcotizing":{
|
|
"as in sedating , stupefying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sedating",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"namable":{
|
|
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not one nameable accomplishment in all of her years in the senate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"citable",
|
|
"memorable",
|
|
"mentionable",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"remarkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quotable",
|
|
"repeatable",
|
|
"indelible",
|
|
"unforgettable",
|
|
"newsworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forgettable",
|
|
"unmemorable",
|
|
"unremarkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navigated":{
|
|
"to operate or control the course of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"helmed",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boated",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shipped (out)",
|
|
"voyaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canoed",
|
|
"kayaked",
|
|
"yachted",
|
|
"coasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navigates":{
|
|
"to operate or control the course of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conns",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"ships (out)",
|
|
"voyages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"coasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nascencies":{
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Internet was still in its nascency when she created her first website"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrate":{
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"reel off",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"particularize",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navigational":{
|
|
"of or relating to navigation of the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the folly of trying to sail with outdated navigational maps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"maritime",
|
|
"nautical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admiralty",
|
|
"naval",
|
|
"oceangoing",
|
|
"seafaring",
|
|
"seagoing",
|
|
"hydrographic",
|
|
"oceanographic",
|
|
"oceanographical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"name-droppers":{
|
|
"as in elitists , social climbers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elitists",
|
|
"social climbers",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nag":{
|
|
"a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poor farmer who could only afford one old nag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"steed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"mustang",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"cutting horse",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"palomino",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"sorrel",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"henpeck",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"peck (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carp (at)",
|
|
"fuss (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"yap (at)",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if all you can do is nag , then you are of no use to this organization at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrows":{
|
|
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to cautiously navigate our dinghy through the narrows before reaching the open water of the bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeezes , tightens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"tightens",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"holds down",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"broadens",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"widens",
|
|
"overextends",
|
|
"overreaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"namby-pamby":{
|
|
"lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's such a namby-pamby nothing that it's no wonder she's never asked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking strength of will or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mocked namby-pamby intellectuals who endlessly debate the pros and cons of everything and invariably end up accomplishing nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"limp-wristed",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"forceless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"nebbishy",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stouthearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backboned",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person without strength of character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those namby-pambies at city hall are never going to get serious about our crime problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doormat",
|
|
"jellyfish",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"reed",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"nebbish",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"nervous Nelly",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mensch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stalwart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narks":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he began to suspect that there was a nark in his organization who was tipping off Scotland Yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nasal":{
|
|
"as in sharp , piercing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping",
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow escape":{
|
|
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The fallen hiker had a narrow escape from death when someone spotted him in need of help."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close call",
|
|
"close shave",
|
|
"near miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squeaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nails (down)":{
|
|
"as in shows , proves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"stipulates",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"unsettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"national guards":{
|
|
"as in militias , standing armies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"militias",
|
|
"standing armies",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"infantries",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiad":{
|
|
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dryad",
|
|
"hamadryad",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"oread",
|
|
"wood nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaid",
|
|
"Nereid",
|
|
"Oceanid",
|
|
"sea-maid",
|
|
"sea-maiden",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"water nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larva",
|
|
"nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pupa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailing (down)":{
|
|
"as in showing , proving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcolepsy":{
|
|
"as in sleepiness , drowsiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsiness",
|
|
"sleepiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness",
|
|
"wakefulness",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"restlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naughts":{
|
|
"the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my locker number is naught -seven-two"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aughts",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"goose eggs",
|
|
"nils",
|
|
"ohs",
|
|
"o's",
|
|
"os",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanks",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naked":{
|
|
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had recurrent nightmares about being naked in public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"mother-naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"starkers",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seminude",
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"decent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"clothed",
|
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
|
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"invested",
|
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"robed",
|
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"suited"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"lacking a usual or natural covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winter trees now look so naked without their colorful fall foliage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
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"bare",
|
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"denuded",
|
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"exposed",
|
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"open",
|
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"peeled",
|
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"stripped",
|
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"uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"displayed",
|
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"revealed",
|
|
"hairless",
|
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"shaven",
|
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"disrobed",
|
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"unclad",
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"unclothed",
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"undressed",
|
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"furless",
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"skinned",
|
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"divested",
|
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"unprotected"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"hairy"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"covered"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"free from all additions or embellishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a naked room waiting for an interior decorator's inspired touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-vanilla",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
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"undecorated",
|
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"unembellished",
|
|
"unornamented",
|
|
"unvarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"minimalist",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked-out",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"ornamented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivet\u00e9":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naps":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so tired that she needed to take a refreshing nap before soccer practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"drowses",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"siestas",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"beds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-quality suede has a good, even nap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"flosses",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"lints",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"drowses",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"snoozes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"lulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"wakens",
|
|
"wakes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"snoozes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drops off",
|
|
"drowses (off)",
|
|
"nods off",
|
|
"oversleeps",
|
|
"sleeps in",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"hibernates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"wakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalistic":{
|
|
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's volcanic eruption is so naturalistic that it's easy to forget that it all came out of a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"photo-realistic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"three-dimensional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"verisimilar",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"na\u00efvety":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contention that the royal family took advantage of the young Diana's naivety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"namers":{
|
|
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't start the ceremony until the namer of the scholarship winners shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosers",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"selectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"electors",
|
|
"voters",
|
|
"nominators",
|
|
"deciders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalist":{
|
|
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's volcanic eruption is so naturalistic that it's easy to forget that it all came out of a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"photo-realistic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"three-dimensional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"verisimilar",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcissists":{
|
|
"a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentrics",
|
|
"egoists",
|
|
"egomaniacs",
|
|
"egotists",
|
|
"ego-trippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"megalomaniacs",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruists",
|
|
"humanitarians",
|
|
"philanthropists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow-minded":{
|
|
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took a while for some of the more narrow-minded members of management to be persuaded to modernize the dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"narrow-minded people who instinctively feared and shunned those from different cultures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"opinionative",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"freethinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrated":{
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"chronicled",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"reeled off",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narratives":{
|
|
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"chronologies",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"narrations",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"testaments",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"testimonies",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blogs",
|
|
"diaries",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"logbooks",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"sagas",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"recitations",
|
|
"case histories",
|
|
"case studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in such narratives as \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\" and \"The Purloined Letter,\" Edgar Allan Poe essentially created the modern detective story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"novelettes",
|
|
"novellas",
|
|
"novelle",
|
|
"short stories",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedtime stories",
|
|
"exempla",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"parables",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"folktales",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalism":{
|
|
"realistic depiction in art and literature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a major exponent of naturalism , Theodore Dreiser depicted life's harsh realities unflinchingly and without moral judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"literalism",
|
|
"realism",
|
|
"representationalism",
|
|
"verisimilitude",
|
|
"verismo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photo-realism",
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"grittiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nativists":{
|
|
"as in nationalists , chauvinists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinists",
|
|
"flag-wavers",
|
|
"jingoes",
|
|
"nationalists",
|
|
"superpatriots",
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"patriots",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"warmongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalists",
|
|
"neutralists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naval":{
|
|
"of or relating to a country's navy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a naval base"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"soldierly",
|
|
"martial",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"militarist",
|
|
"militaristic",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"paramilitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"civilian",
|
|
"nonmilitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiads":{
|
|
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larvae",
|
|
"larvas",
|
|
"nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pupae",
|
|
"pupas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natural foods":{
|
|
"as in finger foods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finger foods",
|
|
"amuse-bouches",
|
|
"amuses-bouches",
|
|
"amuse-gueules",
|
|
"antipasti",
|
|
"appetizers",
|
|
"apps",
|
|
"canap\u00e9s",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvres",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"starters",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliments",
|
|
"nutriments",
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"nourishments",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"sustenances",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"paps",
|
|
"ensilages",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"fodders",
|
|
"forages",
|
|
"silages",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"meals",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"boards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcoses":{
|
|
"as in sleeps , somnolences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"somnolences",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"stupors",
|
|
"trances",
|
|
"blackouts",
|
|
"faints",
|
|
"insensibilities",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"swims",
|
|
"swoons",
|
|
"syncopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturally":{
|
|
"by natural character or ability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tour guides who are naturally outgoing and can easily approach and converse with strangers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"congenitally",
|
|
"constitutionally",
|
|
"inherently",
|
|
"innately",
|
|
"intrinsically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"elementally",
|
|
"essentially",
|
|
"fundamentally",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"intimately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"according to the usual course of things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we naturally like to be as comfortable as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"natch",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customarily",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"familiarly",
|
|
"conventionally",
|
|
"traditionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"funnily",
|
|
"oddly",
|
|
"peculiarly",
|
|
"queerly",
|
|
"strangely",
|
|
"weirdly",
|
|
"anomalously",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"radically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"atypically",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"untypically",
|
|
"unusually"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to act naturally in the presence of the famous and admired actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"national(s)":{
|
|
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended that foreign nationals living in the region evacuate immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"freemen",
|
|
"subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"nonimmigrants",
|
|
"residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"strangers",
|
|
"immigrants",
|
|
"nonnatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"noncitizens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseous":{
|
|
"affected with nausea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after eating the last four pieces of the two-week-old pizza, he was feeling a little nauseous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"squeamish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"woozy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it turned out that a dead mouse between the walls was causing the nauseous stench"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"unchristian",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unexceptionable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"namelessness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the namelessness of the builders of the Mayan pyramids is no way diminishes the greatness of their achievement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"facelessness",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"nowheresville",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"inconspicuousness",
|
|
"invisibility",
|
|
"invisibleness",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"popularity",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"megastardom",
|
|
"superstardom",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recognition",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolization"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"renown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"na\u00efvely":{
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she naively admitted to the job interviewer that she actually had little work experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow-mindedness":{
|
|
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narrow-mindedness of some people prevents them from seeing that not all changes are for the worse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigotry",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"illiberality",
|
|
"illiberalness",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"intolerantness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"small-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"reactionaryism",
|
|
"insularism",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"progressiveness",
|
|
"progressivism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrowed (down)":{
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsuled",
|
|
"capsulized",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"constringed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"telescoped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"boiled down",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompressed",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nabs":{
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"runs in",
|
|
"seizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"imprisons",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"rearrests",
|
|
"remands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unchains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pickpocket nabbed my wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrows (down)":{
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"capsulizes",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"constringes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"telescopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"boils down",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompresses",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nabbed":{
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"seized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pickpocket nabbed my wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcs":{
|
|
"as in feds , plainclothesmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"feds",
|
|
"G-men",
|
|
"plainclothesmen",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tracers",
|
|
"trackers",
|
|
"detectives",
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuthhounds",
|
|
"sleuths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseated":{
|
|
"affected with nausea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being aboard ship during that storm would make anyone but the most experienced sailor nauseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"squeamish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"woozy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"filled with disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nauseated critics panned the movie comedy for its celebration of unspeakably gross behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"ticked",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worked up",
|
|
"wrought (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"thankful",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"spellbound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"grossed out",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"shocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naughtiness":{
|
|
"as in misconduct , misbehavior":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"misbehavior",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"troublemaking",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"waggishness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"goings-on",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"dido",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in immodesty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscreetness",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unseemliness",
|
|
"untowardness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow boats":{
|
|
"as in barges , keels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"bankers",
|
|
"cobles",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"gillnetters",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"scallopers",
|
|
"seiners",
|
|
"shrimpers",
|
|
"trawlers",
|
|
"whaleboats",
|
|
"whalers",
|
|
"workboats",
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"curraghs",
|
|
"currachs",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"cockleshells",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrative":{
|
|
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"narration",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"version",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blog",
|
|
"diary",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"logbook",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"recital",
|
|
"recitation",
|
|
"case history",
|
|
"case study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in such narratives as \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\" and \"The Purloined Letter,\" Edgar Allan Poe essentially created the modern detective story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"novella",
|
|
"short story",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedtime story",
|
|
"exemplum",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"parable",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"folktale",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"report"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailed (down)":{
|
|
"as in showed , proved":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcissist":{
|
|
"a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the rise of TV reality shows, attention-craving narcissists had a public forum for their self-infatuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ego-tripper",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoist",
|
|
"egomaniac",
|
|
"egotist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"megalomaniac",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruist",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narration":{
|
|
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narration that vastly overstates her minor role in this international affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"version",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blog",
|
|
"diary",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"logbook",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"recital",
|
|
"recitation",
|
|
"case history",
|
|
"case study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natural food":{
|
|
"as in finger food":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"amuse-bouche",
|
|
"amuse-gueule",
|
|
"antipasto",
|
|
"app",
|
|
"appetizer",
|
|
"canap\u00e9",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"starter",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseousness":{
|
|
"a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nervousness I experienced before getting on the roller coaster paled in comparison to the nauseousness I suffered soon afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"mountain sickness",
|
|
"seasickness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nabbing":{
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"seizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"rearresting",
|
|
"remanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unchaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pickpocket nabbed my wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nagging":{
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have this nagging feeling that something will still go wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"henpecking",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"pecking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carping (at)",
|
|
"fussing (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"yapping (at)",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"pleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if all you can do is nag , then you are of no use to this organization at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naught":{
|
|
"the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my locker number is naught -seven-two"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aught",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"goose egg",
|
|
"nil",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"o",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcotize":{
|
|
"as in sedate , stupefy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"becalm",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalness":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children danced with a naturalness born of the sheer enjoyment of music and movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"spontaneity",
|
|
"spontaneousness",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has always admired the very naturalness of the Amish lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiades":{
|
|
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larvae",
|
|
"larvas",
|
|
"nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pupae",
|
|
"pupas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naifs":{
|
|
"as in ingenues , greenhorns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"doves",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"lambs",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"softies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"pigeons",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"suckers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nattily":{
|
|
"in a strikingly neat and trim manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's very nattily dressed in a new tailored suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrations":{
|
|
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narration that vastly overstates her minor role in this international affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"chronologies",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"testaments",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"testimonies",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blogs",
|
|
"diaries",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"logbooks",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"sagas",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"recitations",
|
|
"case histories",
|
|
"case studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narked":{
|
|
"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the greengrocer was narked at having to make do with what was left over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scunnered",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vexed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"tried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navigate":{
|
|
"to operate or control the course of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conn",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"ship (out)",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"coast"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nature":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the grotesque nature of his stories that made them a challenge to get published in mainstream magazines",
|
|
"her nature was such that lying was never an option for her",
|
|
"the stoic nature of that family enables them to endure one calamity after another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"interiority",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needed to get out of the office and back to nature in order to clear his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"group together anything round: buttons, lids, coins, and other things of that nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"genre",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boy of a quiet and shy nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some artists maintain that color, light, and shadow are the very nature of painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"alpha and omega",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the whole body of things observed or assumed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that all of nature is controlled by an unseen Supreme Being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmos",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"macrocosm",
|
|
"universe",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrowing":{
|
|
"as in squeezing , tightening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"tightening",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"holding down",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening",
|
|
"overextending",
|
|
"overreaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrowing (down)":{
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsuling",
|
|
"capsulizing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constringing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"telescoping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"jam-packing",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"boiling down",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompressing",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"outspreading",
|
|
"outstretching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nasty":{
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, the story's nasty characters are balanced by some truly good people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nasty horror movie that was so violent that I could hardly watch the opening scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"unchristian",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unexceptionable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or feeling bodily pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nasty cut on my lip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"afflictive",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"wounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"remedial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"painless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nasty magazines that are not sold to minors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nasty comments that trolls left on the website"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bring your raincoat, as the weather's supposed to be nasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's incredibly nasty inside that garbage bin, so stay away from there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the smell of those old leftovers is downright nasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"icky",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had the nasty sense that she'd made a mistake somewhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nasty hit got the hockey player suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"unchivalrous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that was a nasty trick to play on people who were so trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"given the high-ranking people involved, it will be a nasty job to hammer out a compromise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"scabrous",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unproblematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturism":{
|
|
"as in nudism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nudism",
|
|
"toplessness",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"bareness",
|
|
"birthday suit",
|
|
"bottomlessness",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"nakedness",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"nudity",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nanny":{
|
|
"a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babysitter",
|
|
"dry nurse",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nursemaid",
|
|
"nurser",
|
|
"sitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amah",
|
|
"ayah",
|
|
"au pair",
|
|
"bonne",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"duenna",
|
|
"fraulein",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"mademoiselle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nationalism":{
|
|
"excessive favoritism towards one's own country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Nazism's almost epic nationalism appealed to downtrodden Germans still suffering the humiliation of being defeated in World War I"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"superpatriotism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"patriotism",
|
|
"nativism",
|
|
"xenophobia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"love and support for one's country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"American nationalism is often most visible during Fourth of July celebrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"patriotism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseates":{
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"grosses out",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"shocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"tickles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalizing":{
|
|
"as in domesticating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"borrowing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in accustoming , familiarizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"shaping up",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nacreous":{
|
|
"having a rainbowlike play of colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nacreous lining of the shell of a mollusk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"pearlescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chatoyant",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natures":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the grotesque nature of his stories that made them a challenge to get published in mainstream magazines",
|
|
"her nature was such that lying was never an option for her",
|
|
"the stoic nature of that family enables them to endure one calamity after another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"clays",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"interiorities",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"metals",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"group together anything round: buttons, lids, coins, and other things of that nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"genres",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"varieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"models",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boy of a quiet and shy nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"habits",
|
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"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some artists maintain that color, light, and shadow are the very nature of painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"alpha and omegas",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the whole body of things observed or assumed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that all of nature is controlled by an unseen Supreme Being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmoses",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"macrocosms",
|
|
"universes",
|
|
"worlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nates":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cleavage of his nates was obvious in those low-slung pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nauseating":{
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her relentlessly vicious gossiping is absolutely nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"unchristian",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unexceptionable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"grossing out",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrowly":{
|
|
"by a very small margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they narrowly escaped with their lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"closely",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nagger":{
|
|
"as in nitpicker , quibbler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nascency":{
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Internet was still in its nascency when she created her first website"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"name-calling":{
|
|
"the use of personal attacks or insults in order to undermine an opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campaign quickly degenerated into name-calling rather than an intelligent discussion of the issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character assassination",
|
|
"mudslinging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"innuendo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nameless":{
|
|
"not named or identified by a name":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the victim of the crime will remain nameless to protect his privacy",
|
|
"those nameless editors who write the synopses for TV shows in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"faceless",
|
|
"incognito",
|
|
"innominate",
|
|
"unbaptized",
|
|
"unchristened",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"untitled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unheralded",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"titled",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"exceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"termed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beyond the power to describe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was seized with a nameless , vague fear that made her seek the companionship of another person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incommunicable",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indescribable",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"inenarrable",
|
|
"inexpressible",
|
|
"uncommunicable",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"unutterable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unsayable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"featureless",
|
|
"nondescript"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicable",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"expressible",
|
|
"speakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not widely known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nameless poet who has just been rediscovered by devotees of love poems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noteless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unfamous",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unrecognized",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"faceless",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unrecognizable",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unnoticed",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"unremembered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nativity":{
|
|
"the act or instance of being born":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"geniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"accouchement",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"parenting",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"fatherhood",
|
|
"maternity",
|
|
"motherhood",
|
|
"parenthood",
|
|
"paternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"stillbirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nation":{
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an international organization dedicated to upholding the basic human rights of people from all nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethnicity",
|
|
"nationality",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"tribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naggers":{
|
|
"as in nitpickers , quibblers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"navigators":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our crew comprised a captain, a navigator , and a few deckhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jack-tars",
|
|
"mariners",
|
|
"sailors",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"sea dogs",
|
|
"seafarers",
|
|
"seamen",
|
|
"shipmen",
|
|
"swabbies",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"tars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"deckhands",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"able-bodied seamen",
|
|
"able seamen",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"powerboaters",
|
|
"sailboaters",
|
|
"lime-juicers",
|
|
"limeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow":{
|
|
"being of less than usual width":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"paper-thin",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"slim-jim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"ultrathin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stalky",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"widish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow person who thought that anyone who even owned a television had been morally corrupted by society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"opinionative",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"freethinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having distinct or certain limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"dimensionless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unmeasured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow gubernatorial contest, the outcome of which may depend upon a handful of votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"down-to-the-wire",
|
|
"hairbreadth",
|
|
"neck and neck",
|
|
"nip and tuck",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to convince the narrow members of her family that there are many paths to a successful career that don't involve getting a university degree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bay , creek":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bight",
|
|
"cove",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"embayment",
|
|
"estuary",
|
|
"firth",
|
|
"fjord",
|
|
"fiord",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"lagoon",
|
|
"loch",
|
|
"lough",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
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"haven",
|
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"port",
|
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"basin",
|
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"dock",
|
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"marina",
|
|
"moorage",
|
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"mooring",
|
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"canal",
|
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"channel",
|
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"sound",
|
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"strait",
|
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"containerport",
|
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"home port",
|
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"seaport"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeeze , tighten":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
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"lessen",
|
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"pinch",
|
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"squeeze",
|
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"tighten",
|
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"bar",
|
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"block",
|
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"hamper",
|
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"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
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"obstruct",
|
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"quell",
|
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"repress",
|
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"suppress",
|
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"cap",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"hold down",
|
|
"limit",
|
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"restrict",
|
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"number",
|
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"modify",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"exceed",
|
|
"broaden",
|
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"expand",
|
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"widen",
|
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"overextend",
|
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"overreach"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nationalist":{
|
|
"having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the articles on the website are nationalist propaganda and not objective by any means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"chauvinistic",
|
|
"jingoist",
|
|
"jingoistic",
|
|
"nationalistic",
|
|
"superpatriotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spread-eagle",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"patriotic",
|
|
"antiforeign",
|
|
"anti-immigrant",
|
|
"nativist",
|
|
"nativistic",
|
|
"xenophobic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing love and support for one's country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nationalist fervor is often at its highest when a country is at war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nationalistic",
|
|
"patriotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"jingoist",
|
|
"jingoistic",
|
|
"superpatriotic",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treasonous",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unpatriotic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch nationalist who favored any policy that would give the country more power in the international arena"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"flag-waver",
|
|
"jingo",
|
|
"superpatriot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"patriot",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"warmonger",
|
|
"nativist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalist",
|
|
"neutralist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcotizes":{
|
|
"as in sedates , stupefies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sedates",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"becalms",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nativist":{
|
|
"as in anti-immigrant , xenophobic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiforeign",
|
|
"anti-immigrant",
|
|
"nativistic",
|
|
"xenophobic",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"patriotic",
|
|
"spread-eagle",
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"chauvinistic",
|
|
"jingoist",
|
|
"jingoistic",
|
|
"nationalist",
|
|
"nationalistic",
|
|
"superpatriotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in nationalist , chauvinist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"flag-waver",
|
|
"jingo",
|
|
"nationalist",
|
|
"superpatriot",
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"patriot",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"warmonger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalist",
|
|
"neutralist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nattering":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could sit for hours nattering about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"chinning",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nativistic":{
|
|
"as in anti-immigrant , xenophobic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiforeign",
|
|
"anti-immigrant",
|
|
"nativist",
|
|
"xenophobic",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"patriotic",
|
|
"spread-eagle",
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"chauvinistic",
|
|
"jingoist",
|
|
"jingoistic",
|
|
"nationalist",
|
|
"nationalistic",
|
|
"superpatriotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nadir":{
|
|
"the lowest point or level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the discussion really reached its nadir when people resorted to name-calling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"rock bottom",
|
|
"zero"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"armpit",
|
|
"pit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got into the stock market when it was at its nadir and then watched prices soar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basement",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"head",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"vertex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |