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{
"opaque":{
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"complex",
"complicated",
"difficult",
"obtuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
]
},
"not seen or understood clearly":{
"examples":[
"an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blear",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"pale",
"shadowy",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"indiscernible",
"inexplicable",
"mysterious",
"obfuscatory",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"obvious",
"plain",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"definite",
"pellucid"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"people are sometimes rude to her, but fortunately she's too opaque to realize what's happening"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"open doors":{
"as in welcome mats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"welcome mats",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"accesses",
"accessions",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entr\u00e9es",
"entrees",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open secret":{
"as in ancient history":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ancient history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"411",
"book",
"dope",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"poop",
"scoop",
"skinny",
"tip",
"dirt",
"dish",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"story",
"hint",
"pointer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open-ended":{
"as in unspecified , indefinite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indefinite",
"unspecified",
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"final",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable",
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"open-minded":{
"willing to consider new or different ideas":{
"examples":[
"all I ask is that you try to be open-minded when we present our suggestions"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"open",
"receptive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impartial",
"neutral",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"easygoing",
"nonjudgmental",
"tolerant",
"calm",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"impressionable",
"suggestible",
"susceptible",
"persuadable",
"persuasible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biased",
"narrow",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"bigoted",
"intolerant"
],
"antonyms":[
"narrow-minded",
"unreceptive"
]
},
"not bound by traditional ways or beliefs":{
"examples":[
"younger people are often more open-minded on social and political issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"progressive",
"radical",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"forbearing",
"indulgent",
"large-minded",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"tolerant",
"extreme",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard",
"rigid",
"strict",
"doctrinal",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"bigoted",
"blinkered",
"intolerant",
"narrow-minded",
"reactionary",
"unreconstructed"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"conventional",
"hidebound",
"nonprogressive",
"old-fashioned",
"orthodox",
"stodgy",
"traditional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opened":{
"to change from a closed to an open position":{
"examples":[
"please open the door to let the cat out"
],
"synonyms":[
"unclosed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unclasped",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unbuttoned",
"unclenched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled",
"unzipped",
"disengaged",
"released",
"slipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barred",
"bolted",
"clasped",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"buttoned (up)",
"zipped (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"closed",
"shut"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricted",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"obstructed",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged (up)",
"closed",
"dammed (up)",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped"
]
},
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch"
],
"synonyms":[
"expanded",
"extended",
"fanned (out)",
"flared (out)",
"outspread",
"outstretched",
"spread (out)",
"stretched (out)",
"unfolded",
"unfurled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"closed",
"contracted",
"folded"
]
},
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"snowplows opened the runway without much trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"unblocked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unchoked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"uncluttered",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogged",
"closed",
"dammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"cluttered (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocked"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"embarked (on or upon)",
"entered (into or upon)",
"fell (to)",
"got off",
"kicked off",
"launched",
"led off",
"started",
"struck (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"took up",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"pioneered",
"set up",
"spawned",
"got around (to)",
"got down (to)",
"got round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceased",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"closed",
"completed",
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"left",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"phased out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"terminated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"openhanded":{
"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
"examples":[
"in the aftermath of the disaster, many people were exceptionally openhanded with their donations to charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"free",
"freehanded",
"freehearted",
"fulsome",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"open",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagant",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"big",
"greathearted",
"largehearted",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindly",
"samaritan",
"sympathetic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mean",
"petty",
"small",
"frugal",
"spare",
"sparing",
"thrifty",
"chary",
"stinting",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"close",
"closefisted",
"costive",
"illiberal",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"selfish",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"openhandedly":{
"in a generous manner":{
"examples":[
"the CEO openhandedly gave the intern advice about succeeding in the business"
],
"synonyms":[
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"unstintingly",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"genially",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"selflessly",
"ungrudgingly",
"unselfishly",
"altruistically",
"beneficently",
"benevolently",
"bigheartedly",
"charitably",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"magnanimously",
"philanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"coldly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"parsimoniously",
"stingily",
"ungenerously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"openhandedness":{
"the quality or state of being generous":{
"antonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
],
"examples":[
"the governor doesn't exactly have a reputation for openhandedness when it comes to commuting death sentences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
"related":[
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"openheartedness":{
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"the openheartedness with which he discussed his private life often startled new acquaintances"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"outspokenness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness",
"unguardedness",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earnestness",
"sincerity",
"sobriety",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"communicativeness",
"freedom",
"license",
"licence",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"evasiveness",
"secretiveness",
"inhibition",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"reticence",
"shyness",
"diplomacy",
"tact"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"indirection"
]
},
"the quality or state of being generous":{
"examples":[
"their natural openheartedness made them easy prey for every trickster with a sad story"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opiate":{
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cultural critic who argues that the Internet has now joined television as an opiate of the American people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"security blanket",
"pacifier",
"palliative",
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer"
],
"synonyms":[
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"narcotic"
]
},
"tending to cause sleep":{
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
],
"examples":[
"morphine is an opiate drug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"related":[
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"opining":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"the food critic opined that the restaurant's fare was something that one might serve a dog\u2014if one didn't like dogs"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"commenting",
"editorializing",
"noting",
"observing",
"reflecting",
"remarking",
"weighing in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentating",
"articulating",
"expressing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opinion":{
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"examples":[
"a number of voters expressed the opinion that all politicians, regardless of party affiliation, are corrupt"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"say",
"impression",
"perception",
"take",
"attitude",
"assumption",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"deliverance",
"esteem",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"credence",
"credit",
"faith",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"thought",
"position",
"stance",
"stand",
"comment",
"obiter dictum",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory",
"advice",
"input",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"angle",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"counterview"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
"examples":[
"after reviewing the evidence, the athletic board came to the opinion that the team be disqualified for recruiting violations"
],
"synonyms":[
"award",
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"resolution",
"verdict"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behest",
"charge",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"instruction",
"mandate",
"order",
"word",
"last word",
"say-so",
"adjudication",
"disposition",
"doom",
"finding",
"ruling",
"sentence",
"choice",
"option",
"selection",
"consensus",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadlock",
"draw",
"halt",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"tie"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opinionative":{
"given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions":{
"examples":[
"one particularly opinionative caller informed the talk show host that he was an idiot"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctrinaire",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinioned",
"pontifical",
"self-opinionated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadminded",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive"
],
"antonyms":[
"latitudinarian",
"undoctrinaire",
"undogmatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opponent":{
"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
"examples":[
"in martial arts, before the match begins, always bow to your opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"foe",
"rival"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"match",
"enemy",
"archenemy",
"nemesis",
"competitor",
"contestant",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"curse",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplice",
"ally",
"confederate",
"partner",
"advocate",
"champion",
"exponent",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that is hostile toward another":{
"examples":[
"the senator has many political opponents who would love to ruin his career"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"enemy",
"foe",
"hostile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archenemy",
"archfoe",
"nemesis",
"ill-wisher",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader",
"competitor",
"emulator",
"rival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"crony",
"fellow",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"colleague",
"comrade",
"confederate",
"friendly",
"partner",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"backer",
"benefactor",
"exponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher"
],
"antonyms":[
"amigo",
"friend"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opportunity":{
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this art school could be a wonderful opportunity for you to finally develop your talent for painting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"play",
"way",
"juncture",
"pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"chance",
"occasion",
"opening",
"room",
"shot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppose":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I will continue to oppose any attempts to infringe upon our civil liberties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"examples":[
"we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"suffer",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"checkmate",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"resist",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"confront",
"defy",
"face",
"meet"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppugn"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opposing":{
"as in opposite , contradictory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"irreconcilable",
"opposite",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconcilable",
"akin",
"like",
"similar",
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"I will continue to oppose any attempts to infringe upon our civil liberties"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"oppugning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"checkmating",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"resisting",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"suffering",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"opposition":{
"the inclination to resist":{
"examples":[
"most of the opposition to the proposed smoking ban is coming from bar owners worried about its impact on their businesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"defiance",
"resistance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demur",
"objection",
"protest",
"remonstrance",
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"reservation",
"disobedience",
"noncompliance",
"recalcitrance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"acceptance",
"approval"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescence"
]
},
"the quality or state of being as different as possible":{
"examples":[
"her actions stand in direct opposition to her words"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrariety",
"contrariness",
"oppositeness",
"polarity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradictoriness",
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"divergence",
"unlikeness",
"inequality",
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreement",
"alikeness",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude",
"analogousness",
"correlation",
"relationship"
],
"antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"sameness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppress":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"this gloomy weather is oppressing all of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum (out)",
"burden",
"dash",
"deject",
"depress",
"get down",
"sadden",
"weigh down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ail",
"distress",
"trouble",
"afflict",
"torment",
"torture",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"unnerve",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"assure",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"excite",
"inspire",
"stimulate",
"elate",
"exhilarate",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"boost",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"a film about a man who is haunted and oppressed by the secrets of his past"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"devastate",
"floor",
"grind (down)",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"snow under",
"swamp",
"whelm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oppresses":{
"to make sad":{
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"buoys",
"cheers (up)",
"gladdens",
"lightens",
"rejoices"
],
"examples":[
"this gloomy weather is oppressing all of us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"assures",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"excites",
"inspires",
"stimulates",
"elates",
"exhilarates",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts"
],
"related":[
"ails",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"afflicts",
"torments",
"tortures",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"unnerves",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums (out)",
"burdens",
"dashes",
"dejects",
"depresses",
"gets down",
"saddens",
"weighs down"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a film about a man who is haunted and oppressed by the secrets of his past"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"sinks",
"confutes",
"defeats",
"refutes",
"breaks",
"demoralizes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"rocks",
"shatters",
"staggers",
"throws",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"upsets"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushes",
"devastates",
"floors",
"grinds (down)",
"overcomes",
"overmasters",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"prostrates",
"snows under",
"swamps",
"whelms"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oppressively":{
"in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering":{
"examples":[
"forced to live under an oppressively cruel government"
],
"synonyms":[
"brutally",
"hard",
"hardly",
"harshly",
"ill",
"roughly",
"severely",
"sternly",
"stiffly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callously",
"cold-bloodedly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"inhumanly",
"insensately",
"insensitively",
"mercilessly",
"obdurately",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"tyrannically",
"uncharitably",
"unfeelingly",
"unmercifully",
"unsparingly",
"abusively",
"brutishly",
"savagely",
"viciously",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"grimly",
"gruffly",
"resolutely",
"strongly",
"toughly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"considerately",
"cordially",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"lovingly",
"tenderly",
"charitably",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"mercifully",
"softheartedly",
"sympathetically",
"tolerantly",
"understandingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"clemently",
"gently",
"leniently",
"lightly",
"mildly",
"softly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"optimistic":{
"having qualities which inspire hope":{
"examples":[
"the economic predictions for the coming year are actually quite optimistic"
],
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"roseate",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"soothing",
"assured",
"confident",
"decisive",
"doubtless",
"positive",
"sure",
"unhesitating",
"beamish",
"bullish",
"eupeptic",
"favorable",
"good"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"bearish",
"grim",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"funereal",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"miserable",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"optimistically":{
"in a positive or optimistic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"After months of dwindling sales, the manager declared optimistically that \"there is no place to go but up from here\"."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"optimists":{
"a person who usually expects good things to happen":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"You have to be a bit of an optimist to start a business.",
"Somehow he remained an optimist despite all that had happened to him."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"option":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"a slew of options that would add several thousand dollars to the base price of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"you will have the option to select one of several quite different health insurance plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternative",
"choice",
"discretion",
"druthers",
"election",
"liberty",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection",
"volition",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"free will",
"will",
"say",
"voice",
"vote",
"inclination",
"liking",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perspicacity"
],
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"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"duty",
"obligation",
"Hobson's choice"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"nonvoluntary",
"obligatory",
"required"
],
"examples":[
"at the resort all recreational activities are optional , and you may choose to participate in none of them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"requisite"
],
"related":[
"alternate",
"alternative",
"chosen",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"discretionary",
"elective",
"voluntary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"oppositions":{
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"examples":[
"most of the opposition to the proposed smoking ban is coming from bar owners worried about its impact on their businesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"defiances",
"resistances"
],
"related":[
"demurs",
"objections",
"protests",
"remonstrances",
"compunctions",
"misgivings",
"reservations",
"disobediences",
"noncompliances",
"recalcitrances"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliances",
"obediences",
"acceptances",
"approvals"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"operator":{
"as in chauffeur":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in actor , deceiver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mechanic , smith":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppressing":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"this gloomy weather is oppressing all of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming (out)",
"burdening",
"dashing",
"dejecting",
"depressing",
"getting down",
"saddening",
"weighing down"
],
"related":[
"ailing",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"afflicting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"assuring",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"exciting",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"buoying",
"cheering (up)",
"gladdening",
"lightening",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"a film about a man who is haunted and oppressed by the secrets of his past"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushing",
"devastating",
"flooring",
"grinding (down)",
"overcoming",
"overmastering",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"prostrating",
"snowing under",
"swamping",
"whelming"
],
"related":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"sinking",
"confuting",
"defeating",
"refuting",
"breaking",
"demoralizing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"rocking",
"shattering",
"staggering",
"throwing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opinions":{
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"examples":[
"a number of voters expressed the opinion that all politicians, regardless of party affiliation, are corrupt"
],
"synonyms":[
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"says",
"impressions",
"perceptions",
"takes",
"attitudes",
"assumptions",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"determinations",
"deliverances",
"esteems",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"credences",
"credits",
"faiths",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"ideas",
"thoughts",
"positions",
"stances",
"stands",
"comments",
"obiter dicta",
"observations",
"reflections",
"remarks",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"surmises",
"theories",
"advice",
"inputs",
"recommendations",
"suggestions",
"angles",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"shoes",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"counterviews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
"examples":[
"after reviewing the evidence, the athletic board came to the opinion that the team be disqualified for recruiting violations"
],
"synonyms":[
"awards",
"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"resolutions",
"verdicts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"instructions",
"mandates",
"orders",
"words",
"last words",
"say-sos",
"adjudications",
"dispositions",
"dooms",
"findings",
"rulings",
"sentences",
"choices",
"options",
"selections",
"consensuses",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"draws",
"halts",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"ties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opens":{
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"examples":[
"please open the door to let the cat out"
],
"synonyms":[
"uncloses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unclasps",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unbuttons",
"unclenches",
"unfolds",
"unfurls",
"unzips",
"disengages",
"releases",
"slips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bars",
"bolts",
"clasps",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"buttons (up)",
"zips (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"shuts"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricts",
"encumbers",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"obstructs",
"trammels",
"barricades",
"blockades"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocks",
"clogs (up)",
"closes",
"dams (up)",
"plugs (up)",
"stops"
]
},
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch"
],
"synonyms":[
"expands",
"extends",
"fans (out)",
"flares (out)",
"outspreads",
"outstretches",
"spreads (out)",
"stretches (out)",
"unfolds",
"unfurls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspreads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacts",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"contracts",
"folds"
]
},
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"snowplows opened the runway without much trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"unblocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unchokes",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"unclutters",
"strips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogs",
"closes",
"dams",
"obstructs",
"plugs",
"stops",
"clutters (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocks"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"enters (into or upon)",
"falls (to)",
"gets off",
"kicks off",
"launches",
"leads off",
"starts",
"strikes (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"pioneers",
"sets up",
"spawns",
"gets around (to)",
"gets down (to)",
"gets round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"stops",
"closes",
"completes",
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"phases out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"terminates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"operose":{
"as in tiring , tiresome":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting",
"sterile",
"unexciting",
"dreary",
"humdrum",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"openhearted":{
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"many therapists believe that it is better to be openhearted than to repress one's feelings, however hostile they may be"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"freehearted",
"honest",
"open",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"up-front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"openings":{
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
"examples":[
"the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"chances",
"occasions",
"opportunities",
"room",
"shots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plays",
"ways",
"junctures",
"passes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
"examples":[
"an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"apertures",
"holes",
"orifices",
"perforations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loopholes",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"cuts",
"fissures",
"gashes",
"notches",
"rents",
"rifts",
"ruptures",
"slashes",
"slits",
"splits",
"tears",
"slots",
"spaces",
"exits",
"mouths",
"outlets",
"pores",
"vents",
"entrances",
"inlets",
"intakes",
"pinholes",
"pinpricks",
"punches",
"punctures",
"airholes",
"armholes",
"buttonholes",
"keyholes",
"knotholes",
"peepholes",
"potholes",
"wormholes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fillers",
"fillings",
"fills",
"patches",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"barriers",
"blockages",
"obstacles",
"obstructions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
"examples":[
"the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"gulfs",
"hiatuses",
"holes",
"interstices",
"intervals",
"rents",
"rifts",
"separations",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"notches",
"slits",
"slots",
"splits",
"interspaces",
"pores",
"abysses",
"apertures",
"cavities",
"chasms",
"gapes",
"orifices",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"severances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open arms":{
"as in acceptance , embrace":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-off",
"cold shoulder",
"rebuff",
"repulse",
"silent treatment",
"snub",
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"opulences":{
"the total of one's money and property":{
"examples":[
"in some parts of the city nearly unimaginable opulence can be found side by side with nearly unthinkable poverty"
],
"synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"means",
"riches",
"substance",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"bankroll",
"deep pockets",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"wallet",
"abundance",
"affluence",
"prosperity",
"success",
"treasure",
"valuables",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"property",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"resources",
"savings",
"treasury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"operating":{
"being in effective operation":{
"examples":[
"the only operating nuclear power plant in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"on",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"employable",
"operable",
"usable",
"useable",
"viable",
"workable",
"performing",
"producing",
"productive",
"serving",
"useful",
"yielding",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"flourishing",
"humming",
"roaring",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deactivated",
"decommissioned",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"useless",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"arrested",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"idle",
"inert",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"nonproductive",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"stagnating",
"unproductive",
"vegetating"
],
"antonyms":[
"broken",
"dead",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"nonactivated",
"nonfunctional",
"nonfunctioning",
"nonoperating",
"nonoperational",
"nonoperative"
]
},
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
"examples":[
"do not operate heavy machinery, including cars, after taking this medication"
],
"synonyms":[
"handling",
"running",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"using",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"plying",
"wielding",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"directing",
"driving",
"guiding",
"piloting",
"steering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"it takes years to learn how to operate that kind of business so that it makes money"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"the medicine will take an hour or so to operate the first time you use it"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"wouldn't dream of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"employing",
"exercising",
"exploiting",
"harnessing",
"using",
"utilizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handling",
"manipulating",
"wielding",
"directing",
"running",
"working",
"cannibalizing",
"recycling",
"reusing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"open sesames":{
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
"examples":[
"it turned out that a simple \"please\" was the open sesame for charming the hotel manager into giving us a room with a better view"
],
"synonyms":[
"gateways",
"keys",
"passports",
"secrets",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"passwords",
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"attainments",
"coups",
"successes",
"triumphs",
"approaches",
"manners",
"means",
"methods",
"styles",
"systems",
"techniques",
"ways",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"ground plans",
"plans",
"programs",
"schemes",
"strategies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opalescently":{
"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"pellucidly",
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"oppugn":{
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"had the temerity to oppugn the merits of a study in a discipline that he knows nothing about"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"impeach",
"query",
"question"
],
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"doubt",
"mistrust",
"kick (about)",
"object (to)",
"protest",
"combat",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back",
"defend",
"support",
"advocate",
"champion",
"promote",
"abide",
"endure",
"stomach",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"embrace",
"swallow"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"guardians of liberty who staunchly oppugned tyranny, whether from the right or the left"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffle",
"checkmate",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"resist",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"confront",
"defy",
"face",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"suffer",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"operative":{
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"examples":[
"CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"asset",
"emissary",
"intelligencer",
"mole",
"spook",
"spy",
"undercover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courier",
"counterspy",
"double agent",
"sleeper",
"infiltrator",
"informer",
"stool pigeon",
"spymaster",
"superspy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"set in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency"
],
"synonyms":[
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"investigator",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator",
"shamus",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadow",
"tail",
"tracer",
"tracker",
"fed",
"Federal",
"G-man",
"narc",
"nark",
"plainclothesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being in effective operation":{
"examples":[
"the last operative bookbinder of its kind in the business"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operational",
"running",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"employable",
"operable",
"usable",
"useable",
"viable",
"workable",
"performing",
"producing",
"productive",
"serving",
"useful",
"yielding",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"flourishing",
"humming",
"roaring",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deactivated",
"decommissioned",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"useless",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"arrested",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"idle",
"inert",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"nonproductive",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"stagnating",
"unproductive",
"vegetating"
],
"antonyms":[
"broken",
"dead",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"nonactivated",
"nonfunctional",
"nonfunctioning",
"nonoperating",
"nonoperational",
"nonoperative"
]
},
"producing or capable of producing a desired result":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the operative amount of the medication and the lethal amount were too close for it to be used safely"
],
"synonyms":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"potent",
"productive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperefficient",
"ultraefficient",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent",
"accomplished",
"adept",
"consummate",
"experienced",
"expert",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"killer",
"sound",
"striking",
"telling",
"valid",
"active",
"dynamic",
"useful",
"working",
"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"realizable",
"usable",
"useable",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterproductive",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"abortive",
"bootless",
"futile",
"vain",
"empty",
"hollow",
"idle",
"pointless",
"unavailing",
"unprofitable",
"unsuccessful",
"inoperative",
"worthless"
],
"antonyms":[
"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"opine":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"the food critic opined that the restaurant's fare was something that one might serve a dog\u2014if one didn't like dogs"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"comment",
"editorialize",
"note",
"observe",
"reflect",
"remark",
"weigh in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentate",
"articulate",
"express",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"open air":{
"of, relating to, or held in the open air":{
"examples":[
"an open-air concert under the stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"alfresco",
"out-of-door",
"out-of-doors",
"outdoor",
"outdoors",
"outdoorsy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airy",
"exterior",
"external",
"outer",
"outside",
"outward",
"outermost",
"outmost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"internal",
"inward",
"inmost",
"innermost"
],
"antonyms":[
"indoor"
]
},
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
"examples":[
"a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air"
],
"synonyms":[
"nature",
"open",
"out-of-doors",
"outdoors",
"wild",
"wilderness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backwoods",
"bush",
"country",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"sticks",
"up-country",
"outside",
"without",
"badland",
"barren",
"desert",
"waste",
"wasteland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"opportunities":{
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
"examples":[
"this art school could be a wonderful opportunity for you to finally develop your talent for painting"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"chances",
"occasions",
"openings",
"room",
"shots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plays",
"ways",
"junctures",
"passes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppositionist":{
"as in challenger , defier":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"operation":{
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
"examples":[
"a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"mission",
"post"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"chore",
"duty",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"requirement",
"responsibility",
"errand",
"labor",
"work",
"commitment",
"pledge",
"promise",
"appointment",
"commission",
"designation",
"nomination",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result":{
"examples":[
"a specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"process"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drill",
"routine",
"fashion",
"form",
"manner",
"method",
"mode",
"style",
"system",
"technique",
"way",
"approach",
"arrangement",
"blueprint",
"design",
"formula",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"layout",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"project",
"recipe",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"enterprise",
"performance",
"undertaking",
"work",
"activity",
"functioning",
"movement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"given the constant threat of robbery, the operation of a convenience store can be quite stressful"
],
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
"guidance",
"handling",
"intendance",
"management",
"oversight",
"presidency",
"regulation",
"running",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalship",
"leadership",
"rulership",
"agency",
"aegis",
"egis",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
"ward",
"engineering",
"logistics",
"machination",
"manipulation",
"coadministration",
"codirection",
"comanagement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"a considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech weapons systems"
],
"synonyms":[
"application",
"employment",
"exercise",
"play",
"usage",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exertion",
"reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuse",
"nonuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opportune":{
"especially suitable for a certain time":{
"examples":[
"an opportune rain shower gave them an excuse to leave the outdoor concert early"
],
"synonyms":[
"seasonable",
"timely",
"well-timed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"fitting",
"meet",
"pat",
"proper",
"suitable",
"pertinent",
"relative",
"relevant",
"fortunate",
"lucky",
"propitious",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"prompt",
"punctual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"unfit",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"behind",
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delayed",
"delinquent",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue",
"postponed",
"slow",
"tardy",
"anticipatory",
"early",
"precocious",
"premature",
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected"
],
"antonyms":[
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opinionated":{
"given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions":{
"examples":[
"those talk shows want opinionated pundits, not cautious, diffident debaters"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctrinaire",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionative",
"opinioned",
"pontifical",
"self-opinionated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadminded",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive"
],
"antonyms":[
"latitudinarian",
"undoctrinaire",
"undogmatic"
]
},
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"an opinionated professor who often clashes with students who dare to disagree with him"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opt (for)":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opting":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosing",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"naming",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"optimum":{
"as in optimal , exceptional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"A1",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimal",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"moderate",
"modest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"oppugning":{
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"had the temerity to oppugn the merits of a study in a discipline that he knows nothing about"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"impeaching",
"querying",
"questioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"kicking (about)",
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backing",
"defending",
"supporting",
"advocating",
"championing",
"promoting",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"stomaching",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"embracing",
"swallowing"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"guardians of liberty who staunchly oppugned tyranny, whether from the right or the left"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"checkmating",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"resisting",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"suffering",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opulent":{
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"examples":[
"an opulent upper crust that liked to show off its possessions"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"near synonyms":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
]
},
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"an opulent mansion filled with priceless art and antiques"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plush",
"plushy",
"silken",
"sumptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
"extravagant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"august",
"awesome",
"awful",
"baronial",
"beautiful",
"gorgeous",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"kingly",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"homelike",
"homey",
"homy",
"snug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opprobriums":{
"a cause of shame":{
"examples":[
"saw no reason why \"secretary\" should suddenly become a term of opprobrium among the politically correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"reflections",
"reproaches",
"scandals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"brands",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boasts",
"glories",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"credits",
"honors"
]
},
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
"examples":[
"the opprobrium that was long attached to the convicted embezzler's name"
],
"synonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteems",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"reproaches",
"shames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scandals",
"contempts",
"despites",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"deprecations",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"degradations",
"dust",
"humiliations",
"blots",
"brands",
"shadows",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"estimations",
"regards",
"awes",
"fears",
"reverences",
"fames",
"glories",
"renowns",
"reputes"
],
"antonyms":[
"esteems",
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opposites":{
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"no matter what I say, you insist on the opposite"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"counters",
"negatives",
"obverses",
"reverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negations",
"antonyms",
"counterpoints",
"converses",
"inverses",
"mirror images"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonyms",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"counterparts",
"carbon copies",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"replicas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open (up)":{
"as in clear , free":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff",
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in want , take":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"need",
"take",
"want",
"warrant",
"favor",
"justify",
"support",
"sustain",
"validate",
"admit (of)",
"allow (of)",
"permit (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close out",
"disallow",
"enjoin",
"exclude",
"forbid",
"negative",
"preclude",
"rule out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ophthalmologist":{
"a medical professional who studies and treats problems and diseases of the eye":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"optometrist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"general practitioner",
"attending",
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"specialist",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"EMT",
"paramedic",
"paramedical",
"physical therapist",
"physiotherapist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"optionally":{
"as in electively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"electively",
"alternately",
"alternatively",
"either",
"instead",
"desirably",
"gladly",
"wishfully",
"fain",
"first",
"preferably",
"rather",
"readily",
"soon",
"willingly",
"obligingly",
"voluntarily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"reluctantly",
"forcibly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"optimism":{
"an inclination to believe in the most favorable outcome":{
"examples":[
"your perpetual optimism even when things look bleak"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullishness",
"sanguinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightness",
"cheerfulness",
"perkiness",
"sunniness",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"rosiness",
"idealism",
"meliorism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skepticism",
"apprehension",
"caution",
"concern",
"cynicism",
"despair",
"desperation",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"hopelessness",
"bleakness",
"cheerlessness",
"dreariness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"pragmatism",
"realism"
],
"antonyms":[
"bearishness",
"pessimism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opts":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service"
],
"synonyms":[
"chooses",
"concludes",
"decides",
"determines",
"figures",
"names",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"opposes":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"I will continue to oppose any attempts to infringe upon our civil liberties"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"challenges",
"contests",
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"baffles",
"balks",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"checks",
"counters",
"hinders",
"obstructs",
"stems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"knuckles under (to)",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"counters",
"fights",
"oppugns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"checkmates",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"resists",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"confronts",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"bears",
"endures",
"suffers",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opines":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"the food critic opined that the restaurant's fare was something that one might serve a dog\u2014if one didn't like dogs"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"comments",
"editorializes",
"notes",
"observes",
"reflects",
"remarks",
"weighs in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentates",
"articulates",
"expresses",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oppugned":{
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"had the temerity to oppugn the merits of a study in a discipline that he knows nothing about"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"impeached",
"queried",
"questioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"kicked (about)",
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backed",
"defended",
"supported",
"advocated",
"championed",
"promoted",
"abided",
"abode",
"endured",
"stomached",
"tolerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"embraced",
"swallowed"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"guardians of liberty who staunchly oppugned tyranny, whether from the right or the left"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"checkmated",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"resisted",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced",
"met"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"endured",
"suffered",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opens up":{
"as in clears , frees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"clots",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs",
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wants , takes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needs",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants",
"favors",
"justifies",
"supports",
"sustains",
"validates",
"admits (of)",
"allows (of)",
"permits (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closes out",
"disallows",
"enjoins",
"excludes",
"forbids",
"negatives",
"precludes",
"rules out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opulently":{
"in a luxurious manner":{
"examples":[
"an opulently furnished palace"
],
"synonyms":[
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"richly",
"sumptuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imposingly",
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"grandiosely",
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously",
"affluently",
"comfortably",
"fine",
"wealthily",
"immoderately",
"indulgently",
"intemperately",
"prodigally",
"wantonly",
"wastefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpretentiously",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"restrainedly",
"sensibly",
"temperately"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"opened (up)":{
"as in cleared , freed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wanted , took":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needed",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted",
"favored",
"justified",
"supported",
"sustained",
"validated",
"admitted (of)",
"allowed (of)",
"permitted (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closed out",
"disallowed",
"enjoined",
"excluded",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"negatived",
"precluded",
"ruled out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opaqueness":{
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the opaqueness of the narrative will not bother readers more interested in complex characters than in a gripping yarn"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ophthalmologists":{
"a medical professional who studies and treats problems and diseases of the eye":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"operatives":{
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"examples":[
"CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assets",
"emissaries",
"intelligencers",
"moles",
"spies",
"spooks",
"undercovers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"couriers",
"counterspies",
"double agents",
"sleepers",
"infiltrators",
"informers",
"stool pigeons",
"spymasters",
"superspies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"set in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency"
],
"synonyms":[
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"investigators",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators",
"shamuses",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadows",
"tails",
"tracers",
"trackers",
"Federals",
"feds",
"G-men",
"narcs",
"narks",
"plainclothesmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opening":{
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
"examples":[
"the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"chance",
"occasion",
"opportunity",
"room",
"shot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"play",
"way",
"juncture",
"pass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
"examples":[
"an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"aperture",
"hole",
"orifice",
"perforation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loophole",
"breach",
"break",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"cut",
"fissure",
"gash",
"notch",
"rent",
"rift",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"split",
"tear",
"slot",
"space",
"exit",
"mouth",
"outlet",
"pore",
"vent",
"entrance",
"inlet",
"intake",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"airhole",
"armhole",
"buttonhole",
"keyhole",
"knothole",
"peephole",
"pothole",
"wormhole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"filling",
"patch",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"barrier",
"blockage",
"obstacle",
"obstruction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
"examples":[
"the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"gulf",
"hiatus",
"hole",
"interstice",
"interval",
"rent",
"rift",
"separation",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"notch",
"slit",
"slot",
"split",
"interspace",
"pore",
"abyss",
"aperture",
"cavity",
"chasm",
"gape",
"orifice",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"severance",
"sundering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in first , starting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting",
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottommost",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate",
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change from a closed to an open position":{
"examples":[
"please open the door to let the cat out"
],
"synonyms":[
"unclosing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unclasping",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unbuttoning",
"unclenching",
"unfolding",
"unfurling",
"unzipping",
"disengaging",
"releasing",
"slipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barring",
"bolting",
"clasping",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"buttoning (up)",
"zipping (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"closing",
"shutting"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricting",
"encumbering",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"obstructing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"barricading",
"blockading"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocking",
"clogging (up)",
"closing",
"damming (up)",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping"
]
},
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch"
],
"synonyms":[
"expanding",
"extending",
"fanning (out)",
"flaring (out)",
"outspreading",
"outstretching",
"spreading (out)",
"stretching (out)",
"unfolding",
"unfurling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspreading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacting",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"closing",
"contracting",
"folding"
]
},
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"snowplows opened the runway without much trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"unblocking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing",
"unchoking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"uncluttering",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogging",
"closing",
"damming",
"obstructing",
"plugging",
"stopping",
"cluttering (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocking"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"oppressiveness":{
"as in harshness , heavy-handedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguineness",
"sanguinity",
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"grimness",
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness",
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opus":{
"a literary, musical, or artistic production":{
"examples":[
"the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim"
],
"synonyms":[
"composition",
"number",
"piece",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"classic",
"magnum opus",
"masterpiece",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece",
"model",
"outline",
"sketch",
"\u00e9tude",
"canon",
"corpus",
"oeuvre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppositely":{
"as in conversely , inversely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contrarily",
"conversely",
"inversely",
"vice versa",
"differently",
"dissimilarly",
"otherwise",
"diversely",
"unequally",
"variously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alike",
"also",
"correspondingly",
"ditto",
"likewise",
"similarly",
"so",
"equally",
"equivalently",
"identically",
"as well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"open-eyed":{
"paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"an open-eyed deer cautiously grazed in the backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"Argus-eyed",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sensitive",
"cognizant",
"heedful",
"keen",
"mindful",
"observing",
"regardful",
"sharp",
"sharp-eyed",
"hyperalert",
"hypervigilant",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"wary",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"absorbed",
"abstracted",
"daydreaming",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"sleeping",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unprepared",
"unready"
],
"antonyms":[
"asleep"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"oppositionists":{
"as in challengers , defiers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppugns":{
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"had the temerity to oppugn the merits of a study in a discipline that he knows nothing about"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"impeaches",
"queries",
"questions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"kicks (about)",
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"combats",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backs",
"defends",
"supports",
"advocates",
"champions",
"promotes",
"abides",
"endures",
"stomachs",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"embraces",
"swallows"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"guardians of liberty who staunchly oppugned tyranny, whether from the right or the left"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"counters",
"fights",
"opposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"checkmates",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"resists",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"confronts",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"bears",
"endures",
"suffers",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opinionatedness":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"guests on that political talk show seem to be far more prized for their uninhibited opinionatedness than for any trace of reasonableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
"examples":[
"in matters of religion, she seems to confuse self-righteous opinionatedness with godly devotion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigotry",
"dogmatism",
"illiberalism",
"illiberality",
"illiberalness",
"intolerance",
"intolerantness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"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"
]
},
"opted":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service"
],
"synonyms":[
"chose",
"concluded",
"decided",
"determined",
"figured",
"named",
"resolved",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreed",
"ruled",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"found",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"delayed",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"stalled",
"temporized",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"waffled",
"wavered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"openly":{
"in a direct and honest way; without hiding feelings or opinions":{
"examples":[
"Please feel free to express your opinions openly .",
"The governor has been openly critical of the President."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"artlessly",
"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naively",
"na\u00efvely",
"naturally",
"sincerely",
"unaffectedly",
"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously",
"genuinely",
"honestly",
"simply",
"truly",
"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",
"affectedly",
"artificially",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"open sesame":{
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
"examples":[
"it turned out that a simple \"please\" was the open sesame for charming the hotel manager into giving us a room with a better view"
],
"synonyms":[
"gateway",
"key",
"passport",
"secret",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"password",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph",
"approach",
"manner",
"means",
"method",
"style",
"system",
"technique",
"way",
"blueprint",
"design",
"ground plan",
"plan",
"program",
"scheme",
"strategy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opts (for)":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opens (up)":{
"as in clears , frees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"clots",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs",
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wants , takes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needs",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants",
"favors",
"justifies",
"supports",
"sustains",
"validates",
"admits (of)",
"allows (of)",
"permits (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closes out",
"disallows",
"enjoins",
"excludes",
"forbids",
"negatives",
"precludes",
"rules out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opera":{
"a literary, musical, or artistic production":{
"examples":[
"the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim"
],
"synonyms":[
"compositions",
"numbers",
"pieces",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"classics",
"magnum opuses",
"masterpieces",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"models",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"\u00e9tudes",
"canons",
"corpora",
"oeuvres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opted (for)":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
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"singled (out)",
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"took"
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"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
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"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
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"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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],
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"contrariety",
"contrariness",
"opposition",
"polarity"
],
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"contradictoriness",
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"divergence",
"unlikeness",
"inequality",
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreement",
"alikeness",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude",
"analogousness",
"correlation",
"relationship"
],
"antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"sameness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open up":{
"as in clear , free":{
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"clear",
"free",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff",
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in want , take":{
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"need",
"take",
"want",
"warrant",
"favor",
"justify",
"support",
"sustain",
"validate",
"admit (of)",
"allow (of)",
"permit (of)"
],
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"close out",
"disallow",
"enjoin",
"exclude",
"forbid",
"negative",
"preclude",
"rule out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oppressed":{
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"examples":[
"setting out on a quixotic quest to right wrongs and to raise up the oppressed peoples of the world"
],
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"crushed",
"downtrodden",
"persecuted",
"tyrannized"
],
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"browbeaten",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"abused",
"maltreated",
"mistreated",
"abject",
"despairing",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"hopeless"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"this gloomy weather is oppressing all of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed (out)",
"burdened",
"dashed",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"got down",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
],
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"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"a film about a man who is haunted and oppressed by the secrets of his past"
],
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"crushed",
"devastated",
"floored",
"ground (down)",
"overcame",
"overmastered",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"prostrated",
"snowed under",
"swamped",
"whelmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"sank",
"sunk",
"confuted",
"defeated",
"refuted",
"broke",
"demoralized",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"rocked",
"shattered",
"staggered",
"threw",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"upset"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"opened up":{
"as in cleared , freed":{
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"cleared",
"freed",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed"
],
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},
"as in wanted , took":{
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"needed",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted",
"favored",
"justified",
"supported",
"sustained",
"validated",
"admitted (of)",
"allowed (of)",
"permitted (of)"
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"closed out",
"disallowed",
"enjoined",
"excluded",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"negatived",
"precluded",
"ruled out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"opacity":{
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the opacity of the abstract painter's works simply baffles many gallery visitors"
],
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"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opaqueness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opportunists":{
"a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions":{
"examples":[
"ever the opportunist , she immediately set about becoming the incoming administrator's new best friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrobats",
"chameleons",
"chancers",
"temporizers",
"timeservers",
"trimmers",
"weathercocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egoists",
"egotists",
"self-seekers",
"connivers",
"machinators",
"plotters",
"schemers"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"an opportunist who makes friends and then drops them as soon as they aren't useful anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom-feeders",
"chancers",
"self-seekers",
"temporizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egocentrics",
"egoists",
"egotists",
"connivers",
"machinators",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"barracuda",
"barracudas",
"sharks",
"hangers-on",
"leeches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"optical illusions":{
"an image that tricks a person's vision":{
"examples":[
"Some may dismiss what we witnessed that night as an optical illusion , but we firmly believe it was a UFO."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"mirages",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions",
"ignes fatui",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"visualizations",
"apparitions",
"appearances",
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"daymares",
"nightmares",
"contrivances",
"creativities",
"ideations",
"mind's eyes",
"originalities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open-mindedness":{
"as in tolerance , broad-mindedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"tolerance",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"fence-sitting",
"straddling",
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"subjectiveness",
"subjectivity",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in responsiveness , receptivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"agreeableness",
"geniality",
"good-naturedness",
"heartiness",
"warmth",
"ardor",
"avidity",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"exuberance",
"fervor",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"relish",
"zeal",
"zest",
"dispatch",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"celerity",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"alacrity",
"amenability",
"gameness",
"goodwill",
"obligingness",
"willingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leisureliness",
"pokiness",
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"halfheartedness",
"indifference",
"lukewarmness",
"perfunctoriness",
"delay",
"dilatoriness",
"doubt",
"equivocation",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"reluctance",
"reservation",
"reticence",
"uncertainty",
"vacillation",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"recalcitrance",
"resistance",
"unwillingness",
"antipathy",
"averseness",
"aversion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"open-air":{
"of, relating to, or held in the open air":{
"examples":[
"an open-air concert under the stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"alfresco",
"out-of-door",
"out-of-doors",
"outdoor",
"outdoors",
"outdoorsy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airy",
"exterior",
"external",
"outer",
"outside",
"outward",
"outermost",
"outmost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"internal",
"inward",
"inmost",
"innermost"
],
"antonyms":[
"indoor"
]
},
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
"examples":[
"a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air"
],
"synonyms":[
"nature",
"open",
"out-of-doors",
"outdoors",
"wild",
"wilderness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backwoods",
"bush",
"country",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"sticks",
"up-country",
"outside",
"without",
"badland",
"barren",
"desert",
"waste",
"wasteland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"operant":{
"as in effective , efficacious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"expedient",
"ultraefficient",
"availing",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"productive",
"profitable",
"successful",
"useful",
"worthwhile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterproductive",
"feckless",
"hamstrung",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficacious",
"inefficient",
"inexpedient",
"abortive",
"bootless",
"fruitless",
"futile",
"nonproductive",
"pointless",
"profitless",
"unavailing",
"unproductive",
"unprofitable",
"unsuccessful",
"useless",
"worthless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"oppressive":{
"difficult to endure":{
"examples":[
"an oppressive regime that rules through terror"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"options":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"a slew of options that would add several thousand dollars to the base price of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"appliances",
"attachments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"you will have the option to select one of several quite different health insurance plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternatives",
"choices",
"discretions",
"druthers",
"elections",
"liberties",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections",
"volitions",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinations",
"free wills",
"wills",
"says",
"voices",
"votes",
"inclinations",
"likings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"discernments",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"perspicacities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"duties",
"obligations",
"Hobson's choices"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oppressors":{
"a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{
"examples":[
"the dictatorship had scarcely been overthrown when the formerly oppressed suddenly abandoned their democratic ideals and became the oppressors"
],
"synonyms":[
"caesars",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"pharaohs",
"strongmen",
"tyrannizers",
"tyrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autarchs",
"autocrats",
"monocrats",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"paramounts",
"potentates",
"totalitarians",
"caudillos",
"overlords",
"warlords",
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"dominators",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"overlords",
"rulers",
"kings",
"lords",
"monarchs",
"princes",
"queens",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"tycoons",
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"enforcers",
"martinets",
"taskmasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opportunist":{
"a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions":{
"examples":[
"ever the opportunist , she immediately set about becoming the incoming administrator's new best friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrobat",
"chameleon",
"chancer",
"temporizer",
"timeserver",
"trimmer",
"weathercock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egoist",
"egotist",
"self-seeker",
"conniver",
"machinator",
"plotter",
"schemer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"an opportunist who makes friends and then drops them as soon as they aren't useful anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom-feeder",
"chancer",
"self-seeker",
"temporizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoist",
"egotist",
"conniver",
"machinator",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"barracuda",
"shark",
"hanger-on",
"leech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opiates":{
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
"examples":[
"a cultural critic who argues that the Internet has now joined television as an opiate of the American people"
],
"synonyms":[
"anesthetics",
"anodynes",
"narcotics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"security blankets",
"pacifiers",
"palliatives",
"hypnotics",
"sedatives",
"soporifics",
"tranquilizers",
"tranquillizers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"optimal":{
"as in optimum , exceptional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"A1",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimum",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"moderate",
"modest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opposite":{
"being as different as possible":{
"examples":[
"those two are fundamentally opposite \u2014she being loquacious and outgoing where he is quiet and reserved"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"polar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"reverse",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncontradictory"
]
},
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"no matter what I say, you insist on the opposite"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"contrary",
"counter",
"negative",
"obverse",
"reverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negation",
"antonym",
"counterpoint",
"converse",
"inverse",
"mirror image"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonym",
"analogue",
"analog",
"counterpart",
"carbon copy",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"replica"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"opening (up)":{
"as in clearing , freeing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocking",
"choking",
"clogging",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing",
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wanting , taking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needing",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting",
"favoring",
"justifying",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"validating",
"admitting (of)",
"allowing (of)",
"permitting (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closing out",
"disallowing",
"enjoining",
"excluding",
"forbidding",
"negativing",
"precluding",
"ruling out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"operatic":{
"having the general quality or effect of a stage performance":{
"examples":[
"the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"stagy",
"stagey",
"theatrical",
"theatric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"sensational",
"actorish",
"actorly",
"actressy",
"dramaturgic",
"dramaturgical",
"ham",
"hammy",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"exciting",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"overdramatic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"matter-of-fact",
"monotonous",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"stale",
"unexceptional"
],
"antonyms":[
"undramatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opera hat":{
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"operates":{
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
"examples":[
"do not operate heavy machinery, including cars, after taking this medication"
],
"synonyms":[
"handles",
"runs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uses",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"plies",
"wields",
"commands",
"controls",
"directs",
"drives",
"guides",
"pilots",
"steers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"it takes years to learn how to operate that kind of business so that it makes money"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"administrates",
"carries on",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"manages",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"the medicine will take an hour or so to operate the first time you use it"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"performs",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"wouldn't dream of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"employs",
"exercises",
"exploits",
"harnesses",
"uses",
"utilizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handles",
"manipulates",
"wields",
"directs",
"runs",
"works",
"cannibalizes",
"recycles",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"operations":{
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
"examples":[
"a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"briefs",
"businesses",
"charges",
"details",
"jobs",
"missions",
"posts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"chores",
"duties",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"requirements",
"responsibilities",
"errands",
"labors",
"works",
"commitments",
"pledges",
"promises",
"appointments",
"commissions",
"designations",
"nominations",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result":{
"examples":[
"a specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"procedures",
"proceedings",
"processes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drills",
"routines",
"fashions",
"forms",
"manners",
"methods",
"modes",
"styles",
"systems",
"techniques",
"ways",
"approaches",
"arrangements",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"game plans",
"ground plans",
"layouts",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"projects",
"recipes",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"attainments",
"enterprises",
"performances",
"undertakings",
"works",
"activities",
"movements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"given the constant threat of robbery, the operation of a convenience store can be quite stressful"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrations",
"care",
"charges",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directions",
"governances",
"governments",
"guidance",
"handlings",
"intendances",
"managements",
"oversights",
"presidencies",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalships",
"leaderships",
"rulerships",
"agencies",
"aegises",
"egises",
"custodies",
"guardianships",
"laps",
"protections",
"trusts",
"tutelages",
"wards",
"logistics",
"machinations",
"manipulations",
"coadministrations",
"codirections",
"co-directions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"a considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech weapons systems"
],
"synonyms":[
"applications",
"employments",
"exercises",
"plays",
"usages",
"uses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exertions",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuses",
"nonuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opting (for)":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"tagging",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"optic":{
"of, relating to, or used in vision":{
"examples":[
"the optic nerve"
],
"synonyms":[
"ocular",
"optical",
"visual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seeing",
"sighted",
"focusing",
"focussing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opportunism":{
"as in pretentiousness , pushiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overambitiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"pushiness",
"aggression",
"competitiveness",
"killer instinct",
"assertiveness",
"daring",
"spirit",
"determination",
"diligence",
"drive",
"energy",
"enterprise",
"go",
"hustle",
"industry",
"initiative",
"motivation",
"push",
"ardor",
"avidity",
"eagerness",
"keenness",
"passion",
"ambition",
"ambitiousness",
"aspiration",
"go-getting",
"avarice",
"greed",
"hunger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"halfheartedness",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"laziness",
"lethargy",
"shiftlessness",
"sloth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"optometrists":{
"as in pediatricians , dermatologists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"openness":{
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"her openness was refreshing after the tiresome coyness of her friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"outspokenness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness",
"unguardedness",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earnestness",
"sincerity",
"sobriety",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"communicativeness",
"freedom",
"license",
"licence",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"evasiveness",
"secretiveness",
"inhibition",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"reticence",
"shyness",
"diplomacy",
"tact"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"indirection"
]
},
"the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful":{
"examples":[
"doctors are concerned about the population's openness to the new strain of the flu virus"
],
"synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"vulnerability"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predisposition",
"susceptibility",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"sheltering",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opuses":{
"a literary, musical, or artistic production":{
"examples":[
"the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim"
],
"synonyms":[
"compositions",
"numbers",
"pieces",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"classics",
"magnum opuses",
"masterpieces",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"models",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"\u00e9tudes",
"canons",
"corpora",
"oeuvres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opined":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"the food critic opined that the restaurant's fare was something that one might serve a dog\u2014if one didn't like dogs"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"commented",
"editorialized",
"noted",
"observed",
"reflected",
"remarked",
"weighed in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentated",
"articulated",
"expressed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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