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{
"pace":{
"as in rate , tempo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"gait",
"rate",
"tempo",
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"drive",
"hustle",
"acceleration",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"warp speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"file",
"march",
"parade",
"stride"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-step",
"perambulate",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"hike",
"tramp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amble",
"meander",
"ramble",
"stroll",
"wander"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"come",
"come along",
"do",
"fare",
"forge",
"get along",
"get on",
"go",
"go along",
"go off",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"fast-forward",
"speed",
"approach",
"near",
"journey",
"pass",
"repair",
"run",
"travel",
"wend",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"take out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"balk",
"block",
"check",
"detain",
"halt",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"nip",
"obstruct",
"slow (down or up)",
"stem",
"repress",
"retard",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"delay",
"interrupt",
"stall",
"cramp",
"hamper",
"inhibit",
"cease",
"let up",
"pause",
"regress",
"wait"
],
"antonyms":[
"remain",
"stand",
"stay",
"stop"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pacer":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"antonyms":[
"follower",
"imitator"
],
"examples":[
"a highly competitive industry in which any company that isn't a pacer quickly becomes a belly-up also-ran"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-lately",
"me-tooer"
],
"related":[
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"groundbreaker",
"innovator",
"pioneer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwether",
"leader",
"pacemaker",
"pacesetter",
"trendsetter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacification":{
"as in peace , peacefulness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacificator":{
"as in pacifier , appeaser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeaser",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"moderator",
"liaison",
"medium",
"troubleshooter",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifier":{
"as in palliative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palliative",
"security blanket",
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer",
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appeaser , pacificator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"reconciler",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"moderator",
"liaison",
"medium",
"troubleshooter",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifies":{
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeases",
"assuages",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"gentles",
"mollifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"endears (to)",
"ingratiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"adulates",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"soft-soaps",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"dulcifies",
"sweetens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"antagonizes",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"pesters",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"outrages"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pacifist":{
"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
"examples":[
"a committed pacifist , Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence"
],
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"peacenik"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peacemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"chauvinist",
"nationalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"war hawk",
"warmonger"
]
},
"inclined to live in peace and to avoid war":{
"examples":[
"the newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"dovish",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irenic",
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"noncombative",
"unaggressive",
"unwarlike",
"antimilitarist",
"antimilitaristic",
"antiviolence",
"antiwar",
"calm",
"mild",
"neutral",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"hawkish",
"martial",
"warlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pack":{
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"fill",
"plug",
"stop",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal",
"repack",
"restuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"examples":[
"I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close"
],
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"fill",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drench",
"flood",
"glut",
"swamp",
"bloat",
"bulk",
"crowd",
"crush",
"mat",
"press",
"ram",
"shove",
"squash",
"squeeze",
"refill",
"refresh",
"reload",
"repack",
"replenish",
"overcharge",
"overfill",
"overflow",
"saturate",
"honeycomb",
"penetrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lighten",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge",
"scour",
"sweep"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"remember to pack several changes of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"ferry",
"haul",
"lug",
"tote",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"hand over",
"transfer",
"forward",
"send",
"ship",
"transmit",
"bring",
"fetch",
"take",
"move",
"remove",
"shift"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"a private detective packing a weapon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunt",
"show off",
"sport",
"display",
"exhibit",
"parade",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"part of basic training is becoming accustomed to taking very long hikes with an 80-pound pack"
],
"synonyms":[
"backpack",
"kit bag",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversack",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"fanny pack",
"school bag",
"seabag",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"she tucked a small pack of lozenges into her bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"it took a pack of courage to stand up before that crowd and tell the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"had run with a pack of hot-rodders when he was in high school"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"ring",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in close , tight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bosom",
"chummy",
"close",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"pally",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"thick",
"tight",
"clannish",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"close-knit",
"exclusive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"incestuous",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"unfriendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"receptive",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pack (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"package":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ate a whole package of cookies at once"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"related":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"got a job sorting packages in the mail room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"pack",
"packet",
"parcel"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packet":{
"a very large amount of money":{
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
],
"examples":[
"that town house in Mayfair cost a packet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"related":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"pile",
"wad"
]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a packet of letters that her husband wrote while he was in the army"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"parcel"
]
},
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
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"examples":[
"his monthly wage packet contained just enough to allow him to rent a one-bedroom flat"
],
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"related":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"pay",
"pay envelope",
"paycheck",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packhorses":{
"as in warhorses , hackneys":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packs":{
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"fills",
"plugs",
"stops",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"caulks",
"calks",
"chinks",
"seals",
"repacks",
"restuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"shovels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"examples":[
"I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close"
],
"synonyms":[
"brims",
"charges",
"crams",
"fills",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"loads",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenches",
"floods",
"gluts",
"swamps",
"bloats",
"bulks",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"mats",
"presses",
"rams",
"shoves",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"refills",
"refreshes",
"reloads",
"repacks",
"replenishes",
"overcharges",
"overfills",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"honeycombs",
"penetrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightens",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps"
],
"antonyms":[
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"remember to pack several changes of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"carts",
"conveys",
"ferries",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"totes",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"hands over",
"transfers",
"forwards",
"sends",
"ships",
"transmits",
"brings",
"fetches",
"takes",
"moves",
"removes",
"shifts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"a private detective packing a weapon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunts",
"shows off",
"sports",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"parades",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"part of basic training is becoming accustomed to taking very long hikes with an 80-pound pack"
],
"synonyms":[
"backpacks",
"kit bags",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversacks",
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"fanny packs",
"school bags",
"seabags",
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"she tucked a small pack of lozenges into her bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"parcels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"bales",
"boxes",
"containers",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"it took a pack of courage to stand up before that crowd and tell the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"had run with a pack of hot-rodders when he was in high school"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"padding":{
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
"examples":[
"the padding is leaking out of that pillow"
],
"synonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"filling",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"packing",
"interlining",
"lining",
"quilting",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"fender",
"pad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"that feature writer is sometimes guilty of padding , since his stories often contain colorful details that can't be verified"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"hype",
"puffery",
"superlative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing"
],
"antonyms":[
"meiosis",
"understatement"
]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"coloring",
"elaborating (on)",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"hyperbolizing",
"magnifying",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dressing up",
"gussying up",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"overdoing",
"overdrawing",
"overemphasizing",
"overplaying",
"overstating",
"emphasizing",
"playing up",
"stressing",
"caricaturing",
"satirizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"understating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"a cat padded silently by"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulating",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"legging (it)",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"walking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parading",
"promenading",
"marching",
"pacing",
"stepping out",
"striding",
"trooping",
"power walking",
"hiking",
"peregrinating",
"trekking",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"wandering",
"clumping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"trampling",
"tromping",
"footslogging",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"gimping",
"hobbling",
"limping",
"mincing",
"prancing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"bouncing",
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting",
"swaggering",
"faltering",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"waddling",
"nipping",
"tapping",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paddle":{
"to move a boat by means of oars":{
"examples":[
"I like to paddle on the river for exercise and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"oar",
"row",
"scull"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"pole",
"punt",
"feather",
"pull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"back in those times it was acceptable for teachers to paddle misbehaving students"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paddles":{
"to move a boat by means of oars":{
"examples":[
"I like to paddle on the river for exercise and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"oars",
"rows",
"sculls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoes",
"kayaks",
"poles",
"punts",
"feathers",
"pulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"back in those times it was acceptable for teachers to paddle misbehaving students"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pageant":{
"a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes":{
"examples":[
"we always put on a Christmas pageant every year"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavalcade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tableau",
"kaleidoscope",
"montage",
"panorama",
"drama",
"dramatization",
"play",
"demonstration",
"performance",
"presentation",
"production",
"exhibition",
"extravaganza",
"show",
"spectacle",
"parade",
"procession",
"progress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
"examples":[
"an annual summertime pageant depicting the town's founding and colorful early history"
],
"synonyms":[
"circus",
"extravaganza",
"raree-show",
"spectacle",
"spectacular"
],
"near synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"exhibition",
"exposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pageantry":{
"as in spectacle , pomp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dazzle",
"fanfare",
"foofaraw",
"pomp",
"razzle-dazzle",
"razzmatazz",
"spectacle",
"flamboyance",
"flash",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"swank",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"dressing",
"embellishment",
"garnishment",
"ornamentation",
"trimming",
"extravagance",
"fanciness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"magnificence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"luridness",
"meretriciousness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"minimalism",
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paid":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we need to pay the cashier and then we can leave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffed"
],
"related":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"requited",
"remitted",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"prepaid"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"remunerated"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
],
"examples":[
"you ought to pay that bill before it's overdue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
]
},
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rock fans were willing to pay enormous sums to get into the concert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cached",
"hoarded",
"laid up",
"saved",
"acquired",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"made",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"won"
],
"related":[
"lavished",
"rained",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbursed",
"dropped",
"expended",
"forked (over, out, or up)",
"gave",
"laid out",
"outlaid",
"shelled out",
"spent"
]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an investment paying six percent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brought in",
"netted",
"afforded",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"paid off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"gave",
"returned",
"yielded"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
],
"examples":[
"pay someone to mow the lawn for the summer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"related":[
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"paid (for)":{
"as in financed , sprang (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expended",
"financed",
"outlaid",
"ponied up",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"covered",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"afforded",
"swung",
"went",
"acquired",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"bankrolled",
"endowed",
"subsidized",
"underwrote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paid (up)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
],
"examples":[
"for once our bills are all paid up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pains":{
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"asked the movers to take pains to be sure that they didn't damage anything while moving the furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"closeness",
"conscientiousness",
"heed",
"heedfulness",
"meticulosity",
"meticulousness",
"scrupulousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"observance",
"observation",
"alertness",
"mindfulness",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"dutifulness",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"punctiliousness",
"responsibility",
"bother",
"effort",
"painstaking",
"trouble",
"exactness",
"particularity",
"precision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inobservance"
],
"antonyms":[
"heedlessness",
"inattentiveness",
"negligence"
]
},
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"she was at pains to reassure us that everything would be fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"effort",
"elbow grease",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"labor",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"slog",
"strain",
"toil",
"travail",
"dint",
"energy",
"force",
"might",
"muscle",
"power",
"puissance",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adroitness",
"ease",
"facility",
"fluency",
"smoothness",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"laziness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"my poor head was paining so from all that racket"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches",
"hurts",
"smarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bites",
"bleeds",
"burns",
"chafes",
"cramps",
"festers",
"itches",
"nags",
"pinches",
"pounds",
"racks",
"stings",
"swells",
"throbs",
"tingles",
"twinges",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"suffers",
"afflicts",
"harrows",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paling":{
"as in bar , pale":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"pale",
"barricade",
"barrier",
"fence",
"hedge",
"wall",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"roadblock",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"manacle",
"shackle(s)",
"constraint",
"curb",
"restraint",
"snag",
"buffer",
"bulwark",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"dam",
"fender",
"pad",
"rampart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"gate",
"portal",
"break",
"gap",
"pass"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"dulling",
"fading",
"snowing",
"washing out",
"whitening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"palm":{
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin"
],
"synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capture",
"conquest",
"mastery",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing",
"blowout",
"landslide",
"laugher",
"romp",
"runaway",
"shutout",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover",
"squeaker",
"success",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"upset",
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"washout",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"lurch",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"loss",
"overthrow",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"whipping"
]
},
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fob off",
"foist",
"palm off",
"pass off",
"wish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"force",
"impose",
"inflict",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"distort",
"falsify",
"misrepresent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"palpable":{
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible",
"undetectable"
],
"examples":[
"the tension in the negotiating room was palpable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaudible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"inconspicuous",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"faint",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"trivial",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"obscure",
"shrouded",
"vague"
],
"related":[
"audible",
"observable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"noticeable",
"obvious",
"plain",
"ponderable",
"prominent",
"striking",
"apparent",
"distinct",
"identifiable",
"significant",
"straightforward"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciable",
"apprehensible",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"distinguishable",
"perceptible",
"sensible"
]
},
"capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"intangible"
],
"examples":[
"a small but palpable lump in my neck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodiless",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial",
"abstract",
"ethereal",
"spiritual",
"unreal",
"virtual",
"imperceptible",
"insensible"
],
"related":[
"tactile",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"actual",
"concrete",
"embodied",
"existent",
"material",
"real",
"substantial",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"seeable",
"sensible",
"visible"
],
"synonyms":[
"tangible",
"touchable"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"a palpable case of lying under oath"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"palpitations":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a palpitation of the blood vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"vibrations",
"quivers",
"trembles",
"tremors"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatings",
"beats",
"pulsations",
"pulses",
"throbs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palter":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argue",
"bicker",
"clash",
"fight",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"comparison shop",
"shop (around)",
"barter",
"exchange",
"trade",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palters":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"argues",
"bickers",
"clashes",
"fights",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"squabbles",
"wrangles",
"comparison shops",
"shops (around)",
"barters",
"exchanges",
"trades",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"buys",
"purchases"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paltry":{
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
"examples":[
"a paltry , underhanded scheme to get someone fired"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"condemnable",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"disgusting",
"reptilian",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"shameful",
"base",
"ignoble",
"low",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"blamable",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"high-minded",
"honest",
"honorable",
"noble",
"principled",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"the hotel's shabby, outdated exercise room was its paltry attempt at a health spa"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
"examples":[
"just some paltry ruse to bilk the system"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"currish",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"dishonorable",
"execrable",
"ignoble",
"ignominious",
"low",
"low-down",
"low-minded",
"mean",
"nasty",
"snide",
"sordid",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"foul",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"cruel",
"vicious",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"perverted",
"atrocious",
"villainous",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"shameful",
"unworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"just",
"principled",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"commendable",
"excellent",
"exemplary",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"decent",
"proper",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"incorruptible",
"irreproachable",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring"
],
"antonyms":[
"high",
"high-minded",
"honorable",
"lofty",
"noble",
"straight",
"upright",
"venerable",
"virtuous"
]
},
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"wanted me to sell him my old records for a paltry sum"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pampa":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"examples":[
"a folktale about gauchos on the pampas"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pamper":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"pamper a sick child"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"cocker",
"coddle",
"cosset",
"dandle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"nurse",
"spoil",
"wet-nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"content",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"mother",
"oblige",
"please",
"satisfy",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"discipline",
"restrain",
"oppress",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight",
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"victimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pamphleteer":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panacea":{
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
"examples":[
"a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"catholicon",
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"nostrum",
"theriac"
],
"near synonyms":[
"magic bullet",
"silver bullet",
"corrective",
"cure",
"remedy",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pandora's box":{
"a source of many troubles; something that will lead to many problems":{
"examples":[
"Their parents are understandably afraid of opening a pandora's box if they buy their oldest child a car."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panegyric":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
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"examples":[
"wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"related":[
"award",
"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"laudation",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"salutation",
"tribute"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panhandlers":{
"a person who lives by public begging":{
"examples":[
"a panhandler asking for money to buy food"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggars",
"mendicants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemians",
"bums",
"clochards",
"drifters",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"vagrants",
"guttersnipes",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"miserables",
"paupers",
"bludgers",
"cadgers",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"moochers",
"parasites",
"schnorrers",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"dependents",
"deadbeats",
"derelicts",
"idlers",
"ne'er-do-wells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panic-stricken":{
"too overcome with panic to think or act normally":{
"examples":[
"The panic-stricken horses crashed through the door of the burning barn."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicked",
"panicky",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"phobic",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"cowed",
"daunted",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted",
"fearless",
"unafraid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"panicky":{
"as in anxious , worried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"phobic",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"cowed",
"daunted",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted",
"fearless",
"unafraid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"panning":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"reprehending",
"slagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewering",
"tweaking",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"blasting",
"clobbering",
"slamming",
"slashing",
"nicking (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"niggling",
"quibbling",
"whining",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"drubbing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"berating",
"castigating",
"crucifying",
"excoriating",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"hammering",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"pillorying",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"deriding",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"recommending",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panoplies":{
"a full suit of armor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"exoskeletons",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells",
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panoramic":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a panoramic look at America's fascination with the automobile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"thorough",
"universal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pant (after)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"teenage gamers panting after the latest video game"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pantaloon":{
"as in clown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clown",
"aper",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"busker",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panted":{
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
"examples":[
"the dog was panting heavily after his breakneck run across the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"gasped",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hyperventilated",
"puffed",
"wheezed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked",
"gagged",
"gulped",
"huffed",
"asphyxiated",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"snored",
"snuffled",
"exhaled",
"expired"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panted (after)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"examples":[
"teenage gamers panting after the latest video game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"related":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"salivated (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panties":{
"as in scanties":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scanties",
"lingerie",
"slip",
"underskirt",
"underclothes",
"underclothing",
"undergarments",
"underwear",
"undies",
"unmentionables",
"boxers",
"boxer shorts",
"briefs",
"drawers",
"long johns",
"pants",
"shorts",
"underdrawers",
"underpants",
"undershirt",
"undershorts",
"union suit",
"nightdress",
"nightgown",
"nightshirt",
"pajamas",
"pj's"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outerwear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"paper":{
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"handed in the correct papers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"instrument",
"writ",
"filing",
"sheet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"document",
"form"
]
},
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we get the paper every morning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
],
"synonyms":[
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine"
]
},
"a short piece of writing done as a school exercise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"write a paper about your favorite author"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"article",
"essay",
"story"
],
"synonyms":[
"composition",
"theme"
]
},
"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the papers written by the Founding Fathers urging adoption of the federal constitution"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"causerie",
"column",
"commentary",
"editorial",
"feature",
"report",
"review",
"write-up",
"dissertation",
"thesis",
"tract",
"treatise",
"discourse",
"discussion",
"exposition",
"prolegomenon",
"study"
],
"synonyms":[
"article",
"composition",
"essay",
"theme"
]
},
"being something in name or form only":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's a paper boycott of that company's products that nobody seems to be honoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true"
],
"related":[
"so-called",
"phantom",
"virtual",
"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"presumed",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"synonyms":[
"formal",
"nominal",
"titular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"papers over":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
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"minds",
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"cloaks",
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"covers",
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"enshrouds",
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"beclouds",
"bedims",
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"shades"
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"broadcasts",
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"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"hiked",
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"lumbered",
"plodded",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"trudged"
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"rambled",
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"strutted",
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"aired",
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"masked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"obscured",
"occluded",
"occulted",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
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],
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"dichotomy",
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"conundrum",
"enigma",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle"
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"epitomes",
"incarnations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"phantoms",
"pinks",
"archetypes",
"examples",
"mirrors",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"guidelines",
"principles",
"rules",
"gauges",
"gages",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apotheoses",
"culminations",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
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"classics",
"eidolons",
"eidola",
"exemplars",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"models",
"nonesuches",
"nonpareils",
"patron saints"
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"noun"
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"her professor pointed out some parallels between the two novels"
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"discrepancy",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"change",
"modification",
"variation"
],
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"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogy",
"homology"
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"commonality",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude"
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"dissimilar",
"diverse",
"unakin",
"unlike"
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"parallel lives of two friends who first met in college"
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"distinct",
"distinguishable",
"nonequivalent",
"noninterchangeable",
"variable",
"varied",
"various",
"varying",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
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"proportionate",
"tantamount",
"virtual",
"allied",
"congeneric",
"congenerous",
"congenial",
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"kin",
"kindred",
"relatable",
"related",
"approaching",
"approximating",
"close",
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"coincident",
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"conforming",
"consistent",
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"duplicate",
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"equivalent",
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"indistinguishable",
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"me-too",
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"selfsame",
"substitutable",
"synonymous",
"twin",
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"homogenous",
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"uniform",
"unvaried",
"unvarying"
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"cognate",
"comparable",
"connate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"ditto",
"like",
"matching",
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"resembling",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike"
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"examples":[
"an advance that is without parallel in the history of virology"
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"analog",
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"half",
"mate",
"twin",
"associate",
"colleague",
"companion",
"copartner",
"partner",
"competitor"
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"compeer",
"coordinate",
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fellow",
"like",
"match",
"peer",
"rival"
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"developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life"
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"conform (to)",
"coordinate (with)",
"go (with)",
"harmonize (with)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"counterbalance",
"counterpoise",
"echo",
"image",
"mirror",
"repeat",
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"come (to)",
"near",
"measure (up)",
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"rival",
"suggest"
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"equal",
"match"
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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"to be the exact counterpart of":{
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"developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life"
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"corresponded (to)",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched"
],
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"blent (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"coordinated (with)",
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"supplemented",
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"neared",
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"rivalled",
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"type":[
"verb"
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"paralyzed":{
"affected with paralysis":{
"examples":[
"special ramps for paralyzed people in wheelchairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"paralytic"
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"challenged",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mutilated",
"halt",
"hobbled",
"lame",
"lamed",
"impaired",
"incapacitated",
"hamstrung",
"hemiplegic",
"paraplegic",
"paretic",
"quadriplegic",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"a seemingly paralyzed mayor sat by as the city's crime rate soared"
],
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"hamstrung",
"handcuffed",
"helpless",
"high and dry",
"hog-tied",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inept",
"unfit",
"useless",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"passive",
"spineless",
"supine",
"unaggressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"dominant",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"vigorous",
"important",
"major",
"significant",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top"
],
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong"
]
},
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
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"a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days"
],
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"crippled",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"immobilized",
"incapacitated",
"prostrated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"hobbled",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mutilated",
"knocked out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energized",
"galvanized",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"fortified",
"strengthened",
"empowered",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
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},
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"examples":[
"the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything"
],
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"demoralized",
"emasculated",
"undid",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"neutered",
"weakened",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"wasted",
"frightened",
"intimidated",
"psyched (out)",
"scared",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"daunted",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"crazed",
"deranged",
"maddened",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortified",
"strengthened",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerved"
]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days"
],
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"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"immobilizing",
"incapacitating",
"prostrating"
],
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"attenuating",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"hobbling",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mutilating",
"knocking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"vitalizing",
"fortifying",
"strengthening",
"empowering",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
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},
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
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"the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything"
],
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"demoralizing",
"emasculating",
"undoing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"unstringing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"neutering",
"weakening",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"wasting",
"frightening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)",
"scaring",
"terrifying",
"terrorizing",
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"crazing",
"deranging",
"maddening",
"unbalancing",
"unhinging",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"fazing",
"perturbing",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortifying",
"strengthening",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paramedicals":{
"as in EMTs":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"EMTs",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"specialists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paranoid":{
"having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion":{
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"examples":[
"He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paranoidal":{
"having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion":{
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"examples":[
"He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night."
],
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"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paraphrase":{
"an instance of expressing something in different words":{
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"quotation",
"quote"
],
"examples":[
"your essays on human rights should have some original thought and not be simply a paraphrase of what's in the textbook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copy",
"transcript",
"transcription"
],
"related":[
"rehash",
"abstract",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"reiteration",
"summary"
],
"synonyms":[
"rephrasing",
"restatement",
"restating",
"rewording",
"translating",
"translation"
]
},
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
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"quote"
],
"examples":[
"could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echo",
"repeat",
"copy",
"reproduce",
"transcribe"
],
"related":[
"boil down",
"recapitulate",
"reiterate",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"synonyms":[
"rephrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"translate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parcels (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"antonyms":[
"misallocates"
],
"examples":[
"parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudges",
"declines",
"denies",
"deprives (of)",
"disallows",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"withholds",
"niggles (out)",
"pinches",
"skimps",
"stints"
],
"related":[
"admeasures",
"allots",
"allows",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"dishes out",
"divides",
"divvies (up)",
"dollops (out)",
"lots",
"measures (out)",
"parts",
"proportions",
"rations",
"redistributes",
"sets",
"shares (out)",
"splits",
"bestows",
"disburses",
"furnishes",
"issues",
"provides",
"shares",
"supplies",
"circulates",
"disperses",
"disseminates",
"scatters",
"spreads",
"chips in",
"contributes",
"donates",
"pledges",
"reallocates",
"reapportions"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"allocates",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"portions",
"prorates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parch":{
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"the heat has really parched my throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidify",
"drain",
"evaporate",
"mummify",
"shrivel",
"wither",
"wizen",
"air-dry",
"bake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathe",
"deluge",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"waterlog",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten",
"rehydrate",
"dip",
"dunk",
"submerge",
"swamp"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrate",
"wash",
"water",
"wet"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pare":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"pared the stray branches on the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"cut back",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paring":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pared the stray branches on the tree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"related":[
"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"polling",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parity":{
"the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality":{
"examples":[
"rules requiring that there be parity in what schools spend on men's and women's sports"
],
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"coordinateness",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"sameness"
],
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"compatibility",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"alikeness",
"community",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"identicalness",
"identity"
],
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"divergence",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"incompatibility",
"dissimilarity",
"unlikeness"
],
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"imparity",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"park":{
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"examples":[
"the tycoon's country estate is surrounded by a 500-acre park"
],
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"demesne",
"ground",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard"
],
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"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"campus",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"as in set , locate":{
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"deploy",
"emplace",
"fix",
"locate",
"plant",
"position",
"set",
"situate",
"station",
"ensconce",
"install",
"lodge",
"nestle",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"anchor",
"bivouac",
"camp",
"camp (out)",
"burrow",
"curl up",
"dig in",
"harbor",
"house"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in sets , locates":{
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"examples":[],
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"examples":[
"the tycoon's country estate is surrounded by a 500-acre park"
],
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"estates",
"lands",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plots",
"properties",
"real estates",
"realties",
"campuses",
"backyards",
"churchyards",
"dooryards",
"closes",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"gardens",
"garths",
"plazas"
],
"synonyms":[
"demesnes",
"grounds",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yards"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parkway":{
"as in bypass , beltway":{
"examples":[],
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"bypass",
"ring road",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"causeway",
"through street",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parlance":{
"the manner of speech used by a particular group of people":{
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"examples":[
"In military parlance , \"bug out\" means \"to retreat.\"",
"They spoke the parlance of those in the technology industry."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parlayed":{
"to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parlous":{
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"window washing can indeed be a parlous occupation on a skyscraper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"related":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"parodists":{
"as in satirists , caricaturists":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parse":{
"to understand something by considering it parts closely":{
"examples":[
"I'm having trouble parsing your words\u2014could you rephrase what you said?",
"We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analyze",
"dissect",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"view",
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"categorize",
"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parsed":{
"to understand something by considering it parts closely":{
"examples":[
"I'm having trouble parsing your words\u2014could you rephrase what you said?",
"We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed",
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"categorized",
"classified",
"picked over",
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parsimonious":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"a parsimonious woman who insists that charity begins\u2014and ends\u2014at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"part":{
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
"examples":[
"the model car came in several small parts that had to be put together"
],
"synonyms":[
"member",
"partition",
"portion",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"moiety",
"parcel",
"cut",
"length",
"bit",
"fragment",
"particle",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole",
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"sum",
"total",
"totality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"wanted no part of the profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotment",
"allowance",
"cut",
"end",
"piece",
"portion",
"proportion",
"quota",
"share",
"slice",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lot",
"ration",
"commission",
"percentage",
"member",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"pool",
"sum",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"I'll do my part , so don't worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"task",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"I'm not from around these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"corridor",
"land",
"neck",
"region",
"tract",
"zone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"district",
"domain",
"latitude(s)",
"range",
"realm",
"terrain",
"territory",
"neighborhood",
"vicinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in some measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"well, you're at least part right about her original name"
],
"synonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmentarily",
"enough",
"fairly",
"kindly",
"kind of",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"dead",
"downright",
"plain",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"particularly",
"very"
],
"antonyms":[
"all",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"quite",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly"
]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome"
],
"synonyms":[
"branch (out)",
"diverge",
"divide",
"fork",
"separate",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"break up",
"broadcast",
"clear out",
"disband",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"distribute",
"scatter",
"sow",
"distance",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"gather",
"meet"
],
"antonyms":[
"converge",
"join"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"parted the prongs with pliers"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"part (with)":{
"as in abandon , shed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"shed",
"abnegate",
"renounce",
"resign",
"forfeit",
"release",
"waive",
"commit",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"transfer",
"cede",
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"lay down",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partial":{
"inclined to favor one side over another":{
"examples":[
"that judge is always partial to the defense, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"biased",
"one-sided",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"misrepresented",
"shaded",
"warped",
"convinced",
"influenced",
"persuaded",
"predisposed",
"prepossessed",
"swayed",
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"open-minded",
"persuasible",
"receptive",
"honest",
"just",
"reasonable",
"bipartisan",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"hardheaded",
"impersonal",
"unemotional",
"cold",
"distant",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterested",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"neutral",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"having a liking or affection":{
"examples":[
"partial to chocolate cake"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"attached",
"fond",
"inclined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crazy (about or over)",
"enamored",
"enraptured",
"gone (on)",
"infatuated",
"mad (about)",
"nuts (about)",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"gung ho",
"keen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"cool",
"indifferent",
"uninterested",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"alienated",
"disaffected",
"disenchanted",
"estranged"
],
"antonyms":[
"allergic",
"averse",
"disinclined"
]
},
"lacking some necessary part":{
"examples":[
"a partial answer to the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"half",
"halfway",
"incomplete"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"impaired",
"imperfect",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"sketchy",
"unassembled",
"uncompleted",
"unfinished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"unbroken",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"completed",
"finished"
],
"antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"full",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"whole"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"partially":{
"in some measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the construction project is only partially complete"
],
"synonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmentarily",
"enough",
"fairly",
"kindly",
"kind of",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
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"nice",
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"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
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"ultrafastidious",
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"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
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"faultfinding",
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"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
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"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
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"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
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]
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"that particular mug is Mike's"
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"private",
"privy",
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"singular",
"subjective",
"unique"
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"distinctive",
"intimate",
"identifying",
"idiosyncratic",
"especial",
"express",
"special",
"specific",
"independent",
"nonconformist",
"self-directed",
"self-sufficient",
"custom",
"customized",
"specialized"
],
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"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"widespread",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
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"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
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"he's particular about the corn he buys"
],
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"choosey",
"picky",
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"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"discerning",
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"judicious"
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],
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"unselective"
]
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"a very particular account of the breakdown of their marriage from the husband's perspective"
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"full",
"minute",
"particularized",
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"listed",
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"specified",
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"copious",
"comprehensive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhausting",
"exhaustive",
"inclusionary",
"inclusive",
"in-depth",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thoroughgoing",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"complete",
"entire",
"replete",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"sharp",
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"graphical",
"picturesque",
"vivid"
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"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"short",
"succinct",
"terse",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"pruned",
"shortened",
"trimmed",
"ambiguous",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"sketchy",
"vague",
"bird's-eye",
"broad",
"general",
"nonspecific",
"overall",
"unspecified"
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"summary"
]
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"item",
"point"
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"belonging",
"object",
"stuff",
"thing",
"characteristic",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"feature",
"member",
"ingredient",
"division",
"particle",
"partition",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"segment"
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"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"conglomerate",
"entirety",
"sum",
"summation",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"everyone wanted to know all the particulars about the forthcoming merger"
],
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"detail",
"fact",
"nicety",
"particularity",
"point",
"specific"
],
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"article",
"item",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"member",
"part",
"aspect",
"circumstance",
"facet",
"factor",
"evidence",
"exhibit",
"database",
"information",
"knowledge"
],
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"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"inaccuracy",
"misconception",
"misstatement",
"myth"
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"type":[
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"noun"
]
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"farewell",
"valedictory"
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"final",
"last",
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"leaving"
],
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],
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"leave-taking",
"separation"
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"egress",
"exit",
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"exodus",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"running away",
"decamping",
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"arrival",
"greeting",
"salutation",
"welcome",
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"joining",
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"everyone waved goodbye at his parting"
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"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"quitting",
"walking out"
],
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"flight",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"running away",
"withdrawal",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"embarkation",
"embarkment",
"disembarkation",
"egress",
"abandonment",
"forsaking",
"relinquishment"
],
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"coming",
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress"
],
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"appearance",
"arrival"
]
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"after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome"
],
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"diverging",
"dividing",
"forking",
"separating",
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],
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"breaking up",
"broadcasting",
"clearing out",
"disbanding",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"distributing",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"distancing",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"gathering",
"meeting"
],
"antonyms":[
"converging",
"joining"
]
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"parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead"
],
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"booking",
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"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
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"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
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"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
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"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
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"examples":[
"parted the prongs with pliers"
],
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"breaking up",
"decoupling",
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"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
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"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking"
],
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"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
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"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding"
],
"antonyms":[
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes"
],
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"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"antonyms":[
"convergence"
],
"examples":[
"After graduating, the once close group of friends came to a parting of the ways ."
],
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"accord",
"agreement",
"likeness",
"similarity"
],
"related":[
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"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissidence",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"divarication",
"divergence",
"divergency",
"separation"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"partisan":{
"inclined to favor one side over another":{
"antonyms":[
"disinterested",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"neutral",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
"examples":[
"a shamelessly partisan reporter covering the primary campaign"
],
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"open",
"open-minded",
"persuasible",
"receptive",
"honest",
"just",
"reasonable",
"bipartisan",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"hardheaded",
"impersonal",
"unemotional",
"cold",
"distant",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested"
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"related":[
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"inimical",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"misrepresented",
"shaded",
"warped",
"convinced",
"influenced",
"persuaded",
"predisposed",
"prepossessed",
"swayed",
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"synonyms":[
"biased",
"one-sided",
"parti pris",
"partial",
"prejudiced"
]
},
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
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"coryphaeus",
"leader"
],
"examples":[
"partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"renegade",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
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"missionary",
"proselytizer",
"soldier",
"faithful",
"loyalist",
"advocate",
"backer",
"champion",
"supporter",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9",
"scholar",
"student",
"ideologist",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"sectarian",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"apparatchik",
"camp follower",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"hanger-on",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lickspittle",
"minion",
"myrmidon",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"epigone",
"follower",
"liege man",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
]
},
"one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{
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"nonmilitant"
],
"examples":[
"a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabbler",
"dilettante"
],
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"dreamer",
"idealist",
"visionary",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
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"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"patron",
"promoter",
"stalwart",
"supporter",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"synonyms":[
"crusader",
"fanatic",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"militant",
"red hot",
"true believer",
"zealot"
]
},
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"she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point"
],
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"freethinker",
"latitudinarian",
"liberal"
],
"related":[
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"fanatic",
"purist",
"jingoist",
"nationalist",
"racialist",
"racist",
"supremacist",
"chauvinist",
"sexist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigot",
"dogmatist",
"dogmatizer",
"sectarian"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all"
],
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"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"followers",
"liege men",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists"
],
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"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
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"loyalists",
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"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
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"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it"
],
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"fanatics",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"militants",
"red hots",
"true believers",
"zealots"
],
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"dreamers",
"idealists",
"visionaries",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"idolizers",
"votaries",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"stalwarts",
"supporters",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmilitants"
]
},
"one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{
"examples":[
"she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigots",
"dogmatists",
"dogmatizers",
"sectarians"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doctrinaires",
"fanatics",
"purists",
"jingoists",
"nationalists",
"racialists",
"racists",
"supremacists",
"chauvinists",
"sexists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freethinkers",
"latitudinarians",
"liberals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
"antonyms":[
"disaffiliation",
"dissociation"
],
"examples":[
"the symphony orchestra is presenting the choral piece in partnership with the city's leading choral society"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakup",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"separation",
"severance",
"split",
"alienation",
"divorce",
"estrangement"
],
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"dealings",
"interaction",
"exchange",
"interconnection",
"interrelation",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"merger",
"unification",
"affinity",
"attachment",
"closeness",
"intimacy",
"rapport",
"sympathy",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"colleagueship",
"companionship",
"company",
"fellowship",
"bed",
"cahoots",
"league"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliation",
"alliance",
"association",
"collaboration",
"confederation",
"connection",
"cooperation",
"hookup",
"liaison",
"linkup",
"relation",
"relationship",
"tie-up",
"union"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"party poopers":{
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
"examples":[
"a party pooper who insisted they turn the music down"
],
"synonyms":[
"drags",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"spoilsports",
"wet blankets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fuddy-duddies",
"goody-goodies",
"old maids",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"defeatists",
"Jeremiahs",
"knockers",
"pessimists",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cynics",
"grouches",
"grumps",
"soreheads",
"sourpusses",
"whiners",
"bores",
"downers",
"drips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutups",
"jesters",
"live wires",
"carousers",
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"rejoicers",
"revelers",
"revellers",
"roisterers",
"libertines",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"rakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paseos":{
"as in parades , promenades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"promenades",
"ambles",
"constitutionals",
"perambulations",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"turns",
"walks",
"wanders",
"expeditions",
"hikes",
"marches",
"peregrinations",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"travels",
"traversals",
"traverses",
"treks",
"trips",
"walkabouts",
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins",
"tours",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"safaris"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasquinade":{
"a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general":{
"examples":[
"a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers"
],
"synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"satire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"parody",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"comedy",
"farce",
"sketch",
"skit",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"derision",
"ridicule",
"cartoon",
"mockery",
"travesty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in lampoon , satirize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"satirize",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"mock",
"parody",
"send up",
"spoof",
"travesty",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"ridicule",
"ape",
"copycat",
"monkey",
"parrot",
"duplicate",
"emulate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"act",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulate",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"magnify",
"pad",
"play up",
"stretch",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"overdraw",
"overstate",
"put on",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"personate",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pass":{
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"could you please pass me the phone?"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"hand",
"hand over",
"reach",
"transfer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relay",
"bear",
"carry",
"finger",
"handle",
"paw",
"cede",
"deliver",
"give",
"give up",
"release",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"eventually, the storm passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
],
"synonyms":[
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"grant",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"furnish",
"supply",
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain"
]
},
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitute",
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"make",
"ordain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"repass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
]
},
"to take place":{
"examples":[
"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
],
"synonyms":[
"be",
"befall",
"betide",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"come down",
"come off",
"cook",
"do",
"go down",
"go on",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"transpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"develop",
"rise",
"shape (up)",
"arise",
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"materialize",
"spring (up)",
"intervene",
"fall out",
"follow",
"result",
"turn out",
"go off",
"proceed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
],
"synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"bolt",
"blurt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
"I'll pass on the coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"fly",
"hold up",
"stand up",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"get through",
"go down",
"go over",
"go through",
"play",
"take",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"ravine",
"saddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"floodplain",
"kettle",
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"examples":[
"take the second pass on the right"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeway",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"close",
"cul-de-sac",
"dead end",
"corridor",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
"examples":[
"a pass to leave the military base for the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"coupon",
"pasteboard",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certificate",
"note",
"token",
"voucher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"a final pass at the assignment"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"eventually, all their career goals came to pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"actuality",
"actualization",
"attainment",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"realization"
],
"near synonyms":[
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"antonyms":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pass out":{
"to lose consciousness":{
"antonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"revive"
],
"examples":[
"I passed out from the flu"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"break down",
"collapse",
"zonk (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"black out",
"conk (out)",
"faint",
"keel (over)",
"swoon"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passed (on)":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fell",
"flatlined",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passed (over)":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursed",
"covered",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"followed",
"navigated",
"perambulated",
"peregrinated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassed",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"failed",
"missed",
"omitted",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"rejected",
"shrugged off",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"disdained",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"scanted",
"skimped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"pampered",
"remembered",
"listened (to)",
"watched",
"followed",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"remarked"
],
"antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"heeded",
"minded",
"regarded",
"tended (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passed up":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passengers":{
"as in travelers , sightseers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sightseers",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"migrants",
"transients",
"vagrants",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"sojourners",
"amblers",
"saunterers",
"laggards",
"stragglers",
"drifters",
"gadabouts",
"gypsies",
"knockabouts",
"maunderers",
"nomads",
"ramblers",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"strollers",
"vagabonds",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebodies",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"settlers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passes out":{
"to lose consciousness":{
"examples":[
"I passed out from the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacks out",
"conks (out)",
"faints",
"keels (over)",
"swoons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"collapses",
"zonks (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"revives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passing out":{
"to lose consciousness":{
"examples":[
"I passed out from the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacking out",
"conking (out)",
"fainting",
"keeling (over)",
"swooning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"collapsing",
"zonking (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to",
"reviving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passing up":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passional":{
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"a rather passional declaration of love from someone she had just started dating"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pasteurized":{
"as in uncontaminated , undiluted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened",
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in distilled , cleaned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"flushed",
"leached",
"purged",
"refined",
"decontaminated",
"purified",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"improved",
"augmented",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supplemented",
"compacted",
"concentrated",
"condensed",
"fertilized",
"larded",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"cut",
"diluted",
"extended",
"laced",
"sophisticated",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"loaded",
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"envenomed",
"fouled",
"infected",
"poisoned",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"sullied",
"tainted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pasteurizes":{
"as in distills , cleans":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pastiches":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"each addition to the house was done in a markedly different architectural idiom, and the result is a whimsical pastiche"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pastime":{
"an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her favorite pastime is gardening.",
"Baseball has been a national pastime for years."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pastings":{
"as in beatings , thrashings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasturing":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"eating",
"feeding",
"nibbling",
"ranging",
"stocking",
"overgrazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsing",
"foraging",
"grazing",
"rustling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pat":{
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"examples":[
"on the issue of raising taxes the governor stands pat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"affectionately patted the baby on the head"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"neck",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"caress",
"fondle",
"gentle",
"love",
"pet",
"stroke"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
],
"without any flaws or errors":{
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly"
],
"examples":[
"after months of practicing for the competition, the cheerleaders have their moves down pat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
"related":[
"excellently",
"fabulously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superbly",
"superiorly",
"superlatively",
"terrifically",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
"synonyms":[
"faultlessly",
"flawlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"impeccably",
"perfectly"
]
}
},
"patchiness":{
"as in narrowness , sketchiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"sketchiness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absoluteness",
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness",
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patent":{
"as in copyright":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copyright",
"brand",
"trademark",
"brand name",
"trade name",
"collective mark",
"emblem",
"hallmark",
"imprint",
"label",
"logo",
"mark",
"service mark",
"stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in grant , charter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charter",
"grant",
"perquisite",
"prerogative",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"waiver",
"birthright",
"claim",
"entitlement",
"right",
"courtesy",
"appanage",
"apanage",
"boon",
"concession",
"honor",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burden",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the patent stupidity of the proposal did not deter the city council from putting it up for a vote"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
"examples":[
"a patent error that should have been caught before the book was published"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"conspicuous",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"gross",
"obvious",
"pronounced",
"rank",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"clear",
"distinct",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"marked",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"plain",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"showy",
"splashy",
"absolute",
"arrant",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"sheer",
"stark",
"utter",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"deplorable",
"execrable",
"heinous",
"lousy",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"preposterous",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"invisible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"path":{
"the direction along which something or someone moves":{
"examples":[
"try to stay out of the path of the golf balls while playing",
"I tripped over a rock directly in my path"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"line",
"pathway",
"route",
"routeway",
"steps",
"track",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"circuit",
"loop",
"orbit",
"arc",
"flight path",
"trajectory",
"ascent",
"descent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps":{
"examples":[
"a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it"
],
"synonyms":[
"footpath",
"pathway",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bridle path",
"towpath",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"bypath",
"byroad",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"passageway",
"walkway",
"cutoff",
"shortcut",
"lane",
"pass",
"passage",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"run",
"runway",
"street",
"thoroughfare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"the path along which ancient traders traveled from Europe to China was known as the Silk Road"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"avenue",
"passage",
"route",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypath",
"byway",
"lane",
"laneway",
"artery",
"boulevard",
"bypass",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"passageway",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"routeway",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"turnpike",
"walk",
"walkway",
"trace",
"track",
"trail",
"airway",
"bikeway",
"cycleway",
"channel",
"gat",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"door",
"doorway",
"gate",
"gateway",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pathbreaking":{
"as in pioneering , trailblazing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pioneering",
"trailblazing",
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"untried",
"unused",
"unworn",
"innovative",
"unique",
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"familiar",
"hackneyed",
"old",
"time-honored",
"tired",
"warmed-over",
"conventional",
"established",
"traditional",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"derivative",
"imitative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paths":{
"the direction along which something or someone moves":{
"examples":[
"try to stay out of the path of the golf balls while playing",
"I tripped over a rock directly in my path"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"lines",
"pathways",
"routes",
"routeways",
"steps",
"tracks",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circles",
"circuits",
"loops",
"orbits",
"arcs",
"flight paths",
"trajectories",
"ascents",
"descents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps":{
"examples":[
"a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it"
],
"synonyms":[
"footpaths",
"pathways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bridle paths",
"towpaths",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"bypaths",
"byroads",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"passageways",
"walkways",
"cutoffs",
"shortcuts",
"lanes",
"passages",
"passes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"runs",
"runways",
"streets",
"thoroughfares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"the path along which ancient traders traveled from Europe to China was known as the Silk Road"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"avenues",
"passages",
"routes",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypaths",
"byways",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"arteries",
"boulevards",
"bypasses",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passageways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routeways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"turnpikes",
"walks",
"walkways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails",
"airways",
"bikeways",
"cycleways",
"channels",
"gats",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"doors",
"doorways",
"gates",
"gateways",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patience":{
"the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's patience is being sorely tested this year by several parents who seem to have no interest in their children's education"
],
"synonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"sufferance",
"tolerance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"resignation",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"amenability",
"compliance",
"conformism",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"willingness",
"discipline",
"self-control",
"submission",
"submissiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"contrariness",
"disobedience",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"resistance",
"willfulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impatience"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriarch":{
"a man who is the head of a family":{
"examples":[
"Investors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paterfamilias",
"dad",
"daddy",
"father",
"old man",
"pa",
"papa",
"poppa",
"pater",
"pop",
"sire",
"ancestor",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor",
"dean",
"elder",
"elder statesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriarchal":{
"as in priestly , evangelical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical",
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in venerable , senior":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"over-the-hill",
"senescent",
"senior",
"unyoung",
"pensioned",
"retired",
"superannuated",
"matriarchal",
"venerable",
"centenarian",
"nonagenarian",
"octogenarian",
"septuagenarian",
"sexagenarian",
"overage",
"overaged",
"oldish",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"middle-aged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"young",
"youthful",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"preteen",
"puerile",
"minor",
"underage",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"youngish",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish",
"ageless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"patronage":{
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
"examples":[
"a symphony orchestra that had long relied upon the patronage of the city's moneyed old guard"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspice",
"backing",
"sponsorship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"endowment",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidy",
"encouragement",
"fosterage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"transactions or economic support provided by customers":{
"examples":[
"he refuses to give his patronage to any corporation that is not socially conscious"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"custom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marketplace",
"trade",
"traffic",
"free trade",
"affairs",
"dealings",
"horse-trading",
"merchandising",
"retailing",
"wholesaling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patronize":{
"to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cold-shoulder",
"cut",
"high-hat",
"slight",
"snub",
"queen (it over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescend",
"lord (it over)",
"talk down (to)"
]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a company that loyally patronizes the arts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down"
],
"related":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"second",
"side (with)",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"plug",
"preach",
"talk up",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"support"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pattering":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pattern":{
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
"examples":[
"a coverlet with a nosegay of tiny pink roses as the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"design",
"figure",
"motif",
"motive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scheme",
"device",
"adornment",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
"examples":[
"her daily pattern begins with coffee and a bagel every morning for breakfast"
],
"synonyms":[
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"habitude",
"practice",
"practise",
"ritual",
"second nature",
"trick",
"way",
"wont"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addiction",
"disposition",
"bent",
"inclination",
"proclivity",
"set",
"tendency",
"tenor",
"turn",
"bag",
"convention",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"usage",
"use",
"deportment",
"manners",
"mores",
"drill",
"groove",
"jog trot",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"regimen",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"affectation",
"airs",
"pose",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"eccentricity",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"with her, everything must be done strictly according to pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"grind",
"groove",
"lockstep",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"treadmill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozen",
"regimen",
"housekeeping",
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"approach",
"manner",
"method",
"procedure",
"strategy",
"style",
"tack",
"technique",
"way",
"design",
"plan",
"program",
"scheme",
"convention",
"policy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"many of the artist's paintings use the same pattern of a lone figure surrounded by a vast landscape"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in match , model":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stripe , speckle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"polychrome",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"brighten",
"lighten",
"bepaint",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorize",
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pauperize":{
"as in impoverish , beggar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"impoverish",
"bankrupt",
"break",
"bust",
"ruin",
"reduce",
"straiten",
"clean (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enrich",
"richen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pausing":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[
"he paused for a moment to regain his composure"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitating",
"breaking in",
"interrupting",
"ceasing",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"lapsing",
"letting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuing",
"persisting",
"advancing",
"progressing",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"stretching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paycheck":{
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"almost half of her paycheck goes to child care and transportation expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"pay envelope",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paying (up)":{
"as in prepayment , paying off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
],
"examples":[
"for once our bills are all paid up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"payment":{
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"they are very prompt in the payment of their credit card bills"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"remitment",
"remittance",
"remuneration"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rendering",
"tendering",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepayment",
"overpayment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayment"
]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"our payment for all the work we did barely covered our expenses",
"we finally mailed our last car payment last week"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"your payment will be issued as a weekly check"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"pay envelope",
"paycheck",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"payroll":{
"as in inventory , agenda":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pays off":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I finally paid off the loan"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"she paid off the security guard so that she could steal whatever she liked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribes",
"buys",
"corrupts",
"has",
"squares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes",
"tampers (with)",
"abases",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"dishonors",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"taints",
"warps",
"allures",
"baits",
"beguiles",
"entices",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"motivates",
"provokes",
"spurs",
"stimulates",
"goads",
"induces",
"flatters",
"persuades",
"snares",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pandemoniums":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paranoias":{
"a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful":{
"examples":[
"Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anxiety",
"concern",
"wariness",
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubitation",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"niggle",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"tremor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust",
"credence",
"faith"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"part(s)":{
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"I'm not from around these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"corridor",
"land",
"neck",
"region",
"tract",
"zone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"district",
"domain",
"latitude(s)",
"range",
"realm",
"terrain",
"territory",
"neighborhood",
"vicinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome"
],
"synonyms":[
"branches (out)",
"diverges",
"divides",
"forks",
"separates",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"breaks up",
"broadcasts",
"clears out",
"disbands",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"distributes",
"scatters",
"sows",
"distances",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"antonyms":[
"converges",
"joins"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"parted the prongs with pliers"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
],
"antonyms":[
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parrot":{
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"quote",
"reecho",
"repeat"
],
"related":[
"mouth",
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ape , echo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parsonage":{
"the building in which a parson lives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitage",
"manse",
"rectory",
"vicarage",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"bungalow",
"cabin",
"casita",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"duplex",
"ranch",
"ranch house",
"saltbox",
"semi",
"split level",
"townhome",
"town house",
"tract house",
"triplex",
"apartment",
"apartment house",
"condo",
"condominium",
"flat",
"tenement",
"tenement house",
"walk-up",
"barracks",
"billet",
"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"flophouse",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paces":{
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"files",
"marches",
"parades",
"strides"
],
"related":[
"goose-steps",
"perambulates",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"hikes",
"tramps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambles",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"strolls",
"wanders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"related":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parvenu":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriviste",
"nouveau riche",
"upstart"
],
"related":[
"arriv\u00e9",
"comer",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palling (around)":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team"
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling"
],
"related":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"participations":{
"the state or action of being actively involved in something":{
"examples":[
"The subjects were thanked for their valuable participation in the study."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contribution",
"hand",
"help",
"involvement",
"affair",
"concern",
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"task",
"work",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noninvolvement",
"nonparticipation",
"avoidance",
"eschewal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paying off":{
"as in prepayment , paying up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paying up",
"prepayment",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"overpayment",
"rendering",
"tendering",
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"payment",
"remitment",
"remittance",
"remuneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpayment",
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I finally paid off the loan"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"she paid off the security guard so that she could steal whatever she liked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribing",
"buying",
"corrupting",
"having",
"squaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"tampering (with)",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"dishonoring",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"tainting",
"warping",
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"motivating",
"provoking",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"goading",
"inducing",
"flattering",
"persuading",
"snaring",
"trapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paters":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"Pater had promised to pay for military school after third form"
],
"synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"papas",
"poppas",
"pas",
"pops",
"sires"
],
"related":[
"patresfamilias",
"patriarchs",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parentage":{
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"examples":[
"the new teacher was of English parentage"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"blood",
"bloodline",
"breeding",
"descent",
"extraction",
"family tree",
"genealogy",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"pedigree",
"stock",
"strain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heredity",
"succession",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relations",
"relatives",
"race"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"child",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"password":{
"a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard":{
"examples":[
"the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week"
],
"synonyms":[
"countersign",
"watchword",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shibboleth",
"sign",
"signal",
"hint",
"indication",
"parole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palter (with)":{
"as in bargain (with) , horse-trade (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pampas":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"examples":[
"a folktale about gauchos on the pampas"
],
"synonyms":[
"campos",
"champaigns",
"downs",
"grasslands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"llanos",
"moors",
"plains",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"tundras",
"velds",
"veldts"
],
"related":[
"fields",
"meadows",
"floodplains",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"flats",
"lowlands",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pack (off)":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"packed the child off to a good boarding school"
],
"synonyms":[
"consign",
"dispatch",
"send",
"ship",
"shoot",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convey",
"deliver",
"hand over",
"pass",
"render",
"advance",
"drop",
"launch",
"address",
"forward",
"export",
"import",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"resend",
"return"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquire",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"receive"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pay envelope":{
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"with this recession going on, workers shouldn't be expecting fatter pay envelopes"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"paycheck",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
],
"related":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paganish":{
"as in pagan , godless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atheistic",
"godless",
"irreligious",
"pagan",
"religionless",
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"laical",
"laic",
"lay",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"fleshly",
"blasphemous",
"impious",
"irreverent",
"sacrilegious",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
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"religious",
"sacred",
"divine",
"spiritual",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"devout",
"godly",
"pious",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"worshipful",
"ethereal",
"insubstantial",
"metaphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"nonphysical"
],
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},
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heathen",
"pagan",
"agnostic",
"disbeliever",
"doubter",
"doubting Thomas",
"questioner",
"skeptic",
"unbeliever",
"cynic",
"misanthrope",
"pessimist",
"derider",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believer",
"chump",
"dupe",
"gull",
"pigeon",
"sucker"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"parcelled (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair"
],
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"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated"
],
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"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"divvied (up)",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged",
"reallocated",
"reapportioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"a panel discussion on capital punishment"
],
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"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"forums",
"fora",
"panels",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquiums",
"colloquia",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parent":{
"a person who brings forth and raises a child":{
"examples":[
"The couple recently became parents for the first time.",
"She grew up in a single parent household."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"dad",
"daddy",
"father",
"genitor",
"ma",
"mama",
"mamma",
"momma",
"mammy",
"mater",
"mom",
"mother",
"mommy",
"pa",
"papa",
"poppa",
"pater",
"pop",
"stepfather",
"stepmother",
"stepparent",
"custodian",
"guardian",
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"grandmother",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurse",
"raise",
"rear",
"father",
"mother",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"cradle",
"cultivate",
"mind",
"minister (to)",
"nurture",
"watch",
"feed",
"provide (for)",
"supply",
"bear",
"beget",
"engender",
"gender",
"generate",
"get",
"have",
"produce",
"sire",
"hatch",
"spawn",
"breed",
"multiply",
"procreate",
"propagate",
"reproduce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"partook":{
"to take a share or part":{
"examples":[
"we should all partake of the city's rich cultural offerings while we have the opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"participated",
"shared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endured",
"experienced",
"felt",
"knew",
"saw",
"tasted",
"underwent",
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"\"let us partake ,\" our minister declared, unfolding his napkin and eyeing the feast laid out before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"ate",
"dined",
"fared",
"fed",
"refreshed",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"repasted",
"chowed (down)",
"dug in",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
"boarded",
"dined out",
"messed",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"picnicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pastiche":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"each addition to the house was done in a markedly different architectural idiom, and the result is a whimsical pastiche"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paroxysms":{
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a paroxysm of laughter greeted the pratfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"fits",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"spasms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin's introduction of the theory of evolution created paroxysms in both religion and science that are still being felt today"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversements",
"cataclysms",
"convulsions",
"earthquakes",
"storms",
"tempests",
"tumults",
"upheavals",
"uproars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"subversions",
"uprisings",
"upsets",
"fits",
"seizures",
"spasms",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bustles",
"coils",
"commotions",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"pandemoniums",
"routs",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"to-dos",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"williwaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pastimes":{
"an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time":{
"examples":[
"Her favorite pastime is gardening.",
"Baseball has been a national pastime for years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hobbies",
"hobbyhorses",
"dalliances",
"frolics",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"plays",
"recreations",
"relaxations",
"sports",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"pleasances",
"pleasures",
"devilments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"hanky-pankies",
"hobs",
"jinks",
"knaveries",
"mischiefs",
"rascalities",
"waggeries",
"binges",
"flings",
"kicks",
"larks",
"revels",
"rollicks",
"sprees",
"hilarities",
"merriments",
"merrymakings",
"revelries",
"whoopees",
"buffooneries",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplays",
"tomfooleries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgeries",
"labors",
"works",
"duties",
"obligations",
"responsibilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passed (into)":{
"as in penetrated , diffused (through)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffused (through)",
"impregnated",
"penetrated",
"interpenetrated",
"percolated (into)",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"riddled",
"suffused",
"transfused",
"filled (up)",
"drenched",
"imbued",
"infused",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"flooded",
"glutted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"payrolls":{
"as in inventories , agendas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"bibliographies",
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"manifests",
"canons",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules",
"tables",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasquinading":{
"as in lampooning , satirizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooning",
"satirizing",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"doing",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"sending up",
"spoofing",
"travestying",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"ridiculing",
"aping",
"copycatting",
"monkeying",
"parroting",
"duplicating",
"emulating",
"replicating",
"reproducing",
"acting",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"pretending",
"shamming",
"simulating",
"elaborating",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"playing up",
"stretching",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"overdrawing",
"overstating",
"putting on",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"personating",
"playing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patricides":{
"as in fratricides , regicides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filicides",
"fratricides",
"matricides",
"parricides",
"regicides",
"uxoricides",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"bloodsheds",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"hits",
"assisted suicides",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings",
"physician-assisted suicides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pangs":{
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
"examples":[
"those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches",
"pains",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"inflammations",
"sores",
"swellings",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries",
"backaches",
"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"colics",
"complaints",
"earaches",
"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"toothaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"eases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hurts , stabs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hurts",
"pains",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stabs",
"stings",
"wrings",
"crushes",
"oppresses",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"smites",
"strikes",
"tyrannizes",
"victimizes",
"martyrs",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"flusters",
"grieves",
"perturbs",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"aggravates",
"agitates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"molests",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"vexes",
"badgers",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"rides",
"assails",
"attacks",
"afflicts",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bedevils",
"besets",
"besieges",
"curses",
"excruciates",
"harrows",
"persecutes",
"plagues",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"delivers",
"releases",
"relieves",
"reprieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"succors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"panjandra":{
"as in moguls , bigwigs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"big shots",
"bigwigs",
"kahunas",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"demigods",
"dignitaries",
"eminences",
"immortals",
"monuments",
"pillars",
"worthies",
"favorites",
"heartthrobs",
"heroes",
"idols",
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
"causes celebres",
"celebrities",
"celebs",
"figures",
"icons",
"ikons",
"lights",
"luminaries",
"megastars",
"names",
"notabilities",
"notables",
"notorieties",
"personages",
"personalities",
"somebodies",
"standouts",
"stars",
"superstars",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nobodies",
"noncelebrities",
"lightweights",
"mediocrities",
"has-beens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patissiers":{
"as in bakers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bakers",
"chefs",
"cookers",
"cooks",
"culinarians",
"barbecuers",
"grillers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passing (on)":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passwords":{
"a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard":{
"examples":[
"the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week"
],
"synonyms":[
"countersigns",
"watchwords",
"words"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shibboleths",
"signs",
"signals",
"hints",
"indications",
"paroles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pageboy":{
"as in bun , updo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pug",
"updo",
"upsweep",
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"permanent",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pathogenic":{
"as in infectious , contagious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contagious",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"envenomed",
"poison",
"poisoned",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"venomous",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"virulent",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"calamitous",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"lethal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous",
"beneficial",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"payback":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"we are hoping to get payback for the humiliating defeat we suffered at the hands of our rivals during our last matchup"
],
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"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I already paid back what I owed you for groceries."
],
"synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give back",
"reciprocate",
"render (to)",
"compensate",
"recompense",
"remunerate",
"liquidate",
"pay down",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"satisfy",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"phrase"
]
},
"palm off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me"
],
"synonyms":[
"fob off",
"foist",
"palm",
"pass off",
"wish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"force",
"impose",
"inflict",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"distort",
"falsify",
"misrepresent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patents":{
"as in copyrights":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copyrights",
"brands",
"trademarks",
"brand names",
"trade names",
"collective marks",
"emblems",
"hallmarks",
"imprints",
"labels",
"logos",
"marks",
"service marks",
"stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in grants , charters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charters",
"grants",
"perquisites",
"prerogatives",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"waivers",
"birthrights",
"claims",
"entitlements",
"rights",
"courtesies",
"appanages",
"apanages",
"boons",
"concessions",
"honors",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdens",
"duties",
"obligations",
"responsibilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasturelands":{
"as in pastures , grasslands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glades",
"grasslands",
"heathlands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"meadows",
"moors",
"pastures",
"clearings",
"fields",
"grounds",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts",
"commons",
"crofts",
"grasses",
"green",
"greenswards",
"lawns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paddling":{
"as in whipping , pounding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move a boat by means of oars":{
"examples":[
"I like to paddle on the river for exercise and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"oaring",
"rowing",
"sculling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoeing",
"kayaking",
"poling",
"punting",
"feathering",
"pulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"back in those times it was acceptable for teachers to paddle misbehaving students"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paraphrases":{
"an instance of expressing something in different words":{
"examples":[
"your essays on human rights should have some original thought and not be simply a paraphrase of what's in the textbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"restatements",
"translations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehashes",
"abstracts",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"reiterations",
"summaries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copies",
"transcriptions",
"transcripts"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotations",
"quotes"
]
},
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?"
],
"synonyms":[
"rephrases",
"restates",
"rewords",
"translates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boils down",
"recapitulates",
"reiterates",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoes",
"repeats",
"copies",
"reproduces",
"transcribes"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paying up":{
"as in prepayment , paying off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paying off",
"prepayment",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"overpayment",
"rendering",
"tendering",
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"payment",
"remitment",
"remittance",
"remuneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpayment",
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"for once our bills are all paid up"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"panegyrical":{
"as in encomiastic , eulogistic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"praiseful",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"accepting",
"warm",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pacificism":{
"as in pacifism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"pressure",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patchwork quilt":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"the essay isn't so much a cogent argument as a patchwork quilt of the writer's random musings"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parroted":{
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittoed",
"echoed",
"quoted",
"reechoed",
"repeated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouthed",
"aped",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"emulated",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patting":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"affectionately patted the baby on the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressing",
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"petting",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palisaded":{
"as in picketed , walled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffered",
"picketed",
"walled",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved",
"battled",
"contended",
"fought",
"warred",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"averted",
"prevented",
"bulwarked",
"covered",
"defended",
"fenced",
"fended",
"forfended",
"guarded",
"kept",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"bombarded",
"stormed",
"beset",
"besieged",
"overran",
"capitulated",
"caved",
"submitted",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parodist":{
"as in satirist , caricaturist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquer",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"mocker",
"satirist",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic",
"personator",
"mime",
"mimer",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"actor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"ape",
"copycat",
"echo",
"parrot",
"rubber stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paucity":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"pinch",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paragliding":{
"as in skydiving , ballooning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballooning",
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"skydiving",
"soaring",
"aeronautics",
"aviation",
"flight",
"flying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pats":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"affectionately patted the baby on the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pets",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panjandrums":{
"as in moguls , bigwigs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"big shots",
"bigwigs",
"kahunas",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"demigods",
"dignitaries",
"eminences",
"immortals",
"monuments",
"pillars",
"worthies",
"favorites",
"heartthrobs",
"heroes",
"idols",
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
"causes celebres",
"celebrities",
"celebs",
"figures",
"icons",
"ikons",
"lights",
"luminaries",
"megastars",
"names",
"notabilities",
"notables",
"notorieties",
"personages",
"personalities",
"somebodies",
"standouts",
"stars",
"superstars",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nobodies",
"noncelebrities",
"lightweights",
"mediocrities",
"has-beens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pares":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"pared the stray branches on the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobs",
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"polls",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skives",
"whittles",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panic":{
"the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger":{
"examples":[
"the sudden sight of a grizzly bear filled the hiker with panic"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"dread",
"fear",
"fearfulness",
"fright",
"horror",
"scare",
"terror",
"trepidation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phobia",
"creeps",
"jitters",
"nervousness",
"willies",
"pang",
"qualm",
"twinge",
"agitation",
"apprehension",
"consternation",
"discomposure",
"disquiet",
"funk",
"perturbation",
"concern",
"dismay",
"worry",
"cowardice",
"faintheartedness",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"boldness",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"fortitude",
"gallantry",
"hardihood",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"audacity",
"guts",
"nerve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike with fear":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, the herd of feeding animals at the zoo panicked him"
],
"synonyms":[
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"fright",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare",
"scarify",
"shock",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"terrorize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appall",
"appal",
"bowl over",
"dismay",
"floor",
"jolt",
"shake",
"shake up",
"amaze",
"astound",
"awe",
"chill",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"dispirit",
"emasculate",
"psych (out)",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
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"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"solace",
"soothe",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"steel"
],
"antonyms":[
"reassure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pack (up or in)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"give up",
"knock off",
"lay off (of)",
"quit"
],
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"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"halt",
"leave off",
"shut off",
"pause",
"taper off",
"throw up",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go",
"run on",
"hang in",
"hang on",
"hold on",
"persevere",
"persist",
"follow through (with)",
"renew",
"reopen",
"restart",
"resume",
"preserve",
"stay",
"begin",
"commence",
"start"
],
"antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"keep",
"keep up",
"maintain"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parents":{
"a person who brings forth and raises a child":{
"examples":[
"The couple recently became parents for the first time.",
"She grew up in a single parent household."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"genitors",
"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"maters",
"mommies",
"moms",
"mothers",
"papas",
"poppas",
"pas",
"paters",
"pops",
"stepfathers",
"stepmothers",
"stepparents",
"custodians",
"guardians",
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"forebearers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"grandfathers",
"grandmothers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurses",
"raises",
"rears",
"fathers",
"mothers",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"cradles",
"cultivates",
"minds",
"ministers (to)",
"nurtures",
"watches",
"feeds",
"provides (for)",
"supplies",
"bears",
"begets",
"engenders",
"genders",
"generates",
"gets",
"has",
"produces",
"sires",
"hatches",
"spawns",
"breeds",
"multiplies",
"procreates",
"propagates",
"reproduces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paired off":{
"as in remarried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remarried",
"coupled",
"mated",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partying":{
"as in reveling , carousing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"associating",
"fraternizing",
"going out",
"hobnobbing",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"socializing",
"stepping out",
"circulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parching":{
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"the heat has really parched my throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidifying",
"draining",
"evaporating",
"mummifying",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"withering",
"wizening",
"air-drying",
"baking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathing",
"deluging",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"waterlogging",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening",
"rehydrating",
"dipping",
"dunking",
"submerging",
"swamping"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrating",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pates":{
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
"examples":[
"plopped a cap on his bald pate"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"blocks",
"domes",
"heads",
"mazards",
"mazzards",
"nobs",
"noddles",
"noggins",
"noodles",
"nuts",
"polls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craniums",
"crania",
"crowns",
"scalps",
"skulls",
"occiputs",
"occipita"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palmed":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbed off",
"foisted",
"palmed off",
"passed off",
"wished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"forced",
"imposed",
"inflicted",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"misrepresented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parlaying":{
"to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value":{
"examples":[
"He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"following up",
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping",
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palatableness":{
"the quality of being delicious":{
"examples":[
"a dish whose inventiveness greatly exceeded its palatableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatability",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"toothsomeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patrimony":{
"something that is or may be inherited":{
"examples":[
"her patrimony was the family's newspaper business"
],
"synonyms":[
"bequest",
"birthright",
"heritage",
"inheritance",
"legacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heirloom",
"bestowal",
"gift",
"offering",
"present"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palls":{
"a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
"examples":[
"bearing her husband's pall were her four brothers and two nephews"
],
"synonyms":[
"biers",
"boxes",
"caskets",
"coffins",
"sarcophagi",
"sarcophaguses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charnels",
"charnel houses",
"crypts",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults",
"urns",
"body bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom":{
"examples":[
"a persistent pall of distrust has overtaken this administration and will remain until the president resigns"
],
"synonyms":[
"clouds",
"shadows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fogs",
"hazes",
"mists",
"murks",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"umbras",
"umbrae",
"midnights",
"nights",
"mantles",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"a pall of gloom overshadowed the failing theater's last production"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"viewers' interest in the reality show eventually palled"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"payoff":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I finally paid off the loan"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"she paid off the security guard so that she could steal whatever she liked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribe",
"buy",
"corrupt",
"have",
"square"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix",
"tamper (with)",
"abase",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"dishonor",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"taint",
"warp",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"motivate",
"provoke",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"goad",
"induce",
"flatter",
"persuade",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
"examples":[
"the payoff on the investment was only about $500"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain",
"lucre",
"net",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanup",
"killing",
"windfall",
"bottom line",
"gross",
"sales",
"compensation",
"emolument",
"income",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittal",
"requital",
"salary",
"wages",
"interest",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"expense",
"loss",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in decisive , pivotal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deciding",
"decisive",
"pivotal",
"watershed",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"earthshaking",
"epochal",
"momentous",
"go-no-go",
"make-or-break",
"critical",
"crossover",
"crucial",
"fateful",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"vital",
"apical",
"apogean",
"crestal",
"crowning",
"culminating",
"high",
"highest",
"meridian",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"climacteric",
"climactic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticlimactic",
"anticlimactical",
"inconsequential",
"indecisive",
"insignificant",
"noncritical",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"palming":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbing off",
"foisting",
"palming off",
"passing off",
"wishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"forcing",
"imposing",
"inflicting",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"misrepresenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paranoia":{
"a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful":{
"examples":[
"Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anxiety",
"concern",
"wariness",
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubitation",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"niggle",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"tremor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust",
"credence",
"faith"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panicking":{
"to strike with fear":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, the herd of feeding animals at the zoo panicked him"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"frighting",
"horrifying",
"scarifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"terrorizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appalling",
"bowling over",
"dismaying",
"flooring",
"jolting",
"shaking",
"shaking up",
"amazing",
"astounding",
"awing",
"chilling",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"dispiriting",
"emasculating",
"psyching (out)",
"undoing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"unstringing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"steeling"
],
"antonyms":[
"reassuring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palatial":{
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"a palatial penthouse apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"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"
]
},
"panging":{
"as in hurting , stabbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hurting",
"paining",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"martyring",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passed over":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursed",
"covered",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"followed",
"navigated",
"perambulated",
"peregrinated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassed",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"failed",
"missed",
"omitted",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"rejected",
"shrugged off",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"disdained",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"scanted",
"skimped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"pampered",
"remembered",
"listened (to)",
"watched",
"followed",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"remarked"
],
"antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"heeded",
"minded",
"regarded",
"tended (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paroxysm":{
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a paroxysm of laughter greeted the pratfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin's introduction of the theory of evolution created paroxysms in both religion and science that are still being felt today"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversement",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"earthquake",
"storm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"upheaval",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"subversion",
"unrest",
"uprising",
"upset",
"fit",
"seizure",
"spasm",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"coil",
"commotion",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"rout",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"williwaw",
"quaking",
"rocking",
"shaking",
"trembling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paltering (with)":{
"as in bargaining (with) , horse-trading (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing",
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passions":{
"general emotional condition":{
"examples":[
"people who are swayed by their passions and not by reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"heartstrings",
"sensibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"frame",
"humor",
"mode",
"mood",
"spirit",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasquinaded":{
"as in lampooned , satirized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooned",
"satirized",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"did",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"sent up",
"spoofed",
"travestied",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"ridiculed",
"aped",
"copycatted",
"monkeyed",
"parroted",
"duplicated",
"emulated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"acted",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"pretended",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"magnified",
"padded",
"played up",
"stretched",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"put on",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"personated",
"played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pan out":{
"to come to be":{
"examples":[
"the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"come out",
"fall out",
"prove",
"shake out",
"turn out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"emerge",
"evolve",
"germinate",
"play out",
"unfold",
"work out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme didn't quite pan out"
],
"synonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch on",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"cook",
"percolate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languish",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crater",
"crumble",
"flame out",
"choke",
"crack up",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"fall down",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passes (on)":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partway":{
"in some measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"his alibi wasn't even partway believable"
],
"synonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmentarily",
"enough",
"fairly",
"kindly",
"kind of",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"dead",
"downright",
"plain",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"particularly",
"very"
],
"antonyms":[
"all",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"quite",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"parsimonies":{
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
"examples":[
"his parsimony was so extreme that he'd walk five miles to the store to save a few cents on gas"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"penny-pinching",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"careful management of material resources":{
"examples":[
"people often think that the good times will last forever and have little interest in parsimony"
],
"synonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"penny-pinching",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservation",
"saving",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"stinginess",
"belt-tightening",
"retrenchment",
"discretion",
"forehandedness",
"prudence",
"austerity",
"moderation",
"restraint",
"temperance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"squandering"
],
"antonyms":[
"diseconomy",
"wastefulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palliating":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorizing",
"excusing",
"explaining away",
"extenuating",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"whitewashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoating",
"varnishing",
"apologizing",
"atoning",
"confessing",
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lessening",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little"
],
"synonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"helping",
"mitigating",
"mollifying",
"relieving",
"soothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"lightening",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"fixing",
"mending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"repairing",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parure":{
"as in garniture , crown jewels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"gaud",
"ornamentation",
"regalia",
"setoff",
"trim",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock",
"bijouterie",
"bling",
"bling-bling",
"ice",
"jewelry",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"crown jewels",
"accessory",
"birthstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palp":{
"as in palpate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palpate",
"feel",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"shave",
"skim",
"clasp",
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handle",
"hold",
"palm",
"chuck",
"clap",
"dab",
"flick",
"pat",
"tag",
"tap",
"tip",
"hit",
"knock",
"pound",
"rap",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paper-thin":{
"being of less than usual width":{
"examples":[
"since the wall separating our cubicles is paper-thin , I get way too much information about my coworker's love life"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"payoffs":{
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
"examples":[
"the payoff on the investment was only about $500"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gains",
"lucre",
"nets",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanups",
"killings",
"windfalls",
"bottom lines",
"grosses",
"sales",
"compensations",
"emoluments",
"incomes",
"payments",
"pays",
"remittals",
"requitals",
"salaries",
"wages",
"interests",
"revenues",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"costs",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"losses",
"outgoes",
"outlays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"painfully":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"painfully she recounted the difficult relationship she had with her mother"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"payable":{
"not yet paid":{
"examples":[
"keep the bills payable separate from the receipts"
],
"synonyms":[
"outstanding",
"overdue",
"owed",
"owing",
"unpaid",
"unsettled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"due",
"mature"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prepaid"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"liquidated",
"paid (off or up)",
"repaid",
"settled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pauperism":{
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"the banquet honored a philanthropist couple who spent their lives working to reduce pauperism in cities throughout the nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paupers":{
"a very poor person who has no money to pay for food, clothing, etc.":{
"examples":[
"a story about a rich man and a pauper who switch places"
],
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"down-and-outs",
"down-and-outers",
"have-nots",
"indigents",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"almsmen",
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"bankrupts",
"insolvents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluents",
"deep pockets",
"fat cats",
"haves",
"moneybags",
"plutocrats",
"billionaires",
"billionairesses",
"gazillionaires",
"millionaires",
"millionairesses",
"magnates",
"moneymakers",
"nabobs",
"successes",
"tycoons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panics":{
"to strike with fear":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, the herd of feeding animals at the zoo panicked him"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrights",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"frightens",
"frights",
"horrifies",
"scares",
"scarifies",
"shocks",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appalls",
"appals",
"bowls over",
"dismays",
"floors",
"jolts",
"shakes",
"shakes up",
"amazes",
"astounds",
"awes",
"chills",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"dispirits",
"emasculates",
"psychs (out)",
"undoes",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"steels"
],
"antonyms":[
"reassures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parsing":{
"to understand something by considering it parts closely":{
"examples":[
"I'm having trouble parsing your words\u2014could you rephrase what you said?",
"We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analyzing",
"dissecting",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"conning",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"viewing",
"noticing",
"observing",
"watching",
"combing",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"delving (into)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"plumbing",
"probing",
"researching",
"studying",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"picking over",
"reinspecting",
"rereviewing",
"re-reviewing",
"resurveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimming",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parboil":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"parboil a lobster"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"coddle",
"poach",
"simmer",
"stew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scald",
"braise",
"fricassee",
"pressure-cook",
"smother",
"steam",
"reboil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partings of the ways":{
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcations",
"divarications",
"divergences",
"divergencies",
"separations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"differences",
"disagreements",
"discrepancies",
"disparities",
"dissidences",
"dissimilarities",
"distinctions",
"diversities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"likenesses",
"similarities"
],
"antonyms":[
"convergences"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"pack animal":{
"as in donkey , ass":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ass",
"burro",
"donkey",
"jackass",
"moke",
"jack",
"jennet",
"jenny",
"hinny",
"mule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patter":{
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"their patter could be heard down the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"discourse",
"parley",
"symposium",
"debate",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"exchange",
"give-and-take",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
"examples":[
"the patter of highbrow criticism that one hears in fashionable art galleries"
],
"synonyms":[
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquial",
"colloquialism",
"idiom",
"localism",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parchment":{
"as in diploma":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diploma",
"certificate",
"certification",
"document",
"instrument",
"credentials",
"record",
"warrant",
"writ",
"warranty",
"coupon",
"voucher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"participator":{
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"a willing participator in any parlor game anyone suggested"
],
"synonyms":[
"actor",
"partaker",
"participant",
"party",
"player",
"sharer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"aide",
"assistant",
"helper",
"colleague",
"partner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystander",
"looker-on",
"observer",
"onlooker",
"spectator",
"watcher",
"wallflower"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parsons":{
"as in pastors , vicars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors",
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panjandrum":{
"as in mogul , bigwig":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
"cause celebre",
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"personality",
"somebody",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity",
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"party lines":{
"as in routines , conventional wisdoms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdoms",
"routines",
"banalities",
"bromides",
"chestnuts",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"groaners",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms",
"inanities",
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"simplifications",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paying back":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I already paid back what I owed you for groceries."
],
"synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving back",
"reciprocating",
"rendering (to)",
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"liquidating",
"paying down",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"satisfying",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"paltering":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bickering",
"clashing",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"squabbling",
"wrangling",
"comparison shopping",
"shopping (around)",
"bartering",
"exchanging",
"trading",
"hawking",
"peddling",
"buying",
"purchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parsonages":{
"the building in which a parson lives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitages",
"manses",
"rectories",
"vicarages",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs",
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partiers":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"a Mardi Gras celebration that has long attracted serious partyers from around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partygoers",
"revelers",
"revellers",
"roisterers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanals",
"bingers",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parvis":{
"as in atrium , peristyle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atrium",
"galleria",
"peristyle",
"close",
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parturitions":{
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"examples":[
"parturition can sometimes proceed more quickly than anticipated"
],
"synonyms":[
"accouchements",
"childbearings",
"childbirths",
"deliveries",
"labors",
"travails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pangs",
"contractions",
"pains",
"pregnancies",
"abortions",
"miscarriages",
"cesarean sections",
"caesarean sections",
"natural childbirths",
"childbeds",
"confinements",
"lyings-in",
"lying-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palms":{
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin"
],
"synonyms":[
"triumphs",
"victories",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captures",
"conquests",
"masteries",
"subjugations",
"blowouts",
"landslides",
"laughers",
"romps",
"runaways",
"shutouts",
"sweeps",
"walkaways",
"walkovers",
"squeakers",
"successes",
"takeovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"upsets",
"collapses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"nonsuccesses",
"washouts",
"declines",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"lurches",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"beatings",
"defeats",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"losses",
"overthrows",
"routs",
"shellackings",
"trimmings",
"whippings"
]
},
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobs off",
"foists",
"palms off",
"passes off",
"wishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entails",
"forces",
"imposes",
"inflicts",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"misrepresents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pails":{
"a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle":{
"examples":[
"fetch me a pail full of water, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cauldrons",
"kettles",
"pots",
"canteens",
"flagons",
"jars",
"jugs",
"pitchers",
"bails",
"hods",
"tanks",
"tubs",
"vats",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"painless":{
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
"examples":[
"getting paid to watch and review movies seems like a painless way to earn a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"downhill",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiotproof",
"mindless",
"quick",
"straightforward",
"unchallenging",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"troublesome",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"patroness":{
"as in benefactress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"benefactress",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"altruist",
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"helper",
"subscriber",
"supporter",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panged":{
"as in hurt , stabbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hurt",
"pained",
"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
"stung",
"wrung",
"crushed",
"oppressed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"smote",
"struck",
"tyrannized",
"victimized",
"martyred",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"molested",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"afflicted",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paramour":{
"a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship":{
"examples":[
"Her husband found a love letter from her paramour ."
],
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"amour",
"lover",
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"flame",
"hon",
"honey",
"love",
"squeeze",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"truelove",
"beau",
"boy",
"boyfriend",
"fellow",
"man",
"swain",
"gal",
"girl",
"girlfriend",
"inamorata",
"ladylove",
"lass",
"mistress",
"tootsie",
"doll",
"duck(s)",
"pet",
"date",
"escort",
"steady",
"admirer",
"gallant",
"suitor",
"wooer",
"groom",
"husband",
"bride",
"wife",
"significant other",
"crush",
"heartthrob"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parking":{
"as in setting , locating":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deploying",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"locating",
"planting",
"positioning",
"setting",
"situating",
"stationing",
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"lodging",
"nestling",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"anchoring",
"bivouacking",
"camping",
"camping (out)",
"burrowing",
"curling up",
"digging in",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patent medicine":{
"as in prescription , prescription drug":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"botanical",
"prescription",
"prescription drug",
"cure-all",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"cordial",
"potion",
"tonic",
"cure",
"drug",
"medicament",
"medication",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cap",
"capsule",
"pill",
"tablet",
"injection",
"shot",
"embrocation",
"liniment",
"lotion",
"ointment",
"poultice",
"salve",
"syrup",
"sirup",
"tincture",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"serum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"past masters":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a movie director who was widely regarded as the past master of suspense"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"artists",
"authorities",
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dab hands",
"dabs",
"experts",
"fiends",
"geeks",
"gurus",
"hands",
"hotshots",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"meisters",
"proficients",
"scholars",
"sharks",
"sharps",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"professionals",
"pros",
"consultants",
"hired guns",
"specialists",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"craftsmen",
"journeymen",
"all-rounders",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance men",
"mistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"beginners",
"neophytes",
"novices",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"laymen",
"nonprofessionals"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurs",
"inexperts",
"nonexperts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"past":{
"the events or experience of former times":{
"examples":[
"we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together"
],
"synonyms":[
"auld lang syne",
"history",
"yesterday",
"yesteryear",
"yore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bygone",
"flashback",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"record",
"memoir",
"antiquity",
"long ago"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-and-by",
"future",
"futurity",
"hereafter",
"offing",
"tomorrow",
"moment",
"now",
"present",
"today"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having been such at some previous time":{
"examples":[
"a past editor of the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"erstwhile",
"former",
"late",
"old",
"once",
"onetime",
"other",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bygone",
"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"expired",
"extinct",
"gone",
"long-ago",
"vanished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"extant",
"ongoing",
"present",
"present-day",
"coming",
"future",
"prospective",
"unborn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"on or to the farther side of":{
"examples":[
"I drive past the school every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beyond",
"over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"subsequent to in time or order":{
"examples":[
"it's ten minutes past six o'clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"apr\u00e8s",
"behind",
"below",
"following",
"next to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"since"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toward",
"towards"
],
"antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"preposition"
]
},
"painted":{
"as in drawn , represented":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawn",
"represented",
"photographic",
"video",
"illustrational",
"illustrative",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"imaginal",
"pictorial",
"visual",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"iconographic",
"iconographical",
"ideogramic",
"ideogrammic",
"ideogrammatic",
"ideographic",
"pictographic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineated",
"depicted",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"rendered",
"set out",
"sketched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"redescribed",
"reimaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"parry":{
"as in avoid , evade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shirk",
"skirt",
"dodge",
"duck",
"jink",
"sidestep",
"slalom",
"weave",
"zigzag",
"deflect",
"turn",
"slide",
"slip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paybacks":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"we are hoping to get payback for the humiliating defeat we suffered at the hands of our rivals during our last matchup"
],
"synonyms":[
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"retaliations",
"retributions",
"revenges",
"vengeances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counters",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths",
"amends",
"compensations",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"restitutions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemencies",
"graces",
"leniencies",
"lenities",
"mercies",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parrying":{
"as in avoiding , evading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shirking",
"skirting",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"jinking",
"sidestepping",
"slaloming",
"weaving",
"zigzagging",
"deflecting",
"turning",
"sliding",
"slipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pandora's boxes":{
"a source of many troubles; something that will lead to many problems":{
"examples":[
"Their parents are understandably afraid of opening a pandora's box if they buy their oldest child a car."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parboiled":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"parboil a lobster"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"coddled",
"poached",
"simmered",
"stewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scalded",
"braised",
"fricasseed",
"pressure-cooked",
"smothered",
"steamed",
"reboiled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pander":{
"a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money":{
"examples":[
"an arrest record that revealed that he had variously been a pander , a pickpocket, and a drug dealer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cadet",
"fancy man",
"pimp",
"procurer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mack daddy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parson":{
"as in pastor , vicar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palatine":{
"as in lavish , opulent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"sumptuous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in domino , joseph":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pages":{
"one that carries a message or does an errand":{
"examples":[
"dispatch a page to bring coffee to the senator"
],
"synonyms":[
"couriers",
"expresses",
"go-betweens",
"messengers",
"runners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"representatives",
"bearers",
"carriers",
"deliverymen",
"letter carriers",
"mail carriers",
"mailmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rings , buzzes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"knells",
"rings",
"whistles",
"beckons",
"demands",
"invokes",
"commands",
"orders",
"requests",
"requisitions",
"asks",
"bids",
"invites",
"assembles",
"calls out",
"calls up",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"musters",
"cites",
"subpoenas",
"calls",
"hails",
"summons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismisses",
"sends (away)",
"turns away",
"banishes",
"boots (out)",
"casts out",
"drums (out)",
"ejects",
"expels",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"outs",
"routs",
"runs off",
"throws out",
"turfs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"packsacks":{
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"she spent weeks traveling across Europe and living out of a packsack"
],
"synonyms":[
"backpacks",
"kit bags",
"knapsacks",
"packs",
"rucksacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversacks",
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"fanny packs",
"school bags",
"seabags",
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paddleboats":{
"as in rowboats , canoes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts",
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packing (off)":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"packed the child off to a good boarding school"
],
"synonyms":[
"consigning",
"dispatching",
"sending",
"shipping",
"shooting",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"transporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conveying",
"delivering",
"handing over",
"passing",
"rendering",
"advancing",
"dropping",
"launching",
"addressing",
"forwarding",
"exporting",
"importing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"resending",
"returning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiring",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"receiving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passing (for)":{
"to present a false appearance of":{
"examples":[
"in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"bluffing",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"pretending",
"professing",
"putting on",
"shamming",
"simulating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissimulating",
"impersonating",
"letting on",
"masquerading",
"playacting",
"playing",
"posing",
"forging",
"imitating",
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"masking",
"feinting",
"malingering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pas":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"I cherish my memories of the times that I went fishing with my pa"
],
"synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"papas",
"poppas",
"paters",
"pops",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patresfamilias",
"patriarchs",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pallidness":{
"as in whiteness , pallor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tedium , dullness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dullness",
"dulness",
"tediousness",
"tedium",
"vapidity",
"vapidness",
"apathy",
"impassivity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"limpness",
"listlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sluggishness",
"spiritlessness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"weariness",
"anemia",
"bloodlessness",
"indolence",
"laziness",
"inactivity",
"lifelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animation",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"buoyancy",
"jauntiness",
"springiness",
"brightness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"chirpiness",
"effervescence",
"friskiness",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"sparkle",
"spirit",
"verve",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palings":{
"as in bars , pales":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"pales",
"barricades",
"barriers",
"fences",
"hedges",
"walls",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"roadblocks",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels",
"fetters",
"hobbles",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"restraints",
"snags",
"buffers",
"bulwarks",
"bumpers",
"cushions",
"dams",
"fenders",
"pads",
"ramparts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"gates",
"portals",
"breaks",
"gaps",
"passes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pats on the back":{
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"Her boss gave her a pat on the back for a job well done."
],
"synonyms":[
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"favors",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backings",
"cachets",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"finalizations",
"formalizations",
"homologations",
"nods",
"ratifications",
"rubber stamps",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"thumbs-ups",
"votes",
"benedictions",
"goodwills",
"acceptations",
"accessions",
"agreements",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"countenances",
"likings",
"satisfactions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusals",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"dislikes",
"dissatisfactions",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pauperized":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"out of the job and newly pauperized , the single father had no idea what to do next",
"a pauperized family taken in by a neighbor"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"as in impoverished , beggared":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"impoverished",
"bankrupted",
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"ruined",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cleaned (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"richened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pat down":{
"as in shake down , frisk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frisk",
"shake down",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"search",
"sort (through)",
"troll",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"grub (about)",
"poke (around)",
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"skirmish",
"snoop",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"peruse",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paeans":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"examples":[
"his retirement party featured many paeans for his long years of service to the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pantomimist":{
"an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
"examples":[
"an exquisitely graceful pantomimist"
],
"synonyms":[
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantomime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"busker",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"aper",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"clown",
"pantaloon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pabulum":{
"something that maintains or stimulates the intellect":{
"examples":[
"we have reached a cultural low if reality television is regarded as pabulum for the masses"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliment",
"food",
"nourishment",
"sustenance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candy",
"fluff",
"pablum",
"pap",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passionate":{
"having a strong sexual desire":{
"examples":[
"a passionate couple plunging into a new relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"a passionate defense of the controversial play"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pass over":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypass",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"slight",
"slur (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fail",
"miss",
"omit",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"disdain",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"scant",
"skimp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"pamper",
"remember",
"listen (to)",
"watch",
"follow",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"remark"
],
"antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"heed",
"mind",
"regard",
"tend (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parasites":{
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
"examples":[
"a parasite who lived in the family's basement and refused to get a job or pay rent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodsuckers",
"freeloaders",
"free riders",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"moochers",
"spongers",
"sponges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependents",
"deadbeats",
"idlers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men",
"cheapskates",
"misers",
"niggards",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"skinflints",
"tightwads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benefactors",
"philanthropists",
"supporters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paints":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineates",
"depicts",
"describes",
"draws",
"images",
"limns",
"pictures",
"portrays",
"renders",
"sets out",
"sketches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"defines",
"labels",
"qualifies",
"represents",
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"shows",
"hints",
"suggests",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"traces",
"vignettes",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"touches off",
"redescribes",
"reimages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"misdescribes",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizes"
]
},
"preparations intended to beautify the face":{
"examples":[
"after the play was over, the actress emerged to greet her fans with paint still on her face"
],
"synonyms":[
"cosmetics",
"makeups",
"maquillages",
"war paints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greasepaints",
"camos",
"camouflages",
"cold creams",
"creams",
"eye shadows",
"kohls",
"lipsticks",
"lotions",
"mascaras",
"oils",
"powders",
"rouges",
"vanishing creams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parboiling":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"parboil a lobster"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling",
"coddling",
"poaching",
"simmering",
"stewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scalding",
"braising",
"fricasseeing",
"pressure-cooking",
"smothering",
"steaming",
"reboiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parses":{
"to understand something by considering it parts closely":{
"examples":[
"I'm having trouble parsing your words\u2014could you rephrase what you said?",
"We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"views",
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"picks over",
"reinspects",
"rereviews",
"resurveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panegyrics":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"examples":[
"wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"salutations",
"tributes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partnerships":{
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
"examples":[
"the symphony orchestra is presenting the choral piece in partnership with the city's leading choral society"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliations",
"alliances",
"associations",
"collaborations",
"confederations",
"connections",
"cooperations",
"hookups",
"liaisons",
"linkups",
"relations",
"relationships",
"tie-ups",
"unions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"dealings",
"interactions",
"exchanges",
"interconnections",
"interrelations",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"affinities",
"attachments",
"intimacies",
"rapports",
"sympathies",
"kinships",
"solidarities",
"unities",
"colleagueships",
"companies",
"companionships",
"fellowships",
"beds",
"cahoots",
"leagues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakups",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"separations",
"severances",
"splits",
"alienations",
"divorces",
"estrangements"
],
"antonyms":[
"disaffiliations",
"dissociations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palliative":{
"as in healthy , curative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficial",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"envenomed",
"poison",
"poisoned",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"venomous",
"contagious",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pathogenic",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"virulent"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"pacifier",
"security blanket",
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer",
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
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"balm",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"aid",
"help",
"relief",
"succor",
"answer",
"solution",
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"panacea",
"antidote",
"corrective",
"curative",
"cure",
"rectifier",
"remedy",
"therapeutic",
"therapy"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
"examples":[
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
],
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"palped",
"felt",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"shaved",
"skimmed",
"clasped",
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"clung (to)",
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"held",
"palmed",
"chucked",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"dabbed",
"flicked",
"patted",
"tagged",
"tapped",
"tipped",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pounded",
"rapped",
"whacked"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paper money":{
"as in dead presidents , scrips":{
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"dead presidents",
"scrips",
"banknotes",
"bills",
"greenbacks",
"notes",
"bucks",
"dollars",
"simoleons",
"smackers",
"C-notes",
"fifties",
"fins",
"fivers",
"fives",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"ones",
"sawbucks",
"tenners",
"tens",
"twenties",
"twos",
"cash",
"chips",
"currencies",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"checks",
"drafts",
"money orders"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pays (back)":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I already paid back what I owed you for groceries."
],
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"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays"
],
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"gives back",
"reciprocates",
"renders (to)",
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"liquidates",
"pays down",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"satisfies",
"settles"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
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"paperbound":{
"as in paper , trade book":{
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"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperback",
"pocket book",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"softcover",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"folio",
"quarto",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pap":{
"as in mess":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"mess",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"board",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"deserving of one's pity":{
"examples":[
"the plight of the homeless family was quite pathetic"
],
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"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"miserable",
"piteous",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"poor",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
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"deplorable",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"emotional",
"impressive",
"inspiring",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"awful",
"horrible",
"terrible",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"grievous",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woeful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"a pathetic story that made her cry"
],
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"depressing",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"melancholy",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddening",
"sorry",
"tearful",
"teary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"distressful",
"grievous",
"lamentable",
"unfortunate",
"woeful",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heartening",
"heartwarming",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"uplifting",
"agreeable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"exhilarating",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheering",
"cheery",
"glad",
"happy"
]
},
"deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)":{
"examples":[
"the crowd mercilessly booed the boxer's pathetic performance"
],
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"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"sad",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
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"deplorable",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"misbegotten",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"beastly",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"lousy",
"odious",
"stinking",
"bad",
"inferior",
"lame",
"poor",
"disgusting",
"dishonorable",
"shameful",
"meritless",
"unworthy",
"worthless",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sordid",
"unsavory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy",
"redoubtable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"reputable",
"worthy",
"excellent",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"honorable",
"noble",
"honest",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"presentable",
"respectable"
]
},
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
"examples":[
"the pundit's latest book is another pathetic jumble of factual errors, half-baked political views, and baseless accusations"
],
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"absurd",
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asinine",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"inane",
"jerky",
"moronic",
"nonsensical",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-fetched",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"solemn",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"logical",
"rational",
"realistic",
"reasonable",
"sensible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paramounts":{
"as in authoritarians , totalitarians":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"potentates",
"totalitarians",
"autarchs",
"autocrats",
"monocrats",
"caudillos",
"overlords",
"warlords",
"caesars",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"oppressors",
"pharaohs",
"strongmen",
"tyrannizers",
"tyrants",
"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"
]
},
"paunches":{
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"examples":[
"Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bay windows",
"beer bellies",
"bellies",
"corporations",
"guts",
"potbellies",
"pots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breadbaskets",
"stomachs",
"tummies",
"corpulences",
"fat",
"obesities",
"overweights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paraphrased":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?"
],
"synonyms":[
"rephrased",
"restated",
"reworded",
"translated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boiled down",
"recapitulated",
"reiterated",
"summarized",
"summed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoed",
"repeated",
"copied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed"
],
"antonyms":[
"quoted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pandemonium":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place of punishment for the wicked after death":{
"examples":[
"a surrealist painting in which all the torments of Pandemonium are vividly depicted"
],
"synonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"perdition",
"Tophet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"inferno",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"Tartarus",
"underworld",
"Sheol",
"abyss",
"pit",
"fire and brimstone",
"hellfire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paradise":{
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"an idealist who trotted the globe looking for paradise"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelot",
"Cockaigne",
"Eden",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"New Jerusalem",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadia",
"dreamland",
"dreamworld",
"fairyland",
"wonderland",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"euphoria",
"gladness",
"joy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradise"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell"
]
},
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Beulah",
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"afterlife",
"afterworld",
"hereafter",
"otherworld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferno",
"limbo",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"underworld",
"abyss",
"pit"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
]
},
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
"examples":[
"that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloud nine",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"heaven",
"high",
"intoxication",
"rapture",
"rhapsody",
"seventh heaven",
"swoon",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaltation",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"delight",
"enchantment",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"pleasure",
"reverie",
"trance",
"inspiration",
"fervor",
"frenzy",
"madness",
"passion",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jubilance",
"jubilation",
"lightheartedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"blues",
"dejection",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"disheartenment",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"melancholy",
"mopes"
],
"antonyms":[
"depression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palate":{
"as in taste , desire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"tooth",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike",
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patios":{
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"there's a patio in the center of the apartment complex"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"courts",
"courtyards",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atria",
"atriums",
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"peristyles",
"forecourts",
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"decks",
"terraces",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pack animals":{
"as in donkeys , asses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asses",
"burros",
"donkeys",
"jackasses",
"mokes",
"jacks",
"jennets",
"jennies",
"hinnies",
"mules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palps":{
"as in palpates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palpates",
"feels",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"shaves",
"skims",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handles",
"holds",
"palms",
"chucks",
"claps",
"dabs",
"flicks",
"pats",
"tags",
"taps",
"tips",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"raps",
"whacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pathologist":{
"a medical professional studying diseases and especially one who examines bodies to find out the cause of death":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coroner",
"medical examiner",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"optometrist",
"orthopedist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"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"
]
},
"palace":{
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"a palace railroad car that was built for a 19th-century robber baron"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"plush",
"plushy",
"silken",
"sumptuous"
],
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"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
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"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"
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"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
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"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
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"the billionaire's \"summer cottage\" turned out to be an over-the-top palace"
],
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"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"villa"
],
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"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
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},
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
"examples":[
"the governor's opponents have accused him of building palaces to house the state government"
],
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"cathedral",
"edifice",
"hall",
"tower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"construction",
"erection",
"structure",
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"countryseat",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"showplace",
"villa",
"mausoleum",
"memorial",
"monument"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the residence of a ruler":{
"examples":[
"Buckingham Palace flies a special flag to indicate when the monarch is in residence"
],
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"court"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"mansion",
"villa",
"alcazar",
"seraglio"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"patting down":{
"as in shaking down , frisking":{
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"frisking",
"shaking down",
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"hunting (through)",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring",
"searching",
"sorting (through)",
"trolling",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"discovering",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"learning",
"locating",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"tracking (down)",
"grubbing (about)",
"poking (around)",
"exploring",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"skirmishing",
"snooping",
"browsing",
"glancing (over)",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"studying"
],
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"hiding",
"abandoning",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pays (for)":{
"as in finances , springs (for)":{
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"expends",
"finances",
"outlays",
"ponies up",
"springs (for)",
"covers",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"affords",
"goes",
"swings",
"acquires",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"bids",
"offers",
"bankrolls",
"endows",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partier":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"a Mardi Gras celebration that has long attracted serious partyers from around the country"
],
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"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partygoer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanal",
"binger",
"carouser",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"cutup",
"skylarker",
"noisemaker"
],
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"antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parolees":{
"as in probationers":{
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"probationers",
"lifers",
"trusties",
"captives",
"captures",
"inmates",
"internees",
"prisoners",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parented":{
"to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first."
],
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"fostered",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"raised",
"reared",
"fathered",
"mothered",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"cradled",
"cultivated",
"minded",
"ministered (to)",
"nurtured",
"watched",
"fed",
"provided (for)",
"supplied",
"begot",
"begat",
"bore",
"engendered",
"gendered",
"generated",
"got",
"had",
"produced",
"sired",
"hatched",
"spawned",
"bred",
"multiplied",
"procreated",
"propagated",
"reproduced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pass\u00e9":{
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"that literary style is a bit pass\u00e9 nowadays"
],
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"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"palliations":{
"as in reliefs , assuagements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assuagements",
"reliefs",
"succors",
"abetments",
"aids",
"assistances",
"assists",
"backings",
"boosts",
"hands",
"help",
"helping hands",
"legs up",
"lifts",
"supports",
"advancements",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"furtherances",
"nurturances",
"benefactions",
"patronages",
"promotions",
"sponsorships",
"advice",
"care",
"counsels",
"guidance",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"hand-holdings",
"services",
"beneficences",
"charities",
"favors",
"philanthropies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraints",
"frustrations",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"obstructions",
"repressions",
"restraints",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"hindrances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in extenuations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extenuations",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"atonements",
"confessions",
"cop-outs",
"outs",
"colors",
"guises",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretexts",
"rationales",
"rationalizations",
"vindications",
"whitewashes",
"alibis",
"apologies",
"defenses",
"excuses",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"reasons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parries":{
"as in avoids , evades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shirks",
"skirts",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"jinks",
"sidesteps",
"slaloms",
"weaves",
"zigzags",
"deflects",
"turns",
"slides",
"slips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paved the way (for)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"Urban revitalization initiatives will pave the way for a thriving community."
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"greased",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"expedited",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"untangled",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicated"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pathless":{
"not having been traveled over or through":{
"examples":[
"the team of scientists will use dogsleds to travel across the pathless Antarctic wilderness"
],
"synonyms":[
"trackless",
"untraveled",
"untraversed",
"untrodden",
"untrod"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pristine",
"virgin",
"undiscovered",
"unexplored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bustling",
"busy",
"crowded",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trod",
"trodden"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"passports":{
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
"examples":[
"meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career"
],
"synonyms":[
"gateways",
"keys",
"open sesames",
"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":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"accessions",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entr\u00e9es",
"entrees",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parading":{
"as in display , showing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibition",
"exposure",
"showing",
"disinterment",
"unearthing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caching",
"concealment",
"hiding",
"secretion",
"stashing",
"burial",
"burying",
"entombment",
"interment",
"interring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"the marching band paraded past jubilant crowds"
],
"synonyms":[
"filing",
"marching",
"pacing",
"striding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-stepping",
"perambulating",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"hiking",
"tramping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"trudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambling",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"strolling",
"wandering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"intends to parade her expensive new dress at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"displaying",
"disporting",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flashing",
"flaunting",
"laying out",
"producing",
"showing",
"showing off",
"sporting",
"strutting",
"unveiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandishing",
"flourishing",
"waving",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"divulging",
"talking (about)",
"telling (of)",
"baring",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"masking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"occulting",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"patresfamilias":{
"as in patriarchs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"patriarchs",
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"papas",
"poppas",
"pas",
"paters",
"pops",
"sires",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paternity":{
"as in fatherhood , fathering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"parenthood",
"parenting",
"caregiving",
"caretaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palmy":{
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
"examples":[
"they knew her in her palmy days when she was living high"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"going",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust",
"boffo",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"runaway",
"socko"
],
"near antonyms":[
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
"examples":[
"a palmy suburb with lots of new homes and shopping malls"
],
"synonyms":[
"booming",
"boomy",
"flourishing",
"golden",
"halcyon",
"healthy",
"lush",
"prospering",
"prosperous",
"roaring",
"successful",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affluent",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"substantial",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"floundering",
"languishing",
"struggling",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed",
"unprosperous",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pantomime":{
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the game requires that you use pantomime to communicate an idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"gesticulation",
"gesture",
"mime",
"sign",
"signal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beck",
"beckon",
"flourish",
"shrug",
"wave",
"body language",
"posture",
"indication",
"motion",
"sign language"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
"examples":[
"in ancient Rome pantomimes performed tragic love stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantomimist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"busker",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"aper",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"clown",
"pantaloon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mime , gesture":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gesticulate",
"gesture",
"mime",
"sign",
"beckon",
"flag",
"gesture",
"motion",
"signal",
"wave",
"nod",
"signalize",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"inform",
"relate",
"tell",
"flourish",
"shrug"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"participators":{
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"a willing participator in any parlor game anyone suggested"
],
"synonyms":[
"actors",
"partakers",
"participants",
"parties",
"players",
"sharers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"aides",
"assistants",
"helpers",
"colleagues",
"partners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystanders",
"lookers-on",
"observers",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"watchers",
"wallflowers"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"particulars":{
"a separate part in a list, account, or series":{
"examples":[
"requested a bill of particulars for the care he received in the hospital"
],
"synonyms":[
"details",
"items",
"points"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articles",
"belongings",
"objects",
"stuff",
"things",
"characteristics",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"features",
"members",
"ingredients",
"divisions",
"particles",
"partitions",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"conglomerates",
"entireties",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a single piece of information":{
"examples":[
"everyone wanted to know all the particulars about the forthcoming merger"
],
"synonyms":[
"data",
"details",
"facts",
"niceties",
"particularities",
"points",
"specifics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articles",
"items",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients",
"members",
"parts",
"aspects",
"circumstances",
"facets",
"factors",
"evidences",
"exhibits",
"databases",
"information",
"knowledges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"errors",
"fallacies",
"falsehoods",
"inaccuracies",
"misconceptions",
"misstatements",
"myths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passiveness":{
"as in passivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"passivity",
"acquiescence",
"resignation",
"amenability",
"compliance",
"conformism",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"willingness",
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"discipline",
"self-control",
"submission",
"submissiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impatience",
"defiance",
"contrariness",
"disobedience",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"resistance",
"willfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palaver":{
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"seemingly endless palaver between the negotiating parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"argument",
"argumentation",
"argy-bargy",
"back-and-forth",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"parley",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"we should get together and have a nice palaver sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"discourse",
"parley",
"symposium",
"debate",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"exchange",
"give-and-take",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"soft-soap",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulate",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"butter up",
"charm",
"massage",
"woo",
"beg",
"beseech",
"importune",
"urge",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"finagle",
"juggle",
"wangle",
"wile",
"entice",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bug",
"harass",
"nag",
"pester",
"tease",
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"intimidate",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"demand",
"force",
"make",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paraplegia":{
"as in quadriplegia , hemiplegia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis",
"disability",
"impairment",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"poliomyelitis",
"palsy",
"paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patois":{
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
"examples":[
"the medical patois that the hospital staffers used among themselves was incomprehensible to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquial",
"colloquialism",
"idiom",
"localism",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passive":{
"receiving or enduring without offering resistance":{
"examples":[
"the union rank and file were surprisingly passive about the givebacks in the new labor contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"nonresistant",
"resigned",
"tolerant",
"tolerating",
"unresistant",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forbearing",
"impassive",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"uncomplaining",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformable",
"conformist",
"docile",
"guidable",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"obeisant",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"disciplined",
"governable",
"manageable",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiant",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"insurgent",
"intractable",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"balky",
"perverse",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"headstrong",
"willful",
"wilful",
"indomitable",
"undisciplined",
"unmanageable",
"dissident",
"nonconformist"
],
"antonyms":[
"protesting",
"resistant",
"resisting",
"unyielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"passing off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbing off",
"foisting",
"palming",
"palming off",
"wishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"forcing",
"imposing",
"inflicting",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"misrepresenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parish":{
"as in flock , laity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flock",
"laity",
"assembly",
"church",
"congregation",
"communion",
"confession",
"denomination",
"fold",
"sect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panoply":{
"a full suit of armor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"exoskeleton",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell",
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parasitic":{
"as in dependent , symbiotic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"precocial",
"symbiotic",
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"palmed off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbed off",
"foisted",
"palmed",
"passed off",
"wished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"forced",
"imposed",
"inflicted",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"misrepresented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panned out":{
"to come to be":{
"examples":[
"the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"came out",
"fell out",
"proved",
"shook out",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developed",
"emerged",
"evolved",
"germinated",
"played out",
"unfolded",
"worked out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme didn't quite pan out"
],
"synonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught on",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"cooked",
"percolated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languished",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"fell down",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paging":{
"as in ringing , buzzing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzzing",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"whistling",
"beckoning",
"demanding",
"invoking",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"requesting",
"requisitioning",
"asking",
"bidding",
"inviting",
"assembling",
"calling out",
"calling up",
"convening",
"convoking",
"mustering",
"citing",
"subpoenaing",
"calling",
"hailing",
"summoning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissing",
"sending (away)",
"turning away",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"casting out",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panels":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"there will be a discussion panel on Tuesday"
],
"synonyms":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"forums",
"fora",
"panel discussions",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquiums",
"colloquia",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter":{
"examples":[
"assembled a prestigious panel to investigate ways to stem the rising cost of health care"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissions",
"committees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"standing committees",
"steering committees",
"subcommittees",
"delegations",
"missions",
"assemblies",
"bodies",
"congresses",
"convocations",
"councils",
"synods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patches":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"a black cat with a small patch of white next to her nose"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"a patch of land hardly big enough for a garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"patch the tire and it'll be as good as new"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"particularity":{
"careful thoroughness of detail":{
"examples":[
"with great particularity she described the qualities she's looking for in a boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"explicitness",
"specificity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"conscientiousness",
"finicalness",
"finickiness",
"fussiness",
"meticulosity",
"meticulousness",
"alertness",
"cautiousness",
"circumspection",
"heedfulness",
"scrupulousness",
"discrimination",
"selectivity",
"accuracy",
"definitude",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"preciseness",
"precision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactness",
"indistinctness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[
"generality"
]
},
"a single piece of information":{
"examples":[
"I can't comment without knowing the particularities of the case before the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"datum",
"detail",
"fact",
"nicety",
"particular",
"point",
"specific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"article",
"item",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"member",
"part",
"aspect",
"circumstance",
"facet",
"factor",
"evidence",
"exhibit",
"database",
"information",
"knowledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"inaccuracy",
"misconception",
"misstatement",
"myth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"a novel that gets the particularities of life in academia exactly right"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patching (together)":{
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hikers patched together a shelter that afforded some protection from the wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobbling (together or up)",
"jury-rigging",
"throwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing (off)",
"jerry-building"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crafting",
"handcrafting",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"pounding (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passes away":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the old woman passed away quietly"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pasteboard":{
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
"examples":[
"those pasteboards I got from a scalper cost me four times their face value"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"coupon",
"pass",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certificate",
"note",
"token",
"voucher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palomino":{
"as in roan , chestnut":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"equid",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panel discussion":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"a panel discussion on capital punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"council",
"forum",
"panel",
"parley",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquium",
"caucus",
"town meeting",
"assembly",
"conclave",
"congregation",
"congress",
"consistory",
"convention",
"convocation",
"synod",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"brainstorming",
"chat room",
"newsgroup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paid down":{
"as in paid off , settled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"liquidated",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"satisfied",
"settled",
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"remunerated",
"gave back",
"reciprocated",
"rendered (to)",
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"papers":{
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
"examples":[
"handed in the correct papers"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanks",
"documents",
"forms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"instruments",
"writs",
"filings",
"sheets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"we get the paper every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short piece of writing done as a school exercise":{
"examples":[
"write a paper about your favorite author"
],
"synonyms":[
"compositions",
"themes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articles",
"essays",
"stories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
"examples":[
"the papers written by the Founding Fathers urging adoption of the federal constitution"
],
"synonyms":[
"articles",
"compositions",
"essays",
"themes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeries",
"columns",
"commentaries",
"editorials",
"features",
"reports",
"reviews",
"write-ups",
"dissertations",
"theses",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"expositions",
"prolegomena",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patterns":{
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
"examples":[
"a coverlet with a nosegay of tiny pink roses as the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"designs",
"figures",
"motifs",
"motives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"schemes",
"devices",
"adornments",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
"examples":[
"her daily pattern begins with coffee and a bagel every morning for breakfast"
],
"synonyms":[
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"habitudes",
"practices",
"practises",
"rituals",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addictions",
"dispositions",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"proclivities",
"sets",
"tendencies",
"tenors",
"turns",
"bags",
"conventions",
"forms",
"modes",
"styles",
"usages",
"uses",
"deportments",
"manners",
"mores",
"drills",
"grooves",
"jog trots",
"regimens",
"regimes",
"r\u00e9gimes",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"affectations",
"airs",
"poses",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"traits",
"eccentricities",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities",
"tics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"with her, everything must be done strictly according to pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"grinds",
"grooves",
"locksteps",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"treadmills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozens",
"regimens",
"housekeepings",
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"approaches",
"manners",
"methods",
"procedures",
"strategies",
"styles",
"tacks",
"techniques",
"ways",
"designs",
"plans",
"programs",
"schemes",
"conventions",
"policies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"many of the artist's paintings use the same pattern of a lone figure surrounded by a vast landscape"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"compositions",
"configurations",
"constellations",
"designs",
"formats",
"forms",
"getups",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"ordonnances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motifs",
"themes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in matches , models":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stripes , speckles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"brightens",
"lightens",
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorizes",
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pampers":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"pamper a sick child"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"cockers",
"coddles",
"cossets",
"dandles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"nurses",
"spoils",
"wet-nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"mothers",
"obliges",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"disciplines",
"restrains",
"oppresses",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"victimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuses",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pads":{
"a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge":{
"examples":[
"the waitress keeps a pad in the pocket of her apron to write down orders"
],
"synonyms":[
"notepads",
"tablets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scratch pads",
"albums",
"notebooks",
"scrapbooks",
"booklets",
"pamphlets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
"examples":[
"I went back to my pad to get some rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"racks",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
"examples":[
"a pad on the chair to keep it from getting scratched"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffers",
"bumpers",
"cocoons",
"cushionings",
"cushions",
"fenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"mufflers",
"paddings",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"barricades",
"cordons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place where one lives":{
"examples":[
"welcome to my pad"
],
"synonyms":[
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"McMansions",
"palaces",
"villas",
"farmhouses",
"granges",
"haciendas",
"homesteads",
"double-wides",
"houseboats",
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"motor homes",
"recreational vehicles",
"RVs",
"trailers",
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"rectories",
"vicarages",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"colors",
"elaborates (on)",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"hyperbolizes",
"magnifies",
"stretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dresses up",
"gussies up",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"fudges",
"hedges",
"overdoes",
"overdraws",
"overemphasizes",
"overplays",
"overstates",
"emphasizes",
"plays up",
"stresses",
"caricatures",
"satirizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"understates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"a cat padded silently by"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulates",
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"legs (it)",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"promenades",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
"strides",
"troops",
"power walks",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"footslogs",
"plods",
"trudges",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"bounces",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers",
"falters",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"waddles",
"nips",
"taps",
"trips",
"trots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pacified":{
"as in appeased , mollified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeased",
"mollified",
"placated",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"euphoric",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"thrilled",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"rejoicing",
"tickled",
"content",
"contented",
"gratified",
"happy",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"malcontent",
"malcontented",
"unhappy",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"displeased",
"unsatisfied",
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"gentled",
"mollified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"endeared (to)",
"ingratiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"dulcified",
"sweetened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"antagonized",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"provoked",
"roused",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"maddened",
"outraged"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"participants":{
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank"
],
"synonyms":[
"actors",
"partakers",
"participators",
"parties",
"players",
"sharers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"aides",
"assistants",
"helpers",
"colleagues",
"partners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystanders",
"lookers-on",
"observers",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"watchers",
"wallflowers"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paramours":{
"a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship":{
"examples":[
"Her husband found a love letter from her paramour ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amours",
"lovers",
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"flames",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"tootsies",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others",
"crushes",
"heartthrobs"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"papules":{
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
"examples":[
"the reddish, itchy papules that are characteristic of the rash"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"festers",
"hickeys",
"pimples",
"pocks",
"pustules",
"whelks",
"zits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackheads",
"blisters",
"milia",
"whiteheads",
"bumps",
"lumps",
"protuberances",
"sores",
"warts",
"weals",
"welts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patchy":{
"as in holey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"holey",
"lacerate",
"lacerated",
"shredded",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"moth-eaten",
"run-down",
"scuzzy",
"tacky",
"dingy",
"faded",
"dowdy",
"scruffy",
"tatterdemalion",
"frayed",
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ratty",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tattered",
"threadbare",
"worn-out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"panama":{
"as in sombrero , beret":{
"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",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"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"
]
},
"pawed":{
"as in hugged , rubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caressed",
"embraced",
"fingered",
"fondled",
"hugged",
"kissed",
"lipped",
"nosed",
"nudged",
"nuzzled",
"rubbed",
"stroked",
"felt",
"touched",
"palpated",
"palped",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"shaved",
"skimmed",
"clasped",
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"handled",
"held",
"palmed",
"chucked",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"dabbed",
"flicked",
"patted",
"tagged",
"tapped",
"tipped",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pounded",
"rapped",
"whacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palookas":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"I wish he wouldn't bring over here that bunch of palookas he calls his friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"clods",
"gawks",
"hulks",
"louts",
"lubbers",
"lugs",
"lumps",
"Neanderthals",
"oafs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"turkeys",
"slouches",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"blunderers",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"galoots",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos",
"anthropoids",
"apes",
"beasts",
"boors",
"brutes",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"louses",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"villains",
"boobies",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paralyze":{
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"immobilize",
"incapacitate",
"prostrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"tire",
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"hobble",
"lame",
"maim",
"mutilate",
"knock out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"galvanize",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"empower",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"examples":[
"the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralize",
"emasculate",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"neuter",
"weaken",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"frighten",
"intimidate",
"psych (out)",
"scare",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"craze",
"derange",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"faze",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerve"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paves the way (for)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"Urban revitalization initiatives will pave the way for a thriving community."
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"greases",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pacifistic":{
"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
"examples":[
"a committed pacifist , Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence"
],
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"peacenik"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peacemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"chauvinist",
"nationalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"war hawk",
"warmonger"
]
},
"inclined to live in peace and to avoid war":{
"examples":[
"the newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"dovish",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irenic",
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"noncombative",
"unaggressive",
"unwarlike",
"antimilitarist",
"antimilitaristic",
"antiviolence",
"antiwar",
"calm",
"mild",
"neutral",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"hawkish",
"martial",
"warlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"parapets":{
"a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge":{
"examples":[
"The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"ramparts",
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriot":{
"a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies":{
"examples":[
"the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country"
],
"synonyms":[
"loyalist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinist",
"flag-waver",
"jingoist",
"nationalist",
"superpatriot",
"compatriot",
"countryman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collaborator",
"quisling",
"spy",
"traitor",
"betrayer",
"deserter",
"recreant",
"renegade"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"page":{
"one that carries a message or does an errand":{
"examples":[
"dispatch a page to bring coffee to the senator"
],
"synonyms":[
"courier",
"express",
"go-between",
"messenger",
"runner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"representative",
"bearer",
"carrier",
"deliveryman",
"letter carrier",
"mail carrier",
"mailman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ring , buzz":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzz",
"knell",
"ring",
"whistle",
"beckon",
"demand",
"invoke",
"command",
"order",
"request",
"requisition",
"ask",
"bid",
"invite",
"assemble",
"call out",
"call up",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"cite",
"subpoena",
"call",
"hail",
"summon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismiss",
"send (away)",
"turn away",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"cast out",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parricides":{
"as in patricides , fratricides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filicides",
"fratricides",
"matricides",
"patricides",
"regicides",
"uxoricides",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"bloodsheds",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"hits",
"assisted suicides",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings",
"physician-assisted suicides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palisades":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"the palisades that line the west bank of the Hudson River for about 15 miles"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"escarpments",
"precipices",
"scarps",
"scars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buttes",
"cuestas",
"hogbacks",
"tors",
"bulwarks",
"embankments",
"declivities",
"drop-offs",
"pitches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pickets , walls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffers",
"pickets",
"walls",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves",
"battles",
"contends",
"fights",
"wars",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands",
"averts",
"prevents",
"bulwarks",
"covers",
"defends",
"fences",
"fends",
"forfends",
"guards",
"keeps",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"bombards",
"storms",
"besets",
"besieges",
"overruns",
"capitulates",
"caves",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paranoids":{
"having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"mistrustful",
"negativistic",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unbelieving",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"nervous",
"tense",
"uneasy",
"worried",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"parka":{
"as in jacket , surtout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jacket",
"surtout",
"chesterfield",
"frock coat",
"mackinaw",
"ulster",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"sou'wester",
"greatcoat",
"overcoat",
"surcoat",
"topcoat",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parades":{
"a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{
"examples":[
"a Fourth of July parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"processions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"progresses",
"callithumps",
"columns",
"lines",
"strings",
"trains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"the marching band paraded past jubilant crowds"
],
"synonyms":[
"files",
"marches",
"paces",
"strides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-steps",
"perambulates",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"hikes",
"tramps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambles",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"strolls",
"wanders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"intends to parade her expensive new dress at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"displays",
"disports",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flashes",
"flaunts",
"lays out",
"produces",
"shows",
"shows off",
"sports",
"struts",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandishes",
"flourishes",
"waves",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"divulges",
"talks (about)",
"tells (of)",
"bares",
"discovers",
"reveals",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"masks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"occults",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pays":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"we need to pay the cashier and then we can leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"requites",
"remits",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"prepays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"you ought to pay that bill before it's overdue"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[
"rock fans were willing to pay enormous sums to get into the concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburses",
"drops",
"expends",
"forks (over, out, or up)",
"gives",
"lays out",
"outlays",
"shells out",
"spends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavishes",
"rains",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays up",
"saves",
"acquires",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"makes",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
"examples":[
"an investment paying six percent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"gives",
"returns",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings in",
"nets",
"affords",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"pays off"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"pay someone to mow the lawn for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"it's difficult to support two children on her pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"emoluments",
"hires",
"packets",
"paychecks",
"pay envelopes",
"payments",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wages",
"minimum wages",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pays",
"double times",
"overtimes",
"time and a halfs",
"compensations",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"returns",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"we should demand pay for all the overtime we're putting in"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pardoning":{
"as in condoning , absolving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolving",
"condoning",
"remitting",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"commuting",
"reprieving",
"compensatory",
"nonpunitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"he eventually pardoned his sister after she apologized"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgiving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"ignoring",
"passing over",
"shrugging off",
"discharging",
"liberating",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"unburdening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"avenging",
"redressing",
"requiting",
"retaliating",
"revenging",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"resenting"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'm willing to pardon a little sloppiness of dress in such a kind and loving person"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pantomiming":{
"as in miming , gesturing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gesticulating",
"gesturing",
"miming",
"signing",
"beckoning",
"flagging",
"gesturing",
"motioning",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"waving",
"nodding",
"signalizing",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"informing",
"relating",
"telling",
"flourishing",
"shrugging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palpate":{
"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
"examples":[
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palp",
"feel",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"shave",
"skim",
"clasp",
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handle",
"hold",
"palm",
"chuck",
"clap",
"dab",
"flick",
"pat",
"tag",
"tap",
"tip",
"hit",
"knock",
"pound",
"rap",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palatines":{
"as in dominoes , josephs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packed":{
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
"examples":[
"the auditorium was packed"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"abounding",
"flush",
"fraught",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short",
"shortish",
"shy",
"wanting",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
]
},
"having little space between items or parts":{
"examples":[
"a densely packed sequence of events"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"crowded",
"dense",
"jam-packed",
"serried",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crammed",
"jammed",
"overcrowded",
"crushed",
"massed",
"pressed",
"squeezed",
"wall-to-wall",
"airtight",
"snug",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"congested",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"loose",
"open",
"uncrowded"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"bunged",
"dammed",
"filled",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed (off)",
"clotted",
"congested",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"caulked",
"calked",
"chinked",
"sealed",
"repacked",
"restuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"examples":[
"I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimmed",
"charged",
"crammed",
"filled",
"heaped",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenched",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"swamped",
"bloated",
"bulked",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"matted",
"pressed",
"rammed",
"shoved",
"squashed",
"squeezed",
"refilled",
"refreshed",
"reloaded",
"repacked",
"replenished",
"overcharged",
"overfilled",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"honeycombed",
"penetrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightened",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged",
"scoured",
"swept"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"remember to pack several changes of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"ferried",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"toted",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"handed over",
"transferred",
"forwarded",
"sent",
"shipped",
"transmitted",
"brought",
"fetched",
"took",
"moved",
"removed",
"shifted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"a private detective packing a weapon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunted",
"showed off",
"sported",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"paraded",
"showed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"patsy":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"an Internet newbie who's the perfect patsy for a cyber scam"
],
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paused":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[
"he paused for a moment to regain his composure"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitated",
"broke in",
"interrupted",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"finished",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"lapsed",
"let up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continued",
"persisted",
"advanced",
"progressed",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"stretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pained":{
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"my poor head was paining so from all that racket"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached",
"hurt",
"smarted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"bled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"chafed",
"cramped",
"festered",
"itched",
"nagged",
"pinched",
"pounded",
"racked",
"stung",
"swelled",
"throbbed",
"tingled",
"twinged",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"suffered",
"afflicted",
"harrowed",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pacesetters":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"a company that has been a pacesetter in its field for offering health care benefits to employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwethers",
"leaders",
"pacemakers",
"pacers",
"trendsetters",
"trend-setters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"groundbreakers",
"innovators",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-latelies",
"Johnnies-come-lately",
"me-tooers"
],
"antonyms":[
"followers",
"imitators"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partitioned":{
"as in subdivided , bisected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded",
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pagodas":{
"as in synagogues , mosques":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mosques",
"shuls",
"synagogues",
"synagogs",
"churches",
"kirks",
"tabernacles",
"temples",
"abbeys",
"bethels",
"cathedrals",
"chapels",
"minsters",
"missions",
"oratories",
"sanctuaries",
"shrines",
"meetinghouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parliament":{
"the highest lawmaking body of a political unit":{
"examples":[
"the treaty was referred to the nation's parliament for ratification"
],
"synonyms":[
"congress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"chamber",
"council",
"diet",
"house",
"legislative",
"legislature",
"general assembly",
"legislative assembly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partied":{
"as in reveled , caroused":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caroused",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"associated",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"socialized",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"circulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parceled (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"divvied (up)",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged",
"reallocated",
"reapportioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paramount":{
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"the paramount goal is to restore the colonial-era house with complete historical accuracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"of the greatest or highest degree or quantity":{
"examples":[
"maintaining the secrecy of the agreement is of paramount importance"
],
"synonyms":[
"consummate",
"last",
"max",
"maximum",
"most",
"nth",
"outside",
"supreme",
"top",
"ultimate",
"utmost",
"uttermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassed",
"biggest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"littlest",
"minutest",
"smallest",
"tiniest",
"lowest",
"fewest"
],
"antonyms":[
"least",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest"
]
},
"as in authoritarian , totalitarian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"Big Brother",
"potentate",
"totalitarian",
"autarch",
"autocrat",
"monocrat",
"caudillo",
"overlord",
"warlord",
"caesar",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"oppressor",
"pharaoh",
"strongman",
"tyrannizer",
"tyrant",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"dominator",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"overlord",
"ruler",
"king",
"lord",
"monarch",
"prince",
"queen",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"tycoon",
"disciplinarian",
"discipliner",
"enforcer",
"martinet",
"taskmaster"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"nubucks",
"suedes",
"alligators",
"antelope",
"antelopes",
"buckskins",
"cabrettas",
"calfskins",
"capeskins",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"cordovans",
"cowhides",
"crocodiles",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"kids",
"kidskins",
"lambskins",
"moroccos",
"ostriches",
"pigskins",
"seals",
"sharkskins",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"coats",
"fleeces",
"furs",
"pelts",
"hides",
"leathers",
"skins"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paganisms":{
"as in monotheisms , polytheisms":{
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"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"pantheisms",
"polytheisms",
"theisms",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"credos",
"creeds",
"cults",
"faiths",
"persuasions",
"religions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasteurize":{
"as in distill , clean":{
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"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"flush",
"leach",
"purge",
"refine",
"decontaminate",
"purify",
"better",
"enhance",
"improve",
"augment",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"supplement",
"compact",
"concentrate",
"condense",
"fertilize",
"lard",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"richen",
"strengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterate",
"cut",
"dilute",
"extend",
"lace",
"sophisticate",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"load",
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"corrupt",
"defile",
"dirty",
"envenom",
"foul",
"infect",
"poison",
"pollute",
"soil",
"spoil",
"sully",
"taint"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"worthy of forgiveness":{
"examples":[
"the new parents' gushing pride was pardonable"
],
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"condonable",
"excusable",
"forgivable",
"remissible",
"remittable",
"venial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"justifiable",
"redeemable",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"petty",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"harmless",
"ignorable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"criminal",
"damning",
"evil",
"heinous",
"sinful",
"vile",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"indefensible",
"inexcusable",
"mortal",
"unforgivable",
"unjustifiable",
"unpardonable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paid (back)":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I already paid back what I owed you for groceries."
],
"synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave back",
"reciprocated",
"rendered (to)",
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"remunerated",
"liquidated",
"paid down",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"satisfied",
"settled"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"palatability":{
"the quality of being delicious":{
"examples":[
"military rations that were obviously chosen for their durability and not their palatability"
],
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"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatableness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"toothsomeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patrolmen":{
"as in policewomen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"policewomen",
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"painting":{
"a picture created with oil paint":{
"examples":[
"the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile"
],
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"canvas",
"canvass",
"oil",
"oil painting"
],
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"fresco",
"mural",
"panorama",
"diptych",
"triptych",
"acrylic",
"aquarelle",
"gouache",
"watercolor",
"distemper",
"drawing",
"etching",
"finger painting",
"pastel",
"sketch",
"tempera",
"masterpiece",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean"
],
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"delineating",
"depicting",
"describing",
"drawing",
"imaging",
"limning",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"rendering",
"setting out",
"sketching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizing",
"defining",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"qualifying",
"representing",
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"showing",
"hinting",
"suggesting",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"tracing",
"vignetting",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"touching off",
"redescribing",
"reimaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"misdescribing",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple"
],
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"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"papering over":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the differences between the two factions are too great to be papered over in the name of party unity"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the company tried to paper over its red ink, issuing assurances that it was still financially sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"suppressing",
"veiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burying",
"camouflaging",
"covering (up)",
"smothering",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blocking",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bringing out",
"presenting",
"clarifying",
"illuminating",
"advertising",
"airing",
"broadcasting",
"getting out",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"spreading"
],
"antonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"displaying",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paid back":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I already paid back what I owed you for groceries."
],
"synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave back",
"reciprocated",
"rendered (to)",
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"remunerated",
"liquidated",
"paid down",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"satisfied",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"patissier":{
"as in baker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baker",
"chef",
"cook",
"cooker",
"culinarian",
"barbecuer",
"griller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifism":{
"as in pacificism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pacificism",
"nonviolence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"pressure",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in nonaggression":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonaggression",
"antiaggression",
"anti-imperialism",
"antimilitarism",
"affability",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness",
"amenability",
"complaisance",
"placability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"assaultiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"defiance",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"militance",
"militancy",
"militantness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"antagonism",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"hyperaggressiveness",
"unfriendliness",
"imperialism",
"jingoism",
"militarism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passages":{
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"avenues",
"paths",
"routes",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypaths",
"byways",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"arteries",
"boulevards",
"bypasses",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passageways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routeways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"turnpikes",
"walks",
"walkways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails",
"airways",
"bikeways",
"cycleways",
"channels",
"gats",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"doors",
"doorways",
"gates",
"gateways",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
"examples":[
"an arduous passage across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"expeditions",
"journeys",
"peregrinations",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commutations",
"commutes",
"errands",
"excursions",
"flights",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"tours",
"cruises",
"sails",
"voyages",
"drives",
"rides",
"spins",
"grand tours",
"odysseys",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"quests",
"safaris",
"hikes",
"slogs",
"tramps",
"walkabouts",
"walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"the passage to Britain requires several days"
],
"synonyms":[
"crossings",
"cruises",
"sails",
"voyages"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a part taken from a longer work":{
"examples":[
"the news report quoted a passage from the novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"excerpts",
"extracts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clips",
"snippets",
"sound bites",
"citations",
"quotations",
"loci classici",
"longueurs",
"purple passages",
"contexts",
"samples",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"forward movement in time or place":{
"examples":[
"a swift passage from mere liking to actual love"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances",
"furtherances",
"goings",
"headways",
"marches",
"onrushes",
"processes",
"processions",
"progresses",
"progressions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"drifts",
"flows",
"fluxes",
"streams",
"ways",
"advents",
"approaches",
"arrivals",
"comings",
"bounds",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"steps",
"strides",
"impetuses",
"momenta",
"momentums"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backwashes",
"ebbs",
"refluxes",
"retractions",
"returns",
"reversals",
"reverses",
"about-faces",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds"
],
"antonyms":[
"recesses",
"recessions",
"regresses",
"regressions",
"retreats",
"retrogressions"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"deaths",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dissolutions",
"dooms",
"ends",
"exits",
"expirations",
"expiries",
"fates",
"graves",
"great divides",
"passings",
"quietuses",
"sleeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"martyrdoms",
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides",
"annihilations",
"destructions",
"endings",
"exterminations",
"ruins",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existences",
"lives",
"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
"rises"
],
"antonyms":[
"births",
"nativities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pays back":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I already paid back what I owed you for groceries."
],
"synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives back",
"reciprocates",
"renders (to)",
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"liquidates",
"pays down",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"satisfies",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"patronymics":{
"as in matronymics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"matronymics",
"family names",
"maiden names",
"middle names",
"surnames",
"bynames",
"diminutives",
"epithets",
"hypocorisms",
"nicknames",
"sobriquets",
"soubriquets",
"baptismal names",
"Christian names",
"first names",
"forenames",
"given names",
"banners",
"rubrics",
"tags",
"appellations",
"appellatives",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"compellations",
"denominations",
"denotations",
"designations",
"handles",
"monikers",
"monickers",
"names",
"nomenclatures",
"titles",
"aliases",
"cryptonyms",
"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms",
"binomials",
"monomials",
"trivial names",
"vernaculars",
"misnomers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pars":{
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"examples":[
"that last dining experience was not quite up to par"
],
"synonyms":[
"barometers",
"bars",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"gold standards",
"grades",
"marks",
"measures",
"metrics",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"instances",
"averages",
"norms",
"rules",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"deviations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"what is typical of a group, class, or series":{
"examples":[
"a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group"
],
"synonyms":[
"averages",
"normals",
"norms",
"standards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"golden means",
"means",
"medians",
"middles",
"commonplaces",
"ordinaries",
"rules",
"runs",
"status quos",
"usuals",
"exemplars",
"representatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"deviations",
"exceptions",
"rarities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packing (up or in)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"ending",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"giving up",
"knocking off",
"laying off (of)",
"quitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"halting",
"leaving off",
"shutting off",
"pausing",
"tapering off",
"throwing up",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"going",
"running on",
"hanging in",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"persevering",
"persisting",
"following through (with)",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"restarting",
"resuming",
"preserving",
"staying",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"starting"
],
"antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"keeping",
"keeping up",
"maintaining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paragon":{
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
"examples":[
"in Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is depicted as the one knight who is a paragon of virtue"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau ideal",
"classic",
"eidolon",
"exemplar",
"idea",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonesuch",
"nonpareil",
"patron saint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"role model",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"phantom",
"pink",
"archetype",
"example",
"mirror",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"guideline",
"principle",
"rule",
"gauge",
"gage",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"acme",
"apex",
"apotheosis",
"culmination",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pagan":{
"a person who does not worship the God of the Bible":{
"examples":[
"the temple was built by pagans in the 4th century as a place to worship their idols"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentile",
"heathen",
"idolater",
"idolator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atheist",
"giaour",
"infidel",
"misbeliever",
"miscreant",
"nonbeliever",
"unbeliever",
"neo-pagan",
"polytheist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in godless , atheistic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atheistic",
"godless",
"irreligious",
"paganish",
"religionless",
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"laical",
"laic",
"lay",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"fleshly",
"blasphemous",
"impious",
"irreverent",
"sacrilegious",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"religious",
"sacred",
"divine",
"spiritual",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"devout",
"godly",
"pious",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"worshipful",
"ethereal",
"insubstantial",
"metaphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"nonphysical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"packed (up or in)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke off",
"broke up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"gave over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"gave up",
"knocked off",
"laid off (of)",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"left off",
"shut off",
"paused",
"tapered off",
"threw up",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ran on",
"went",
"held on",
"hung in",
"hung on",
"persevered",
"persisted",
"followed through (with)",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"restarted",
"resumed",
"preserved",
"stayed",
"began",
"commenced",
"started"
],
"antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"kept",
"kept up",
"maintained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passim":{
"in one place and another":{
"examples":[
"the book belonged to my father, and his trenchant comments are found passim \u2014both in the margins and between the lines of text"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"here and there"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all over",
"everyplace",
"everywhere",
"far and wide",
"high and low",
"right and left",
"throughout",
"ubiquitously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nowhere"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"parleying":{
"to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
"examples":[
"in an effort to win the goodwill of the locals, the developers parleyed with them before finalizing plans for the massive mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"confabbing",
"confabulating",
"conferring",
"consulting",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bandying",
"batting (around)",
"chewing over",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"kicking around",
"mooting",
"palavering",
"talking",
"talking over",
"ventilating",
"rehashing",
"coaching",
"guiding",
"tutoring",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"directing",
"referring (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packs (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passing":{
"lasting only for a short time":{
"examples":[
"his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little",
"short",
"shortish",
"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelong",
"continuing",
"durable",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indefectible",
"indestructible"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passage",
"quietus",
"sleep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"a passing strange turn of events"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"could you please pass me the phone?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"handing",
"handing over",
"reaching",
"transferring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaying",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"eventually, the storm passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
],
"synonyms":[
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"granting",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining"
]
},
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"constituting",
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"making",
"ordaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacting",
"repassing",
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"allowing",
"authorizing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"proclaiming",
"administering",
"executing",
"approving",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"invalidating",
"killing",
"nullifying",
"overturning",
"reversing",
"voiding"
],
"antonyms":[
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking"
]
},
"to take place":{
"examples":[
"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
],
"synonyms":[
"befalling",
"being",
"betiding",
"chancing",
"coming",
"coming about",
"coming down",
"coming off",
"cooking",
"doing",
"going down",
"going on",
"happening",
"happing",
"occurring",
"transpiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"developing",
"rising",
"shaping (up)",
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"materializing",
"springing (up)",
"intervening",
"falling out",
"following",
"resulting",
"turning out",
"going off",
"proceeding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"bringing out",
"enunciating",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airing",
"discussing",
"giving",
"looking",
"sharing",
"sounding",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing",
"blabbering",
"blurting",
"bolting",
"getting off",
"shooting",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"breathing",
"chirping",
"drawling",
"gasping",
"lipping",
"mouthing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"shouting",
"spluttering",
"spouting",
"whispering",
"clothing",
"couching",
"formulating",
"formulizing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording",
"commenting",
"piping up (with)",
"remarking",
"ripping (out)",
"snarling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
"I'll pass on the coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"flying",
"holding up",
"standing up",
"washing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through",
"going down",
"going over",
"going through",
"playing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"passionateness":{
"depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"delivers his sermons with a degree of passionateness that is positively electrifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cathexis",
"emotionalism",
"emotionality",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paw":{
"as in hug , rub":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caress",
"embrace",
"finger",
"fondle",
"hug",
"kiss",
"lip",
"nose",
"nudge",
"nuzzle",
"rub",
"stroke",
"feel",
"touch",
"palp",
"palpate",
"brush",
"graze",
"shave",
"skim",
"clasp",
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handle",
"hold",
"palm",
"chuck",
"clap",
"dab",
"flick",
"pat",
"tag",
"tap",
"tip",
"hit",
"knock",
"pound",
"rap",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pays up":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"for once our bills are all paid up"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pandit":{
"as in guru , swami":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guru",
"mahatma",
"swami",
"yogi",
"yogin",
"brain",
"genius",
"highbrow",
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"rabbi",
"polyhistor",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"master",
"mentor",
"teacher",
"seer",
"wise man",
"pundit",
"sage",
"savant",
"scholar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"fool",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"moron",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paps":{
"as in messes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"messes",
"diets",
"nourishments",
"nurtures",
"sustenances",
"ensilages",
"feeds",
"fodders",
"forages",
"silages",
"slop",
"swills",
"aliments",
"nutriments",
"feasts",
"meals",
"refreshments",
"regales",
"repasts",
"spreads",
"commissaries",
"rations",
"supplies",
"boards",
"amuse-bouches",
"amuses-bouches",
"amuse-gueules",
"antipasti",
"appetizers",
"apps",
"canap\u00e9s",
"cocktails",
"hors d'oeuvres",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"munchies",
"starters",
"dishes",
"plates",
"platters",
"servings",
"finger foods",
"natural foods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paralleling":{
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life"
],
"synonyms":[
"corresponding (to)",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blending (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"coordinating (with)",
"going (with)",
"harmonizing (with)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"counterbalancing",
"counterpoising",
"echoing",
"imaging",
"mirroring",
"repeating",
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"coming (to)",
"nearing",
"measuring (up)",
"partaking (of)",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pawn":{
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"though he liked to play up his influence with city hall, he was really just another pawn of the political bosses"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"instrument",
"lay figure",
"puppet",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"foil",
"gull",
"sucker",
"victim",
"minion",
"stooge",
"lap dog",
"yes-man"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise":{
"examples":[
"offered her license as a pawn that she would bring back the rental canoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"gage",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"pledge",
"security"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"bond",
"deposit",
"down payment",
"earnest",
"handsel",
"surety",
"warranty",
"assurance",
"oath",
"promise",
"troth",
"word",
"commitment",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"recognizance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"hock",
"pledge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deposit",
"mortgage",
"bond"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy (back)",
"redeem",
"win (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pals":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"I always choose my best pal for my softball team first"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"amigos",
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"comrades",
"confidantes",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"musketeers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintances",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"partners",
"peers",
"sports",
"blood brothers",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"main men",
"sisters",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"pen pals",
"benefactors",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"friendlies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"competitors",
"opponents",
"rivals",
"archenemies",
"nemeses"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paper over":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the differences between the two factions are too great to be papered over in the name of party unity"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the company tried to paper over its red ink, issuing assurances that it was still financially sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"suppress",
"veil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paperbounds":{
"as in papers , trade books":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbacks",
"papers",
"pocket books",
"pocket editions",
"softbacks",
"softcovers",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes",
"folios",
"quartos",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"encyclopedias",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"novelettes",
"novels",
"pulps",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parentings":{
"the caring for a child by its parents":{
"examples":[
"as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"parenthood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"caregiving",
"caretaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"raising",
"rearing",
"fathering",
"mothering",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"cradling",
"cultivating",
"minding",
"ministering (to)",
"nurturing",
"watching",
"feeding",
"providing (for)",
"supplying",
"bearing",
"begetting",
"engendering",
"gendering",
"generating",
"getting",
"having",
"producing",
"siring",
"hatching",
"spawning",
"breeding",
"multiplying",
"procreating",
"propagating",
"reproducing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"partaker":{
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"any partaker of forbidden activities will be severely punished by the sect's elders"
],
"synonyms":[
"actor",
"participant",
"participator",
"party",
"player",
"sharer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"aide",
"assistant",
"helper",
"colleague",
"partner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystander",
"looker-on",
"observer",
"onlooker",
"spectator",
"watcher",
"wallflower"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriotic":{
"having or showing love and support for one's country":{
"examples":[
"hanging a flag outside one's home is a patriotic gesture"
],
"synonyms":[
"nationalist",
"nationalistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinist",
"jingoist",
"jingoistic",
"superpatriotic",
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"impassioned",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"traitorous",
"treasonous",
"disaffected",
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful"
],
"antonyms":[
"unpatriotic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"papule":{
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
"examples":[
"the reddish, itchy papules that are characteristic of the rash"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"fester",
"hickey",
"pimple",
"pock",
"pustule",
"whelk",
"zit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackhead",
"blister",
"milium",
"whitehead",
"bump",
"lump",
"protuberance",
"sore",
"wart",
"weal",
"welt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passed off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbed off",
"foisted",
"palmed",
"palmed off",
"wished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"forced",
"imposed",
"inflicted",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"misrepresented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partake (of)":{
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"put away",
"put down",
"tuck (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digest",
"down",
"mouth (down)",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"chow (down on)",
"devour",
"glut (on)",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scoff",
"slop",
"snarf (down)",
"swill",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"gum",
"lap",
"lick",
"nibble (on)",
"nurse",
"pick (at)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour",
"taste",
"banquet",
"dine",
"fare",
"feast",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"regale",
"dispatch",
"polish off",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paleness":{
"as in faintness , grayness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"half-light",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"midnight",
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness",
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palliation":{
"as in relief , assuagement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assuagement",
"relief",
"succor",
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support",
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"hindrance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in extenuation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extenuation",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"atonement",
"confession",
"cop-out",
"out",
"color",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretext",
"rationale",
"rationalization",
"vindication",
"whitewash",
"alibi",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"plea",
"reason"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patient":{
"an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment":{
"examples":[
"the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown"
],
"synonyms":[
"case"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inpatient",
"outpatient",
"rehabilitant",
"sufferer",
"victim",
"convalescent",
"nursling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint":{
"examples":[
"you were very patient about having to wait for me for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lenient",
"acquiescent",
"passive",
"resigned",
"unresistant",
"yielding",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformist",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"disciplined",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"tired",
"weary",
"defiant",
"resistant",
"contrary",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly"
],
"antonyms":[
"complaining",
"fed up",
"impatient",
"kvetching",
"kvetchy",
"protesting"
]
},
"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"a patient effort to finish college despite the mounting debts"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogged",
"insistent",
"persevering",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"tenacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"dedicated",
"determined",
"firm",
"hell-bent",
"intent",
"positive",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"sure",
"adamant",
"bullheaded",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"indurate",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unregenerate",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"resistant",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"good",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"indomitable",
"unconquerable",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quitting",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"parenting":{
"the caring for a child by its parents":{
"examples":[
"as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"parenthood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"caregiving",
"caretaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"raising",
"rearing",
"fathering",
"mothering",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"cradling",
"cultivating",
"minding",
"ministering (to)",
"nurturing",
"watching",
"feeding",
"providing (for)",
"supplying",
"bearing",
"begetting",
"engendering",
"gendering",
"generating",
"getting",
"having",
"producing",
"siring",
"hatching",
"spawning",
"breeding",
"multiplying",
"procreating",
"propagating",
"reproducing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"painlessly":{
"without difficulty":{
"examples":[
"the move to our new house was accomplished rather painlessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"easily",
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"papal":{
"as in priestly , apostolic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical",
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paleoconservative":{
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"examples":[
"members of the religious sect are positively paleoconservative in their beliefs on the proper role of women"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"reactionary",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional",
"square",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
]
},
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
"examples":[
"paleoconservatives who would never sanction gambling casinos in their state"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"conservative",
"reactionary",
"right-winger",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"right",
"right-wing",
"conformist",
"neocon",
"neoconservative",
"diehard",
"standpatter",
"bourbon",
"Colonel Blimp",
"fuddy-duddy",
"square",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremist",
"radical",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"reformer",
"reformist"
],
"antonyms":[
"leftist",
"left-winger",
"lefty",
"liberal",
"progressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"patternless":{
"as in haphazard , irregular":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic",
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"ordered",
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paroling":{
"as in saving , bailing (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partook (of)":{
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand"
],
"synonyms":[
"ate",
"consumed",
"ingested",
"put away",
"put down",
"tucked (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digested",
"downed",
"mouthed (down)",
"swallowed",
"bolted",
"chowed (down on)",
"devoured",
"glutted (on)",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gorged",
"gulped",
"scoffed",
"slopped",
"snarfed (down)",
"swilled",
"wolfed",
"chewed",
"gnawed (at or on)",
"gummed",
"lapped",
"licked",
"nibbled (on)",
"nursed",
"picked (at)",
"relished",
"savored",
"savoured",
"tasted",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"fared",
"feasted",
"gormandized",
"pigged out",
"regaled",
"dispatched",
"polished off",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"munched",
"noshed",
"snacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paged":{
"as in rang , buzzed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzzed",
"knelled",
"rang",
"whistled",
"beckoned",
"demanded",
"invoked",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"requested",
"requisitioned",
"asked",
"bade",
"bid",
"invited",
"assembled",
"called out",
"called up",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"cited",
"subpoenaed",
"called",
"hailed",
"summoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissed",
"sent (away)",
"turned away",
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"cast out",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palliated":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorized",
"excused",
"explained away",
"extenuated",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"whitewashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoated",
"varnished",
"apologized",
"atoned",
"confessed",
"accounted (for)",
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"minimized",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lessened",
"lightened",
"mitigated",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little"
],
"synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"helped",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"relieved",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Pavlovian":{
"as in subconscious , reflex":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conditioned",
"natural",
"reactive",
"reflex",
"simple",
"subconscious",
"subliminal",
"unconscious",
"unforced",
"visceral",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"robotic",
"spontaneous",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"subtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pageboys":{
"as in buns , updos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parsimoniously":{
"as in ungenerously , stingily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stingily",
"ungenerously",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"coldly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"openhandedly",
"unstintingly",
"well",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"genially",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"passes":{
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"could you please pass me the phone?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"hands",
"hands over",
"reaches",
"transfers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relays",
"bears",
"carries",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives",
"gives up",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"eventually, the storm passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out"
],
"synonyms":[
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"recommends",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"grants",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"retransmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains"
]
},
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitutes",
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"makes",
"ordains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacts",
"repasses",
"brings about",
"effects",
"allows",
"authorizes",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"proclaims",
"administers",
"executes",
"approves",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"cancels",
"invalidates",
"kills",
"nullifies",
"overturns",
"reverses",
"voids"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes"
]
},
"to take place":{
"examples":[
"and the destruction of the town came to pass , just as the seer had predicted"
],
"synonyms":[
"befalls",
"betides",
"chances",
"comes",
"comes about",
"comes down",
"comes off",
"cooks",
"does",
"goes down",
"goes on",
"happens",
"haps",
"is",
"occurs",
"transpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"develops",
"rises",
"shapes (up)",
"arises",
"comes up",
"crops (up)",
"materializes",
"springs (up)",
"intervenes",
"falls out",
"follows",
"results",
"turns out",
"goes off",
"proceeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press"
],
"synonyms":[
"endures",
"experiences",
"feels",
"has",
"knows",
"sees",
"suffers",
"sustains",
"tastes",
"undergoes",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounters",
"meets",
"accepts",
"receives",
"assimilates",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulates",
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airs",
"discusses",
"gives",
"looks",
"shares",
"sounds",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices",
"blabbers",
"blurts",
"bolts",
"gets off",
"shoots",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"shouts",
"splutters",
"spouts",
"whispers",
"clothes",
"couches",
"formulates",
"formulizes",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words",
"comments",
"pipes up (with)",
"remarks",
"rips (out)",
"snarls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass",
"I'll pass on the coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"flies",
"holds up",
"stands up",
"washes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through",
"goes down",
"goes over",
"goes through",
"plays",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyons",
"ca\u00f1ons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"ravines",
"saddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"examples":[
"take the second pass on the right"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeways",
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places",
"closes",
"culs-de-sac",
"cul-de-sacs",
"dead ends",
"corridors",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
"examples":[
"a pass to leave the military base for the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks",
"coupons",
"pasteboards",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certificates",
"notes",
"tokens",
"vouchers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"a final pass at the assignment"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"eventually, all their career goals came to pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"realizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"part and parcel":{
"as in basis":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basis",
"building block",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"member",
"detail",
"item",
"particular",
"point",
"aspect",
"characteristic",
"facet",
"feature",
"trait",
"division",
"fragment",
"particle",
"partition",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"sector",
"segment",
"subcomponent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole",
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"mass",
"entirety",
"sum",
"summation",
"total",
"totality",
"admixture",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"combination",
"intermixture",
"mix",
"mixture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packing (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"participating":{
"as in observing , accompanying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"observing",
"attending",
"in",
"present",
"available",
"abounding",
"latent",
"breathing",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"live"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absent",
"away",
"missing",
"out",
"departed",
"gone",
"retired",
"nonexistent",
"AWOL",
"truant",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"lost",
"vanished",
"belated",
"delayed",
"delinquent",
"late",
"overdue",
"tardy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a share or part":{
"examples":[
"eager to participate in the city's cultural life"
],
"synonyms":[
"partaking",
"sharing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"knowing",
"seeing",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"paramountcy":{
"the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{
"examples":[
"a nation that has long enjoyed economic paramountcy in the region"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"dominance",
"eminence",
"noteworthiness",
"preeminence",
"preponderance",
"preponderancy",
"prepotency",
"prestigiousness",
"primacy",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"famousness",
"glory",
"honor",
"kudos",
"renown",
"reputation",
"repute",
"megastardom",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"greatness",
"illustriousness",
"nobleness",
"notableness",
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"authority",
"domination",
"dominion",
"influence",
"power",
"prestige",
"weight",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passes muster":{
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
],
"synonyms":[
"flies",
"holds up",
"passes",
"stands up",
"washes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through",
"goes down",
"goes over",
"goes through",
"plays",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pantomimed":{
"as in mimed , gestured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gesticulated",
"gestured",
"mimed",
"signed",
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved",
"nodded",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partnered":{
"as in contracted , jobbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"subcontracted",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out",
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paying (for)":{
"as in financing , springing (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expending",
"financing",
"outlaying",
"ponying up",
"springing (for)",
"covering",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"affording",
"going",
"swinging",
"acquiring",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"bidding",
"offering",
"bankrolling",
"endowing",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paws":{
"as in hugs , rubs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caresses",
"embraces",
"fingers",
"fondles",
"hugs",
"kisses",
"lips",
"noses",
"nudges",
"nuzzles",
"rubs",
"strokes",
"feels",
"touches",
"palpates",
"palps",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"shaves",
"skims",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handles",
"holds",
"palms",
"chucks",
"claps",
"dabs",
"flicks",
"pats",
"tags",
"taps",
"tips",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"raps",
"whacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passingly":{
"as in eminently , uncommonly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"superbly",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pawky":{
"as in tricky , sly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily",
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hard-boiled",
"hardheaded",
"heady",
"knowing",
"savvy",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"shrewd",
"smart",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise",
"experienced",
"veteran",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"agile",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"calculating",
"scheming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknowing",
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"unperceptive",
"unwise",
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"dim-witted",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unintelligent",
"weak-minded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"ignorant",
"uninformed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"panders":{
"a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money":{
"examples":[
"an arrest record that revealed that he had variously been a pander , a pickpocket, and a drug dealer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cadets",
"fancy men",
"pimps",
"procurers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mack daddies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panting (after)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"teenage gamers panting after the latest video game"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panaceas":{
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
"examples":[
"a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"catholicons",
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"nostrums",
"theriacs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"magic bullets",
"silver bullets",
"correctives",
"cures",
"remedies",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasteboards":{
"a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
"examples":[
"those pasteboards I got from a scalper cost me four times their face value"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks",
"coupons",
"passes",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certificates",
"notes",
"tokens",
"vouchers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patterning":{
"as in matching , modeling":{
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"near synonyms":[
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in striping , speckling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"brightening",
"lightening",
"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorizing",
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packed (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passable":{
"capable of being traveled on":{
"examples":[
"after the snowstorm ends, the roads might not be passable for the morning ride to school"
],
"synonyms":[
"navigable",
"negotiable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"congested",
"dammed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"unnegotiable",
"unpassable"
]
},
"capable of being passed into or through":{
"examples":[
"the jungle is not passable without a machete"
],
"synonyms":[
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious",
"porous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbent",
"breathable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airtight",
"watertight",
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"nonporous"
]
},
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"that's a passable paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"appropriate",
"correct",
"due",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"disreputable",
"improper",
"indecent",
"objectionable",
"unfit",
"unsuitable",
"unworthy",
"useless",
"wrong",
"bad",
"cheap",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"lamentable",
"pitiful",
"shoddy",
"dissatisfying",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"miserable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"premium",
"special",
"supreme",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
]
},
"of average to below average quality":{
"examples":[
"the actor's Scottish accent is passable at best"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"moderate",
"modest",
"presentable",
"respectable",
"minimal",
"unexceptional",
"fine",
"good",
"nice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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",
"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",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pastoral":{
"of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people":{
"examples":[
"painted a pastoral scene of a flower-filled meadow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucolic",
"country",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backwoods",
"backwoodsy",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"agrarian",
"agricultural",
"nonurban",
"semirural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citified",
"urbanized",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"municipal",
"nonagricultural",
"nonfarm"
],
"antonyms":[
"urban"
]
},
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
"examples":[
"pastoral advice to a young couple preparing to marry"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerical",
"clerkly",
"ministerial",
"priestly",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"missionary",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"diaconal",
"diocesan",
"episcopal",
"papal",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"churchly",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical",
"divine",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"conventual",
"mendicant",
"monachal",
"monastic",
"caliphal",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lay",
"nonclerical",
"secular",
"temporal"
]
},
"as in ode , elegy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anacreontic",
"clerihew",
"dithyramb",
"eclogue",
"elegy",
"English sonnet",
"epic",
"epigram",
"epode",
"epopee",
"epos",
"georgic",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"jingle",
"lament",
"limerick",
"madrigal",
"ode",
"pastorale",
"psalm",
"rondeau",
"rondel",
"rondelle",
"rondelet",
"sonnet",
"triolet",
"villanelle",
"lyric",
"poem",
"rune",
"song",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"ballad",
"lay",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tanka",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"poetry",
"versification",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"parched":{
"as in baked , dehydrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"sunbaked",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"rainless",
"air-dry",
"desert",
"desertic",
"desertlike",
"xerothermic",
"arid",
"droughty",
"dry",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"wet",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"the heat has really parched my throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"scorched",
"seared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidified",
"drained",
"evaporated",
"mummified",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"withered",
"wizened",
"air-dried",
"baked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathed",
"deluged",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"waterlogged",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened",
"rehydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"submerged",
"swamped"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrated",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"paroled":{
"as in freed , released":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"free"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"captive",
"captured",
"caught",
"confined",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"bound",
"enslaved",
"indentured",
"ensnared",
"trapped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in saved , bailed (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"par":{
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"examples":[
"that last dining experience was not quite up to par"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"metric",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"case",
"example",
"instance",
"average",
"norm",
"rule",
"acme",
"apex",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"deviation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality":{
"examples":[
"these California wines are on a par with the best produced in Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"coequality",
"coordinateness",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"parity",
"sameness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comparability",
"compatibility",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"alikeness",
"community",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"identicalness",
"identity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"divergence",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"incompatibility",
"dissimilarity",
"unlikeness"
],
"antonyms":[
"imparity",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
]
},
"what is typical of a group, class, or series":{
"examples":[
"a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group"
],
"synonyms":[
"average",
"norm",
"normal",
"standard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"golden mean",
"mean",
"median",
"middle",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"rule",
"run",
"status quo",
"usual",
"exemplar",
"representative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"deviation",
"exception",
"rarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parodies":{
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"the musical is a parody of every biblical epic ever made"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"put-ons",
"ribs",
"send-ups",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"travesties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"satires",
"comedies",
"farces",
"humors",
"sketches",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"imitations",
"impersonations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something":{
"examples":[
"the young man sported a feeble parody of a mustache in a vain attempt to make himself look older"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"cartoons",
"farces",
"jokes",
"mockeries",
"shams",
"travesties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"comedies",
"lampoons",
"takeoffs",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"simulations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homages",
"tributes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"does",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"sends up",
"spoofs",
"travesties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoons",
"pasquinades",
"satirizes",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"ridicules",
"apes",
"copycats",
"monkeys",
"parrots",
"duplicates",
"emulates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"acts",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"plays up",
"stretches",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"puts on",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"personates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"passion":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"examples":[
"married at the age of 18, they share a passion that has lasted for over half a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
]
},
"a strong but often short-lived liking for another person":{
"examples":[
"her passion passed when she got to know him"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"infatuation",
"mash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixation",
"obsession",
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love",
"craze",
"fad",
"rage",
"vogue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a strong wish for something":{
"examples":[
"a passion to become a doctor"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compulsion",
"impulse",
"impulsion",
"will",
"zeal",
"liking",
"love",
"taste",
"weakness",
"eagerness",
"impatience",
"want",
"wish",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"obsession",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"greed",
"greediness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"mania"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
"examples":[
"people are sometimes slaves to their own passions"
],
"synonyms":[
"chord",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sentiment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impression",
"perception",
"sensation",
"sense",
"angle",
"attitude",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"verdict",
"view",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"unfeelingness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"your passion for your cause is admirable, but you still can't insult people who disagree with you"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cathexis",
"emotionalism",
"emotionality",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
]
},
"general emotional condition":{
"examples":[
"people who are swayed by their passions and not by reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"heartstrings",
"sensibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"frame",
"humor",
"mode",
"mood",
"spirit",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"intense sexual desire":{
"examples":[
"their relationship began with passion but a deep love quickly grew between them"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardor",
"concupiscence",
"eros",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"itch",
"lust",
"lustfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erotomania",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"libidinousness",
"licentiousness",
"lickerishness",
"randiness",
"salaciousness",
"wantonness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frigidity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"sexual appetite":{
"examples":[
"the kind of pent-up passion that comes from having spent the winter in remote isolation"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscence",
"desire",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"lech",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"salaciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libido",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lecherousness",
"lechery",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"venery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patients":{
"an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment":{
"examples":[
"the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown"
],
"synonyms":[
"cases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inpatients",
"outpatients",
"rehabilitants",
"sufferers",
"victims",
"convalescents",
"nurslings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patrols":{
"as in outposts , commandos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"firing squads",
"outposts",
"paratroops",
"pickets",
"rear guards",
"sentries",
"watches",
"detachments",
"details",
"battalions",
"commands",
"companies",
"corps",
"divisions",
"platoons",
"regiments",
"squadrons",
"squads",
"troops",
"wings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe":{
"examples":[
"The squad had orders to patrol the area.",
"The border is patrolled by the army."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches",
"polices",
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pacify":{
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appease",
"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"gentle",
"mollify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"endear (to)",
"ingratiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"dulcify",
"sweeten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pass (for)":{
"to present a false appearance of":{
"examples":[
"in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"affect",
"assume",
"bluff",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pretend",
"profess",
"put on",
"sham",
"simulate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissimulate",
"impersonate",
"let on",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pose",
"forge",
"imitate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"feint",
"malinger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pairing":{
"as in combining , fitting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"connecting",
"consolidating",
"correlating",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"fusing",
"integrating",
"joining",
"matching",
"merging",
"mixing",
"orchestrating",
"squaring",
"suiting",
"synchronizing",
"synthesizing",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"codifying",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"methodizing",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"adapting",
"tuning",
"aligning",
"alining",
"arranging",
"arraying",
"balancing",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"ordering",
"proportioning",
"regularizing",
"standardizing",
"accommodating",
"attuning",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"keying",
"reconciling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"skewing",
"upsetting",
"disharmonizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pass (on)":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"my grandfather passed on at the age of 92"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paralytic":{
"affected with paralysis":{
"examples":[
"at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help"
],
"synonyms":[
"paralyzed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mutilated",
"halt",
"hobbled",
"lame",
"lamed",
"impaired",
"incapacitated",
"hamstrung",
"hemiplegic",
"paraplegic",
"paretic",
"quadriplegic",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pay":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"we need to pay the cashier and then we can leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"recompense",
"remunerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"requite",
"remit",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"prepay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"you ought to pay that bill before it's overdue"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[
"rock fans were willing to pay enormous sums to get into the concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburse",
"drop",
"expend",
"fork (over, out, or up)",
"give",
"lay out",
"outlay",
"shell out",
"spend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavish",
"rain",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay up",
"save",
"acquire",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"make",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
"examples":[
"an investment paying six percent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"give",
"return",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring in",
"net",
"afford",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"pay off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"pay someone to mow the lawn for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
]
},
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"it's difficult to support two children on her pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay envelope",
"paycheck",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"we should demand pay for all the overtime we're putting in"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"palpably":{
"as in visibly , noticeably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"visibly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"evidently",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"patently",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"apparently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furtively",
"privately",
"secretively",
"secretly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"passes (over)":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"follows",
"goes",
"navigates",
"perambulates",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"slights",
"slurs (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fails",
"misses",
"omits",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"rejects",
"shrugs off",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"disdains",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"scants",
"skimps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"pampers",
"remembers",
"listens (to)",
"watches",
"follows",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"remarks"
],
"antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"heeds",
"minds",
"regards",
"tends (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paste":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in epoxy , superglue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epoxy",
"epoxy resin",
"library paste",
"mucilage",
"superglue",
"water glass",
"adhesive",
"bond",
"cement",
"glue",
"size",
"dope",
"goo",
"gum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rhinestone , zircon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"crown jewels",
"jewelry",
"birthstone",
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parallels":{
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"examples":[
"her professor pointed out some parallels between the two novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonalities",
"common denominators",
"congruities",
"correspondences",
"resemblances",
"similarities",
"similitudes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogies",
"homologies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differences",
"discrepancies",
"deviances",
"divergences",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"changes",
"modifications",
"variations"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissimilarities"
]
},
"one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value":{
"examples":[
"an advance that is without parallel in the history of virology"
],
"synonyms":[
"coequals",
"compeers",
"coordinates",
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"fellows",
"likes",
"matches",
"peers",
"rivals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analogues",
"analogs",
"doubles",
"halves",
"mates",
"twins",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"copartners",
"co-partners",
"partners",
"competitors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life"
],
"synonyms":[
"corresponds (to)",
"equals",
"matches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blends (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"coordinates (with)",
"goes (with)",
"harmonizes (with)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"counterbalances",
"counterpoises",
"echoes",
"images",
"mirrors",
"repeats",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"comes (to)",
"nears",
"measures (up)",
"partakes (of)",
"rivals",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"patching":{
"as in repair , renovation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstruction",
"renovation",
"repair",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"wear and tear",
"abrasion",
"corrosion",
"erosion",
"decomposition",
"deterioration",
"disintegration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"patch the tire and it'll be as good as new"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"padded":{
"as in embroidered , embellished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"enlarged",
"hyped-up",
"magnified",
"overdone",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"stretched",
"bloated",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"inflated",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overblown",
"overdrawn",
"overweening",
"grandiose",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"colored",
"elaborated (on)",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"magnified",
"stretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dressed up",
"gussied up",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"emphasized",
"played up",
"stressed",
"caricatured",
"satirized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"minimized",
"played down",
"understated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"a cat padded silently by"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulated",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"legged (it)",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraded",
"promenaded",
"marched",
"paced",
"stepped out",
"strode",
"trooped",
"power walked",
"hiked",
"peregrinated",
"trekked",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"wandered",
"clumped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"trampled",
"tromped",
"footslogged",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"gimped",
"hobbled",
"limped",
"minced",
"pranced",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"bounced",
"sashayed",
"stalked",
"strutted",
"swaggered",
"faltered",
"lumbered",
"lurched",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"toddled",
"waddled",
"nipped",
"tapped",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pajamas":{
"as in nightgown , nightshirt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nightdress",
"nightgown",
"nightshirt",
"pj's",
"boxers",
"boxer shorts",
"briefs",
"drawers",
"long johns",
"pants",
"shorts",
"underdrawers",
"underpants",
"undershirt",
"undershorts",
"union suit",
"slip",
"underskirt",
"panties",
"scanties",
"lingerie",
"underclothes",
"underclothing",
"undergarments",
"underwear",
"undies",
"unmentionables"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outerwear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"pals (around)":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"chums",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"fraternizes",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"runs",
"sorts",
"travels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gangs",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parenthoods":{
"the caring for a child by its parents":{
"examples":[
"parenthood is a difficult task requiring great commitment"
],
"synonyms":[
"parenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"caregiving",
"caretaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palliates":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorizes",
"excuses",
"explains away",
"extenuates",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"whitewashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoats",
"varnishes",
"apologizes",
"atones",
"confesses",
"accounts (for)",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"soft-pedals",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lessens",
"lightens",
"mitigates",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little"
],
"synonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"helps",
"mitigates",
"mollifies",
"relieves",
"soothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"fixes",
"mends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"repairs",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passings":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"deaths",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dissolutions",
"dooms",
"ends",
"exits",
"expirations",
"expiries",
"fates",
"graves",
"great divides",
"passages",
"quietuses",
"sleeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"martyrdoms",
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides",
"annihilations",
"destructions",
"endings",
"exterminations",
"ruins",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existences",
"lives",
"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
"rises"
],
"antonyms":[
"births",
"nativities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partisanships":{
"an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{
"examples":[
"partisanship can discourage any serious search for the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"parti pris",
"partiality",
"ply",
"prejudice",
"tendentiousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"cronyism",
"favoritism",
"nepotism",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment",
"prepossession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"indifference",
"aversion",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hate",
"scunner"
],
"antonyms":[
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"open-mindedness",
"unbiasedness"
]
},
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
"examples":[
"there's a pervasive partisanship in the company that prevents it from acknowledging that other companies are outpacing it with innovative ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigotry",
"dogmatism",
"illiberalism",
"illiberality",
"illiberalness",
"intolerance",
"intolerantness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"opinionatedness",
"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"
]
},
"passing over":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursing",
"covering",
"crossing",
"cutting (across)",
"following",
"going",
"navigating",
"perambulating",
"peregrinating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassing",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"slighting",
"slurring (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"failing",
"missing",
"omitting",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"rejecting",
"shrugging off",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"disdaining",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"scanting",
"skimping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"cultivating",
"fostering",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"pampering",
"remembering",
"listening (to)",
"watching",
"following",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"remarking"
],
"antonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"heeding",
"minding",
"regarding",
"tending (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paddleboat":{
"as in rowboat , canoe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriots":{
"a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies":{
"examples":[
"the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country"
],
"synonyms":[
"loyalists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinists",
"flag-wavers",
"jingoists",
"nationalists",
"superpatriots",
"compatriots",
"countrymen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collaborators",
"quislings",
"spies",
"traitors",
"betrayers",
"deserters",
"recreants",
"renegades"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panicked":{
"as in worried , anxious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicky",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"phobic",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"cowed",
"daunted",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted",
"fearless",
"unafraid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike with fear":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, the herd of feeding animals at the zoo panicked him"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"frighted",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"scarified",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appalled",
"bowled over",
"dismayed",
"floored",
"jolted",
"shook",
"shook up",
"amazed",
"astounded",
"awed",
"chilled",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"dispirited",
"emasculated",
"psyched (out)",
"undid",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"steeled"
],
"antonyms":[
"reassured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"palavering":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"soft-soaping",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulating",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"buttering up",
"charming",
"massaging",
"wooing",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"importuning",
"urging",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"finagling",
"juggling",
"wangling",
"wiling",
"enticing",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bugging",
"harassing",
"nagging",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"intimidating",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"making",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pantomimists":{
"an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
"examples":[
"an exquisitely graceful pantomimist"
],
"synonyms":[
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mummers",
"pantomimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buskers",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apers",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"clowns",
"pantaloons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palterers":{
"as in equivocators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"equivocators",
"distorters",
"falsifiers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"perjurers",
"charlatans",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"counterfeiters",
"cozeners",
"deceivers",
"defrauders",
"dissemblers",
"dissimulators",
"double-dealers",
"frauds",
"hustlers",
"knaves",
"mountebanks",
"operators",
"pretenders",
"calumniators",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"slanderers",
"exaggerators",
"mythomaniacs",
"fabricators",
"fabulists",
"fibbers",
"liars",
"prevaricators",
"storytellers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pantomimes":{
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the game requires that you use pantomime to communicate an idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"gesticulations",
"gestures",
"mimes",
"signals",
"signs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beckons",
"becks",
"flourishes",
"shrugs",
"waves",
"body languages",
"postures",
"indications",
"motions",
"sign languages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
"examples":[
"in ancient Rome pantomimes performed tragic love stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mummers",
"pantomimists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buskers",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apers",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"clowns",
"pantaloons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mimes , gestures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gesticulates",
"gestures",
"mimes",
"signs",
"beckons",
"flags",
"gestures",
"motions",
"signals",
"waves",
"nods",
"signalizes",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"informs",
"relates",
"tells",
"flourishes",
"shrugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pasquinades":{
"a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general":{
"examples":[
"a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers"
],
"synonyms":[
"lampoons",
"satires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"parodies",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"comedies",
"farces",
"sketches",
"skits",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"derisions",
"ridicules",
"cartoons",
"mockeries",
"travesties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in lampoons , satirizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoons",
"satirizes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"does",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"sends up",
"spoofs",
"travesties",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"ridicules",
"apes",
"copycats",
"monkeys",
"parrots",
"duplicates",
"emulates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"acts",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"plays up",
"stretches",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"puts on",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"personates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"patched (together)":{
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hikers patched together a shelter that afforded some protection from the wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobbled (together or up)",
"jury-rigged",
"threw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed (off)",
"jerry-built"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crafted",
"handcrafted",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"pounded (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paramedics":{
"as in EMTs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"EMTs",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"specialists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parlor":{
"a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business":{
"examples":[
"an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme"
],
"synonyms":[
"establishment",
"joint",
"place",
"salon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spot",
"station",
"facility",
"installation",
"club",
"house",
"den",
"dive",
"hole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passed muster":{
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
],
"synonyms":[
"flew",
"held up",
"passed",
"stood up",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"got through",
"played",
"took",
"went down",
"went over",
"went through",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pardon":{
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
"examples":[
"the criminal is hoping for a presidential pardon"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolution",
"amnesty",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remittal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"condonation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"indemnity",
"commutation",
"commuting",
"reprieve",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conviction",
"sentence",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"imposition",
"levying",
"castigation",
"chastening",
"chastisement",
"condemnation"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalty",
"punishment",
"retribution"
]
},
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"he eventually pardoned his sister after she apologized"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"remit",
"shrive",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"ignore",
"pass over",
"shrug off",
"discharge",
"liberate",
"redeem",
"release",
"unburden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"dislike",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"revenge",
"discipline",
"penalize",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[
"resent"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'm willing to pardon a little sloppiness of dress in such a kind and loving person"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parodied":{
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"did",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"sent up",
"spoofed",
"travestied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooned",
"pasquinaded",
"satirized",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"ridiculed",
"aped",
"copycatted",
"monkeyed",
"parroted",
"duplicated",
"emulated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"acted",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"pretended",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"magnified",
"padded",
"played up",
"stretched",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"put on",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"personated",
"played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pasture":{
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
"examples":[
"horses grazing in a fenced pasture"
],
"synonyms":[
"lea",
"ley",
"pasturage",
"range"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranch",
"station",
"feedlot",
"stockyard",
"yard",
"grassland",
"pampas",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browse",
"forage",
"graze",
"rustle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eat",
"feed",
"nibble",
"range",
"stock",
"overgraze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pays down":{
"as in pays off , settles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"liquidates",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"satisfies",
"settles",
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"gives back",
"reciprocates",
"renders (to)",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palsy-walsy":{
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"examples":[
"she's gotten very palsy-walsy with the boss all of a sudden"
],
"synonyms":[
"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"parleys":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"held a parley to debate the proposed change in the town's zoning laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"forums",
"fora",
"panel discussions",
"panels",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquiums",
"colloquia",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"can we meet for an informal parley to see if we can effect a compromise?"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"talks"
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"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
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},
"to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
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"in an effort to win the goodwill of the locals, the developers parleyed with them before finalizing plans for the massive mall"
],
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"advises",
"confabs",
"confabulates",
"confers",
"consults",
"counsels",
"treats"
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"bandies",
"bats (around)",
"chews over",
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"deliberates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"kicks around",
"moots",
"palavers",
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"talks over",
"ventilates",
"rehashes",
"coaches",
"guides",
"tutors",
"recommends",
"suggests",
"directs",
"refers (to)"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"passels":{
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"examples":[
"reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach"
],
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"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years"
],
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"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties"
],
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"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paintings":{
"a picture created with oil paint":{
"examples":[
"the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"oil paintings",
"oils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frescoes",
"murals",
"panoramas",
"diptychs",
"triptychs",
"acrylics",
"aquarelles",
"gouaches",
"watercolors",
"distempers",
"drawings",
"etchings",
"finger paintings",
"pastels",
"sketches",
"temperas",
"masterpieces",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"participation":{
"the state or action of being actively involved in something":{
"examples":[
"The subjects were thanked for their valuable participation in the study."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contribution",
"hand",
"help",
"involvement",
"affair",
"concern",
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"task",
"work",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noninvolvement",
"nonparticipation",
"avoidance",
"eschewal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pastured":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"pasturing sheep on town lands was actually a cheaper alternative to mowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsed",
"foraged",
"grazed",
"rustled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ate",
"fed",
"nibbled",
"ranged",
"stocked",
"overgrazed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patted down":{
"as in shook down , frisked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frisked",
"shook down",
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"hunted (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured",
"searched",
"sorted (through)",
"trolled",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learned",
"located",
"ran down",
"scared up",
"tracked (down)",
"grubbed (about)",
"poked (around)",
"explored",
"probed",
"prospected",
"skirmished",
"snooped",
"browsed",
"glanced (over)",
"looked over",
"perused",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"abandoned",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parleyed":{
"to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
"examples":[
"in an effort to win the goodwill of the locals, the developers parleyed with them before finalizing plans for the massive mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"advised",
"confabbed",
"confabulated",
"conferred",
"consulted",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"bandied",
"batted (around)",
"chewed over",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"kicked around",
"mooted",
"palavered",
"talked",
"talked over",
"ventilated",
"rehashed",
"coached",
"guided",
"tutored",
"recommended",
"suggested",
"directed",
"referred (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"particularly":{
"in the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others":{
"examples":[
"all of you, but particularly anyone with a problem, should feel free to contact me at any time"
],
"synonyms":[
"especially",
"specifically"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individually",
"personally",
"restrictively",
"selectively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadly",
"widely"
],
"antonyms":[
"generally"
]
},
"in regard to something mentioned explicitly or in detail":{
"examples":[
"she complained particularly about the suggestion that she make a greater effort to consider other viewpoints"
],
"synonyms":[
"especially",
"notably",
"specially",
"specifically"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concretely",
"expressly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altogether",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"antonyms":[
"generally"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"a particularly good explanation"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pawing":{
"as in hugging , rubbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caressing",
"embracing",
"fingering",
"fondling",
"hugging",
"kissing",
"lipping",
"nosing",
"nudging",
"nuzzling",
"rubbing",
"stroking",
"feeling",
"touching",
"palpating",
"palping",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"shaving",
"skimming",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"handling",
"holding",
"palming",
"chucking",
"clapping",
"dabbing",
"flicking",
"patting",
"tagging",
"tapping",
"tipping",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"rapping",
"whacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"party pooper":{
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
"examples":[
"a party pooper who insisted they turn the music down"
],
"synonyms":[
"drag",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"spoilsport",
"wet blanket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fuddy-duddy",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes",
"old maid",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"defeatist",
"Jeremiah",
"knocker",
"pessimist",
"complainer",
"crab",
"cynic",
"grouch",
"grump",
"sorehead",
"sourpuss",
"whiner",
"bore",
"downer",
"drip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutup",
"jester",
"live wire",
"carouser",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"rejoicer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"libertine",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"rake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriciate":{
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pawns":{
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"though he liked to play up his influence with city hall, he was really just another pawn of the political bosses"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"instruments",
"lay figures",
"puppets",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"foils",
"gulls",
"suckers",
"victims",
"minions",
"stooges",
"lap dogs",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise":{
"examples":[
"offered her license as a pawn that she would bring back the rental canoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"gages",
"guarantees",
"guaranties",
"pledges",
"securities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails",
"bonds",
"deposits",
"down payments",
"earnests",
"handsels",
"sureties",
"warranties",
"assurances",
"oaths",
"promises",
"troths",
"words",
"commitments",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"recognizances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"hocks",
"pledges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deposits",
"mortgages",
"bonds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buys (back)",
"redeems",
"wins (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"packings":{
"as in pads , fillings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fillers",
"fillings",
"fills",
"paddings",
"stuffings",
"waddings",
"buffers",
"bumpers",
"cushions",
"fenders",
"pads",
"interlinings",
"linings",
"quiltings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paunch":{
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"examples":[
"Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bay window",
"beer belly",
"belly",
"corporation",
"gut",
"pot",
"potbelly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breadbasket",
"stomach",
"tummy",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fleshiness",
"obesity",
"overweight",
"paunchiness",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"chunkiness",
"heaviness",
"stoutness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pariahs":{
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaways",
"castoffs",
"lepers",
"offscourings",
"outcasts",
"rejects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchables",
"outsiders",
"deportees",
"exiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insiders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paltriness":{
"as in pettiness , worthlessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"account",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness",
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"store",
"substance",
"substantiveness",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parroting":{
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittoing",
"echoing",
"quoting",
"reechoing",
"repeating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouthing",
"aping",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"emulating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palpating":{
"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
"examples":[
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palping",
"feeling",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"shaving",
"skimming",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"handling",
"holding",
"palming",
"chucking",
"clapping",
"dabbing",
"flicking",
"patting",
"tagging",
"tapping",
"tipping",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pounding",
"rapping",
"whacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parental":{
"as in female , maternal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"female",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"maternal",
"mother",
"motherly",
"caring",
"giving",
"nurturing",
"matriarchal",
"matronly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"parrots":{
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittos",
"echoes",
"quotes",
"reechos",
"repeats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouths",
"apes",
"copies",
"copycats",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in apes , echoes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"rubber stamps",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"burlesquers",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics",
"personators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pain in the neck":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"That guy's always been a pain in the neck and I just try to ignore him."
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"part-song":{
"as in art song , folk song":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacers":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"a highly competitive industry in which any company that isn't a pacer quickly becomes a belly-up also-ran"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwethers",
"leaders",
"pacemakers",
"pacesetters",
"trendsetters",
"trend-setters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"groundbreakers",
"innovators",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-latelies",
"Johnnies-come-lately",
"me-tooers"
],
"antonyms":[
"followers",
"imitators"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patters":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"panoramas":{
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
"examples":[
"we admired the breathtaking panorama from the top of the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"lookouts",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"prospects",
"views",
"vistas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landscapes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"kens",
"sights",
"visual fields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paltered (with)":{
"as in bargained (with) , horse-traded (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"rebought",
"repurchased",
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"passes over":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"follows",
"goes",
"navigates",
"perambulates",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"slights",
"slurs (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fails",
"misses",
"omits",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"rejects",
"shrugs off",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"disdains",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"scants",
"skimps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"pampers",
"remembers",
"listens (to)",
"watches",
"follows",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"remarks"
],
"antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"heeds",
"minds",
"regards",
"tends (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"particle":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"there was not a particle of truth in what she said"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"a particle of cookie fell on the carpet"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patronymic":{
"as in matronymic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"matronymic",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"appellation",
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"name",
"nomenclature",
"title",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular",
"misnomer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paradigmatic":{
"constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{
"examples":[
"a paradigmatic essay in which the writer presents his point of view clearly and engagingly"
],
"synonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"classic",
"definitive",
"exemplary",
"imitable",
"model",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ideal",
"nonpareil",
"special",
"unique",
"absolute",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"nifty",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"primo",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"low-grade",
"poor",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"deficient",
"disappointing",
"failed",
"inadequate",
"inferior",
"average",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"representative",
"typical",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"painkillers":{
"something (as a drug) that relieves pain":{
"examples":[
"after her oral surgery, she was given a prescription for a mild painkiller"
],
"synonyms":[
"analgesics",
"anesthetics",
"anodynes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sedatives",
"tranquilizers",
"tranquillizers",
"narcotics",
"opiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parcelling (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasuring",
"allotting",
"allowing",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"dishing out",
"dividing",
"divvying (up)",
"dolloping (out)",
"lotting",
"measuring (out)",
"parting",
"proportioning",
"rationing",
"redistributing",
"setting",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"bestowing",
"disbursing",
"furnishing",
"issuing",
"providing",
"sharing",
"supplying",
"circulating",
"dispersing",
"disseminating",
"scattering",
"spreading",
"chipping in",
"contributing",
"donating",
"pledging",
"reallocating",
"reapportioning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudging",
"declining",
"denying",
"depriving (of)",
"disallowing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"withholding",
"niggling (out)",
"pinching",
"skimping",
"stinting"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patrolled":{
"to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe":{
"examples":[
"The squad had orders to patrol the area.",
"The border is patrolled by the army."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched",
"policed",
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"painstaking":{
"taking, showing, or involving great care and effort":{
"examples":[
"she was always painstaking about her work"
],
"synonyms":[
"careful",
"conscientious",
"fussy",
"loving",
"meticulous",
"scrupulous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"indefatigable",
"persevering",
"sedulous",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"alert",
"attentive",
"observant",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"accurate",
"exact",
"precise",
"strict",
"critical",
"demanding",
"discriminating",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"particular",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"wary",
"deliberate",
"plodding",
"slow",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"all-out",
"determined",
"dogged",
"intensive",
"patient",
"tenacious",
"tireless",
"zealous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cursory",
"halfhearted",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unguarded",
"unsafe",
"unwary",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"uncritical",
"undemanding",
"undiscriminating",
"bold",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"lackadaisical",
"lazy",
"lazyish"
],
"antonyms":[
"careless"
]
},
"as in effort , trouble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bother",
"effort",
"effortfulness",
"pains",
"trouble",
"doggedness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"tenacity",
"tirelessness",
"application",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"concentration",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"diligence",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"sedulity",
"sedulousness"
],
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"carelessness",
"negligence",
"slackness",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"laziness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"parlors":{
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"examples":[
"an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme"
],
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"establishments",
"joints",
"places",
"salons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spots",
"stations",
"facilities",
"installations",
"clubs",
"houses",
"dens",
"dives",
"holes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paean":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"examples":[
"his retirement party featured many paeans for his long years of service to the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"award",
"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"laudation",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palominos":{
"as in chestnuts , roans":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"equids",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paralysis":{
"complete or partial loss of physical function (as motion or sensation) in a part of the body":{
"examples":[
"the car accident left one athlete with paralysis from the waist down"
],
"synonyms":[
"palsy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"poliomyelitis",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"disability",
"impairment",
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"particularizes":{
"as in customizes , individualizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customizes",
"individualizes",
"differentiates",
"characterizes",
"distinguishes",
"marks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in details , enumerates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paramedical":{
"as in EMT":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"EMT",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"physical therapist",
"physiotherapist",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"specialist",
"attending",
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"general practitioner",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"payments":{
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"they are very prompt in the payment of their credit card bills"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"disbursements",
"remitments",
"remittances",
"remunerations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renderings",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayments"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayments"
]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"our payment for all the work we did barely covered our expenses",
"we finally mailed our last car payment last week"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"considerations",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"your payment will be issued as a weekly check"
],
"synonyms":[
"emoluments",
"hires",
"packets",
"paychecks",
"pay envelopes",
"pays",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wages",
"minimum wages",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pays",
"double times",
"overtimes",
"time and a halfs",
"compensations",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"returns",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pageants":{
"a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes":{
"examples":[
"we always put on a Christmas pageant every year"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavalcades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tableaux",
"tableaus",
"kaleidoscopes",
"montages",
"panoramas",
"dramas",
"dramatizations",
"plays",
"demonstrations",
"performances",
"presentations",
"productions",
"exhibitions",
"extravaganzas",
"shows",
"spectacles",
"parades",
"processions",
"progresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
"examples":[
"an annual summertime pageant depicting the town's founding and colorful early history"
],
"synonyms":[
"circuses",
"extravaganzas",
"raree-shows",
"spectacles",
"spectaculars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displays",
"exhibitions",
"exhibits",
"expositions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pauperizing":{
"as in impoverishing , beggaring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beggaring",
"impoverishing",
"bankrupting",
"breaking",
"busting",
"ruining",
"reducing",
"straitening",
"cleaning (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriching",
"richening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partings":{
"the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{
"examples":[
"although their parting was sad, they knew they would see each other again"
],
"synonyms":[
"farewells",
"leave-takings",
"separations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"departures",
"egresses",
"exits",
"exoduses",
"goings",
"decampments",
"flights",
"withdrawals",
"abandonments",
"desertions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reunions",
"arrivals",
"greetings",
"salutations",
"welcomes",
"gatherings",
"joinings",
"meetings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of leaving a place":{
"examples":[
"everyone waved goodbye at his parting"
],
"synonyms":[
"decampments",
"departures",
"exits",
"farewells",
"goings",
"leaves",
"leave-takings",
"outgoes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flights",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals",
"diasporas",
"emigrations",
"evacuations",
"exoduses",
"embarkations",
"embarkments",
"disembarkations",
"egresses",
"abandonments",
"relinquishments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comings",
"approaches",
"entrances",
"ingresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passes off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobs off",
"foists",
"palms",
"palms off",
"wishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entails",
"forces",
"imposes",
"inflicts",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"misrepresents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partizan":{
"inclined to favor one side over another":{
"examples":[
"a shamelessly partisan reporter covering the primary campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"biased",
"one-sided",
"parti pris",
"partial",
"prejudiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"misrepresented",
"shaded",
"warped",
"convinced",
"influenced",
"persuaded",
"predisposed",
"prepossessed",
"swayed",
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"open-minded",
"persuasible",
"receptive",
"honest",
"just",
"reasonable",
"bipartisan",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"hardheaded",
"impersonal",
"unemotional",
"cold",
"distant",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterested",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"neutral",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"epigone",
"follower",
"liege man",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostle",
"missionary",
"proselytizer",
"soldier",
"faithful",
"loyalist",
"advocate",
"backer",
"champion",
"supporter",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9",
"scholar",
"student",
"ideologist",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"sectarian",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"apparatchik",
"camp follower",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"hanger-on",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lickspittle",
"minion",
"myrmidon",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"renegade",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
]
},
"one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{
"examples":[
"a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"crusader",
"fanatic",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"militant",
"red hot",
"true believer",
"zealot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activist",
"dreamer",
"idealist",
"visionary",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"idolizer",
"votary",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"patron",
"promoter",
"stalwart",
"supporter",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabbler",
"dilettante"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmilitant"
]
},
"one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{
"examples":[
"she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigot",
"dogmatist",
"dogmatizer",
"sectarian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doctrinaire",
"fanatic",
"purist",
"jingoist",
"nationalist",
"racialist",
"racist",
"supremacist",
"chauvinist",
"sexist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freethinker",
"latitudinarian",
"liberal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pandemic":{
"an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world":{
"examples":[
"The 1918 flu pandemic claimed millions of lives.",
"the AIDS pandemic"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"pest",
"pestilence",
"plague",
"murrain",
"affection",
"affliction",
"ailment",
"contagion",
"illness",
"infection",
"infirmity",
"malady",
"sickness",
"blight",
"curse",
"scourge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in widespread , prevalent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pervasive",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"common",
"general",
"majority",
"overall",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"public",
"received",
"ruling",
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private",
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"panning out":{
"to come to be":{
"examples":[
"the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming out",
"falling out",
"proving",
"shaking out",
"turning out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developing",
"emerging",
"evolving",
"germinating",
"playing out",
"unfolding",
"working out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme didn't quite pan out"
],
"synonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"succeeding",
"working out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catching on",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"cooking",
"percolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishing",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"cratering",
"crumbling",
"flaming out",
"choking",
"cracking up",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"falling down",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"palavers":{
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"seemingly endless palaver between the negotiating parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"parleys",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"we should get together and have a nice palaver sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causeries",
"chats",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchats",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"gab",
"gabfests",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaws",
"natters",
"patter",
"raps",
"schmoozes",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talks",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"discourses",
"parleys",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"debates",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"exchanges",
"give-and-takes",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"soft-soaps",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulates",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"butters up",
"charms",
"massages",
"woos",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"importunes",
"urges",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"finagles",
"juggles",
"wangles",
"wiles",
"entices",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts"
],
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"bugs",
"harasses",
"nags",
"pesters",
"teases",
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"intimidates",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"demands",
"forces",
"makes",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paralyses":{
"complete or partial loss of physical function (as motion or sensation) in a part of the body":{
"examples":[
"the car accident left one athlete with paralysis from the waist down"
],
"synonyms":[
"palsy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"poliomyelitis",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"disability",
"impairment",
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passageway":{
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
"examples":[
"the passageway to the other side of the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"concourse",
"corridor",
"gallery",
"hall",
"hallway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcade",
"breezeway",
"cloister",
"loggia",
"piazza"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passionless":{
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
"examples":[
"the passionless prose of the divorce papers gave little hint of the bitter feelings that accompanied the end of their marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"emotionless",
"impassible",
"impassive",
"numb",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"unmoved",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"imperturbable",
"unflappable",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"bland",
"blank",
"deadpan",
"dry",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"inexpressive",
"stone-faced",
"straight-faced",
"vacant",
"wooden",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"aloof",
"bloodless",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"unconcerned",
"unsentimental",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"unresponsive",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"red-hot",
"ardent",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"warm-blooded",
"zealous",
"gushing",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"sentimental",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overemotional",
"overheated",
"perfervid",
"compassionate",
"responsive",
"sympathetic",
"reactive",
"sensitive"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pastes":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in epoxies , superglues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epoxies",
"epoxy resins",
"library pastes",
"mucilages",
"superglues",
"water glasses",
"adhesives",
"bonds",
"cements",
"glues",
"sizes",
"dope",
"goos",
"gums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rhinestones , zircons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries",
"birthstones",
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parenthetically":{
"as in tangentially , secondarily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"digressively",
"excursively",
"interjectionally",
"secondarily",
"tangentially",
"apropos",
"en passant",
"incidentally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"parenthood":{
"the caring for a child by its parents":{
"examples":[
"parenthood is a difficult task requiring great commitment"
],
"synonyms":[
"parenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"caregiving",
"caretaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passage":{
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"avenue",
"path",
"route",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypath",
"byway",
"lane",
"laneway",
"artery",
"boulevard",
"bypass",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"passageway",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"routeway",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"turnpike",
"walk",
"walkway",
"trace",
"track",
"trail",
"airway",
"bikeway",
"cycleway",
"channel",
"gat",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"door",
"doorway",
"gate",
"gateway",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
"examples":[
"an arduous passage across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedition",
"journey",
"peregrination",
"travel(s)",
"trek",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commutation",
"commute",
"errand",
"excursion",
"flight",
"hop",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sortie",
"tour",
"cruise",
"sail",
"voyage",
"drive",
"ride",
"spin",
"grand tour",
"odyssey",
"pilgrimage",
"progress",
"quest",
"safari",
"hike",
"slog",
"tramp",
"walk",
"walkabout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"the passage to Britain requires several days"
],
"synonyms":[
"crossing",
"cruise",
"sail",
"voyage"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a part taken from a longer work":{
"examples":[
"the news report quoted a passage from the novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"excerpt",
"extract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"snippet",
"sound bite",
"citation",
"quotation",
"locus classicus",
"longueur",
"purple passage",
"context",
"sample",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"forward movement in time or place":{
"examples":[
"a swift passage from mere liking to actual love"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"furtherance",
"going",
"headway",
"march",
"onrush",
"process",
"procession",
"progress",
"progression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"drift",
"flow",
"flux",
"stream",
"way",
"advent",
"approach",
"arrival",
"coming",
"nearing",
"bound",
"jump",
"leap",
"step",
"stride",
"impetus",
"momentum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backwash",
"ebb",
"reflux",
"retraction",
"return",
"reversal",
"reverse",
"about-face",
"turnabout",
"turnaround"
],
"antonyms":[
"recess",
"recession",
"regress",
"regression",
"retreat",
"retrogression"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paradoxes":{
"someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another":{
"examples":[
"the paradox of fighting a war for peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradictions",
"dichotomies",
"incongruities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antinomies",
"conundrums",
"enigmas",
"mysteries",
"mystifications",
"puzzlements",
"puzzles",
"riddles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pale":{
"lacking intensity of color":{
"examples":[
"we chose a very pale pink for the walls of the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"dulled",
"faded",
"light",
"pastel",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flat",
"lackluster",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt",
"dim",
"faint",
"dirty",
"muddy",
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"washed",
"white",
"whitened",
"gray",
"grey",
"indistinct",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brilliant",
"vibrant",
"vivid",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"stained",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dark",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich"
]
},
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
"examples":[
"after a week with the flu, she was deathly pale and noticeably thinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"blanched",
"cadaverous",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"paled",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"wan"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"sick",
"sickly",
"waxen",
"waxy",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"bloodless",
"untanned",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
]
},
"not seen or understood clearly":{
"examples":[
"a pale outline off in the distance proved to be someone out for a walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"blear",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"opaque",
"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"
]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"blench",
"decolorize",
"dull",
"fade",
"snow",
"wash out",
"whiten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"dim",
"mat",
"matte",
"matt",
"etiolate",
"whitewash",
"frost",
"silver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"blotch",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"discolor",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"shade",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"tarnish",
"variegate",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"burnish",
"polish",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"deepen",
"embrown"
]
},
"as in bar , paling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"paling",
"barricade",
"barrier",
"fence",
"hedge",
"wall",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"roadblock",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"manacle",
"shackle(s)",
"constraint",
"curb",
"restraint",
"snag",
"buffer",
"bulwark",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"dam",
"fender",
"pad",
"rampart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"gate",
"portal",
"break",
"gap",
"pass"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"patinas":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"although the winery is brand-new, it has been constructed and decorated to give it a patina of old-world quaintness"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"ambiences",
"ambiances",
"aromas",
"atmospheres",
"auras",
"climates",
"flavors",
"halos",
"haloes",
"karmas",
"moods",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"notes",
"odors",
"smells",
"tempers",
"vibrations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"mystiques",
"romances",
"genius locis",
"feelings",
"feels",
"sensations",
"senses",
"spirits",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"images",
"marks",
"notions",
"peculiarities",
"pictures",
"properties",
"traits",
"colors",
"illusions",
"overtones",
"semblances",
"suggestions",
"tones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parable":{
"a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life":{
"examples":[
"the parable in which the repentant sinner is compared to the returning prodigal son who is welcomed home"
],
"synonyms":[
"allegory",
"apologue",
"fable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beast fable",
"bestiary",
"morality play",
"legend",
"myth",
"mythology",
"narrative",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pang":{
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
"examples":[
"those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache",
"pain",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hurt , stab":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hurt",
"pain",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
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"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
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"soothe",
"succor"
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"verb"
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"prescriptions",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"injections",
"shots",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"poultices",
"salves",
"syrups",
"sirups",
"tinctures",
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"sera",
"serums"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"connoisseur",
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"crackajack",
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"fiend",
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"hand",
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"maven",
"mavin",
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"shark",
"sharp",
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"whiz",
"wizard"
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"professional",
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"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
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"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
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"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
]
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"noun"
]
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"hagiographers",
"bards",
"poets",
"rhymers",
"versifiers",
"ghostwriters",
"hacks",
"hatchet men",
"scribblers",
"wordmongers",
"bloggers",
"columnists",
"journalists",
"newspapermen",
"paragraphers",
"reporters",
"sportswriters",
"coauthors",
"co-authors",
"coscenarists",
"co-scenarists",
"cowriters",
"co-writers"
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"nonauthors"
],
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"noun"
]
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"the musical is a parody of every biblical epic ever made"
],
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"caricature",
"put-on",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
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"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
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"the young man sported a feeble parody of a mustache in a vain attempt to make himself look older"
],
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"cartoon",
"farce",
"joke",
"mockery",
"sham",
"travesty"
],
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"comedy",
"lampoon",
"takeoff",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feigning",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"simulation"
],
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"homage",
"tribute"
],
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},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
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"do",
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"spoof",
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"gibe",
"jibe",
"ridicule",
"ape",
"copycat",
"monkey",
"parrot",
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"emulate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"act",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
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"embellish",
"embroider",
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"magnify",
"pad",
"play up",
"stretch",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"overdraw",
"overstate",
"put on",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"personate",
"play"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"an Internet newbie who's the perfect patsy for a cyber scam"
],
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"chumps",
"dupes",
"gulls",
"mugs",
"pigeons",
"pushovers",
"saps",
"soft touches",
"suckers",
"tools"
],
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"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"paranormal":{
"of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe":{
"examples":[
"there are rumors that the old deserted mansion is the site of paranormal activity"
],
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"metaphysical",
"otherworldly",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly"
],
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"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"spiritualistic",
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"supersensory",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paltered":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"bickered",
"clashed",
"fought",
"hassled",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"squabbled",
"wrangled",
"comparison shopped",
"shopped (around)",
"bartered",
"exchanged",
"traded",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"bought",
"purchased"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parasite":{
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
"examples":[
"a parasite who lived in the family's basement and refused to get a job or pay rent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodsucker",
"free rider",
"freeloader",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"moocher",
"sponge",
"sponger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"idler",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man",
"cheapskate",
"miser",
"niggard",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benefactor",
"philanthropist",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pave the way (for)":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"Urban revitalization initiatives will pave the way for a thriving community."
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"facilitate",
"grease",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth",
"unclog"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"expedite",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"promote",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"improve",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"untangle",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"retard",
"aggravate",
"worsen",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicate"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"painful":{
"causing or feeling bodily pain":{
"examples":[
"a very painful toothache",
"her broken arm was too painful for her to go on the trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"achy",
"afflictive",
"hurting",
"nasty",
"sore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"excruciating",
"torturous",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"raw",
"tender",
"bleeding",
"burning",
"chafing",
"cramping",
"festering",
"itching",
"nagging",
"pinching",
"pricking",
"prickling",
"smarting",
"stinging",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"swollen",
"grievous",
"severe",
"threatening",
"wounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curative",
"healing",
"helping",
"remedial"
],
"antonyms":[
"indolent",
"painless"
]
},
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"examples":[
"it's been very painful to accept that my father is gone forever"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"parcel":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small area of usually open land":{
"examples":[
"wandered around the little parcel out back"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"field",
"ground",
"lot",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"common(s)",
"croft",
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{
"examples":[
"subdivided the huge farm into smaller parcels for sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"lot",
"plat",
"plot",
"property",
"tract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patch",
"frontage",
"lease",
"development",
"real estate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a parcel of kids trailing at their heels"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"received a mysterious parcel in the mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partakers":{
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"any partaker of forbidden activities will be severely punished by the sect's elders"
],
"synonyms":[
"actors",
"participants",
"participators",
"parties",
"players",
"sharers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"aides",
"assistants",
"helpers",
"colleagues",
"partners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystanders",
"lookers-on",
"observers",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"watchers",
"wallflowers"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pains in the neck":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"That guy's always been a pain in the neck and I just try to ignore him."
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyances",
"annoyers",
"bothers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"pests",
"teasers",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors",
"hassles",
"plagues",
"harassers",
"molesters",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmers",
"smoothies",
"comforters",
"solacers",
"soothers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pasturage":{
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
"examples":[
"put the cows out on the back pasturage"
],
"synonyms":[
"lea",
"ley",
"pasture",
"range"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranch",
"station",
"feedlot",
"stockyard",
"yard",
"grassland",
"pampas",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patrician":{
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"came from a patrician family"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"a man or woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"the Southern patricians who once resided in these stately plantation homes"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocrat",
"blue blood",
"gentle",
"gentleperson",
"noble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"socialite",
"swell",
"magnate",
"magnifico",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canaille",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"roturier",
"boor",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"palladia":{
"a measure taken to preclude loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"believes that a vigorously free press is one of our nation's most vital palladia against tyranny"
],
"synonyms":[
"cautions",
"fail-safes",
"precautions",
"preventives",
"safeguards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armors",
"covers",
"guards",
"protections",
"screens",
"shields",
"walls",
"wards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pay envelopes":{
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"with this recession going on, workers shouldn't be expecting fatter pay envelopes"
],
"synonyms":[
"emoluments",
"hires",
"packets",
"paychecks",
"payments",
"pays",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wages",
"minimum wages",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pays",
"double times",
"overtimes",
"time and a halfs",
"compensations",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"returns",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pathfinder":{
"as in explorer , trailblazer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"explorer",
"trailblazer",
"colonial",
"colonist",
"colonizer",
"frontiersman",
"homesteader",
"pioneer",
"settler",
"bushranger",
"mountain man",
"woodsman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pass away":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the old woman passed away quietly"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"part-time":{
"as in weekend":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"weekend",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"amateurish",
"dilettante",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"self-taught",
"amateur",
"avocational",
"backyard",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"Sunday"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paleoconservatives":{
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
"examples":[
"paleoconservatives who would never sanction gambling casinos in their state"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservatives",
"conservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rights",
"right-wings",
"conformists",
"neocons",
"neoconservatives",
"diehards",
"standpatters",
"bourbons",
"fuddy-duddies",
"squares",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremists",
"radicals",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"reformers",
"reformists"
],
"antonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals",
"progressives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"participant":{
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank"
],
"synonyms":[
"actor",
"partaker",
"participator",
"party",
"player",
"sharer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"aide",
"assistant",
"helper",
"colleague",
"partner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystander",
"looker-on",
"observer",
"onlooker",
"spectator",
"watcher",
"wallflower"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasted":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paperback":{
"a published work that has a thick paper cover":{
"examples":[
"The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"softcover",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"folio",
"quarto",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"partisanship":{
"an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{
"examples":[
"partisanship can discourage any serious search for the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"parti pris",
"partiality",
"ply",
"prejudice",
"tendentiousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"cronyism",
"favoritism",
"nepotism",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment",
"prepossession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"indifference",
"aversion",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hate",
"scunner"
],
"antonyms":[
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"open-mindedness",
"unbiasedness"
]
},
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
"examples":[
"there's a pervasive partisanship in the company that prevents it from acknowledging that other companies are outpacing it with innovative ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigotry",
"dogmatism",
"illiberalism",
"illiberality",
"illiberalness",
"intolerance",
"intolerantness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"opinionatedness",
"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"
]
},
"parboils":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"parboil a lobster"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"coddles",
"poaches",
"simmers",
"stews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scalds",
"braises",
"fricassees",
"pressure-cooks",
"smothers",
"steams",
"reboils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pathfinders":{
"as in explorers , trailblazers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"explorers",
"trailblazers",
"colonials",
"colonists",
"colonizers",
"frontiersmen",
"homesteaders",
"pioneers",
"settlers",
"bushrangers",
"mountain men",
"woodsmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pathologists":{
"a medical professional studying diseases and especially one who examines bodies to find out the cause of death":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coroners",
"medical examiners",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"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"
]
},
"parcel post":{
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondence",
"mail",
"matter",
"post",
"snail mail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmail",
"airpost",
"certified mail",
"registered mail",
"rural delivery",
"rural free delivery",
"special delivery",
"special handling",
"direct mail",
"junk mail",
"mailer",
"card",
"dispatch",
"epistle",
"letter",
"message",
"missive",
"note",
"postal card",
"postcard",
"printed matter",
"bundle",
"package",
"shipment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasty":{
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
"examples":[
"she's pasty after a whole winter spent indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"blanched",
"cadaverous",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"pallid",
"peaked",
"wan"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"sick",
"sickly",
"waxen",
"waxy",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"bloodless",
"untanned",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"passing away":{
"as in fading , sinking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expiring",
"fading",
"sinking",
"dying",
"moribund",
"decadent",
"declining",
"deteriorating",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"lifeless",
"passed away",
"terminal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"live",
"living",
"quick",
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"surviving",
"booming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the old woman passed away quietly"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pastureland":{
"as in pasture , grassland":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"clearing",
"field",
"ground",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract",
"common(s)",
"croft",
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parables":{
"a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life":{
"examples":[
"the parable in which the repentant sinner is compared to the returning prodigal son who is welcomed home"
],
"synonyms":[
"allegories",
"apologues",
"fables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beast fables",
"bestiaries",
"morality plays",
"legends",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"narratives",
"tales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pawned":{
"to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan":{
"examples":[
"he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"hocked",
"pledged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deposited",
"mortgaged",
"bonded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought (back)",
"redeemed",
"won (back)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paced":{
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"filed",
"marched",
"paraded",
"strode"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-stepped",
"perambulated",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"hiked",
"tramped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"trudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambled",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"strolled",
"wandered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"came",
"came along",
"did",
"fared",
"forged",
"got along",
"got on",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"went",
"went along",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"fast-forwarded",
"sped",
"speeded",
"approached",
"neared",
"journeyed",
"passed",
"ran",
"run",
"repaired",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"wended",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"took out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"balked",
"blocked",
"checked",
"detained",
"halted",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"nipped",
"obstructed",
"slowed (down or up)",
"stemmed",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"delayed",
"interrupted",
"stalled",
"cramped",
"hampered",
"inhibited",
"ceased",
"let up",
"paused",
"regressed",
"waited"
],
"antonyms":[
"remained",
"stayed",
"stood",
"stopped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pack rats":{
"as in savers , hoarders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarders",
"savers",
"cheapskates",
"churls",
"hunks",
"misers",
"niggards",
"penny-pinchers",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"skinflints",
"tightwads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigals",
"profligates",
"spenders",
"spendthrifts",
"squanderers",
"wasters",
"wastrels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paradises":{
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"an idealist who trotted the globe looking for paradise"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"New Jerusalems",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadias",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands",
"blisses",
"euphorias",
"joys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradises"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells"
]
},
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"blisses",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"New Jerusalems",
"skies",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"afterlives",
"afterworlds",
"hereafters",
"otherworlds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infernos",
"limbos",
"purgatories",
"netherworlds",
"underworlds",
"abysses",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions"
]
},
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
"examples":[
"that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise"
],
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"cloud nine",
"ecstasies",
"elations",
"euphorias",
"exhilarations",
"heavens",
"highs",
"intoxications",
"raptures",
"rhapsodies",
"seventh heaven",
"swoons",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaltations",
"blisses",
"delights",
"enchantments",
"felicities",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"reveries",
"trances",
"inspirations",
"fervors",
"frenzies",
"passions",
"cheers",
"exuberances",
"gaieties",
"gayeties",
"glees",
"jubilances",
"jubilations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miseries",
"woes",
"blues",
"dejections",
"desolations",
"despairs",
"despondencies",
"disheartenments",
"doldrums",
"dumps",
"glooms",
"melancholies",
"mopes"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paseo":{
"as in parade , promenade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parade",
"promenade",
"amble",
"constitutional",
"perambulation",
"ramble",
"range",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"turn",
"walk",
"wander",
"expedition",
"hike",
"march",
"peregrination",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"travel",
"traversal",
"traverse",
"trek",
"trip",
"walkabout",
"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sashay",
"spin",
"tour",
"pilgrimage",
"progress",
"safari"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parcel (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"portion",
"prorate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parasitical":{
"as in dependent , symbiotic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"precocial",
"symbiotic",
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paucities":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"dearths",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"droughts",
"drouths",
"failures",
"famines",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"lacks",
"lacunae",
"lacunas",
"pinches",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absences",
"omissions",
"necessities",
"needs",
"privations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"oversupplies",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundances",
"adequacies",
"amplitudes",
"opulences",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"sufficiencies",
"wealths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parlances":{
"the manner of speech used by a particular group of people":{
"examples":[
"In military parlance , \"bug out\" means \"to retreat.\"",
"They spoke the parlance of those in the technology industry."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquialisms",
"colloquials",
"idioms",
"localisms",
"pidgins",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"speeches",
"vernacularisms",
"vernaculars",
"argots",
"cants",
"dialects",
"jargons",
"jives",
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"patois",
"patter",
"shops",
"shoptalk",
"slangs",
"terminologies",
"vocabularies",
"slanguages",
"bureaucrateses",
"computereses",
"cyberspeaks",
"educationeses",
"governmenteses",
"journaleses",
"technobabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pater":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"Pater had promised to pay for military school after third form"
],
"synonyms":[
"dad",
"daddy",
"father",
"old man",
"pa",
"papa",
"poppa",
"pop",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paterfamilias",
"patriarch",
"father figure",
"father image",
"stepfather"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palpability":{
"as in visibility , tangibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"readability",
"readableness",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"obviousness",
"certainty",
"surety",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paladin":{
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
"examples":[
"an idealistic paladin seeking better treatment for the homeless"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"advocator",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"espouser",
"exponent",
"expounder",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalist",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"stalwart",
"adherent",
"cohort",
"disciple",
"follower",
"interpreter",
"applauder",
"cheerleader",
"encourager",
"fellow traveler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe",
"rival",
"belittler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paralyzes":{
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"immobilizes",
"incapacitates",
"prostrates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"tires",
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"hobbles",
"lames",
"maims",
"mutilates",
"knocks out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"invigorates",
"vitalizes",
"fortifies",
"strengthens",
"empowers",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"examples":[
"the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"emasculates",
"undoes",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"neuters",
"weakens",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"softens",
"tires",
"wastes",
"frightens",
"intimidates",
"psychs (out)",
"scares",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes",
"daunts",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"crazes",
"deranges",
"maddens",
"unbalances",
"unhinges",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"fazes",
"perturbs",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortifies",
"strengthens",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patronages":{
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
"examples":[
"a symphony orchestra that had long relied upon the patronage of the city's moneyed old guard"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"backings",
"sponsorships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endowments",
"financings",
"subsidies",
"encouragements",
"fosterages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panther":{
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
"examples":[
"the panther is surprisingly difficult to spot"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat-a-mountain",
"catamount",
"cougar",
"mountain lion",
"puma"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pauperizes":{
"as in impoverishes , beggars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"impoverishes",
"bankrupts",
"breaks",
"busts",
"ruins",
"reduces",
"straitens",
"cleans (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriches",
"richens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partakes":{
"to take a share or part":{
"examples":[
"we should all partake of the city's rich cultural offerings while we have the opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"participates",
"shares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endures",
"experiences",
"feels",
"knows",
"sees",
"tastes",
"undergoes",
"encounters",
"meets",
"accepts",
"receives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"\"let us partake ,\" our minister declared, unfolding his napkin and eyeing the feast laid out before us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dines",
"eats",
"fares",
"feeds",
"refreshes",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquets",
"feasts",
"repasts",
"chows (down)",
"digs in",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"part and parcels":{
"as in bases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bases",
"building blocks",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"ingredients",
"members",
"details",
"items",
"particulars",
"points",
"aspects",
"characteristics",
"facets",
"features",
"traits",
"divisions",
"fragments",
"particles",
"partitions",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"segments",
"subcomponents",
"sub-components"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wholes",
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"masses",
"entireties",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"admixtures",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pallets":{
"as in mattresses , futons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks",
"sacks",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patrons":{
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant patron"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"clients",
"customers",
"guests",
"punters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"purchasers",
"vendees",
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"window-shoppers",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"regulars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy philanthropist is one of the city's most generous patrons of its symphony orchestra"
],
"synonyms":[
"backers",
"guarantors",
"sponsors",
"sureties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"advocates",
"champions",
"supporters",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"underwriters",
"coaches",
"mentors",
"teachers",
"cosponsors",
"co-sponsors",
"cosignatories",
"cosigners"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
"examples":[
"the patron for the museum's current blockbuster is the city's biggest banking institution"
],
"synonyms":[
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"sugar daddies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"altruists",
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"helpers",
"subscribers",
"supporters",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packages":{
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"got a job sorting packages in the mail room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"bales",
"boxes",
"containers",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"ate a whole package of cookies at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pancake":{
"a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)":{
"examples":[
"every Sunday morning, we have pancakes and bacon for breakfast"
],
"synonyms":[
"flapjack",
"griddle cake",
"hotcake",
"slapjack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oatcake",
"wheat cake",
"blin",
"blintze",
"blintz",
"crepe",
"cr\u00eape",
"waffle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paroles":{
"permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of a sentence usually as a reward for behaving well":{
"examples":[
"The prisoner will be eligible for parole after three years.",
"He was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"absolutions",
"amnesties",
"pardons",
"remissions",
"remittals",
"condonations",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"indemnities",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"clemencies",
"leniencies",
"mercies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convictions",
"sentences",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"impositions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"condemnations",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"retributions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in saves , bails (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paperbacks":{
"a published work that has a thick paper cover":{
"examples":[
"The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbounds",
"papers",
"pocket books",
"pocket editions",
"softbacks",
"softcovers",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes",
"folios",
"quartos",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"encyclopedias",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"novelettes",
"novels",
"pulps",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"papas":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"a proud papa of newborn twins"
],
"synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"pas",
"paters",
"pops",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patresfamilias",
"patriarchs",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pathways":{
"a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps":{
"examples":[
"we parked our car near a rambling pathway that led down to the pond"
],
"synonyms":[
"footpaths",
"paths",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bridle paths",
"towpaths",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"bypaths",
"byroads",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"passageways",
"walkways",
"cutoffs",
"shortcuts",
"lanes",
"passages",
"passes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"runs",
"runways",
"streets",
"thoroughfares"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the direction along which something or someone moves":{
"examples":[
"the long, winding pathway of the river before it meets the sea"
],
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"courses",
"lines",
"paths",
"routes",
"routeways",
"steps",
"tracks",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circles",
"circuits",
"loops",
"orbits",
"arcs",
"flight paths",
"trajectories",
"ascents",
"descents"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patina":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"although the winery is brand-new, it has been constructed and decorated to give it a patina of old-world quaintness"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parentages":{
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"examples":[
"the new teacher was of English parentage"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestries",
"births",
"blood",
"bloodlines",
"breedings",
"descents",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"genealogies",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"pedigrees",
"stocks",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heredities",
"successions",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"children",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"antonyms":[
"issues",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parochial":{
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"examples":[
"the parochial pastimes of the people in that rural farm town"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"petty",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pacifiers":{
"as in palliatives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palliatives",
"security blankets",
"hypnotics",
"sedatives",
"soporifics",
"tranquilizers",
"tranquillizers",
"anesthetics",
"anodynes",
"narcotics",
"opiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appeasers , pacificators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasers",
"pacificators",
"reconcilers",
"bargainers",
"negotiants",
"negotiators",
"agents",
"attorneys",
"deputies",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"moderators",
"liaisons",
"mediums",
"media",
"troubleshooters",
"ambassadors",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"messengers",
"brokers",
"buffers",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"honest brokers",
"interceders",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"interposers",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"delegates",
"representatives",
"busybodies",
"interferers",
"meddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paradisiacal":{
"as in utopian , Olympian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Olympian",
"utopian",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"beatific",
"blissful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"galactic",
"stellar",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"unworldly",
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"anti-utopian",
"dystopian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pacemakers":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"has long been regarded as a pacemaker in home electronics"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwethers",
"leaders",
"pacers",
"pacesetters",
"trendsetters",
"trend-setters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"groundbreakers",
"innovators",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-latelies",
"Johnnies-come-lately",
"me-tooers"
],
"antonyms":[
"followers",
"imitators"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patchwork quilts":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"the essay isn't so much a cogent argument as a patchwork quilt of the writer's random musings"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patronesses":{
"as in benefactresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"benefactresses",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons",
"sugar daddies",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"altruists",
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"helpers",
"subscribers",
"supporters",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pantaloons":{
"an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle":{
"examples":[
"loose-fitting cotton pantaloons that are designed to be worn as loungewear"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeches",
"britches",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"hose",
"legging",
"leggin",
"sweatpants",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"parricide":{
"as in patricide , fratricide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filicide",
"fratricide",
"matricide",
"patricide",
"regicide",
"uxoricide",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"assisted suicide",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"physician-assisted suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parties":{
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"we're all invited to the big party to celebrate the end of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"receptions",
"shindigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"examples":[
"a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"blocs",
"bodies",
"coalitions",
"factions",
"sects",
"sets",
"sides",
"wings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splinters",
"splits",
"crews",
"gangs",
"packs",
"teams",
"denominations",
"persuasions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"caucuses",
"movements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a search party"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"bands",
"brigades",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"platoons",
"squads",
"teams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battalions",
"corps",
"troops",
"forces",
"hosts",
"posses",
"stables",
"troupes",
"administrations",
"departments",
"help",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"my grandfather's a determined old party , so don't underestimate him"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"for parties of more than six people the restaurant automatically adds a 15% service charge to the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"a party to the agreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"actors",
"partakers",
"participants",
"participators",
"players",
"sharers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"aides",
"assistants",
"helpers",
"colleagues",
"partners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystanders",
"lookers-on",
"observers",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"watchers",
"wallflowers"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipants"
]
},
"as in revels , carouses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carouses",
"revels",
"associates",
"fraternizes",
"goes out",
"hobnobs",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"socializes",
"steps out",
"circulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pass muster":{
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
],
"synonyms":[
"fly",
"hold up",
"pass",
"stand up",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"get through",
"go down",
"go over",
"go through",
"play",
"take",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"palpitation":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"examples":[
"a palpitation of the blood vessels"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"beating",
"pulsation",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"vibration",
"quiver",
"tremble",
"tremor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"participate":{
"to take a share or part":{
"examples":[
"eager to participate in the city's cultural life"
],
"synonyms":[
"partake",
"share"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"feel",
"know",
"see",
"taste",
"undergo",
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pastor":{
"as in rector , vicar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parallelism":{
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
"examples":[
"the striking parallelism between the two crimes got police to thinking that they were committed by the same mastermind"
],
"synonyms":[
"alikeness",
"community",
"comparability",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semblance",
"affinity",
"analogousness",
"equation",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"correlation",
"relationship",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"compatibility",
"conformity",
"congruity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inequality",
"conflict",
"polarity",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"antonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"unlikeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palled (around)":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"ran",
"run",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
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"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pastry":{
"as in dessert , candy":{
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"afters",
"candy",
"dessert",
"entremets",
"confectionary",
"confectionery",
"sweeties",
"confection",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parishes":{
"as in flocks , laities":{
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"flocks",
"laities",
"assemblies",
"churches",
"congregations",
"communions",
"confessions",
"denominations",
"folds",
"sects"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passively":{
"as in mildly , meekly":{
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"meekly",
"mildly",
"tamely",
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
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"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly",
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"parcel posts":{
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondences",
"mails",
"matters",
"posts",
"snail mail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmails",
"airposts",
"certified mails",
"registered mails",
"rural deliveries",
"rural free deliveries",
"special deliveries",
"special handlings",
"direct mails",
"junk mails",
"mailers",
"cards",
"dispatches",
"epistles",
"letters",
"messages",
"missives",
"notes",
"postal cards",
"postcards",
"printed matters",
"bundles",
"packages",
"shipments"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paradigm":{
"something or someone serving as a basis for imitation":{
"examples":[
"The thesis paper provides a new paradigm for educational practices."
],
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"archetype",
"example",
"original",
"prototype",
"mirror",
"mold",
"pattern",
"sample",
"role model",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"phantom",
"pink",
"guideline",
"principle",
"rule",
"gauge",
"gage",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"acme",
"apex",
"apotheosis",
"culmination",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"beau ideal",
"classic",
"eidolon",
"exemplar",
"idea",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonesuch",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"patron saint",
"blueprint",
"draft"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pauses":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[
"he paused for a moment to regain his composure"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks"
],
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"hesitates",
"breaks in",
"interrupts",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"finishes",
"stops",
"terminates",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"lapses",
"lets up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continues",
"persists",
"advances",
"progresses",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"stretches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
"examples":[
"there was a brief pause for applause in her speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breathers",
"breaths",
"interruptions",
"lulls",
"recesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"time-outs",
"interims",
"interludes",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"respites",
"rests",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"downtimes",
"endings",
"expirations",
"hitches",
"lapses",
"stoppages",
"terminations",
"abeyances",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"surceases",
"suspensions",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"hiatuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuations",
"endurances",
"persistences",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"extensions",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"patchwork":{
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
"examples":[
"a patchwork collection of antiques from different periods"
],
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"assorted",
"eclectic",
"heterogeneous",
"indiscriminate",
"kitchen-sink",
"magpie",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"piebald",
"promiscuous",
"raggle-taggle",
"ragtag",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"multiple",
"multiplex",
"myriad",
"disparate",
"divergent",
"diverse",
"sundry",
"various",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"farraginous",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"combined",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"conglomerated",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"composite",
"conglomerate",
"hybrid",
"unclassified",
"unsorted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monolithic",
"uniform",
"alike",
"identical",
"like",
"same",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"homogeneous"
]
},
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"the state's patchwork of outdated laws regulating commercial activity on Sundays"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"patched":{
"as in repaired , fixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"unbroken",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"patch the tire and it'll be as good as new"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pantheisms":{
"as in paganisms , monotheisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"paganisms",
"polytheisms",
"theisms",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"credos",
"creeds",
"cults",
"faiths",
"persuasions",
"religions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patriciates":{
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pantsuit":{
"as in pants suit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pants suit",
"hose",
"legging",
"leggin",
"sweatpants",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers",
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"breech",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patrol":{
"as in outpost , commando":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commando",
"firing squad",
"outpost",
"paratroops",
"picket",
"rear guard",
"sentry",
"watch",
"detachment",
"detail",
"battalion",
"command",
"company",
"corps",
"division",
"platoon",
"regiment",
"squad",
"squadron",
"troop",
"wing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe":{
"examples":[
"The squad had orders to patrol the area.",
"The border is patrolled by the army."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"mind",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch",
"police",
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"papered over":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the differences between the two factions are too great to be papered over in the name of party unity"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the company tried to paper over its red ink, issuing assurances that it was still financially sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"partygoers":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"chauffeured transportation was provided for those partygoers who had overindulged themselves at the bar"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partyers",
"partiers",
"revelers",
"revellers",
"roisterers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanals",
"bingers",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patent leather":{
"as in suede , nubuck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nubuck",
"suede",
"alligator",
"antelope",
"buckskin",
"cabretta",
"calfskin",
"capeskin",
"chamois",
"cordovan",
"cowhide",
"crocodile",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"kid",
"kidskin",
"lambskin",
"morocco",
"ostrich",
"pigskin",
"seal",
"sharkskin",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"pelt",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paparazzi":{
"as in photographers , photogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lensmen",
"photographers",
"photogs",
"shooters",
"shutterbugs",
"cinematographers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"panoptic":{
"as in far-reaching , vast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted",
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"inclusive",
"in-depth",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"paramilitary":{
"of or relating to a group that is not an official army but that operates and is organized like an army":{
"examples":[
"Government forces have been attacked by heavily armed paramilitary groups in several villages.",
"a paramilitary police force"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"naval",
"martial",
"military",
"service",
"GI",
"gladiatorial",
"mercenary",
"soldierly",
"militant",
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"warlike",
"enlisted",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civil",
"civilian",
"nonmilitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in guerrilla , partisan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior",
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian",
"noncombatant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pacesetter":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"a company that has been a pacesetter in its field for offering health care benefits to employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwether",
"leader",
"pacemaker",
"pacer",
"trendsetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"groundbreaker",
"innovator",
"pioneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-lately",
"me-tooer"
],
"antonyms":[
"follower",
"imitator"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palatially":{
"in a luxurious manner":{
"examples":[
"a premium membership in the club gives you exclusive access to a palatially appointed locker room and spa"
],
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"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"plushly",
"richly",
"sumptuously"
],
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"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"
],
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"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"paraplegic":{
"as in quadriplegic , hemiplegic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hemiplegic",
"paretic",
"quadriplegic",
"hamstrung",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impaired",
"incapacitated",
"halt",
"hobbled",
"lame",
"lamed",
"challenged",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mutilated",
"paralytic",
"paralyzed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pandemics":{
"an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world":{
"examples":[
"The 1918 flu pandemic claimed millions of lives.",
"the AIDS pandemic"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"pestilences",
"pests",
"plagues",
"murrains",
"affections",
"afflictions",
"ailments",
"contagions",
"illnesses",
"infections",
"infirmities",
"maladies",
"sicknesses",
"blights",
"curses",
"scourges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pathography":{
"as in tell-all":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tell-all",
"psychobiography",
"chronicle",
"history",
"past",
"story",
"hagiography",
"obituary",
"autobiography",
"character sketch",
"profile",
"bio",
"biography",
"life",
"memoir"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parcels":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies"
],
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"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small area of usually open land":{
"examples":[
"wandered around the little parcel out back"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearings",
"fields",
"grounds",
"lots",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commons",
"crofts",
"grasses",
"green",
"greenswards",
"lawns",
"glades",
"grasslands",
"heathlands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"meadows",
"moors",
"pasturelands",
"pastures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{
"examples":[
"subdivided the huge farm into smaller parcels for sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"lots",
"plats",
"plots",
"properties",
"tracts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patches",
"frontages",
"leases",
"developments",
"real estates"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a parcel of kids trailing at their heels"
],
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"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"received a mysterious parcel in the mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"bales",
"boxes",
"containers",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packed (off)":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"packed the child off to a good boarding school"
],
"synonyms":[
"consigned",
"dispatched",
"sent",
"shipped",
"shot",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conveyed",
"delivered",
"handed over",
"passed",
"rendered",
"advanced",
"dropped",
"launched",
"addressed",
"forwarded",
"exported",
"imported",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"resent",
"returned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquired",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"received"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paresis":{
"as in quadriplegia , paraplegia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis",
"disability",
"impairment",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"poliomyelitis",
"palsy",
"paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"payloads":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
"examples":[
"the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consignments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palisade":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"the palisades that line the west bank of the Hudson River for about 15 miles"
],
"synonyms":[
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"escarpment",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butte",
"cuesta",
"hogback",
"tor",
"bulwark",
"embankment",
"declivity",
"drop-off",
"pitch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in picket , wall":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffer",
"picket",
"wall",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"war",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"avert",
"prevent",
"bulwark",
"cover",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"forfend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield",
"ward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"panthers":{
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
"examples":[
"the panther is surprisingly difficult to spot"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat-a-mountains",
"catamounts",
"cougars",
"cougar",
"mountain lions",
"pumas",
"puma"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pasturages":{
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
"examples":[
"put the cows out on the back pasturage"
],
"synonyms":[
"leas",
"leys",
"pastures",
"ranges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranches",
"stations",
"feedlots",
"stockyards",
"yards",
"grasslands",
"pampas",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"parodying":{
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"doing",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"mocking",
"sending up",
"spoofing",
"travestying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooning",
"pasquinading",
"satirizing",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"ridiculing",
"aping",
"copycatting",
"monkeying",
"parroting",
"duplicating",
"emulating",
"replicating",
"reproducing",
"acting",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"pretending",
"shamming",
"simulating",
"elaborating",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"playing up",
"stretching",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"overdrawing",
"overstating",
"putting on",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"personating",
"playing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pass (over)":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"passed over two bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypass",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"slight",
"slur (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fail",
"miss",
"omit",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"disdain",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"scant",
"skimp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"pamper",
"remember",
"listen (to)",
"watch",
"follow",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"remark"
],
"antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"heed",
"mind",
"regard",
"tend (to)"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"parures":{
"as in garnitures , crown jewels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"gauds",
"ornamentations",
"regalia",
"setoffs",
"trims",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks",
"bijouteries",
"bling",
"bling-bling",
"ice",
"jewelries",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"crown jewels",
"accessories",
"birthstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"passing muster":{
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"His repeated insistence that \"it wasn't me\" doesn't pass muster ."
],
"synonyms":[
"flying",
"holding up",
"passing",
"standing up",
"washing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through",
"going down",
"going over",
"going through",
"playing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"patterned":{
"as in striped , checkered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkered",
"dotted",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid",
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in matched , modeled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in striped , speckled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"brightened",
"lightened",
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorized",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pans":{
"the front part of the head":{
"examples":[
"hey, I could do without seeing your ugly pan for a few days"
],
"synonyms":[
"countenances",
"faces",
"kissers",
"mugs",
"pusses",
"visages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appearances",
"aspects",
"features",
"lineaments",
"looks",
"miens",
"presences",
"expressions",
"physiognomies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series"
],
"synonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"reprehends",
"slags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewers",
"tweaks",
"assails",
"attacks",
"blasts",
"clobbers",
"slams",
"slashes",
"nicks (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"carps",
"cavils",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"whines",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"drubs",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"berates",
"castigates",
"crucifies",
"excoriates",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"hammers",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"pillories",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"derides",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"recommends",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"parried":{
"as in avoided , evaded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shirked",
"skirted",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"jinked",
"sidestepped",
"slalomed",
"weaved",
"zigzagged",
"deflected",
"turned",
"slid",
"slipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paddled":{
"to move a boat by means of oars":{
"examples":[
"I like to paddle on the river for exercise and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"oared",
"rowed",
"sculled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoed",
"kayaked",
"poled",
"punted",
"feathered",
"pulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"back in those times it was acceptable for teachers to paddle misbehaving students"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"paled":{
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
"examples":[
"the shock of the news left him paled and shaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"blanched",
"cadaverous",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"wan"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"sick",
"sickly",
"waxen",
"waxy",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"bloodless",
"untanned",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
]
},
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"blenched",
"decolorized",
"dulled",
"faded",
"snowed",
"washed out",
"whitened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"dimmed",
"matted",
"etiolated",
"whitewashed",
"frosted",
"silvered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"blotched",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"discolored",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"shaded",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"tarnished",
"variegated",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"deepened",
"embrowned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"paradisiac":{
"as in utopian , Olympian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Olympian",
"utopian",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"beatific",
"blissful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"galactic",
"stellar",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"unworldly",
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"anti-utopian",
"dystopian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pans out":{
"to come to be":{
"examples":[
"the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes out",
"falls out",
"proves",
"shakes out",
"turns out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develops",
"emerges",
"evolves",
"germinates",
"plays out",
"unfolds",
"works out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the investment scheme didn't quite pan out"
],
"synonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"succeeds",
"works out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches on",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"cooks",
"percolates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishes",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"craters",
"crumbles",
"flames out",
"chokes",
"cracks up",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"falls down",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"particularized":{
"including many small descriptive features":{
"examples":[
"the hope is that from their particularized descriptions of the landscape we can retrace the explorers' route"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow-by-blow",
"circumstantial",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"full",
"minute",
"particular",
"thorough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enumerated",
"inventoried",
"itemized",
"listed",
"numerated",
"delineated",
"specific",
"specified",
"abundant",
"copious",
"comprehensive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhausting",
"exhaustive",
"inclusionary",
"inclusive",
"in-depth",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thoroughgoing",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"complete",
"entire",
"replete",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"sharp",
"mapped (out)",
"descriptive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"picturesque",
"vivid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"short",
"succinct",
"terse",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"pruned",
"shortened",
"trimmed",
"ambiguous",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"sketchy",
"vague",
"bird's-eye",
"broad",
"general",
"nonspecific",
"overall",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[
"compendious",
"summary"
]
},
"as in customized , individualized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customized",
"individualized",
"differentiated",
"characterized",
"distinguished",
"marked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in detailed , enumerated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"delivered",
"gave",
"reeled off",
"stated",
"uttered",
"voiced",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"charted",
"chronicled",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"expressed",
"rendered",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"palates":{
"as in tastes , desires":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"love affairs",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"cravings",
"desires",
"longings",
"thirsts",
"yens",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"enthusiasms",
"gustoes",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"teeth",
"weaknesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"dislikes",
"distastes",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"mislikes",
"apathies",
"disinclinations",
"indifferences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patch":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"a black cat with a small patch of white next to her nose"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"a patch of land hardly big enough for a garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"patch the tire and it'll be as good as new"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"patricide":{
"as in fratricide , regicide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filicide",
"fratricide",
"matricide",
"parricide",
"regicide",
"uxoricide",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"assisted suicide",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"physician-assisted suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"patio":{
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"there's a patio in the center of the apartment complex"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrium",
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"peristyle",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"palpates":{
"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
"examples":[
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palps",
"feels",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"shaves",
"skims",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handles",
"holds",
"palms",
"chucks",
"claps",
"dabs",
"flicks",
"pats",
"tags",
"taps",
"tips",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pounds",
"raps",
"whacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"patronized":{
"to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{
"examples":[
"a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescended",
"lorded (it over)",
"talked down (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"queened (it over)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"a company that loyally patronizes the arts"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"party line":{
"as in routine , conventional wisdom":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdom",
"routine",
"banality",
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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