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1.3 MiB
64898 lines
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{
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"sea dog":{
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"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
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"examples":[
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"the tale of a grizzled old sea dog who sets out for one last voyage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gob",
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"hearty",
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"jack",
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"jack-tar",
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"mariner",
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"navigator",
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"sailor",
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"salt",
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"seafarer",
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"seaman",
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"shipman",
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"swab",
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"swabbie",
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"swabby",
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"tar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coxswain",
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"crewman",
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"deckhand",
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"shipmate",
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"able-bodied seaman",
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"able seaman",
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"lubber",
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"powerboater",
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"sailboater",
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"lime-juicer",
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"limey"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"seaboards":{
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"as in seasides , seashores":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"seacoasts",
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"seashores",
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"seasides",
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"beaches",
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"beachfronts",
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"sands",
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"strands",
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"coastlands",
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"coastlines",
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"coasts",
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"shorelines",
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"shores",
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"oceanfronts",
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"shorefronts",
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"waterfronts",
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"banks",
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"riverbanks",
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"riverfronts",
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"riversides",
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"esplanades",
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"littorals",
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"lidos",
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"plages"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"seafarer":{
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"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ships and the intrepid seafarers who man them remain a vital part of the world economy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"coxswain",
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"crewman",
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"deckhand",
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"shipmate",
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"able-bodied seaman",
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"able seaman",
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"lubber",
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"powerboater",
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"sailboater",
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"lime-juicer",
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"limey"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gob",
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"hearty",
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"jack",
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"jack-tar",
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"mariner",
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"navigator",
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"sailor",
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"salt",
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"sea dog",
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"seaman",
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"shipman",
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"swab",
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"swabbie",
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"swabby",
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"tar"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"seal":{
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"an official mark that is stamped on paper or on a small piece of wax to show that something (such as a document) is genuine and has been officially approved":{
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"examples":[
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"The paperwork must have a notary's seal ."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"imprimatur",
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"signature",
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"stamp",
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"allowance",
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"authorization",
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"clearance",
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"concurrence",
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"consent",
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"granting",
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"green light",
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"leave",
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"license",
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"licence",
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"permission",
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"sanction",
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"sufferance",
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"warrant",
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"accreditation",
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"certification",
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"liberty",
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"pass",
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"concession",
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"patent",
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"permit",
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"tolerance",
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"toleration",
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"acceptance",
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"acquiescence",
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"agreement",
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"assent",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"accord",
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"grant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"denial",
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"refusal",
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"rejection",
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"revocation",
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"injunction",
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"veto",
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"deterrence",
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"discouragement",
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"repression",
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"suppression",
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"ban",
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"embargo",
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"exclusion",
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"interdiction",
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"prohibition",
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"proscription"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in fish , clam":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"clam",
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"fish",
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"shrimp",
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"whale",
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"gather",
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"harvest",
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"pick",
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"reap",
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"accumulate",
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"forage",
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"garner",
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"glean",
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"cut",
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"hay",
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"mow",
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"bag",
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"capture",
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"hunt",
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"net",
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"snare",
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"trap",
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"crop",
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"grow",
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"raise"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"plant",
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"seed",
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"sow"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in lock , secure":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bar",
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"batten (down)",
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"bolt",
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"chain",
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"fasten",
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"latch",
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"lock",
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"secure",
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"close",
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"shut",
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"stop",
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"bang",
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"slam"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"open",
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"unbar",
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"unbolt",
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"unfasten",
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"unlatch",
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"unlock",
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"unseal"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"seamen":{
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"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a weathered old seaman who now captains a tour boat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"coxswains",
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"crewmen",
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"deckhands",
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"shipmates",
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"able-bodied seamen",
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"able seamen",
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"lubbers",
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"powerboaters",
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"sailboaters",
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"lime-juicers",
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"limeys"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gobs",
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"hearties",
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"jacks",
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"jack-tars",
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"mariners",
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"navigators",
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"sailors",
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"salts",
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"sea dogs",
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"seafarers",
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"shipmen",
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"swabbies",
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"swabs",
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"tars"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"seamless":{
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"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
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"examples":[
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"the conductor's seamless interpretation of Mozart's Jupiter symphony was greeted with a standing ovation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absolute",
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"faultless",
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"flawless",
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"ideal",
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"immaculate",
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"impeccable",
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"indefectible",
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"irreproachable",
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"letter-perfect",
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"perfect",
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"picture-book",
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"picture-perfect",
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"unblemished"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"consummate",
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"expert",
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"masterly",
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"classic",
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"dandy",
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"excellent",
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"fabulous",
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"fine",
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"first-class",
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"first-rate",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"prime",
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"superb",
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"superior",
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"superlative",
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"terrific",
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"top",
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"top-notch",
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"unsurpassed",
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"completed",
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"finished",
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"perfected",
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"polished",
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"complete",
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"entire",
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"intact",
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"whole",
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"mint",
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"unbruised",
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"undamaged",
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"unimpaired",
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"uninjured",
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"unmarred",
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"unspoiled",
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"exceptional",
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"fancy",
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"high-grade",
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"special",
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"airtight",
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"bulletproof",
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"accurate",
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"correct",
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"exact",
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"precise",
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"inerrant",
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"infallible",
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"unerring",
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"unfailing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deficient",
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"inadequate",
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"incomplete",
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"insufficient",
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"wanting",
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"unfinished",
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"unpolished",
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"fallible",
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"blemished",
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"blighted",
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"broken",
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"damaged",
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"defaced",
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"disfigured",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"malformed",
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"marred",
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"misshapen",
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"spoiled",
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"vitiated",
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"atrocious",
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"execrable",
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"wretched",
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"imprecise",
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"inaccurate",
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"incorrect",
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"inexact",
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"wrong"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amiss",
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"bad",
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"censurable",
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"defective",
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"faulty",
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"flawed",
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"imperfect",
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"reproachable"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"seamounts":{
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"as in knobs , inselbergs":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"search (for or out)":{
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"to go in search of":{
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"examples":[
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"every year major league scouts crisscross the country to search for young players with promising talent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cast about (for)",
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"cast around (for)",
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"chase (down)",
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"forage (for)",
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"hunt",
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"look up",
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"pursue",
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"quest",
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"seek",
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"shop (for)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ferret (out)",
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"root (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hide",
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"lose",
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"ignore",
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"neglect"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"searing":{
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"having a notably high temperature":{
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"examples":[
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"in our air-conditioned office, we were oblivious to the searing heat outside"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ardent",
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"boiling",
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"broiling",
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"burning",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"fiery",
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"hot",
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"piping hot",
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"red",
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"red-hot",
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"roasting",
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"scalding",
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"scorching",
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"sultry",
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"superheated",
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"sweltering",
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"torrid",
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"ultrahot",
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"white-hot"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blazing",
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"glowing",
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"igneous",
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"molten",
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"seething",
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"sizzling",
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"heated",
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"overheated",
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"reheated",
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"warmed",
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"snug",
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"toasty",
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"warm",
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"warmish",
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"feverish",
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"flushed",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"canicular",
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"muggy",
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"steamy",
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"summerlike",
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"summery",
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"tropical"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chill",
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"chilly",
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"coldish",
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"cool",
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"coolish",
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"nippy",
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"snappy",
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"blizzardly",
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"frosty",
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"snowy",
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"subfreezing",
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"subzero",
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"wintry",
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"wintery",
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"chilled",
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"cooled",
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"refrigerated",
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"unheated",
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"benumbed",
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"numb",
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"shivering"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"algid",
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"arctic",
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"bitter",
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"bone-chilling",
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"cold",
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"freezing",
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"frigid",
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"frozen",
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"glacial",
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"ice-cold",
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"iced",
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"icy"
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]
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},
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"difficult to endure":{
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"examples":[
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"the undersecretary looked chastened as he listened to the congressman's searing rebuke"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bitter",
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"brutal",
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"burdensome",
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"cruel",
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"excruciating",
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"grievous",
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"grim",
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"hard",
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"hardhanded",
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"harsh",
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"heavy",
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"inhuman",
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"murderous",
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"onerous",
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"oppressive",
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"tough",
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"trying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"austere",
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"bleak",
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"comfortless",
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"discomforting",
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"forbidding",
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"inhospitable",
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"spartan",
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"uncomfortable",
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"biting",
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"inclement",
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"intemperate",
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"wild",
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"rigorous",
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"strict",
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"stringent",
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"agonizing",
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"heartbreaking",
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"heartrending",
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"painful",
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"wretched",
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"crushing",
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"grinding",
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"overwhelming",
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"wearing",
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"insufferable",
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"insupportable",
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"intolerable",
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"unbearable",
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"unendurable",
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"harrowing",
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"tortuous",
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"bad",
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"disagreeable",
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"hostile",
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"unfriendly",
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"unpleasant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"cozy",
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"luxurious",
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"snug",
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"agreeable",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"hospitable",
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"pleasant",
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"peaceful",
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"relaxing",
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"reposeful",
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"restful",
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"bearable",
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"endurable",
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"painless",
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"tolerable",
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"balmy",
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"calm",
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"clement",
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"gentle",
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"mild",
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"moderate",
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"temperate"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"easy",
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"light",
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"soft"
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]
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},
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"to burn on the surface":{
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"examples":[
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"lightly sear the steaks, but don't cook them all the way through"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charring",
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"scorching",
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"singeing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"firing",
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"igniting",
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"inflaming",
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"enflaming",
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"kindling",
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"lighting",
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seat":{
|
|
"a place from which authority is exercised":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high command",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"capital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell down on his well-padded seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the usher seated them in the third row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"sit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swear in",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"muster out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secludes":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sequesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"reintegrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seclusions":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she went into seclusion in order to focus entirely on writing her book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"secludedness",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"solitariness",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second banana":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second-class":{
|
|
"of little or less value or merit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a playwright who produced only second-class work when he turned his hand to poetry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"secondary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"low-level",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"littler",
|
|
"slighter",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"major",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"greater",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of average to below average quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's only a second-class restaurant and not worth the high prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second-guessed":{
|
|
"as in outguessed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outguessed",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
|
"outmaneuvered",
|
|
"outslicked",
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
|
"outthought",
|
|
"outwitted",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculated (about)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second-rate":{
|
|
"of average to below average quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a second-rate song from a songwriter who has done much better"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"so-so"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of little or less value or merit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"greater",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a second-rate company that was never considered among the top manufacturers of televisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"major",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"low-level",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"littler",
|
|
"slighter",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"secondary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of low quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"top-notch"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"second-rate goods specifically manufactured for the low end of the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"schlock",
|
|
"schlocky",
|
|
"shlock",
|
|
"shlocky",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second-rateness":{
|
|
"as in typicalness , unremarkableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"commonplaceness",
|
|
"everydayness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"mundaneness",
|
|
"mundanity",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"normalness",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typicality",
|
|
"typicalness",
|
|
"unremarkableness",
|
|
"usualness",
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"crumminess",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionality",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fabulousness",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"marvellousness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"specialness",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"sterlingness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"superlativeness",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"supremeness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secret":{
|
|
"information shared only with another or with a select few":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you didn't really expect him to keep a secret from his wife, did you?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"lowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the secrets of the Egyptian pyramids include the construction methods used to lift the huge blocks of stone in place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed book",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"enigma",
|
|
"head-scratcher",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the secret to advancement in this company is hard work and dedication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"open sesame",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"password",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secret operation to rescue captive soldiers behind enemy lines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstairs",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back-channel",
|
|
"closed-door",
|
|
"off-the-books",
|
|
"off-the-record",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"subterranean",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unexposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working on missions in which one's objectives, activities, or true identity are not publicly revealed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"secret agents whose wartime exploits were known only by top government officials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"subterranean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"overt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"screened or sequestered from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secret cave that is screened by trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloistered",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not known or meant to be known by the general populace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"proprietary information that the company does its best to keep secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"nonpublic",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"unmentioned",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"collusive",
|
|
"conspiratorial",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"backstage",
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"shared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secret agent":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secret agent posing as a government employee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secrete":{
|
|
"to put into a hiding place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"hide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"inter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"unwrap",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secreted":{
|
|
"as in hidden , subterranean":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"subterranean",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unexposed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"back-channel",
|
|
"closed-door",
|
|
"off-the-books",
|
|
"off-the-record",
|
|
"backstairs",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a hiding place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"hid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"squirreled (away)",
|
|
"squirrelled (away)",
|
|
"stashed",
|
|
"entombed",
|
|
"interred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"unwrapped",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sectarian":{
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are people on both the left and the right who have staked out unyielding sectarian positions in this debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"freethinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"charged that the work of Congress has been stymied by sectarians who are indifferent to reason and intolerant of compromise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freethinker",
|
|
"latitudinarian",
|
|
"liberal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"purist",
|
|
"jingoist",
|
|
"nationalist",
|
|
"racialist",
|
|
"racist",
|
|
"supremacist",
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"sexist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigot",
|
|
"dogmatist",
|
|
"dogmatizer",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sectional":{
|
|
"as in local , regional":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localized",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"cross-sectional",
|
|
"divisional",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"worldwide",
|
|
"across-the-board",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"broad-brush",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"broadscale",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overarching",
|
|
"pervasive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"widespread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secular":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not involving religion or religious matters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacred"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atheistic",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"pagan",
|
|
"paganish",
|
|
"religionless",
|
|
"laical",
|
|
"laic",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"nondenominational",
|
|
"nonsectarian",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"terrene",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"impious",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"sacrilegious",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"temporal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"securing":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sent troops to secure the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"fending",
|
|
"forfending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"warding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"palisading",
|
|
"picketing",
|
|
"walling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"caving",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a retirement account that will help to secure our future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"guarantying",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"insuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates for admission are asked to secure a recent photo to their application forms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally secured a job after sending out dozens of applications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"bringing in",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"grossing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
|
"reattaining",
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
"regaining",
|
|
"remaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedentary":{
|
|
"not doing or involving a lot of physical activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They led a sedentary life after retirement, spending their days in front of the television."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"sluggardly",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"somnambulant",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"comatose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seducements":{
|
|
"as in motivations , incentives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"siren songs",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"mousetraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarnings",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedulously":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with great effort or determination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sedulously devoted herself to completing the project on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"ardently",
|
|
"attentively",
|
|
"conscientiously",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly",
|
|
"unflaggingly",
|
|
"untiringly",
|
|
"wearilessly",
|
|
"obstinately",
|
|
"stubbornly",
|
|
"willfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"see after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"babysit",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"shepherd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seedy":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seedy but historic neighborhood that's just waiting for some new homeowners to come in and rehabilitate it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose old, seedy clothes to wear while painting the bathroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"seek (out)":{
|
|
"as in look up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"call (on or upon)",
|
|
"drop in (on)",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"visit",
|
|
"drop by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in look , reach":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"grabble",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"grope",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeks (out)":{
|
|
"as in looks up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"calls (on or upon)",
|
|
"drops in (on)",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"visits",
|
|
"drops by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in looks , reaches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casts about",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"grabbles",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gropes",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemed":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came across (as)",
|
|
"came off (as)",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"resembled",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeps":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water seeping through the basement walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"transudes",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"gives off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seepy":{
|
|
"as in sloppy , miry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees":{
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"undergoes",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"divines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets on (to)",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"stargazes",
|
|
"hallucinates",
|
|
"re-creates",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"muses",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
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"concocts",
|
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"fabricates",
|
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"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"prefigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"conjures (up)",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"ideates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forsakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"pals (around)",
|
|
"teams (up)",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"ushers",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tags along",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"hangs (around)",
|
|
"hovers (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"squires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"tastes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"seeks (out)",
|
|
"drops by"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls (on or upon)",
|
|
"drops in (on)",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesaw":{
|
|
"as in photo finish , dead heat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seething":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"storming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"subsiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"churning",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"roiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segmentation":{
|
|
"the process of dividing something into parts or segments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the segmentation of the population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregations":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"secludedness",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"solitariness",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seizes":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unchains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"imprisons",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"rearrests",
|
|
"remands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"runs in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"repossesses",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"embezzles",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"expropriates",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selection":{
|
|
"the act or process of selecting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"option",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our selection was the third entrant in the dog show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"pick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"selectee",
|
|
"preselection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inn's table d'h\u00f4te is excellent, but there's very limited selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"druthers",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"volition",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"free will",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perspicacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"Hobson's choice"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a selection of the company's latest line of products for display at the trade show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"sampler",
|
|
"sampling",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"microcosm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-actualization":{
|
|
"the process of fully developing and using your abilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-applause":{
|
|
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-assertive":{
|
|
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to hire self-assertive salespeople who don't require constant supervision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-asserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"trigger-happy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"hyperaggressive",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"unapologetic",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"bare-knuckle",
|
|
"bare-knuckled",
|
|
"bare-knuckles",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the interview, we chose a less self-assertive and more self-effacing applicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-assured":{
|
|
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a self-assured yachtsman who's not at all intimidated by the competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-confident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-assuredness":{
|
|
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the self-assuredness of an old pro, the young gymnast executed the difficult feat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-complacency":{
|
|
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-complacent":{
|
|
"as in conceited , arrogant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"overfamiliar",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-composedness":{
|
|
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the self-composedness of a brain surgeon, the contestant gave his answer for the million-dollar question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"excitableness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"sangfroid",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-consequence":{
|
|
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the self-consequence of someone who was born wealthy and never had to work a day in his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-consistent":{
|
|
"as in coherent , congruent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordant",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"concordant",
|
|
"conformable (to)",
|
|
"congruent",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"correspondent (with or to)",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"nonconflicting",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"conflictive",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"noncompatible",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-contemplations":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
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"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-contented":{
|
|
"as in conceited , self-conceited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-denying":{
|
|
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found the self-denying life of the monks at the monastery unexpectedly appealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"self-pleasing",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
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"voluptuous",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
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"masturbatory",
|
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"onanistic"
|
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],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstentious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
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"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-destruction":{
|
|
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hara-kiri",
|
|
"hari-kari",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"mercy killing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-directed":{
|
|
"as in self-indulgent , prideful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in independent , self-sufficient":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"idiomatic",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"patented",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"subjective",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-educated":{
|
|
"having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autodidactic",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"na\u00eff",
|
|
"naif",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"amateur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-evidently":{
|
|
"as in clearly , obviously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"patently",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"privately",
|
|
"secretively",
|
|
"secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-examination":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many people use the dawning of a new year as an occasion for some quiet self-examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-examinations":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many people use the dawning of a new year as an occasion for some quiet self-examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-explanatory":{
|
|
"easy to understand without explanation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-explanatory phrase",
|
|
"The chapter titles of the book are self-explanatory ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-fulfillment":{
|
|
"the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you are doing something that fully uses your abilities and talents":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She found self-fulfillment by starting her own business."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-fulfillments":{
|
|
"the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you are doing something that fully uses your abilities and talents":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She found self-fulfillment by starting her own business."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-governance":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite pessimistic predictions, self-governance has worked out well for the former colony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"independency",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
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"heteronomy",
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"subjection",
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"unfreedom"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"self-gratulatory":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
|
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"self-hate":{
|
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"as in self-loathing , self-disgust":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"self-image":{
|
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"the way you think about yourself and your abilities or appearance":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"She has a positive self-image buoyed by her years of success."
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
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"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-importance":{
|
|
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer's flamboyant self-importance often made for a colorful prefight press conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her overbearing self-importance has given her a sense of entitlement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-incriminations":{
|
|
"as in self-recriminations , self-reproaches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-involvement":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their self-involvement , they never noticed that one of their coworkers was on the verge of an emotional breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-loving":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's too self-loving an individual to ever have feelings of real love for another person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-observation":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some self-observation might give you some insights into how others perceive you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-observations":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some self-observation might give you some insights into how others perceive you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-obsessed":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-obsessed television journalist, she has a penchant for making herself the focus of every story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-operating":{
|
|
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vehicular access to the building complex is controlled by a self-operating gate opener"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automated",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"laborsaving",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"self-acting",
|
|
"self-regulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"motorized",
|
|
"nonmanual",
|
|
"computerized",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"time-saving",
|
|
"semiautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonautomated",
|
|
"nonautomatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-opinion":{
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editor of sufficient self-opinion to include some of her own work in an anthology of the best American short stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-pity":{
|
|
"a feeling of pity for yourself because you believe you have suffered more than is fair or reasonable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was wallowing in self-pity .",
|
|
"She spoke without a trace of self-pity ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-pleased":{
|
|
"as in arrogant , conceited":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"la-di-da",
|
|
"la-de-da",
|
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-poise":{
|
|
"as in composure , self-possession":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-possession":{
|
|
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that neurosurgeon's self-possession in the operating room is legendary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"excitableness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"sangfroid",
|
|
"self-composedness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl's self-possession very occasionally gave way to crying fits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-preoccupation":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the smug self-preoccupation of a generation that had grown up experiencing nothing but affluence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-reproaches":{
|
|
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"bloodguilt",
|
|
"bloodguiltiness",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"mea culpa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitence",
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-righteous":{
|
|
"having or showing a strong belief that your own actions, opinions, etc., are right and other people's are wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-righteous tone",
|
|
"It's OK to criticize, but don't get self-righteous about it."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"rectitudinous",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"simon-pure",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-satisfaction":{
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so many of the Web site's self-portraits give the impression of clueless self-satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-serving":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's just another self-serving politician who puts her own ambitions above the public good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-taught":{
|
|
"having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cellist's success is all the more remarkable because she is self-taught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autodidactic",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"na\u00eff",
|
|
"naif",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"amateur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-willed":{
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"a self-willed toddler who refused to take her shoes off in the examining room"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selfish":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a selfish desire to succeed at the expense of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selfishness":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only reason for constantly ignoring everyone else's problems is selfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selflessness":{
|
|
"a tendency to regard the well-being of others as more important than one's own well-being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was widely admired for her selflessness and dedication to the cause."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sell (out)":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"two-time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"inform (on)",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"snitch (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"turn in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stand by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selling a bill of goods to":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"selling short":{
|
|
"to place too low a value on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"overestimating",
|
|
"overrating",
|
|
"overvaluing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiautomatic":{
|
|
"as in automatic , automated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in self-loader":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semicivilized":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semifinal":{
|
|
"as in final , play-off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semifinalist":{
|
|
"as in finalist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semimoist":{
|
|
"as in moist , humid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seminar":{
|
|
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seminar bringing together the world's leading epidemiologists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"panel",
|
|
"panel discussion",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senate":{
|
|
"as in house":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"meetinghouse",
|
|
"capitol",
|
|
"statehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senectitude":{
|
|
"as in senescence , geezerhood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geezerhood",
|
|
"senescence",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"anility",
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"dotage",
|
|
"second childhood",
|
|
"senility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensate":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensational":{
|
|
"arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsensational"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sensational news story caused a stir, but after a few days everyone forgot about it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"juicy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"gory",
|
|
"shocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catchpenny",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sensationalist",
|
|
"sensationalistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to physical sensation or the senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sensational hallucinations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"intuitional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"afferent",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sensorial",
|
|
"sensory",
|
|
"sensuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ice cream is sensational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"senselessness":{
|
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"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"who had the senselessness to mix these dangerous chemicals together?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"babbled some senselessness about being eaten by horses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the senselessness of his decision to drive after drinking so much"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"thickness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"weak-mindedness",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nincompoopery",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"mental deficiency",
|
|
"mental retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"quick-wittedness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"smartness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senses":{
|
|
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strange sense of discomfort brought on by the room's strong colors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"sensations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got the general sense of the poem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"significations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer seemed to sense danger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"tastes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensory":{
|
|
"of or relating to physical sensation or the senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to listen to music while watching the TV and eating dinner caused a sort of sensory overload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"intuitional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"afferent",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sensorial",
|
|
"sensuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensuality":{
|
|
"excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some readers objected to the novel's graphic depiction of sensuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sybaritism",
|
|
"voluptuousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensuous":{
|
|
"of or relating to physical sensation or the senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sensuous pleasure of a massage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"intuitional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"afferent",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sensorial",
|
|
"sensory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pleasing to the physical senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gentle, sensuous breeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"icky"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"epicurean",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"voluptuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentencing":{
|
|
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punishing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"dooming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentinel":{
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"minder",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"spotter",
|
|
"surveillant",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
|
"hack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separate":{
|
|
"not the same or shared":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we stayed in separate apartments on our vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"respective"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"same"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not physically attached to another unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the housing development has 200 separate homes, each with its own enclosed yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjoining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former Soviet republic is now a separate country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-governed",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freeborn",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"unruled",
|
|
"unsupervised",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"nonautonomous",
|
|
"non-self-governing",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"unfree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the husband and wife each have separate interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idiomatic",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"patented",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"subjective",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"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 go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the searchers separated in order to cover more ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branch (out)",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"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 arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"separate the students by reading ability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"separated the injured calf from the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to separate science from religion on one specific point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"differentiate",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"discriminate",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"secern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradistinguish",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"mark (off)",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"lump (together)",
|
|
"mingle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"mix (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separately":{
|
|
"not together with someone or something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The software is sold separately from the hardware.",
|
|
"Store the raw meat separately so it doesn't contaminate the other food.",
|
|
"The professor met with each student separately ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separating":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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 go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the searchers separated in order to cover more ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branching (out)",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"forking",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"distributing",
|
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"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"joining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"separate the students by reading ability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"compartmenting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"typing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"winnowing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"recategorizing",
|
|
"reclassifying",
|
|
"regrouping",
|
|
"subcategorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"misclassifying",
|
|
"missorting",
|
|
"mis-sorting",
|
|
"mistyping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"separated the injured calf from the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"sequestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantining",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reintegrating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to separate science from religion on one specific point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differencing",
|
|
"differentiating",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"secerning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradistinguishing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"setting off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"lumping (together)",
|
|
"mingling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"mixing (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequels":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"higher prices are a logical sequel to higher costs for manufacturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"blowbacks",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequester":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police found and sequestered several illegal weapons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"expropriate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnishee",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequestering":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantining",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reintegrating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police found and sequestered several illegal weapons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"expropriating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnisheeing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequinned":{
|
|
"as in embroidered , fringed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"gold-plated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequitur":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reasonable sequitur from that announcement is that you'll be leaving the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"eduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"inference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serene":{
|
|
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serene vacation spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadian",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ultraquiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serene woman who was everyone's source of support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"bovine",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serene lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"lown",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"windless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blizzardy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenely":{
|
|
"as in peacefully , calmly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seriousness":{
|
|
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we knew from the doctor's seriousness that she didn't have good news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"staidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"humorlessness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sermonizes":{
|
|
"to deliver a sermon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize , especially to other world leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"evangelizes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"platitudinizes",
|
|
"preachifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"preaches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serpent":{
|
|
"a limbless reptile with a long body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an Aztec carving of a feathered serpent representing the god Quetzalcoatl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serpent in their midst had betrayed the revolutionaries to the authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"subverter",
|
|
"coconspirator",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"intriguer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rumormonger",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"backstabber",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"Judas",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"turncoat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beware the temptations of the serpent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deuce",
|
|
"dickens",
|
|
"Mephistopheles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archfiend",
|
|
"Beelzebub",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"Lucifer",
|
|
"Old Nick",
|
|
"Satan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servile":{
|
|
"showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had always maintained a servile attitude around people with money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"slavish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"toadyish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"session":{
|
|
"a gathering of a group of people for a specified purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The impending economic crisis prompted widespread calls for a special session of the legislature to enact emergency measures.",
|
|
"Court is in session ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"interview",
|
|
"clinic",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"conclave",
|
|
"synod",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"symposium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sessions":{
|
|
"a gathering of a group of people for a specified purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The impending economic crisis prompted widespread calls for a special session of the legislature to enact emergency measures.",
|
|
"Court is in session ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"conclaves",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"coven",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"ring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a set of tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in a state of fitness for some experience or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat-footed",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"underprepared",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unready"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"we're all set to go"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"untrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"ready"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that rock is really set in the hillside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weak-kneed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set on being the first in her family to graduate from college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"do-or-die",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the library is only open during set hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"open-ended",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nonadjustable",
|
|
"noncancelable",
|
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"inexpugnable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondeliberate",
|
|
"nonpurposive",
|
|
"unintentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was not my set purpose to cause trouble for anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unpremeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a particular or exact sort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonspecific"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"international law has set rules for the treatment of prisoners of war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generalized",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"nonexclusive",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"differentiated",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"specified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built sets for the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"background",
|
|
"set piece",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"property"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decor",
|
|
"d\u00e9cor",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"scenery"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set a book on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rearrange",
|
|
"reorder",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"wedge",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become physically firm or solid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"soften"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"thaw",
|
|
"unfreeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"callus",
|
|
"encrust",
|
|
"incrust",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"calcify",
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"ossify",
|
|
"petrify",
|
|
"rigidify",
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"case-harden",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"differ (over)",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"programme",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"square away",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree (on)",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hen set for days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"spawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"incubate",
|
|
"sit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pin (down)",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"orchestrate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"name"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"deem",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"reappraise",
|
|
"reassess",
|
|
"reevaluate",
|
|
"rejudge",
|
|
"revalue",
|
|
"transvaluate",
|
|
"transvalue",
|
|
"misesteem",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"misprize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"undervalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"guesstimate",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"valuate",
|
|
"value"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"rechannel",
|
|
"shunt",
|
|
"sidetrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"train"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unloose",
|
|
"unloosen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come over and set for a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"straddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"solidify",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"curd",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lump (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set (something) straight":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseclean",
|
|
"housekeep",
|
|
"clean (off)",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"police (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"set back":{
|
|
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in keep , hold up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"hold off (on)",
|
|
"hold over",
|
|
"lay over",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set in":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cold spell set in sometime last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set in motion":{
|
|
"as in raise , stir (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set one's teeth on edge":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"ballyrag",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"set out":{
|
|
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"formation",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"show",
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"hint",
|
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"suggest",
|
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"draft",
|
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"outline",
|
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"silhouette",
|
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"trace",
|
|
"vignette",
|
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"summarize",
|
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"sum up",
|
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"touch off",
|
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"redescribe",
|
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"reimage"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"delineate",
|
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"depict",
|
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"describe",
|
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"draw",
|
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"image",
|
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"limn",
|
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"paint",
|
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"picture",
|
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"portray",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"setouts":{
|
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"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
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"examples":[
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"the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"configurations",
|
|
"conformations",
|
|
"formations",
|
|
"formats",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"getups",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"structures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets back":{
|
|
"as in keeps , holds up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"defers",
|
|
"holds off (on)",
|
|
"holds over",
|
|
"lays over",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets eyes on":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets off":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set off a bomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting eyes on":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting in":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cold spell set in sometime last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting in motion":{
|
|
"as in raising , stirring (up)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting store by":{
|
|
"to hold dear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disvaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"sniffing (at)",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"apprizing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"memorializing",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"misdoubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"inferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"vilifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severally":{
|
|
"as in solely , individually":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"independently",
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"separately",
|
|
"single-handed",
|
|
"single-handedly",
|
|
"singly",
|
|
"solely",
|
|
"unaided",
|
|
"unassisted",
|
|
"unilaterally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concertedly",
|
|
"conjointly",
|
|
"hand in glove",
|
|
"hand and glove",
|
|
"jointly",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"collectively",
|
|
"mutually",
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"reciprocally",
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"unanimously",
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"unitedly",
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"cooperatively",
|
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"symbiotically"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"severance":{
|
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"as in separation , breach":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"bifurcation",
|
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"breach",
|
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"breakup",
|
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"cleavage",
|
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"dissolution",
|
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"disunion",
|
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"division",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
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"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"rhubarb",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"set-to",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"infuriation",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusionment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearment",
|
|
"ingratiation",
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"conciliation",
|
|
"mollification",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"propitiation",
|
|
"reconcilement",
|
|
"reconciliation",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"unanimity",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severances":{
|
|
"as in separations , breaches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severe":{
|
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a severe winter that was among the coldest on record"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a severe , uncompromising teacher who locked the classroom door precisely when the bell rang and let no one in afterward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"rock-ribbed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"relentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clergymen who dressed in severe clothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"steely",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge maintained a severe expression throughout the trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a severe test of courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severity":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though no one expected the film to be a hit with the critics, the director was taken aback by the severity of the criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"dourness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austereness",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"monasticism",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"stubbornness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exactingness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"stringency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sex appeal":{
|
|
"the quality of being sexually attractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The handsome singer had no shortage of sex appeal ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"nubility",
|
|
"pulchritude",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"sexiness",
|
|
"shapeliness",
|
|
"aesthetics",
|
|
"esthetics",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"beauteousness",
|
|
"beautifulness",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"comeliness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"loveliness",
|
|
"prettiness",
|
|
"sightliness",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"sublimity",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"glossiness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"splashiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"horribleness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"terribleness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"homeliness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"ugliness",
|
|
"unattractiveness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unloveliness",
|
|
"unsightliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seigniory":{
|
|
"as in principality , duchy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasons":{
|
|
"as in spans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"perpetuities",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"spices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"aromatizes",
|
|
"perfumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"shapes up",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"anneals",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"immunizes",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"limbers (up)",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"incapacitates",
|
|
"sensitizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"softens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seduces":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draws in",
|
|
"inveigles",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"drives (away or off)",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-denial":{
|
|
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dieting is an endless exercise in self-denial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"resignation",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-renunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"adoption",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"embracement",
|
|
"espousal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-indulgent even when she was poor, she wasn't about to practice self-denial after getting rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensitizes":{
|
|
"as in softens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"incapacitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anneals",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senseless":{
|
|
"having lost consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she collapsed, senseless , after hitting her head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semiconscious",
|
|
"anesthetized",
|
|
"collapsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pretty but senseless phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"pointless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"purposeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he may be a little absentminded, but he's really not as senseless as he seems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a senseless decision to risk his life on a practical joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking animate awareness or sensation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even the senseless sea seemed determined to swamp the storm-tossed ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insentient",
|
|
"unfeeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exanimate",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senescence":{
|
|
"the state of being old or the process of becoming old":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"premature senescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anecdotage",
|
|
"anility",
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"dotage",
|
|
"second childhood",
|
|
"senility",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"elderliness",
|
|
"maturity",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"venerableness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"infirmity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"youthfulness",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"nonage",
|
|
"youngness",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"services":{
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"performed many services for the charitable organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"mercies",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dispensations",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"privileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agencies",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bureaus",
|
|
"bureaux",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"desks",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"offices"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"subdepartments",
|
|
"sub-departments",
|
|
"subdivisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in maintains , cares (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-concerns":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she saw in him the kind of self-concern that she thought was unattractive in a partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-regulating":{
|
|
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-regulating thermostat runs the home's heating and cooling system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automated",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"laborsaving",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"self-acting",
|
|
"self-operating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"motorized",
|
|
"nonmanual",
|
|
"computerized",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"time-saving",
|
|
"semiautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonautomated",
|
|
"nonautomatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selvages":{
|
|
"as in frontiers , borderlands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-realizations":{
|
|
"the act of achieving the full development of your abilities and talents":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Work is often a means of self-realization ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"convulses",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-supporting":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had to take a higher-paying job in order to be self-supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-sustained",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-starter":{
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beaver",
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"he-man",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"trifler",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"ignorer",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"neglecter",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sustaining":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with its own farm, the estate was largely self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sells down the river":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs (on)",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"snitches (on)",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"turns in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stands by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"semierect":{
|
|
"as in raised , standing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-affected":{
|
|
"as in self-conceited , self-applauding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seats":{
|
|
"a place from which authority is exercised":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"high commands",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"capitals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell down on his well-padded seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsides",
|
|
"behinds",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"breeches",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"cabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derrieres",
|
|
"derri\u00e8res",
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"fannies",
|
|
"fundaments",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinies",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keisters",
|
|
"keesters",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posteriors",
|
|
"rear ends",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"rumps",
|
|
"tail ends",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"sterns",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centrals",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"navels",
|
|
"nerve centers",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"omphali"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hot spots",
|
|
"playgrounds",
|
|
"playlands",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"thicks",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets",
|
|
"polestars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the usher seated them in the third row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sets down",
|
|
"sits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"reposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swears in",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"musters out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selling (out)":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"two-timing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"informing (on)",
|
|
"peaching",
|
|
"ratting (on)",
|
|
"shopping",
|
|
"snitching (on)",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"turning in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"standing by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequestrations":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what would you bring for sequestration on a desert island?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"secludedness",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"solitariness",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiweeklies":{
|
|
"as in biweeklies , bimonthlies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semimonthlies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"yearbooks",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"pictorials",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"newsweeklies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets up":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rearranges",
|
|
"reorders",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"wedges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"refounds",
|
|
"reinitiates",
|
|
"reinstitutes",
|
|
"relaunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
"shuts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"upraises"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"confects",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carpenters",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"reedifies",
|
|
"retrofits",
|
|
"jerry-builds",
|
|
"rigs (up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruinates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"rehabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeds":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"puts in",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"replants",
|
|
"transplants",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"overseeds",
|
|
"reseeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-concepts":{
|
|
"as in self-images , self-perceptions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings",
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregated":{
|
|
"as in separated , sequestered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"cloistered",
|
|
"disassociated",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"friendless",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"unchaperoned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"adrift",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"lorn",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"unaccompanied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"linked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"reintegrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea breezes":{
|
|
"a light air movement that blows from the sea toward land":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sea breeze moderates the town's temperature, making it several degrees cooler on hot days than locations inland."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"westerlies",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"airflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-destructs":{
|
|
"as in implodes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensibilities":{
|
|
"general emotional condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violent movie upset their sensibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"passions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"babysits",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"shepherds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sect":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-will":{
|
|
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a schoolboy with a streak of self-will and rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-supported":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only self-supported performing arts organizations will survive the huge cut in government subsidies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustained",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-perception":{
|
|
"the idea that you have about the kind of person you are":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"People's self-perceptions are often very different from the way other people perceive them."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semilegendary":{
|
|
"as in legendary , famed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"storied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secured":{
|
|
"as in secure , protected":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"defendable",
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"tenable",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"untouchable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"vincible",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"assailable",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"undefended",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in attached , bound":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sent troops to secure the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"fended",
|
|
"forfended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"palisaded",
|
|
"picketed",
|
|
"walled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"caved",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a retirement account that will help to secure our future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"guarantied",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"insured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates for admission are asked to secure a recent photo to their application forms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"tore (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unfixed",
|
|
"unloosed",
|
|
"unloosened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally secured a job after sending out dozens of applications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"grossed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serum":{
|
|
"as in antibiotic , antiseptic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"drug",
|
|
"medicament",
|
|
"medication",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"pharmaceutical",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"botanical",
|
|
"patent medicine",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"prescription drug",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"injection",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"embrocation",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"poultice",
|
|
"salve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secure":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sent troops to secure the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fend",
|
|
"forfend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a retirement account that will help to secure our future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"insure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates for admission are asked to secure a recent photo to their application forms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unloose",
|
|
"unloosen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally secured a job after sending out dozens of applications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"bring in",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"notch (up)",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"reacquire",
|
|
"reattain",
|
|
"recapture",
|
|
"regain",
|
|
"remake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's so secure about winning the marathon that he's practically spent the prize money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not exposed to the threat of loss or injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fortress was thought to be secure against attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"scatheless",
|
|
"unharmed",
|
|
"unhurt",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unscathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"wounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"subject (to)",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"violable",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"providing safety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"escaped to a secure location"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unconquerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"minatory",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"undefended",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthy of one's trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fund that should provide them with a secure income in their retirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculable",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"undergo",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get on (to)",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call (on or upon)",
|
|
"drop in (on)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"drop by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"squire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"usher",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tag along",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"hang (around)",
|
|
"hover (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"forsake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"conjure (up)",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"ideate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"stargaze",
|
|
"hallucinate",
|
|
"re-create",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separated (from)":{
|
|
"as in rejected , renounced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"retreated (from)",
|
|
"took off (from)",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"withdrew (from)",
|
|
"sacrificed",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"distanced",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stranded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seized":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"expropriated",
|
|
"pirated",
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"impounded",
|
|
"repossessed",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"embezzled",
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"peculated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secureness":{
|
|
"as in security , safety":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"safeness",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"inviolability",
|
|
"invulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"harm's way",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"vulnerability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"threat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-critical":{
|
|
"as in diffident , self-doubting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregating":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sequestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantining",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reintegrating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separatism":{
|
|
"as in segregation , apartheid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apartheid",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"racialism",
|
|
"racism",
|
|
"eugenics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregation",
|
|
"integration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sectarianism , schism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostasy",
|
|
"defection",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"iconoclasm",
|
|
"unconventionality",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"heresy",
|
|
"heterodoxy",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"orthodoxy",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set eyes on":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sextets":{
|
|
"as in trios , quartets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duos",
|
|
"octets",
|
|
"quartets",
|
|
"quartettes",
|
|
"quintets",
|
|
"septets",
|
|
"trios",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"troupes",
|
|
"combos",
|
|
"ensembles",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"brasses",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"woodwinds",
|
|
"brass bands",
|
|
"chamber orchestras",
|
|
"sinfoniettas",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"orchestras",
|
|
"philharmonics",
|
|
"symphonies",
|
|
"symphony orchestras"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sermonize":{
|
|
"to deliver a sermon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize , especially to other world leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"preach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evangelize",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"platitudinize",
|
|
"preachify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searches (for or out)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts about (for)",
|
|
"casts around (for)",
|
|
"chases (down)",
|
|
"forages (for)",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"shops (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"roots (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"selling":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselling",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"remarketing",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"exporting",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking (in)",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separate (from)":{
|
|
"as in reject , renounce":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"retreat (from)",
|
|
"take off (from)",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"withdraw (from)",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"strand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"search (for)":{
|
|
"as in seek , hunt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"bird-dog",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"head"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in see , find out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"major (in)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"memorize",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pick up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"misunderstand",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexual assaults":{
|
|
"the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"convicted of sexual assault of a minor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"rapes",
|
|
"ravishments",
|
|
"violations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molestations",
|
|
"defilements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separations":{
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the separation of Norway and Sweden into two independent nations in 1905"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"cleavages",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"fractionalizations",
|
|
"fractionations",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disassemblies",
|
|
"dismemberments",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"atomizations",
|
|
"dichotomizations",
|
|
"polarizations",
|
|
"diffusions",
|
|
"dispersals",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"apportionments",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"conjunctions",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"fusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden separation of the herd of deer when they were startled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcations",
|
|
"divarications",
|
|
"divergences",
|
|
"divergencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"discrepancies",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"dissimilarities",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"diversities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"similarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"convergences"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narrow separation between posts in the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"hiatuses",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"interstices",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"slots",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"interspaces",
|
|
"pores",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"apertures",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"orifices",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"friends who dreaded the inevitable separation after graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"partings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"egresses",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"decampments",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reunions",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"joinings",
|
|
"meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that divides, separates, or marks off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a filing cabinet with lots of adjustable separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dividers",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"separators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seamed":{
|
|
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in fencing circles it is a mark of honor to have one's face seamed with saber cuts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"scribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"beveled",
|
|
"bevelled",
|
|
"chamfered",
|
|
"fluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-revelations":{
|
|
"as in self-accusations , self-betrayals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusations",
|
|
"self-betrayals",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"self-confessions",
|
|
"self-incriminations",
|
|
"self-recriminations",
|
|
"self-reproaches",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"contritions",
|
|
"penitences",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"remorses",
|
|
"repentances",
|
|
"rues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"nonadmissions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"repudiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in self-knowledges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations",
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentenced":{
|
|
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"doomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"punished",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"reprieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"patrolling",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"babysitting",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"shepherding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sergeant":{
|
|
"as in captain , lieutenant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"peace officer",
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"sheriff",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"private detective",
|
|
"private eye",
|
|
"private investigator",
|
|
"detective",
|
|
"dick",
|
|
"gumshoe",
|
|
"hawkshaw",
|
|
"inspector",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"plainclothesman",
|
|
"sherlock",
|
|
"sleuth",
|
|
"sleuthhound",
|
|
"patrolman",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"flatfoot",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"lawman",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"shamus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segments":{
|
|
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I lost one segment of this model kit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"members",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"moieties",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"scraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dissects , subdivides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcates",
|
|
"bisects",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"dichotomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"fractionalizes",
|
|
"fractionates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"subdivides",
|
|
"trisects",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"decouples",
|
|
"disassociates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ramifies",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"served":{
|
|
"to be a servant for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he served his master faithfully for 20 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slaved (for)",
|
|
"worked (for)",
|
|
"wrought (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be enough":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they made the pasta serve for eight guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"did",
|
|
"sufficed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitted",
|
|
"beseemed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"sufficed",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my parents served me well in preparing me for life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted (toward)",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"was (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"engaged (with)",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"supervised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"availed",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"profited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"worked (for)",
|
|
"wrought (for)",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sends up":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sitcom sends up the \"trials and tribulations\" of the rich and famous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settling (down)":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle down and get to work, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"piping down",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"zoning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"cutting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequiturs":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reasonable sequitur from that announcement is that you'll be leaving the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"eductions",
|
|
"inductions",
|
|
"inferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"suppositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting forth":{
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The strikers set forth their demands in a written statement to the company."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"reeling off",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"particularizing",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set-to":{
|
|
"as in settle (down) , knuckle down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"readdress",
|
|
"reapply",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"plunge (in)",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug (away)",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they had a brief set-to about money, but they seem to have resolved it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"rhubarb",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"logomachy",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"protestation",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sent":{
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they promised to send the package in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"packed (off)",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sells (out)":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"two-times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs (on)",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"snitches (on)",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"turns in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stands by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selves":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"clays",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"interiorities",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"metals",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selectively":{
|
|
"as in restrictively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"restrictively",
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"personally",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"specifically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"widely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-involved":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the local teenagers seem too self-involved to care much about the world that lies beyond their affluent suburb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiofficial":{
|
|
"as in official , sanctioned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legit",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licit",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"ex officio",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"licensed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonofficial",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unofficial",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful",
|
|
"unapproved",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seedbeds":{
|
|
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding grounds",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hothouses",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"nidi",
|
|
"niduses",
|
|
"nurseries",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wellheads",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the historic role of the Middle East as a seedbed for new religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiautonomous":{
|
|
"as in independent , autonomous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"semi-independent",
|
|
"nonsocial",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"altricial",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustaining",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"associational",
|
|
"consociational",
|
|
"subsocial",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"parasitic",
|
|
"parasitical",
|
|
"precocial",
|
|
"symbiotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senility":{
|
|
"the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his increasing senility , Granddad is beginning to have more and more senior moments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"dotage",
|
|
"second childhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"geezerhood",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"senescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seaboard":{
|
|
"as in seaside , seashore":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seacoast",
|
|
"seashore",
|
|
"seaside",
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"beachfront",
|
|
"sand(s)",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"coastland",
|
|
"coastline",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"shoreline",
|
|
"oceanfront",
|
|
"shorefront",
|
|
"waterfront",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"riverbank",
|
|
"riverfront",
|
|
"riverside",
|
|
"esplanade",
|
|
"littoral",
|
|
"lido",
|
|
"plage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setback":{
|
|
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in keep , hold up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"hold off (on)",
|
|
"hold over",
|
|
"lay over",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servicing":{
|
|
"as in maintaining , caring (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"refreshening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"righting",
|
|
"fixing up",
|
|
"furbishing",
|
|
"overhauling",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"refurbishing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiflexible":{
|
|
"as in flexible , kneadable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bendy",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"fragile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiconscious":{
|
|
"only somewhat awake and able to understand what is happening around you":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The victim was semiconscious and could barely talk."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"sleepwalking",
|
|
"somnambulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeable":{
|
|
"capable of being seen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seeable flaw in the windowpane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"viewable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perceivable",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobservable",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"viewless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"send up":{
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"squib",
|
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"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
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"imitation",
|
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"impersonation",
|
|
"mimicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sitcom sends up the \"trials and tribulations\" of the rich and famous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"do",
|
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"imitate",
|
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"mimic",
|
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"mock",
|
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"parody",
|
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"spoof",
|
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"travesty"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoon",
|
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"pasquinade",
|
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"satirize",
|
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"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
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"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-forgetful":{
|
|
"as in selfless , unselfish":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"solipsistic",
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sufficiency":{
|
|
"the ability to care for one's self":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-dependence",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"self-subsistence",
|
|
"self-support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"resilience",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"reliance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensibility":{
|
|
"a particular attitude, mindset, or preference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The artist was known for her minimalist sensibility .",
|
|
"The sentiments expressed in the essay, while typical of their time, are apt to offend modern sensibilities ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"how",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the capacity to notice and respond to something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has a painter's innate sensibility for color and composition."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"advertence",
|
|
"advertency",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"ear",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"mindfulness",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"susceptiveness",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"profundity",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"rationality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serves":{
|
|
"to be a servant for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he served his master faithfully for 20 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slaves (for)",
|
|
"works (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"tends (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be enough":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they made the pasta serve for eight guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"does",
|
|
"suffices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befits",
|
|
"beseems",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"suffices",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my parents served me well in preparing me for life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts (toward)",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"is (to)",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"engages (with)",
|
|
"reacts (to)",
|
|
"responds (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"avails",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works (for)",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-colored":{
|
|
"having or consisting of a single color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although a self-colored cat is most frequently black, it may also be brown, cream, lilac, blue, or red"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selecting":{
|
|
"the act or process of selecting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the selecting of the party's nominee took three days and half a dozen votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"option",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
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"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separated":{
|
|
"as in divorced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"marriageable",
|
|
"unpaired",
|
|
"fancy-free",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unmarried",
|
|
"unwed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"mated",
|
|
"paired",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"remarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"decoupled",
|
|
"disassociated",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"bifurcated",
|
|
"bisected",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"dichotomized",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"fractionalized",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"halved",
|
|
"partitioned",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"segmented",
|
|
"subdivided",
|
|
"trisected",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the searchers separated in order to cover more ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branched (out)",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"forked",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"distanced",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"joined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"separate the students by reading ability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"separated the injured calf from the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"reintegrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to separate science from religion on one specific point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differenced",
|
|
"differentiated",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"discriminated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"secerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradistinguished",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"marked (off)",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"lumped (together)",
|
|
"mingled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"mixed (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"service cap":{
|
|
"as in baseball cap , garrison cap":{
|
|
"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",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sells short":{
|
|
"to place too low a value on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"soft-pedals",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"overestimates",
|
|
"overrates",
|
|
"overvalues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-revelation":{
|
|
"as in self-accusation , self-betrayal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusation",
|
|
"self-betrayal",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"self-confession",
|
|
"self-incrimination",
|
|
"self-recrimination",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"nonadmission",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in self-knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senior high school":{
|
|
"an educational institution that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"seminary",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"madrassa",
|
|
"madrasa",
|
|
"madrassah",
|
|
"madrasah",
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequencing":{
|
|
"as in prioritizing , hierarchizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hierarchizing",
|
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"prioritizing",
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|
"alphabetizing",
|
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"filing",
|
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"grading",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"cuing",
|
|
"cueing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"setting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sending up":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sitcom sends up the \"trials and tribulations\" of the rich and famous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-suggestion":{
|
|
"as in self-hypnosis , automatism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autohypnosis",
|
|
"automatism",
|
|
"autosuggestion",
|
|
"self-hypnosis",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"hypnotism",
|
|
"mesmerism",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"spellbinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semicircle":{
|
|
"as in hemisphere , meridian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hemisphere",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"moiety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segmentations":{
|
|
"the process of dividing something into parts or segments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the segmentation of the population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disassemblies",
|
|
"dismemberments",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"bifurcations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"cleavages",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"fractionalizations",
|
|
"fractionations",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"atomizations",
|
|
"dichotomizations",
|
|
"polarizations",
|
|
"diffusions",
|
|
"dispersals",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"apportionments",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"conjunctions",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senior":{
|
|
"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought special food intended for senior dogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"unyoung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"septuagenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is older than another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the man next door is my senior by a number of years, I always address him as \"Mr. Barton\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"predecessor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"junior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is above another in rank, station, or office":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young attorney benefited from the mentorship of one of his seniors at the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"deputy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the senior member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when he retires, she will be the senior on the faculty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"doyen",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"elder statesman",
|
|
"\u00e9minence grise",
|
|
"nestor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doyenne",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"junior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weekday movie matinees are often popular with seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"whitebeard",
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"dotard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-infatuated":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a physician who specializes in cosmetic surgery mainly for self-infatuated socialites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-reproving":{
|
|
"as in self-doubting , self-distrustful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"securities":{
|
|
"means or method of defending":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"measures taken to beef up our national security"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"bucklers",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armaments",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"munitions",
|
|
"weaponries",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their house will serve as security for the loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"pawns",
|
|
"pledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"down payments",
|
|
"earnests",
|
|
"handsels",
|
|
"sureties",
|
|
"warranties",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"recognizances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set one's heart on":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She set her heart on going to Harvard when she was only a freshman in high school."
|
|
],
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"pant (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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensualist":{
|
|
"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sumptuous resort that will satisfy even the most demanding sensualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"hedonist",
|
|
"sybarite",
|
|
"voluptuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"Epicurean",
|
|
"bon vivant",
|
|
"epicure",
|
|
"glutton",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rou\u00e9",
|
|
"playgirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"wet blanket",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"prude",
|
|
"straight arrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-starters":{
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrappers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beavers",
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"he-men",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"triflers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"ignorers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"neglecters",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semblance":{
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to project some semblance of confidence even though public speaking terrified her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"unfaithfulness",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a used-car dealer with only a semblance of honesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seaplanes":{
|
|
"as in amphibians":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amphibians",
|
|
"bombers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"jump jets",
|
|
"torpedo bombers",
|
|
"warplanes",
|
|
"biplanes",
|
|
"lightplanes",
|
|
"tilt-rotors",
|
|
"towplanes",
|
|
"trimotors",
|
|
"triplanes",
|
|
"aerospace planes",
|
|
"rocket planes",
|
|
"gliders",
|
|
"sailplanes",
|
|
"jetliners",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"superjets",
|
|
"supersonics",
|
|
"supersonic transports",
|
|
"trijets",
|
|
"turbojets",
|
|
"turboprops",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"aerodynes",
|
|
"aircraft",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicles",
|
|
"airframes",
|
|
"airships",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"tractors",
|
|
"airliners",
|
|
"air taxis",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"aeroplanes",
|
|
"airplanes",
|
|
"planes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selects":{
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-advertiser":{
|
|
"as in self-promoter , self-dramatizer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"self-promoter",
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settee":{
|
|
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young couple snuggled on the settee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chesterfield",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"davenport",
|
|
"divan",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"sofa",
|
|
"squab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"love seat",
|
|
"recamier",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
|
|
"daybed",
|
|
"sofa bed",
|
|
"studio couch",
|
|
"banquette",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"ottoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sententiousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sententiousness of the state's motto, \"Live Free or Die,\" has not rendered it any less controversial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"shortness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"tautology"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets (to)":{
|
|
"as in settles (down) , knuckles down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"readdresses",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"plunges (in)",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs (away)",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets by":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"gives up (to)",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severed":{
|
|
"as in sundered , divided":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"decoupled",
|
|
"disassociated",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"bifurcated",
|
|
"bisected",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"dichotomized",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"fractionalized",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"halved",
|
|
"partitioned",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"segmented",
|
|
"subdivided",
|
|
"trisected",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serendipities":{
|
|
"the unexpected occurrence of or faculty for finding valuable or agreeable things that are not sought":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They found each other by pure serendipity ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"coincidences",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"misadventures",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"calamities",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"nonachievements",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"mischances",
|
|
"misfortunes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-renunciation":{
|
|
"as in self-abnegation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"resignation",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"self-denial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"adoption",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"embracement",
|
|
"espousal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serape":{
|
|
"as in wrap , shawl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shawl",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"cape",
|
|
"capote",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"manteau",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"burnoose",
|
|
"burnous",
|
|
"capelet",
|
|
"capuchin",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"domino",
|
|
"joseph",
|
|
"manta",
|
|
"mantelet",
|
|
"mantilla",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"pelerine",
|
|
"pelisse",
|
|
"poncho",
|
|
"roquelaure",
|
|
"tippet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setup":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rearrange",
|
|
"reorder",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"wedge",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"refound",
|
|
"reinitiate",
|
|
"reinstitute",
|
|
"relaunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"confect",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpenter",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"prefabricate",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"reassemble",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"reedify",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-build",
|
|
"rig (up)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"formation",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"setout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"disposal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"sequence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"priority",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disconnection",
|
|
"disjointedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-concept":{
|
|
"as in self-image , self-perception":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"server":{
|
|
"a person who serves food or drink":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gar\u00e7on",
|
|
"waiter",
|
|
"waitperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waitress",
|
|
"barkeep",
|
|
"barkeeper",
|
|
"barman",
|
|
"bartender",
|
|
"sommelier",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"stewardess",
|
|
"headwaiter",
|
|
"ma\u00eetre d'",
|
|
"maitre d'",
|
|
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seduce":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draw in",
|
|
"inveigle",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"magnetize",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"drive (away or off)",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"turn away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second-guessing":{
|
|
"as in outguessing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outguessing",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"outfoxing",
|
|
"outmaneuvering",
|
|
"outslicking",
|
|
"outsmarting",
|
|
"outthinking",
|
|
"outwitting",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculating (about)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settlement":{
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually reached a peace settlement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"treaty",
|
|
"binder",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"entente",
|
|
"entente cordiale",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separators":{
|
|
"something that divides, separates, or marks off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler insisted on a dinner plate with separators so that different foods would never touch one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dividers",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sewage":{
|
|
"waste material (such as human urine and feces) that is carried away from homes and other buildings in a system of pipes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raw sewage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sellers":{
|
|
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seller ceremoniously gave me the title to the car when I handed him my check"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"auctioneers",
|
|
"concessionaires",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"bootleggers",
|
|
"fencers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scalpers",
|
|
"smugglers",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"discounters",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"e-tailers",
|
|
"exporters",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"resellers",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"chapmen",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"salesclerks",
|
|
"salesmen",
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"saleswomen",
|
|
"shopgirls",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"horse traders",
|
|
"palterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"purchasers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sells":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presells",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"remarkets",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"exports",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics (in)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-loathing":{
|
|
"as in self-disgust , self-hate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
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"conceitedness",
|
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"ego",
|
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"egotism",
|
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"pomposity",
|
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"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set store by":{
|
|
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"vilify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"infer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieve",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold dear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"apprize",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"memorialize",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disvalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-exploration":{
|
|
"as in self-esteem , self-discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-composed":{
|
|
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"appeared self-composed for someone who had just been in a car accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"bovine",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settling":{
|
|
"as in comforting , soothing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
|
|
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"sedimenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"resettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with inhabitants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonizing",
|
|
"peopling",
|
|
"populating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"moving (to)",
|
|
"relocating (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depopulating",
|
|
"unpeopling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"umpiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"sizing up",
|
|
"mediating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"finding (for or against)",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"redetermining",
|
|
"rejudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing (on)",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"blueprinting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"programming",
|
|
"programing",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"squaring away",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"differing (over)",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"touching down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landing",
|
|
"crash-landing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"winging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deploying",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"stationing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"camping",
|
|
"camping (out)",
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hot meal settled the children down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"narcotizing",
|
|
"sedating",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"re-collecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle a debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteing (up)",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"nailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"nailing (down)",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-searchings":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author seems to use poetry as a medium for her restless self-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second nature":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speaking and thinking in Japanese simply became second nature to her during the years she spent in Kyoto"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-actualizations":{
|
|
"the process of fully developing and using your abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings",
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentry":{
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentry posted to watch for intruders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"minder",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"spotter",
|
|
"surveillant",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
|
"hack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semigloss":{
|
|
"as in brushed , eggshell":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"eggshell",
|
|
"semilustrous",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"glassy",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unvarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seaman":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weathered old seaman who now captains a tour boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"swabbie",
|
|
"swabby",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set (to)":{
|
|
"as in settle (down) , knuckle down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"readdress",
|
|
"reapply",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"plunge (in)",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug (away)",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they had a brief set-to about money, but they seem to have resolved it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"rhubarb",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"logomachy",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"protestation",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-hypnosis":{
|
|
"as in automatism , autosuggestion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autohypnosis",
|
|
"automatism",
|
|
"autosuggestion",
|
|
"self-suggestion",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"hypnotism",
|
|
"mesmerism",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"spellbinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasoned":{
|
|
"as in experienced , skilled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
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"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
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"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
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"skillful",
|
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"veteran",
|
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"able",
|
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"capable",
|
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"competent",
|
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"equal",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"overqualified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavored",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured",
|
|
"spiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"sauced",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"salted",
|
|
"aromatized",
|
|
"perfumed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"shaped up",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"immunized",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"limbered (up)",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"sensitized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"softened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"tutored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seabags":{
|
|
"as in fanny packs , school bags":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fanny packs",
|
|
"school bags",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"carry-ons",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handbags",
|
|
"holdalls",
|
|
"portmanteaus",
|
|
"portmanteaux",
|
|
"suitcases",
|
|
"traveling bags",
|
|
"overnight bags",
|
|
"overnight cases",
|
|
"weekend bags",
|
|
"haversacks",
|
|
"backpacks",
|
|
"kit bags",
|
|
"knapsacks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"packsacks",
|
|
"rucksacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-subsistent":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that country was agronomically self-subsistent before industrialization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustained",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serious":{
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm serious when I say that no one should be walking in that neighborhood at night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a matter of importance as its topic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very serious film that dealt with the aftermath of the Gulf War"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"lite",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"unserious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving potential loss or injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serious accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"venturesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ultrahazardous",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"ultrasafe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"nonhazardous",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servitor":{
|
|
"as in manservant , footman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gofer",
|
|
"gopher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-control":{
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"toddlers have very little self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she could be passionate and intense, but generally exercised steely self-control in the company of strangers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sending":{
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they promised to send the package in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"packing (off)",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea powers":{
|
|
"as in powers , great powers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-regarding":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many residents of that community seem to be into psychoanalysis, a luxury that few but the self-regarding wealthy can afford"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sextons":{
|
|
"a person who takes care of church buildings and property and often rings the church's bell during services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sexton who kept the church immaculate for over forty-five years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"caretakers",
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"janitors",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"watchmen",
|
|
"cocurators",
|
|
"co-curators",
|
|
"curators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set-asides":{
|
|
"as in assistances , aids":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"block grants",
|
|
"grants-in-aid",
|
|
"allocations",
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"annuities",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"entitlements",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"subventions",
|
|
"foreign aids",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"state aids",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"stipends",
|
|
"trust funds",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seals":{
|
|
"an official mark that is stamped on paper or on a small piece of wax to show that something (such as a document) is genuine and has been officially approved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The paperwork must have a notary's seal ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"green lights",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions",
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fishes , clams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clams",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"forages",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in locks , secures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"battens (down)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"latches",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"shuts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"slams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unbars",
|
|
"unbolts",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unlatches",
|
|
"unlocks",
|
|
"unseals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selectee":{
|
|
"a person forced or required to enroll in military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"inductee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlistee",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"designee",
|
|
"nominee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"licensee",
|
|
"licentiate",
|
|
"permittee",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"delegatee",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"endorsee",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sell (for)":{
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house is selling for $200,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"go (for)",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"list (for)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"demand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"search":{
|
|
"an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the search for the missing hikers lasted several days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"quest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"recon",
|
|
"reconnaissance",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"forage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"hunt (through)",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sort (through)",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"pat down",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"skirr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiter",
|
|
"reconnoitre",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-governed":{
|
|
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"far beyond the reach of civil or military authorities, the settlers on the frontier were essentially self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freeborn",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"unruled",
|
|
"unsupervised",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"nonautonomous",
|
|
"non-self-governing",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"unfree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set straight":{
|
|
"as in clean house":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean house",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senior high schools":{
|
|
"an educational institution that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"high schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"madrassas",
|
|
"madrasas",
|
|
"madrassahs",
|
|
"madrasahs",
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"yeshivas",
|
|
"yeshivot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-dramatizer":{
|
|
"as in self-promoter , self-advertiser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-promoter",
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sealed":{
|
|
"as in fished , clammed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clammed",
|
|
"fished",
|
|
"shrimped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"foraged",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"seeded",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in locked , secured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"battened (down)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"slammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seriatim":{
|
|
"in succession without others coming in between":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"objections will be dealt with seriatim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back-to-back",
|
|
"consecutively",
|
|
"hand running",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sequentially",
|
|
"successionally",
|
|
"successively",
|
|
"together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serially",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"repeatedly",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuously",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"interruptedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"se\u00f1ora":{
|
|
"as in madam , madame":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"dame",
|
|
"gentlewoman",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"senorita",
|
|
"se\u00f1orita",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting one's heart on":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"panting (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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea power":{
|
|
"as in power , great power":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sent packing":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After he missed work three times in one week they sent the new guy packing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The exterminator showed up and sent the termites packing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensationally":{
|
|
"as in wonderfully , marvelously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"thankfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unfortunately",
|
|
"lamentably",
|
|
"regrettably",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"tragically",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"unluckily",
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"wirra",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly",
|
|
"alarmingly",
|
|
"disturbingly",
|
|
"perturbingly",
|
|
"traumatically",
|
|
"unsettlingly",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serializing":{
|
|
"as in publishing , distributing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"reissuing",
|
|
"reprinting",
|
|
"republishing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"syndicating",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"copublishing",
|
|
"co-publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-flagellation":{
|
|
"as in self-sacrifice , self-immolation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secerning":{
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those philistines who seemingly cannot secern artistic depiction of the nude from blatant pornography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differencing",
|
|
"differentiating",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradistinguishing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"setting off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"lumping (together)",
|
|
"mingling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"mixing (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-contained":{
|
|
"as in independent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"adjoining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sober , staid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"motormouthed",
|
|
"mouthy",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in disciplined , self-controlled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sereneness":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inviting sereneness of the secluded monastery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the sereneness of someone who has not the slightest fear of rejection, he asked her to marry him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"heartsease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-determination":{
|
|
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the United States officially recognizes 18 as the age at which someone is entitled to self-determination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"free will",
|
|
"volition",
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"election",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rebels fighting for the territory's self-determination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"independency",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"heteronomy",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"unfreedom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenading":{
|
|
"as in singing , chanting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"crooning",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"sharping",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"yodeling",
|
|
"yodelling",
|
|
"caroling",
|
|
"carolling",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"vocalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searching":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"hunting (through)",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sorting (through)",
|
|
"trolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"patting down",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"skirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoitering",
|
|
"reconnoitring",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"plumbing",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"se\u00f1oras":{
|
|
"as in madams , madames":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"gentlewomen",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"senoritas",
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas",
|
|
"females",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secluded":{
|
|
"screened or sequestered from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we stayed in a secluded resort, far away from the regular tourist crowds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloistered",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"reintegrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedated":{
|
|
"as in stupefied , narcotized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"narcotized",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"becalmed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"lullabied",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea":{
|
|
"the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"millions of plants and animals live in the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brine",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Neptune",
|
|
"ocean",
|
|
"seven seas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue water",
|
|
"high seas",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"Davy Jones's locker",
|
|
"depths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeker":{
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"predicted a tough year for summer job seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"spoiler",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"crown prince",
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servings":{
|
|
"as in tastes , bites":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"breakfasts",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"collations",
|
|
"dinners",
|
|
"luncheons",
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"teas",
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"barbecues",
|
|
"barbeques",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cookouts",
|
|
"fries",
|
|
"fry-ups",
|
|
"luaus",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"potlucks",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"meals",
|
|
"menus",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"refections",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"tables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentimentalized":{
|
|
"as in gushed , rhapsodized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"rhapsodized",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"emoted",
|
|
"fawned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedulousness":{
|
|
"attentive and persistent effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many of the volunteers at the dig discovered that they lacked the sedulousness that archaeology demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"sedulity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"tirelessness",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"effortfulness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setoff":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set off a bomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kick over",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"kick-start",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the architect used stone carvings as setoffs for the building's marble facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semimonthly":{
|
|
"as in biweekly , bimonthly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-doubting":{
|
|
"as in modest , timid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemingly":{
|
|
"to all outward appearances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"professedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"allegedly",
|
|
"purportedly",
|
|
"reportedly",
|
|
"reputedly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"self-evidently",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seignory":{
|
|
"as in principality , duchy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"select":{
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company claims to use only select beans to make its coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"picked over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"winnowed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"select fabrics that the shop makes into expensive suits for its well-heeled clientele"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijou",
|
|
"jewellike",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"ultrarare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settler":{
|
|
"a person who settles in a new region":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settlers learning to live in peace with the natives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"colonizer",
|
|
"frontiersman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"pioneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explorer",
|
|
"pathfinder",
|
|
"trailblazer",
|
|
"bushranger",
|
|
"mountain man",
|
|
"woodsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emigrant",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"in-migrant",
|
|
"incomer",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"out-migrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"refugee",
|
|
"relocatee",
|
|
"repatriate",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"noncitizen",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"squatter",
|
|
"migrator",
|
|
"pilgrim",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"trekker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonimmigrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semitropic":{
|
|
"as in subtropical":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subtropical",
|
|
"subtropic",
|
|
"equatorial",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-reproach":{
|
|
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"bloodguilt",
|
|
"bloodguiltiness",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"mea culpa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitence",
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedulity":{
|
|
"attentive and persistent effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her sedulity was rewarded when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"sedulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"tirelessness",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"effortfulness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemly":{
|
|
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would not be seemly to use the memorial service as a forum for your political views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"de rigueur",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unseemly"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a young man of seemly appearance, robust health, and keen intelligence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
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"esthetical",
|
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"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in appropriately , fittingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"serviceably",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"effectively",
|
|
"effectually",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"tidily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"terribly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seawalls":{
|
|
"as in jetties , breakwaters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"levees",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"floodgates",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"milldams",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"weirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sectarians":{
|
|
"one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"charged that the work of Congress has been stymied by sectarians who are indifferent to reason and intolerant of compromise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigots",
|
|
"dogmatists",
|
|
"dogmatizers",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doctrinaires",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"purists",
|
|
"jingoists",
|
|
"nationalists",
|
|
"racialists",
|
|
"racists",
|
|
"supremacists",
|
|
"chauvinists",
|
|
"sexists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freethinkers",
|
|
"latitudinarians",
|
|
"liberals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"undergone",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got on (to)",
|
|
"gotten on (to)",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"divined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"smelled",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreknown",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped in (on)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"sought (out)",
|
|
"dropped by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"taken in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"companioned",
|
|
"convoyed",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"squired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"ushered",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"tagged along",
|
|
"tailed",
|
|
"hovered (over)",
|
|
"hung (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"forsaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea captains":{
|
|
"as in officers , captains":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"admirals",
|
|
"commodores",
|
|
"vice admirals",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"commanding officers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crewmates",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"crews"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sealing":{
|
|
"as in repair , closing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"sewing",
|
|
"stitching",
|
|
"suturing",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"junction",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pimple",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"tumor",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"camber",
|
|
"convexity",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"projection",
|
|
"protrusion",
|
|
"protuberance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fishing , clamming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamming",
|
|
"fishing",
|
|
"shrimping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"foraging",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in locking , securing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"battening (down)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"slamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"unbolting",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlatching",
|
|
"unlocking",
|
|
"unsealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-applauding":{
|
|
"as in self-conceited , self-complacent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senorita":{
|
|
"as in girl , lass":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"senora",
|
|
"se\u00f1ora",
|
|
"dame",
|
|
"gentlewoman",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-contemplation":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separatists":{
|
|
"as in secessionists , separationists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"secessionists",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"crazies",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"young Turks",
|
|
"anarchists",
|
|
"anarchs",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"rebels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentence":{
|
|
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he received a light sentence because it was his first offense and he was an otherwise upstanding citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"arbitrament",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"dictum",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"doom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"penalize",
|
|
"punish",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"reprieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-glorifying":{
|
|
"as in self-conceited , self-opinionated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seizures":{
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an epileptic seizure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"eclampsias",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"prostrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"remissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"secret intrigues with the czar's ministers that culminated in the czarina's seizure of the throne"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"arrogations",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"expropriations",
|
|
"preemptions",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"usurpations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexations",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"confiscations",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"defalcations",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"encroachments",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"piracies",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"occupancies",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"preoccupancies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"deforcements",
|
|
"disfurnishments",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-interest":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her degree of self-interest is perhaps best reflected in her favorite topic of conversation\u2014herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-employed":{
|
|
"as in working , employed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jobless",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"subemployed",
|
|
"underemployed",
|
|
"out of work"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-destruct":{
|
|
"as in implode":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seconding":{
|
|
"as in helping , assisting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"siding (with)",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets store on":{
|
|
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"vilifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"infers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold dear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"apprizes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"memorializes",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"sniffs (at)",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disvalues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seashore":{
|
|
"as in seaside , seaboard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seaboard",
|
|
"seacoast",
|
|
"seaside",
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"beachfront",
|
|
"sand(s)",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"coastland",
|
|
"coastline",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"shoreline",
|
|
"oceanfront",
|
|
"shorefront",
|
|
"waterfront",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"riverbank",
|
|
"riverfront",
|
|
"riverside",
|
|
"esplanade",
|
|
"littoral",
|
|
"lido",
|
|
"plage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sending (out)":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strangely, the air conditioner is sending out warm air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"excreting",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sew":{
|
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"suture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"crochet",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"quilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-forgetfulness":{
|
|
"as in selflessness , unselfishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sells a bill of goods to":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"separation":{
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the separation of Norway and Sweden into two independent nations in 1905"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being kept distinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the separation of church and state is an important concept in the United States"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"discreteness",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"distinction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"differentiation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"segregation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden separation of the herd of deer when they were startled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"divarication",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"divergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"convergence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narrow separation between posts in the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"interstice",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"interspace",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"cavity",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"orifice",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"friends who dreaded the inevitable separation after graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"parting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reunion",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that divides, separates, or marks off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a filing cabinet with lots of adjustable separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divider",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"separator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seventh heaven":{
|
|
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was in seventh heaven when she received the acceptance letter to medical school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seafarers":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ships and the intrepid seafarers who man them remain a vital part of the world economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jack-tars",
|
|
"mariners",
|
|
"navigators",
|
|
"sailors",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"sea dogs",
|
|
"seamen",
|
|
"shipmen",
|
|
"swabbies",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"tars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"deckhands",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"able-bodied seamen",
|
|
"able seamen",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"powerboaters",
|
|
"sailboaters",
|
|
"lime-juicers",
|
|
"limeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selective":{
|
|
"tending to select carefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were highly selective about the music we listened to while trying out loudspeakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosy",
|
|
"choosey",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"picky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"judicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"indiscriminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonselective",
|
|
"unselective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-perceptions":{
|
|
"the idea that you have about the kind of person you are":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"People's self-perceptions are often very different from the way other people perceive them."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings",
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets straight":{
|
|
"as in cleans house":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans house",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selvage":{
|
|
"as in frontier , borderland":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sects":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"movements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-assumption":{
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the self-assumption of the young Internet entrepreneur was positively stunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-concerned":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her self-concerned older brother rarely if ever had time to hear about her day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seductions":{
|
|
"the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swift seduction of the home buyers into a bigger house than they could afford"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"temptations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren songs",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-questionings":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so consumed with self-questioning that he was virtually paralyzed by self-doubt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serialized":{
|
|
"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serialized made-for-TV movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"serial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sequential",
|
|
"successive",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in published , distributed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"reissued",
|
|
"reprinted",
|
|
"republished",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"syndicated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"copublished",
|
|
"co-published"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-recognition":{
|
|
"as in self-awareness , self-consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensitiveness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the extreme sensitiveness of the detection mechanism means that the alarm is always going accidentally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperacuity",
|
|
"hypersensitiveness",
|
|
"hypersensitivity",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"oversensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-confession":{
|
|
"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by his own self-confession , he cravenly betrayed his best friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusation",
|
|
"self-betrayal",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-incrimination",
|
|
"self-recrimination",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"nonadmission"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-interested":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staggeringly self-interested careerist who is eminently indifferent to anything that does not affect his personal well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets one's heart on":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She set her heart on going to Harvard when she was only a freshman in high school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sermonic":{
|
|
"marked by or given to preaching moral values":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sermonic quality of many 19th-century novels written for young women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"homiletic",
|
|
"homiletical",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"preachy",
|
|
"sententious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"prescriptive",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"admonitory",
|
|
"cautionary",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"instructive",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"self-righteous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severing":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"welding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensibleness":{
|
|
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"proud of their teenage daughter's unfailing sensibleness and maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"nous",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"forethoughtfulness",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"unreasonableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second":{
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll be ready in a second"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slightly flawed linens were sold as seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"rejection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"white elephant",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in another":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"another",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"jury",
|
|
"utility",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"successive",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"substitutive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in help , assist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenader":{
|
|
"as in singer , vocalizer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"crooner",
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"yodeler",
|
|
"cantor",
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"songstress",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour",
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"chansonnier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"service charge":{
|
|
"as in surcharge , carrying charge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying charge",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"price point",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"unit price",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"markdown",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sale",
|
|
"asking price",
|
|
"list price",
|
|
"sticker price",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"fair market value",
|
|
"market value",
|
|
"valuation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"down payment",
|
|
"ante",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"price tag",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
"tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sense":{
|
|
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strange sense of discomfort brought on by the room's strong colors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he has little formal education, he is a man of considerable practical sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"brainpower",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectuality",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"smarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eggheadedness",
|
|
"highbrowism",
|
|
"intellectualism",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"mother wit",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have the sense to handle anything that comes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"nous",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"forethoughtfulness",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"unreasonableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got the general sense of the poem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your argument simply shows no sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"ratiocination",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"reasoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"syllogism",
|
|
"synthesis",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"dissection",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"disputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer seemed to sense danger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secluding":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sequestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantining",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reintegrating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-awareness":{
|
|
"knowledge and awareness of your own personality or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her self-awareness was unusual in such a young child."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secretion":{
|
|
"the placing of something out of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the secretion of their money in the backyard turned out to be a huge mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"stashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombment",
|
|
"interment",
|
|
"interring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterment",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"septuagenarian":{
|
|
"as in octogenarian , nonagenarian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"unyoung",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-seekers":{
|
|
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a self-seeker who is nice only to people who can do him favors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom-feeders",
|
|
"chancers",
|
|
"opportunists",
|
|
"temporizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentrics",
|
|
"egoists",
|
|
"egotists",
|
|
"connivers",
|
|
"machinators",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"barracudas",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasickness":{
|
|
"as in airsickness , altitude sickness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"mountain sickness",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenaded":{
|
|
"as in sang , chanted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"crooned",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"lilted",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"sharped",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"warbled",
|
|
"yodeled",
|
|
"yodelled",
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sealskin":{
|
|
"as in deerskin , goatskin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selector":{
|
|
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the librarians who are the selectors of the annual award for best children's book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooser",
|
|
"namer",
|
|
"picker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elector",
|
|
"voter",
|
|
"nominator",
|
|
"decider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"service charges":{
|
|
"as in surcharges , carrying charges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying charges",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"price points",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"unit prices",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"markdowns",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"asking prices",
|
|
"list prices",
|
|
"sticker prices",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"fair market values",
|
|
"market values",
|
|
"valuations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"down payments",
|
|
"antes",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"price tags",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
"tabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settles (down)":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle down and get to work, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"pipes down",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"zones out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"skylarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"cuts up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semis":{
|
|
"as in ranches , duplexes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"ranch houses",
|
|
"saltboxes",
|
|
"split levels",
|
|
"townhomes",
|
|
"town houses",
|
|
"tract houses",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"casitas",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"McMansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"parsonages",
|
|
"rectories",
|
|
"vicarages",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serapes":{
|
|
"as in wraps , shawls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shawls",
|
|
"stoles",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"capotes",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"manteaus",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"burnooses",
|
|
"burnouses",
|
|
"capelets",
|
|
"capuchins",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"dominoes",
|
|
"dominos",
|
|
"josephs",
|
|
"mantas",
|
|
"mantelets",
|
|
"mantillas",
|
|
"palatines",
|
|
"pelerines",
|
|
"pelisses",
|
|
"ponchos",
|
|
"roquelaures",
|
|
"tippets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets in motion":{
|
|
"as in raises , stirs (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"tames",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secretary":{
|
|
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"file your intent to run for office with the city secretary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"registrar",
|
|
"scribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archivist",
|
|
"bookkeeper",
|
|
"recorder",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"transcriptionist",
|
|
"annalist",
|
|
"chronicler",
|
|
"documenter",
|
|
"historian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedative":{
|
|
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people find a glass of wine to be a civilized and sedative addition to an evening meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tranquilizer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tranquilizer",
|
|
"tranquillizer",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"painkiller",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searches":{
|
|
"an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the search for the missing hikers lasted several days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"quests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"reconnaissances",
|
|
"recons",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"forages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"hunts (through)",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sorts (through)",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"pats down",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks (out)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"grubs (about)",
|
|
"pokes (around)",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"glances (over)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"skirrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiters",
|
|
"reconnoitres",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-promoters":{
|
|
"as in self-advertisers , self-dramatizers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-advertisers",
|
|
"self-dramatizers",
|
|
"blusterers",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"blowers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"boasters",
|
|
"braggadocios",
|
|
"braggarts",
|
|
"braggers",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"cockalorums",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"gasconaders",
|
|
"gascons",
|
|
"swaggerers",
|
|
"vaunters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving":{
|
|
"as in producing , productive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"nonactivated",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating",
|
|
"nonoperational",
|
|
"nonoperative",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"decommissioned",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"stagnating",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"vegetating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in taste , bite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"collation",
|
|
"dinner",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"luncheon",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"barbecue",
|
|
"barbeque",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cookout",
|
|
"fry",
|
|
"fry-up",
|
|
"luau",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"potluck",
|
|
"roast",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"menu",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"refection",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be a servant for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he served his master faithfully for 20 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slaving (for)",
|
|
"working (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be enough":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they made the pasta serve for eight guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"sufficing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"beseeming",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"suiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my parents served me well in preparing me for life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting (toward)",
|
|
"being (to)",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"engaging (with)",
|
|
"reacting (to)",
|
|
"responding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantaging",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"profiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working (for)",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seafaring":{
|
|
"as in seagoing , oceangoing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oceangoing",
|
|
"seagoing",
|
|
"admiralty",
|
|
"naval",
|
|
"hydrographic",
|
|
"oceanographic",
|
|
"oceanographical",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"maritime",
|
|
"nautical",
|
|
"navigational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semisoft":{
|
|
"as in soft , squishy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting back":{
|
|
"as in keeping , holding up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"holding off (on)",
|
|
"holding over",
|
|
"laying over",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-confessions":{
|
|
"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by his own self-confession , he cravenly betrayed his best friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusations",
|
|
"self-betrayals",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-incriminations",
|
|
"self-recriminations",
|
|
"self-reproaches",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"contritions",
|
|
"penitences",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"remorses",
|
|
"repentances",
|
|
"rues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"repudiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"nonadmissions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sent (out)":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strangely, the air conditioner is sending out warm air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexy":{
|
|
"sexually attractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even after 30 years of marriage, he still finds his wife sexy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"toothsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"vampish",
|
|
"vampy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he found her new dress very sexy while still being tasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amatory",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"aphrodisiac",
|
|
"aphrodisiacal",
|
|
"erogenous",
|
|
"erotic",
|
|
"erotical",
|
|
"erotogenic",
|
|
"steamy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autoerotic",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"fetishistic",
|
|
"perversive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonerotic",
|
|
"unerotic",
|
|
"unsexy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serials":{
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university library has a vast collection of serials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seaports":{
|
|
"as in home ports , containerports":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"containerports",
|
|
"home ports",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bights",
|
|
"coves",
|
|
"creeks",
|
|
"embayments",
|
|
"estuaries",
|
|
"firths",
|
|
"fjords",
|
|
"fiords",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inlets",
|
|
"lagoons",
|
|
"lochs",
|
|
"loughs",
|
|
"narrows",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadsteads",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"moorages",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"ports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-assertiveness":{
|
|
"as in confidence , self-assurance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"skittishness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set on":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without warning, bandits would set on unwary merchants as they traveled along the Silk Road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rush",
|
|
"gang up (on)",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannon",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"bang away (at)",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"flank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets down":{
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the toddler down in her seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"sits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"reposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set down the names of those in attendance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jots (down)",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"writes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"transcribes",
|
|
"enregisters",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"chalks (up)",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"scores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"looks (on or upon)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"imagines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semisolid":{
|
|
"as in semiliquid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semiliquid",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"circumfluent",
|
|
"circumfluous",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"nonliquid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenade":{
|
|
"a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wooed his lady with a serenade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sing , chant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"warble",
|
|
"yodel",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"vocalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seiner":{
|
|
"as in trawler , whaleboat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sediment":{
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"resettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sediment at the bottom of the river needs to be routinely dredged so that it doesn't interfere with barge traffic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"settlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seminars":{
|
|
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seminar bringing together the world's leading epidemiologists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"panel discussions",
|
|
"panels",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea devils":{
|
|
"any of several extremely large rays":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sea devil glided along the ocean floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilfishes",
|
|
"manta rays",
|
|
"mantas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"skates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-reflections":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after some self-reflection I realized that I hadn't been honest with my partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serviceably":{
|
|
"in a satisfactory way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although this sleeping bag works serviceably for summer camping, it won't do for wintertime outings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"effectively",
|
|
"effectually",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"tidily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"terribly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-flattering":{
|
|
"as in self-promoting , self-loving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severs":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"decouples",
|
|
"disassociates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ramifies",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seawall":{
|
|
"as in jetty , breakwater":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwater",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"levee",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"floodgate",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"milldam",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"weir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenaders":{
|
|
"as in singers , vocalizers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carolers",
|
|
"carollers",
|
|
"singers",
|
|
"songsters",
|
|
"vocalists",
|
|
"vocalizers",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"crooners",
|
|
"harmonizers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"warblers",
|
|
"yodelers",
|
|
"cantors",
|
|
"chanters",
|
|
"choristers",
|
|
"chanteuses",
|
|
"songstresses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"troubadours",
|
|
"belters",
|
|
"chansonniers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sectors":{
|
|
"a specific area or part of an area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They worked in the industrial sector of the city."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"districts",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"zones",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part of a sphere of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The outlook for jobs in the health-care sector of the economy is excellent."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"building blocks",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"members"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searching (for or out)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting about (for)",
|
|
"casting around (for)",
|
|
"chasing (down)",
|
|
"foraging (for)",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"shopping (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"rooting (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"selfsameness":{
|
|
"as in oneness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"homology",
|
|
"equality",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"unlikeness",
|
|
"alteration",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"exoticness",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"unusualness",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"contrast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seared":{
|
|
"as in charred , burned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"singed",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflame",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to burn on the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lightly sear the steaks, but don't cook them all the way through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"singed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"cremated",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"scalded",
|
|
"scathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-satisfied":{
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-satisfied woman who thought that if she could balance two careers, everyone else should too"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selfsame":{
|
|
"being one and not another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's the selfsame man who once helped me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"another",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"other"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secretive":{
|
|
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intelligence agency remained secretive despite the media's demands for more openness in government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"tight-mouthed",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"up-front",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"tactless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"open"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-distrust":{
|
|
"as in insecurity , self-doubt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
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"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
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"self-esteem",
|
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"self-trust",
|
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"cockiness",
|
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"complacence",
|
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"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
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"conceitedness",
|
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"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
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"egotism",
|
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"hubris",
|
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"overconfidence",
|
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"pomposity",
|
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"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
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"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
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"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
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"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sews":{
|
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"sutures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"cross-stitches",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"crochets",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"quilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-incrimination":{
|
|
"as in self-recrimination , self-reproach":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-recrimination",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"self-accusation",
|
|
"self-betrayal",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"self-confession",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"nonadmission",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seacoasts":{
|
|
"as in seasides , seashores":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seaboards",
|
|
"seashores",
|
|
"seasides",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"beachfronts",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"strands",
|
|
"coastlands",
|
|
"coastlines",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"shorelines",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"oceanfronts",
|
|
"shorefronts",
|
|
"waterfronts",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"riverbanks",
|
|
"riverfronts",
|
|
"riversides",
|
|
"esplanades",
|
|
"littorals",
|
|
"lidos",
|
|
"plages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensed":{
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer seemed to sense danger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"smelled",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seminude":{
|
|
"as in topless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"mother-naked",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"starkers",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"decent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting (to)":{
|
|
"as in settling (down) , knuckling down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"readdressing",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"plunging (in)",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging (away)",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-loader":{
|
|
"as in semiautomatic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"speargun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting up":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"rearranging",
|
|
"reordering",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"niching",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"berthing",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"setting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"refounding",
|
|
"reinitiating",
|
|
"reinstituting",
|
|
"relaunching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"shutting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"confecting",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"piecing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentering",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"prefabricating",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"reedifying",
|
|
"retrofitting",
|
|
"jerry-building",
|
|
"rigging (up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruinating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rehabbing",
|
|
"rehabilitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"physicking",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"repairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequesters":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"secludes",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"reintegrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police found and sequestered several illegal weapons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"expropriates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnishees",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-contentment":{
|
|
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesawing":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"wagging",
|
|
"waggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"jouncing",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"wagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting":{
|
|
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"atmosphere",
|
|
"climate",
|
|
"clime",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"contexture",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"surroundings",
|
|
"terrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"location",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"background",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"geography",
|
|
"habitat",
|
|
"microenvironment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the setting for the novel is Victorian England"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"tableau"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hen set for days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"incubating",
|
|
"sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"spawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"naming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"pinning (down)",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"pricing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"reappraising",
|
|
"reassessing",
|
|
"reevaluating",
|
|
"re-evaluating",
|
|
"rejudging",
|
|
"revaluing",
|
|
"transvaluating",
|
|
"transvaluing",
|
|
"misesteeming",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come over and set for a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"sprawling",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"rechanneling",
|
|
"shunting",
|
|
"sidetracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing (on)",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"blueprinting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"programming",
|
|
"programing",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"squaring away",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"differing (over)",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelating",
|
|
"gelatinizing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"jelling",
|
|
"jellying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caking",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"firming (up)",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"solidifying",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"thickening",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"curding",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lumping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquescing",
|
|
"fluxing",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"liquefying",
|
|
"liquifying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"thawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set a book on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"rearranging",
|
|
"reordering",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"niching",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"berthing",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"setting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become physically firm or solid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"firming (up)",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"solidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caking",
|
|
"callusing",
|
|
"encrusting",
|
|
"incrusting",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"gelating",
|
|
"gelatinizing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"jelling",
|
|
"jellying",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"thickening",
|
|
"calcifying",
|
|
"crystallizing",
|
|
"crystalizing",
|
|
"ossifying",
|
|
"petrifying",
|
|
"rigidifying",
|
|
"annealing",
|
|
"case-hardening",
|
|
"tempering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquescing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fluxing",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"thawing",
|
|
"unfreezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefying",
|
|
"liquifying",
|
|
"softening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-mastery":{
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had remarkable self-mastery for one so young"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second-guess":{
|
|
"as in outguess":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outguess",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"outfox",
|
|
"outmaneuver",
|
|
"outslick",
|
|
"outsmart",
|
|
"outthink",
|
|
"outwit",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speculate (about)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"muse (upon)",
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sex act":{
|
|
"sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the infection can be communicated through the sex act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coition",
|
|
"coitus",
|
|
"commerce",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"copulating",
|
|
"copulation",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"intercourse",
|
|
"lovemaking",
|
|
"mating",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"sex",
|
|
"sexual intercourse",
|
|
"sexual relations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fornication",
|
|
"safe sex",
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"sexuality",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"insemination",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"whoopee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"send packing":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After he missed work three times in one week they sent the new guy packing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"chuck (out)",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The exterminator showed up and sent the termites packing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasonableness":{
|
|
"as in timeliness , opportuneness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"opportuneness",
|
|
"timeliness",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"advantageousness",
|
|
"beneficialness",
|
|
"profitability",
|
|
"advisability",
|
|
"advisableness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"inadvisability",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"injudiciousness",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"infeasibility",
|
|
"inopportuneness",
|
|
"unseasonableness",
|
|
"untimeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-betrayal":{
|
|
"as in self-revelation , self-accusation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusation",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"self-confession",
|
|
"self-incrimination",
|
|
"self-recrimination",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"nonadmission",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-wills":{
|
|
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a schoolboy with a streak of self-will and rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seabag":{
|
|
"as in fanny pack , school bag":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fanny pack",
|
|
"school bag",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"carry-on",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handbag",
|
|
"holdall",
|
|
"portmanteau",
|
|
"suitcase",
|
|
"traveling bag",
|
|
"overnight bag",
|
|
"overnight case",
|
|
"weekend bag",
|
|
"haversack",
|
|
"backpack",
|
|
"kit bag",
|
|
"knapsack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"packsack",
|
|
"rucksack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemings":{
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her altruism is all seeming \u2014she cares only about herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"outwards",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serialize":{
|
|
"as in publish , distribute":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"reissue",
|
|
"reprint",
|
|
"republish",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"copublish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set piece":{
|
|
"as in set , scene":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decor",
|
|
"d\u00e9cor",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"background"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-destructing":{
|
|
"as in imploding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasides":{
|
|
"as in seashores , seaboards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seaboards",
|
|
"seacoasts",
|
|
"seashores",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"beachfronts",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"strands",
|
|
"coastlands",
|
|
"coastlines",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"shorelines",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"oceanfronts",
|
|
"shorefronts",
|
|
"waterfronts",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"riverbanks",
|
|
"riverfronts",
|
|
"riversides",
|
|
"esplanades",
|
|
"littorals",
|
|
"lidos",
|
|
"plages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregative":{
|
|
"as in discriminatory , inequitable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"differential",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminational",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"selective"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondiscriminatory",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segmented":{
|
|
"as in dissected , subdivided":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcated",
|
|
"bisected",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"dichotomized",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"fractionalized",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"halved",
|
|
"partitioned",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting down":{
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the toddler down in her seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"seating",
|
|
"sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"reposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set down the names of those in attendance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"logging",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"writing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"minuting",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"enregistering",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"chalking (up)",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"scoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"looking (on or upon)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"viewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"imagining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-containment":{
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of extraordinary self-containment , he refused to lose his temper even in the most trying of circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secularizes":{
|
|
"as in dissuades":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"proselytes",
|
|
"proselytizes",
|
|
"missionizes",
|
|
"brainwashes",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seigniories":{
|
|
"as in principalities , duchies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seminatural":{
|
|
"as in developed , cultivated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"inhabited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"uninhabited",
|
|
"unpeopled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-analysis":{
|
|
"as in self-awareness , self-consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-betrayals":{
|
|
"as in self-revelations , self-accusations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusations",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"self-confessions",
|
|
"self-incriminations",
|
|
"self-recriminations",
|
|
"self-reproaches",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"contritions",
|
|
"penitences",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"remorses",
|
|
"repentances",
|
|
"rues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"nonadmissions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"repudiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-knowledges":{
|
|
"as in self-revelations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations",
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasoning":{
|
|
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stew was too bland before they added the seasoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"flavoring",
|
|
"spice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something used to enhance the flavor of cooked or prepared food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she thinks salt is the ideal seasoning for all batter-fried foods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"herb",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"flavoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavoring",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"spicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"saucing",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"salting",
|
|
"aromatizing",
|
|
"perfuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"shaping up",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"annealing",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"immunizing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"forearming",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"limbering (up)",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"sensitizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"softening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"indoctrinating",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seethes":{
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"roils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"subsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"convulses",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set aside":{
|
|
"as in assistance , aid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"block grant",
|
|
"grant-in-aid",
|
|
"allocation",
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"annuity",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"entitlement",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"subvention",
|
|
"foreign aid",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"state aid",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"stipend",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"trust fund"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"give up (to)",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"disannul",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"scrape (together)",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separationists":{
|
|
"as in separatists , secessionists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"secessionists",
|
|
"separatists",
|
|
"crazies",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"young Turks",
|
|
"anarchists",
|
|
"anarchs",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"rebels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secondary road":{
|
|
"as in side street , side road":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting one's teeth on edge":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"serializes":{
|
|
"as in publishes , distributes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"reissues",
|
|
"reprints",
|
|
"republishes",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"copublishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedan":{
|
|
"as in cruiser , runabout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"motor sailer",
|
|
"runabout",
|
|
"sportfisherman",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"speedboat",
|
|
"stinkpot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in coupe , compact":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-confident":{
|
|
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a self-confident person can win the trust of the people and serve as an effective leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-possessed":{
|
|
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a supremely self-possessed teacher who could handle any crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"bovine",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sera":{
|
|
"as in antibiotics , antiseptics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasonings":{
|
|
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stew was too bland before they added the seasoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavorings",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"spices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sauces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something used to enhance the flavor of cooked or prepared food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she thinks salt is the ideal seasoning for all batter-fried foods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condiments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"herbs",
|
|
"savories",
|
|
"savouries",
|
|
"spices",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"flavorings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregationist":{
|
|
"a person who supports racial segregation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"segregationists versus integrationists",
|
|
"a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigot",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"racialist",
|
|
"racist",
|
|
"supremacist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiracist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets foot in":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't set foot in that haunted house if you paid me."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"breezes (in)",
|
|
"bursts (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzes (in)",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"strays (into)",
|
|
"wanders (into)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"gate-crashes",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea-maids":{
|
|
"as in sirens , mermaids":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs",
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"naiads",
|
|
"naiades",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentimentality":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sentimentality of the story of star-crossed lovers only made it even more popular with moviegoers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathos",
|
|
"gooeyness",
|
|
"lovey-doveyness",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"mushiness",
|
|
"saccharinity",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentalism",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"soppiness",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"corniness",
|
|
"hokeyness",
|
|
"hokiness",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-belt":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the self-belt is covered with the same faux suede as the dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"cummerbund",
|
|
"cumberbund",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"waistband",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"baldric",
|
|
"bandolier",
|
|
"bandoleer",
|
|
"Sam Browne belt",
|
|
"cestus",
|
|
"obi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-effacing":{
|
|
"not comfortable around people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's dating a sweet, self-effacing girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lone-wolf",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sacrificing":{
|
|
"as in selfless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"do-good",
|
|
"eleemosynary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"social-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"self-obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensorial":{
|
|
"of or relating to physical sensation or the senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the art installation combines light and sound effects to create a unique sensorial experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sensory",
|
|
"sensuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afferent",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"intuitional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secret ballots":{
|
|
"as in absentee ballots , short ballots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absentee ballots",
|
|
"Australian ballots",
|
|
"short ballots",
|
|
"write-ins",
|
|
"tickets",
|
|
"referenda",
|
|
"referendums",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets",
|
|
"ayes",
|
|
"yeas",
|
|
"ballots",
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seminal":{
|
|
"very important especially in having a strong influence on things that come later":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She authored several seminal papers that are frequently cited in later works because they laid the theoretical groundwork for future studies."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"groundbreaking",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seems":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes across (as)",
|
|
"comes off (as)",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"resembles",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting (something) straight":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaning",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"cleaning (off)",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"policing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttering",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"messing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"seniors":{
|
|
"one who is older than another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the man next door is my senior by a number of years, I always address him as \"Mr. Barton\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestors",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"predecessors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporaries",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"juniors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is above another in rank, station, or office":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young attorney benefited from the mentorship of one of his seniors at the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"superiors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"deputies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the senior member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when he retires, she will be the senior on the faculty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"doyens",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"elder statesmen",
|
|
"\u00e9minences grises",
|
|
"nestors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"vets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doyennes",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"tyros"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"juniors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weekday movie matinees are often popular with seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"geriatrics",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"whitebeards",
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"dowagers",
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"dotards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"storming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregation":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"secludedness",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"solitariness",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasonable":{
|
|
"especially suitable for a certain time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seasonable advice is more likely to be listened to"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"well-timed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"anticipatory",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unexpected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sergeants":{
|
|
"as in captains , lieutenants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"peace officers",
|
|
"constabularies",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police forces",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"sheriffs",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators",
|
|
"detectives",
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"inspectors",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"plainclothesmen",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuthhounds",
|
|
"sleuths",
|
|
"patrolmen",
|
|
"policewomen",
|
|
"bobbies",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"constables",
|
|
"coppers",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"flatfeet",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"gendarmes",
|
|
"lawmen",
|
|
"officers",
|
|
"policemen",
|
|
"police officers",
|
|
"shamuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serially":{
|
|
"as in sequentially , successively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back-to-back",
|
|
"consecutively",
|
|
"hand running",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sequentially",
|
|
"seriatim",
|
|
"successionally",
|
|
"successively",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"repeatedly",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuously",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"interruptedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senile":{
|
|
"showing a loss of mental ability (such as memory) in old age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a senile man in his eighties",
|
|
"Her mother is becoming senile ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"unyoung",
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"septuagenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sewed":{
|
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"stitched",
|
|
"sutured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"cross-stitched",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"crocheted",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"quilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sends (away)":{
|
|
"as in turns away , dismisses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"turns away",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"turfs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"subpoenas",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"calls out",
|
|
"calls up",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"convokes",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set down":{
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set the toddler down in her seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"sit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set down the names of those in attendance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"write down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"transcribe",
|
|
"enregister",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"chalk (up)",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"look (on or upon)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"deem",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"imagine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seers":{
|
|
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"forecasters",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"foretellers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"futurists",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"soothsayers",
|
|
"visionaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prophetesses",
|
|
"sibyls",
|
|
"wisewomen",
|
|
"mystics",
|
|
"oracles",
|
|
"astrologers",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"palmists",
|
|
"rhabdomancers",
|
|
"Cassandras",
|
|
"doomsayers",
|
|
"doomsdayers",
|
|
"Jeremiahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serfdoms":{
|
|
"as in peonages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonages",
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servilities",
|
|
"servitudes",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"thralldoms",
|
|
"thraldoms",
|
|
"thralls",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setups":{
|
|
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"configurations",
|
|
"conformations",
|
|
"formations",
|
|
"formats",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"setouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"getups",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"structures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposals",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"priorities",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"alignments",
|
|
"alinements",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"structures",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"disruptions",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disconnections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sends (out)":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strangely, the air conditioner is sending out warm air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"excretes",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"outpours",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serviettes":{
|
|
"as in towels , napkins":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"napkins",
|
|
"tissues",
|
|
"towels",
|
|
"handkerchiefs",
|
|
"handkerchieves",
|
|
"hankies",
|
|
"kerchiefs",
|
|
"kerchieves",
|
|
"bandannas",
|
|
"bandanas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secrets":{
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the secrets of the Egyptian pyramids include the construction methods used to lift the huge blocks of stone in place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed books",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"enigmas",
|
|
"head-scratchers",
|
|
"mysteries",
|
|
"mystifications",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"whys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"perplexities",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the secret to advancement in this company is hard work and dedication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"open sesames",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"passwords",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea serpents":{
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnakes , garter snakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-disciplined":{
|
|
"as in disciplined , self-controlled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seize":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"expropriate",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"preempt",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"repossess",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"preoccupy",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"embezzle",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"peculate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set store on":{
|
|
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"vilify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"infer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieve",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold dear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"apprize",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"memorialize",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disvalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-questioning":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so consumed with self-questioning that he was virtually paralyzed by self-doubt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in self-reflective":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-reflective",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"solipsistic",
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-inflicted":{
|
|
"as in self-imposed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-imposed",
|
|
"volitional",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"uncoerced",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"will-less",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unprompted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servilities":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servitudes",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"thralldoms",
|
|
"thraldoms",
|
|
"thralls",
|
|
"yokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonages",
|
|
"serfdoms",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"send-ups":{
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"satires",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"squibs",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impersonations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeded":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedded",
|
|
"replanted",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"overseeded",
|
|
"reseeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-searching":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author seems to use poetry as a medium for her restless self-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searches (for)":{
|
|
"as in seeks , hunts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"bird-dogs",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sees , finds out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"majors (in)",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"memorizes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"picks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"misunderstands",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"season":{
|
|
"as in span":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"span",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"spice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"aromatize",
|
|
"perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"shape up",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"toughen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"toughen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"immunize",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"forearm",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"limber (up)",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"incapacitate",
|
|
"sensitize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"soften"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"indoctrinate",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"tutor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiweekly":{
|
|
"as in daily , biweekly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"yearly",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in biweekly , bimonthly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semi":{
|
|
"as in ranch , duplex":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"split level",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sewed up":{
|
|
"to have complete control over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sewed up the available openings so that no one else had a chance to play golf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monopolized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"hogged",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"reigned (over)",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serviceability":{
|
|
"the capacity for being useful for some purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have doubts about the serviceability of some of the junk we've accumulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"avail",
|
|
"mileage",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"serviceableness",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"utility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"inappropriateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-supports":{
|
|
"the ability to care for one's self":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopes to achieve full self-support within a year of graduating from college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-dependence",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"self-subsistence",
|
|
"self-sufficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"resilience",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"reliance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-realization":{
|
|
"the act of achieving the full development of your abilities and talents":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Work is often a means of self-realization ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senseful":{
|
|
"as in sensible , wise":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"judgmatic",
|
|
"judgmatical",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senile dementias":{
|
|
"as in psychoses , paranoias":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"dementias",
|
|
"derangements",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"manias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"hallucinoses",
|
|
"hypomanias",
|
|
"paranoias",
|
|
"schizophrenias",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"monomanias",
|
|
"obsessions",
|
|
"phobias",
|
|
"neuroses",
|
|
"psychoses",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"instabilities",
|
|
"irrationalities",
|
|
"abnormalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lucidities",
|
|
"rationalities",
|
|
"reasonabilities",
|
|
"normalities",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seculars":{
|
|
"as in laymen , laypeople":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sell a bill of goods to":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sermonettes":{
|
|
"as in speeches , talks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"exhortations",
|
|
"preachments",
|
|
"lessons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seconded":{
|
|
"as in helped , assisted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"sided (with)",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-engrossed":{
|
|
"as in selfish , self-centered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"overfamiliar",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seller's markets":{
|
|
"as in buyer's markets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buyer's markets",
|
|
"bear markets",
|
|
"bull markets",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sex symbol":{
|
|
"as in sexpot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sexpot",
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"seductress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-identities":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"twins making an effort to establish their separate self-identities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualisms",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"independences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"conventionalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-accusations":{
|
|
"as in self-revelations , self-betrayals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-betrayals",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"self-confessions",
|
|
"self-incriminations",
|
|
"self-recriminations",
|
|
"self-reproaches",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"contritions",
|
|
"penitences",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"remorses",
|
|
"repentances",
|
|
"rues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"nonadmissions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"repudiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sextet":{
|
|
"as in trio , quartet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duo",
|
|
"octet",
|
|
"quartet",
|
|
"quartette",
|
|
"quintet",
|
|
"septet",
|
|
"trio",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"troupe",
|
|
"combo",
|
|
"ensemble",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"brasses",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"woodwinds",
|
|
"brass band",
|
|
"chamber orchestra",
|
|
"sinfonietta",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"orchestra",
|
|
"philharmonic",
|
|
"symphony",
|
|
"symphony orchestra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separationist":{
|
|
"as in separatist , secessionist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"secessionist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"young Turk",
|
|
"anarch",
|
|
"anarchist",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"rebel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea captain":{
|
|
"as in officer , captain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"admiral",
|
|
"commodore",
|
|
"vice admiral",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"commanding officer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"crewmate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set apart":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They set apart a stack of pictures for the slideshow."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"give up (to)",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sermonized":{
|
|
"to deliver a sermon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize , especially to other world leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"preached"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evangelized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"platitudinized",
|
|
"preachified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servility":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"thralldom",
|
|
"thraldom",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"serfdom",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seasonal":{
|
|
"as in alternate , alternating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"cyclic",
|
|
"cyclical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"on-and-off",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"incessant",
|
|
"unceasing",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"perpetual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senator":{
|
|
"a member of a senate or the U.S. Senate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Republican senators",
|
|
"a former senator",
|
|
"Senator Inouye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblyman",
|
|
"assemblywoman",
|
|
"lawgiver",
|
|
"lawmaker",
|
|
"legislator",
|
|
"solon",
|
|
"congressman",
|
|
"congresswoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenities":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the serenity in the aftermath of the tornado was remarkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his serenity calmed those around him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"sangfroid",
|
|
"self-composedness",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"excitableness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the momentary serenity experienced during his lunchtime rambles gets him through the rest of the workday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"heartsease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets at":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His brother set at him, damaging several household items in the process."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sewing":{
|
|
"as in knitting , stitching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"sealing",
|
|
"stitching",
|
|
"suturing",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"junction",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pimple",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"tumor",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"camber",
|
|
"convexity",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"projection",
|
|
"protrusion",
|
|
"protuberance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"stitching",
|
|
"suturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"cross-stitching",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"crocheting",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"quilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senora":{
|
|
"as in madam , madame":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"dame",
|
|
"gentlewoman",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"senorita",
|
|
"se\u00f1orita",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settle (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car buyer settled on that brand only after a lot of research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"adjudicate",
|
|
"arbitrate",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"rule (on)",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selectors":{
|
|
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the librarians who are the selectors of the annual award for best children's book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosers",
|
|
"namers",
|
|
"pickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"electors",
|
|
"voters",
|
|
"nominators",
|
|
"deciders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-renunciations":{
|
|
"as in self-abnegations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegations",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"resignations",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"abnegations",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"renunciations",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"self-denials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"adoptions",
|
|
"embracements",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espousals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settles":{
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
|
|
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"sediments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"resettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with inhabitants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonizes",
|
|
"peoples",
|
|
"populates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inhabits",
|
|
"moves (to)",
|
|
"relocates (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depopulates",
|
|
"unpeoples"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"adjudicates",
|
|
"arbitrates",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
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"rules (on)",
|
|
"umpires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"sizes up",
|
|
"mediates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"finds (for or against)",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"redetermines",
|
|
"rejudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees (on)",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"programmes",
|
|
"schematizes",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"squares away",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"opts",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"differs (over)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"touches down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-lands",
|
|
"crash-lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deploys",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"camps (out)",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hot meal settled the children down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalms",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"narcotizes",
|
|
"sedates",
|
|
"stupefies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"re-collects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle a debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"nails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"nails (down)",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"stipulates",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"unsettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing":{
|
|
"as in sighted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"ocular",
|
|
"optic",
|
|
"optical",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"for the reason that":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing as we're already running late, there's no reason to waste any more time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"'cause",
|
|
"as",
|
|
"as long as",
|
|
"because",
|
|
"being (as or as how or that)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"for",
|
|
"inasmuch as",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"whereas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"experiencing",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"undergoing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting on (to)",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"divining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"unlearning",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"scenting",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"smelling",
|
|
"tasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropping in (on)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"seeking (out)",
|
|
"dropping by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"grokking",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"companioning",
|
|
"companying",
|
|
"convoying",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"squiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"palling (around)",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"ushering",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tagging along",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"hanging (around)",
|
|
"hovering (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semitransparent":{
|
|
"as in translucent , diaphanous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"semitranslucent",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparentized",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"glassy",
|
|
"vitreous",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"crystalline",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"see-through",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"turbid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separateness":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the separateness of the island community has given it a distinct culture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"secludedness",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"solitariness",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seditious":{
|
|
"tending to excite political disorder or insurrection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inflammatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitational",
|
|
"instigative",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"revolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senryu":{
|
|
"as in haiku , tanka":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"tanka",
|
|
"anacreontic",
|
|
"clerihew",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"eclogue",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"English sonnet",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"epode",
|
|
"epopee",
|
|
"epos",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"limerick",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"ode",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"pastorale",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"rondeau",
|
|
"rondel",
|
|
"rondelle",
|
|
"rondelet",
|
|
"sonnet",
|
|
"triolet",
|
|
"villanelle",
|
|
"blank verse",
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"versification",
|
|
"vers libre",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"poem",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"verse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedans":{
|
|
"as in cruisers , runabouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruisers",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"motor sailers",
|
|
"runabouts",
|
|
"sportfishermen",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"speedboats",
|
|
"stinkpots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in coupes , compacts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seamstresses":{
|
|
"a woman who sews clothes, curtains, etc., as a job":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needlewomen",
|
|
"seamsters",
|
|
"sewers",
|
|
"stitchers",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"embroiderers",
|
|
"needleworkers",
|
|
"knitters",
|
|
"weavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settle (on":{
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car buyer settled on that brand only after a lot of research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"adjudicate",
|
|
"arbitrate",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"rule (on)",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-denials":{
|
|
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dieting is an endless exercise in self-denial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnegations",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"renunciations",
|
|
"repudiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"resignations",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"self-abnegations",
|
|
"self-renunciations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"adoptions",
|
|
"embracements",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espousals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"self-indulgences"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selected":{
|
|
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a selected brand of ice cream with an exceptionally high butterfat content"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"select"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"picked over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"winnowed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senhoritas":{
|
|
"as in senoritas , mademoiselles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleens",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"senoritas",
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"chits",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"sheilas",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"debs",
|
|
"debutantes",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"demoiselles",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seller's market":{
|
|
"as in buyer's market":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buyer's market",
|
|
"bear market",
|
|
"bull market",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"request"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settlings":{
|
|
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wine of that advanced age is likely to have a fair amount of settlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"sediment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-governing":{
|
|
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she left home and became entirely self-governing and financially independent at the age of 18"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-governed",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freeborn",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"unruled",
|
|
"unsupervised",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"nonautonomous",
|
|
"non-self-governing",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"unfree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or favoring political democracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-governing nation that could be a role model for other countries in the region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"republican",
|
|
"self-ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"libertarian",
|
|
"nontotalitarian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monarchal",
|
|
"monarchial",
|
|
"monarchical",
|
|
"monarchic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondemocratic",
|
|
"undemocratic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting apart":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They set apart a stack of pictures for the slideshow."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"dedicating",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"giving up (to)",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-identity":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"twins making an effort to establish their separate self-identities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"singleness",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selfless":{
|
|
"having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a selfless act",
|
|
"selfless dedication to helping the most in need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"cruelty-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seriously":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's some seriously good pie"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semidarkness":{
|
|
"a time or place of little or no light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fumbling around in the semidarkness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"candlelight",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murk",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"brownout",
|
|
"dimout",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"half-light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"starlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separatisms":{
|
|
"as in sectarianisms , schisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostasies",
|
|
"defections",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"sectarianisms",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"misbeliefs",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"deviances",
|
|
"deviations",
|
|
"iconoclasms",
|
|
"unconventionalities",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"heresies",
|
|
"heterodoxies",
|
|
"nonconformities",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"orthodoxies",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"conformations",
|
|
"conventionalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seem":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come across (as)",
|
|
"come off (as)",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"resemble",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"service fee":{
|
|
"as in surcharge , carrying charge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying charge",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"price point",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"unit price",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"markdown",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sale",
|
|
"asking price",
|
|
"list price",
|
|
"sticker price",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"fair market value",
|
|
"market value",
|
|
"valuation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"down payment",
|
|
"ante",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"price tag",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
"tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searched (for or out)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast about (for)",
|
|
"cast around (for)",
|
|
"chased (down)",
|
|
"foraged (for)",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"shopped (for)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"rooted (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-loaders":{
|
|
"as in semiautomatics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semiautomatics",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"breechloaders",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"flintlocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"matchlocks",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"spearguns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"service fees":{
|
|
"as in surcharges , carrying charges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying charges",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"price points",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"unit prices",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"markdowns",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"asking prices",
|
|
"list prices",
|
|
"sticker prices",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"fair market values",
|
|
"market values",
|
|
"valuations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"down payments",
|
|
"antes",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"price tags",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
"tabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensual":{
|
|
"pleasing to the physical senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sensual feel of a velvet shirt against the skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"voluptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"epicurean",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"icky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-government":{
|
|
"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-government implies faith in the wisdom and essential goodness of the people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"self-rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pure democracy",
|
|
"home rule",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"steely self-government was all that kept her from lashing out at the rude customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"championed self-government for the nation's indigenous peoples"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"independency",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"heteronomy",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"unfreedom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secures":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sent troops to secure the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"fends",
|
|
"forfends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a retirement account that will help to secure our future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"insures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates for admission are asked to secure a recent photo to their application forms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"tears (out)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally secured a job after sending out dozens of applications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"brings in",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"notches (up)",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"racks up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"reacquires",
|
|
"reattains",
|
|
"recaptures",
|
|
"regains",
|
|
"remakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sewer":{
|
|
"a person who sews":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good sewer who designs her own clothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"seamster",
|
|
"stitcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needlewoman",
|
|
"seamstress",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"embroiderer",
|
|
"needleworker",
|
|
"knitter",
|
|
"weaver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets upon":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The armies set upon each other in one of the fiercest battles of the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedate":{
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while not exactly cold, the doctor does maintain a sedate and purely professional demeanor with his patients"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her expression remained sedate as I told her the bad news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"bovine",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stupefy , narcotize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"narcotize",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"becalm",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-promoter":{
|
|
"as in self-advertiser , self-dramatizer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-advertiser",
|
|
"self-dramatizer",
|
|
"blusterer",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"blower",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"boaster",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragger",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"cracker",
|
|
"gascon",
|
|
"gasconader",
|
|
"swaggerer",
|
|
"vaunter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentiments":{
|
|
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentiment of happiness and goodwill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chords",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"passions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"receptivities",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"antiwar sentiments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"says",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"stances",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"obiter dicta",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"inputs",
|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"counterviews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensors":{
|
|
"a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat accidentally triggered the motion sensor , which set off the alarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"electric eyes",
|
|
"photoelectric cells",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"triggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sent (away)":{
|
|
"as in turned away , dismissed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"turned away",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turfed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"summoned",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"subpoenaed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"called out",
|
|
"called up",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"convoked",
|
|
"mustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sediments":{
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"resettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-confidences":{
|
|
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for so young a pianist, he has remarkable composure and self-confidence on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sear":{
|
|
"to burn on the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lightly sear the steaks, but don't cook them all the way through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"char",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"singe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"cremate",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in burn , scar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"lesion",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"concussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-conceit":{
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star became a victim of her own self-conceit , having deluded herself into believing that she was as great as her press agent said she was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting out":{
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"limning",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-dependent":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a program to help teenagers become self-dependent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustained",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexist":{
|
|
"as in bigot , misogynist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anti-feminist",
|
|
"bigot",
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"misandrist",
|
|
"misogynist",
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"misanthrope",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"doubter",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"skeptic",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"defeatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egalitarian",
|
|
"feminist",
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"positivist",
|
|
"idealist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentimentalizing":{
|
|
"as in gushing , rhapsodizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"enthusing",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"emoting",
|
|
"fawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settled (down)":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle down and get to work, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"zoned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senoritas":{
|
|
"as in girls , lasses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"senoras",
|
|
"se\u00f1oras",
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"gentlewomen",
|
|
"females",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedatives":{
|
|
"as in tranquilizers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tranquilizers",
|
|
"tranquillizers",
|
|
"analgesics",
|
|
"anesthetics",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"painkillers",
|
|
"narcotics",
|
|
"opiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servicewomen":{
|
|
"as in soldiers , servicemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"men-at-arms",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"servicemen",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"soldiery",
|
|
"armed forces",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"militia",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"gendarmerie",
|
|
"gendarmery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians",
|
|
"noncombatants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sends for":{
|
|
"to demand or request the presence or service of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The parents sent for a doctor to treat the sick child."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"summons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"subpoenas",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"calls out",
|
|
"calls up",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"convokes",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"whistles"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets aside":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"gives up (to)",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"sets by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"disannuls",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"nulls",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays away",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"lays in",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"puts by",
|
|
"salts away",
|
|
"squirrels (away)",
|
|
"stashes",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"stows",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up",
|
|
"scrapes (together)",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"sets by",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"uses up",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seldom":{
|
|
"not often":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we seldom go to the theater downtown because its prices are so high"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"episodically",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"sporadically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customarily",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"perennially",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"chronically",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in unusual , rare":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"infrequent",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"sporadic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"common or garden",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"garden-variety",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"quotidian",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"de rigueur",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"obligatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepia":{
|
|
"as in sandy , chocolate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitish",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pewter",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silvery",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in daguerreotype , monochrome":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daguerreotype",
|
|
"ferrotype",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"tintype",
|
|
"photo",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"pic",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snapshot",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"telephoto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setoffs":{
|
|
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the architect used stone carvings as setoffs for the building's marble facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secludedness":{
|
|
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inn's greatest appeal for guests was its woodland secludedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloneness",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"solitariness",
|
|
"solitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loneliness",
|
|
"lonesomeness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"ghettoization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semicircles":{
|
|
"as in hemispheres , meridians":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hemispheres",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"moieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sends":{
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they promised to send the package in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"packs (off)",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"exports",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"resends",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets in":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cold spell set in sometime last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepulchral":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the decrepit mansion had a sepulchral tone that gave everyone a chill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sufficient":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college student worked nights so that he would be self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustained",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-restraint":{
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she demonstrated an almost unnatural self-restraint during the fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must practice self-restraint even with people who are deliberately rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-importantly":{
|
|
"as in arrogantly , haughtily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-ruling":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or favoring political democracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having rid itself of the yoke of colonialism, the new nation chose to be a self-ruling state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"republican",
|
|
"self-governing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"libertarian",
|
|
"nontotalitarian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monarchal",
|
|
"monarchial",
|
|
"monarchical",
|
|
"monarchic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondemocratic",
|
|
"undemocratic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was granted special status as a self-ruling province"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-governed",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freeborn",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"unruled",
|
|
"unsupervised",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"nonautonomous",
|
|
"non-self-governing",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"unfree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see eye to eye":{
|
|
"to have or come to the same opinion or point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two did not see eye to eye on on certain political issues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"concur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"go (by)",
|
|
"subscribe",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"disagree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selling (for)":{
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house is selling for $200,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"costing",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"going (for)",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"listing (for)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"demanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set foot in":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't set foot in that haunted house if you paid me."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"breeze (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"stray (into)",
|
|
"wander (into)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"gate-crash",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeding":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"putting in",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"replanting",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"potting",
|
|
"overseeding",
|
|
"reseeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sermon":{
|
|
"a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sermon whose message was that we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"homily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sermonette",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"preachment",
|
|
"lesson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"service mark":{
|
|
"as in mark , logo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collective mark",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"logo",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"brand name",
|
|
"trade name",
|
|
"copyright",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selectees":{
|
|
"a person forced or required to enroll in military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscripts",
|
|
"draftees",
|
|
"inductees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlistees",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointees",
|
|
"designees",
|
|
"nominees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"licensees",
|
|
"licentiates",
|
|
"permittees",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"delegatees",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"draftees",
|
|
"endorsees",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequined":{
|
|
"as in embroidered , fringed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"gold-plated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settled (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted",
|
|
"resolved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"adjudicated",
|
|
"arbitrated",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"refereed",
|
|
"ruled (on)",
|
|
"umpired",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"waffled",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sectarianism":{
|
|
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ideological sectarianism that prevented the political party from ever being anything more than a fringe group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigotry",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"illiberality",
|
|
"illiberalness",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"intolerantness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"small-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"reactionaryism",
|
|
"insularism",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"progressiveness",
|
|
"progressivism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sacrifice":{
|
|
"as in generosity , altruism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensations":{
|
|
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we felt just the smallest sensation of warmth when we leaned against the radiator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"senses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the satirical video was a short-lived online sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chics",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"dernier cris",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"fads",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hot tickets",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonders",
|
|
"nine day wonders",
|
|
"new waves",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first clone was considered a sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"miracles",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"appearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secretiveness":{
|
|
"the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his secretiveness about his past always made some people suspicious of what he might be hiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"secrecy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confidentiality",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"subterfuge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-concern":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she saw in him the kind of self-concern that she thought was unattractive in a partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sell short":{
|
|
"to place too low a value on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasize",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seducing":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"decoying",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing in",
|
|
"inveigling",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"driving (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seditions":{
|
|
"the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misprisions",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons",
|
|
"insurgences",
|
|
"insurgencies",
|
|
"insurrections",
|
|
"mutinies",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"risings",
|
|
"uprisings",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
|
|
"coups d'etat",
|
|
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
|
|
"coup d'etats",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"subversions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexual assault":{
|
|
"the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"convicted of sexual assault of a minor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"rape",
|
|
"ravishment",
|
|
"violation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"defilement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-worth":{
|
|
"a feeling that you are a good person who deserves to be treated with respect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He had a healthy sense of self-worth despite the ridicule he received as a child."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"prestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sufficiencies":{
|
|
"the ability to care for one's self":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-dependence",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"self-subsistence",
|
|
"self-support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"resilience",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"reliance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexless":{
|
|
"as in asexual , neuter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asexual",
|
|
"epicene",
|
|
"neuter",
|
|
"androgynous",
|
|
"genderless",
|
|
"unisex",
|
|
"unisexual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gendered",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"masculine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-despair":{
|
|
"as in self-pity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semaphore":{
|
|
"as in waft , signaler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"signaler",
|
|
"signaller",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"black flag",
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"white flag",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pennant",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secondary school":{
|
|
"as in high school , public school":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"seminary",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"madrassa",
|
|
"madrasa",
|
|
"madrassah",
|
|
"madrasah",
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-accusation":{
|
|
"as in self-revelation , self-betrayal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-betrayal",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"self-confession",
|
|
"self-incrimination",
|
|
"self-recrimination",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"nonadmission",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-confidently":{
|
|
"as in overconfidently , stoutheartedly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seer":{
|
|
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"diviner",
|
|
"forecaster",
|
|
"foreseer",
|
|
"foreteller",
|
|
"fortune-teller",
|
|
"futurist",
|
|
"prognosticator",
|
|
"prophesier",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"soothsayer",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prophetess",
|
|
"sibyl",
|
|
"wisewoman",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"oracle",
|
|
"astrologer",
|
|
"crystal gazer",
|
|
"palmist",
|
|
"rhabdomancer",
|
|
"Cassandra",
|
|
"doomsayer",
|
|
"doomsdayer",
|
|
"Jeremiah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seminary":{
|
|
"a place or establishment for teaching and learning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seminary exclusively for women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"high school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"madrassa",
|
|
"madrasa",
|
|
"madrassah",
|
|
"madrasah",
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding ground",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hothouse",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"nidus",
|
|
"nursery",
|
|
"seedbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seducers":{
|
|
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"solicitors",
|
|
"tempters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"tantalizers",
|
|
"bribers",
|
|
"inducers",
|
|
"inveiglers",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"corrupters",
|
|
"corruptors",
|
|
"debasers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"degraders",
|
|
"depravers",
|
|
"perverters",
|
|
"undoers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seconds":{
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll be ready in a second"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slightly flawed linens were sold as seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castaways",
|
|
"throwaways",
|
|
"hand-me-downs",
|
|
"white elephants",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in helps , assists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-conscious":{
|
|
"concerned with the way one is perceived by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He used to feel self-conscious about his belly."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-partiality":{
|
|
"as in pride , ego":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in self-opinionatedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"cronyism",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"tendentiousness",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment",
|
|
"prepossession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"unbiasedness",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassion",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"scunner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea-maidens":{
|
|
"as in sirens , mermaids":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs",
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"naiads",
|
|
"naiades",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepias":{
|
|
"as in daguerreotypes , monochromes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daguerreotypes",
|
|
"ferrotypes",
|
|
"monochromes",
|
|
"tintypes",
|
|
"photographs",
|
|
"photos",
|
|
"pics",
|
|
"pix",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"snapshots",
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"close-ups",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"telephotos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets one's teeth on edge":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"settles (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts",
|
|
"resolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"adjudicates",
|
|
"arbitrates",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"rules (on)",
|
|
"umpires",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedimenting":{
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"resettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-acting":{
|
|
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-acting machines that were ushered in with the industrial revolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automated",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"laborsaving",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"self-operating",
|
|
"self-regulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"motorized",
|
|
"nonmanual",
|
|
"computerized",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"time-saving",
|
|
"semiautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonautomated",
|
|
"nonautomatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiautomatics":{
|
|
"as in self-loaders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-loaders",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"breechloaders",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"flintlocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"matchlocks",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"spearguns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segregationists":{
|
|
"a person who supports racial segregation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"segregationists versus integrationists",
|
|
"a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigots",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"racialists",
|
|
"racists",
|
|
"supremacists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiracists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serendipity":{
|
|
"the unexpected occurrence of or faculty for finding valuable or agreeable things that are not sought":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They found each other by pure serendipity ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"fortunateness",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"luckiness",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"coincidence",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonachievement",
|
|
"nonsuccess",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"unluckiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepulture":{
|
|
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opened the sepulture and examined the mummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacomb",
|
|
"charnel",
|
|
"charnel house",
|
|
"columbarium",
|
|
"crypt",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"cemetery",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"graveyard",
|
|
"potter's field",
|
|
"barrow",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"tumulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"entombment",
|
|
"inhumation",
|
|
"interment",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"obsequy",
|
|
"obsequies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embalmment",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"inurnment",
|
|
"reburial",
|
|
"reinterment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cremation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterment",
|
|
"exhumation",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seamstress":{
|
|
"a woman who sews clothes, curtains, etc., as a job":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needlewoman",
|
|
"seamster",
|
|
"sewer",
|
|
"stitcher",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"embroiderer",
|
|
"needleworker",
|
|
"knitter",
|
|
"weaver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea devil":{
|
|
"any of several extremely large rays":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sea devil glided along the ocean floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilfish",
|
|
"manta",
|
|
"manta ray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"skate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea serpent":{
|
|
"as in diamondback rattlesnake , garter snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second childhood":{
|
|
"the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whenever she makes a mistake, Grandmother just reminds everyone she's in her second childhood and children shouldn't be held accountable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"dotage",
|
|
"senility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"geezerhood",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"senescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea dogs":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale of a grizzled old sea dog who sets out for one last voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jack-tars",
|
|
"mariners",
|
|
"navigators",
|
|
"sailors",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"seafarers",
|
|
"seamen",
|
|
"shipmen",
|
|
"swabbies",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"tars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"deckhands",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"able-bodied seamen",
|
|
"able seamen",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"powerboaters",
|
|
"sailboaters",
|
|
"lime-juicers",
|
|
"limeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-abandonment":{
|
|
"as in uninhibitedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in selflessness , unselfishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiliquid":{
|
|
"as in semifluid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semifluid",
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"turbid",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"syrupy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"viscid",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"jellylike",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"runny",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"watered-down",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in semisolid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semisolid",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"circumfluent",
|
|
"circumfluous",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"nonliquid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-centered":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of self-centered residents with no interest or involvement in their community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen eye to eye":{
|
|
"to have or come to the same opinion or point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two did not see eye to eye on on certain political issues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"concurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"gone (by)",
|
|
"subscribed",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"gotten along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"gotten on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"dissented",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"fallen out",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"disagreed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedating":{
|
|
"as in stupefying , narcotizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"narcotizing",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-censorship":{
|
|
"as in self-discipline , self-denial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"segmenting":{
|
|
"as in dissecting , subdividing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcating",
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"dichotomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"fractionalizing",
|
|
"fractionating",
|
|
"halving",
|
|
"partitioning",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"subdividing",
|
|
"trisecting",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"welding",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting by":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"dedicating",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"giving up (to)",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedates":{
|
|
"as in stupefies , narcotizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"narcotizes",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"becalms",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexuality":{
|
|
"the sexual habits and desires of a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is comfortable with her sexuality .",
|
|
"a study of male sexuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"coition",
|
|
"coitus",
|
|
"commerce",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"copulating",
|
|
"copulation",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"intercourse",
|
|
"lovemaking",
|
|
"mating",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"sex",
|
|
"sex act",
|
|
"sexual intercourse",
|
|
"sexual relations",
|
|
"fornication",
|
|
"safe sex",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"insemination",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"whoopee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedition":{
|
|
"the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"insurgence",
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
|
|
"coup d'etat",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"subversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting about":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"embarking (on or upon)",
|
|
"entering (into or upon)",
|
|
"falling (to)",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"leading off",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"getting around (to)",
|
|
"getting down (to)",
|
|
"getting round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"phasing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secularized":{
|
|
"as in dissuaded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissuaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"proselyted",
|
|
"proselytized",
|
|
"missionized",
|
|
"brainwashed",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-knowledge":{
|
|
"as in self-revelation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination",
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second fiddles":{
|
|
"as in deputies , assistants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sidekicks",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"menials",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"seniors",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sent for":{
|
|
"to demand or request the presence or service of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The parents sent for a doctor to treat the sick child."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"summoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"subpoenaed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"called out",
|
|
"called up",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"convoked",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"paged",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"whistled"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serenades":{
|
|
"a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wooed his lady with a serenade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"solos",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals",
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sings , chants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"quavers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"warbles",
|
|
"yodels",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-adulatory":{
|
|
"as in self-congratulatory , self-contented":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servant":{
|
|
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"servitor",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gofer",
|
|
"gopher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensibly":{
|
|
"as in wisely , prudently":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discreetly",
|
|
"judiciously",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"wisely",
|
|
"excusably",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"justifiably",
|
|
"validly",
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"snootily",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"unfairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"interiority",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or consisting of a single color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self -red rose of a shade that hasn't been seen before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sententia":{
|
|
"an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a handbook of sententiae and advice for those about to enter the state of matrimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adage",
|
|
"aphorism",
|
|
"apothegm",
|
|
"byword",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"maxim",
|
|
"proverb",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bromide",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"platitude",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"motto",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepulchre":{
|
|
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacomb",
|
|
"charnel",
|
|
"charnel house",
|
|
"columbarium",
|
|
"crypt",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"cemetery",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"graveyard",
|
|
"potter's field",
|
|
"barrow",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"tumulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"overseen",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"patrolled",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"babysat",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"shepherded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepulchres":{
|
|
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burials",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"charnels",
|
|
"charnel houses",
|
|
"columbaria",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"cemeteries",
|
|
"churchyards",
|
|
"graveyards",
|
|
"potter's fields",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"tumuli"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"selfhood":{
|
|
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self-identity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"singleness",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-reflection":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after some self-reflection I realized that I hadn't been honest with my partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-content":{
|
|
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semblances":{
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to project some semblance of confidence even though public speaking terrified her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"dissimulations",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pretexts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candors",
|
|
"sincerities",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
|
|
"naivetes",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a used-car dealer with only a semblance of honesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"outwards",
|
|
"seemings",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"several":{
|
|
"more than two but not very many":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It took several weeks for the package to arrive.",
|
|
"He arrived several hours ago."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"some",
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multifold",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"few"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not the same, shared, or matching":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After college, we each went our several ways."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"variant",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"disproportionate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unequal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"homological",
|
|
"homologous",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"similar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senhorita":{
|
|
"as in senorita , mademoiselle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleen",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"senorita",
|
|
"se\u00f1orita",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"chit",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"sheila",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"deb",
|
|
"debutante",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"demoiselle",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-promoting":{
|
|
"as in self-aggrandizing , self-dramatizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"la-di-da",
|
|
"la-de-da",
|
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second fiddle":{
|
|
"as in deputy , assistant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjutant",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"aide",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"sidekick",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-slaughter":{
|
|
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the cult decided to hasten the end of their time in this world\u2014and the start of their life in the next\u2014with an orgy of self-slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hara-kiri",
|
|
"hari-kari",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"mercy killing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"send-offs":{
|
|
"as in leave-takings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"adieus",
|
|
"adieux",
|
|
"au revoirs",
|
|
"aves",
|
|
"bon voyages",
|
|
"cong\u00e9s",
|
|
"congees",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"Godspeeds",
|
|
"good-byes",
|
|
"good-bys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hellos",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senates":{
|
|
"as in houses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"meetinghouses",
|
|
"capitols",
|
|
"statehouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentences":{
|
|
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he received a light sentence because it was his first offense and he was an otherwise upstanding citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"findings",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"rulings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inquests",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"arbitraments",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"dicta",
|
|
"dictums",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"punishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"dooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"punishes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"reprieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semiformal":{
|
|
"appropriate for wearing to an event of moderate formality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She wore a semiformal gown to the wedding."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"costumey",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"black-tie",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"white-tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"sportif",
|
|
"sporty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sex workers":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group that serves as an advocate for the health and welfare of sex workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawds",
|
|
"call girls",
|
|
"cocottes",
|
|
"courtesans",
|
|
"drabs",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"streetwalkers",
|
|
"tarts",
|
|
"whores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"chippies",
|
|
"doxies",
|
|
"floozies",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"hussies",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"minxes",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"tempters",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"wenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seizing":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"grokking",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"running in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"rearresting",
|
|
"remanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unchaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"expropriating",
|
|
"pirating",
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"repossessing",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"peculating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seclude":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-indulgence":{
|
|
"as in self-importance , pride":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gluttony , intemperance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism",
|
|
"voluptuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in indulgence , overindulgence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"conspicuous consumption",
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extravagancy",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-subsisting":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"proud that their nonprofit theater was self-subsisting and didn't rely on government funding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustained",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-admiration":{
|
|
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his overweening self-admiration blinded him to constructive criticism of any kind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour propre",
|
|
"bighead",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-congratulation",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-glory",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"swellheadedness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"disdainfulness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"self-disgust",
|
|
"self-hate",
|
|
"self-loathing",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequential":{
|
|
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explained that if the two required algebra semesters weren't sequential , the students would likely forget the material"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back-to-back",
|
|
"consecutive",
|
|
"sequent",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"successional",
|
|
"successive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsecutive",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"nonconsecutive",
|
|
"nonsequential"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seep":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water seeping through the basement walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senators":{
|
|
"a member of a senate or the U.S. Senate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Republican senators",
|
|
"a former senator",
|
|
"Senator Inouye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblymen",
|
|
"assemblywomen",
|
|
"lawgivers",
|
|
"lawmakers",
|
|
"legislators",
|
|
"solons",
|
|
"congressmen",
|
|
"congresswomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeping":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water seeping through the basement walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"transuding",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"giving off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequences":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"blowbacks",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of things linked together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sequence of events that no one predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catenae",
|
|
"catenas",
|
|
"catenations",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"concatenations",
|
|
"consecutions",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chain reactions",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"vicious circles",
|
|
"vicious cycles",
|
|
"continua",
|
|
"continuums",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"gauntlets",
|
|
"gantlets",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"successions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposals",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"priorities",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"alignments",
|
|
"alinements",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"structures",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"disruptions",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disconnections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in prioritizes , hierarchizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hierarchizes",
|
|
"prioritizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"sets out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"musses (up)",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-righteousness":{
|
|
"as in pretense , pretension":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fraudulentness",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"piousness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"glibness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"unctuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"sincereness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"unaffectedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"send (out)":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strangely, the air conditioner is sending out warm air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secern":{
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those philistines who seemingly cannot secern artistic depiction of the nude from blatant pornography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"differentiate",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"discriminate",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradistinguish",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"mark (off)",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"lump (together)",
|
|
"mingle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"mix (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sex symbols":{
|
|
"as in sexpots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sexpots",
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"seductresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serious-mindedness":{
|
|
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she approached the task with her usual serious-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"staidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"humorlessness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seduced":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"decoyed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drew in",
|
|
"inveigled",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"magnetized",
|
|
"wiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"drove (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting on":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without warning, bandits would set on unwary merchants as they traveled along the Silk Road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"bushwhacking",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"going in (on)",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"siccing",
|
|
"sicking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"turning (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushing",
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"cannoning",
|
|
"banging away (at)",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"flanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"series":{
|
|
"a set of things or events arranged in order or considered together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The museum is having a series of events for children this summer."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-abandoned":{
|
|
"as in unbridled , unrestrained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"uncommitted",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"freewheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"pledged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settle (down)":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle down and get to work, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"zone out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets":{
|
|
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hen set for days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"incubates",
|
|
"sits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"spawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pins (down)",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"orchestrates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"guesstimates",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"valuates",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"reappraises",
|
|
"reassesses",
|
|
"reevaluates",
|
|
"rejudges",
|
|
"revalues",
|
|
"transvaluates",
|
|
"transvalues",
|
|
"misesteems",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"undervalues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come over and set for a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"straddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"rechannels",
|
|
"shunts",
|
|
"sidetracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees (on)",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"programmes",
|
|
"schematizes",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"squares away",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"opts",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"differs (over)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"tears (out)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gelates",
|
|
"gelatinizes",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"solidifies",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"thickens",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"curds",
|
|
"gums",
|
|
"lumps (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"thaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set a book on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rearranges",
|
|
"reorders",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"wedges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become physically firm or solid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"solidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"calluses",
|
|
"encrusts",
|
|
"incrusts",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"gelates",
|
|
"gelatinizes",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"thickens",
|
|
"calcifies",
|
|
"crystallizes",
|
|
"crystalizes",
|
|
"ossifies",
|
|
"petrifies",
|
|
"rigidifies",
|
|
"anneals",
|
|
"case-hardens",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"thaws",
|
|
"unfreezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"softens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"movements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a set of tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifications",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"genera",
|
|
"genuses",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"subclasses",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"subgroups",
|
|
"subspecieses",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"headings",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built sets for the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decors",
|
|
"d\u00e9cors",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrops",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"backgrounds",
|
|
"set pieces",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"props"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sears":{
|
|
"to burn on the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lightly sear the steaks, but don't cook them all the way through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chars",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"singes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidifies",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"mummifies",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"wizens",
|
|
"air-dries",
|
|
"bakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in burns , scars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilations",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"lesions",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"concussions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secretaries":{
|
|
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"file your intent to run for office with the city secretary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"registrars",
|
|
"scribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archivists",
|
|
"bookkeepers",
|
|
"recorders",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"transcriptionists",
|
|
"annalists",
|
|
"chroniclers",
|
|
"documenters",
|
|
"historians"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-respect":{
|
|
"a reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting a job and moving out of his parents' house did a lot to increase his self-respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-pride",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"self-worth",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"prestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-pleasing":{
|
|
"as in sensual , voluptuous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic",
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstentious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedulous":{
|
|
"involved in often constant activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impressively sedulous suitor, he was constantly sending her flowers and other tokens of his affection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"tied-up",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senior citizen":{
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"whitebeard",
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"dotard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"searching (for)":{
|
|
"as in seeking , hunting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"bird-dogging",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"heading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in seeing , finding out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"majoring (in)",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"memorizing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"picking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearning",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sewerages":{
|
|
"as in sewage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"coprolites",
|
|
"night soils",
|
|
"stools",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doos",
|
|
"droppings",
|
|
"dungs",
|
|
"excrements",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordures",
|
|
"poops",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"dunghills",
|
|
"guanos",
|
|
"manures",
|
|
"middens",
|
|
"muck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secondary colors":{
|
|
"as in primary colors , tertiary colors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primary colors",
|
|
"tertiary colors",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"undertones",
|
|
"chromas",
|
|
"chromaticities",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"saturations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"hues",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"colorations",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colorways",
|
|
"pigmentations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semifinished":{
|
|
"as in unfinished , unpolished":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unprocessed",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"untreated",
|
|
"undeveloped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"processed",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"treated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexiness":{
|
|
"as in desirability , lusciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"nubility",
|
|
"pulchritude",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"sex appeal",
|
|
"shapeliness",
|
|
"aesthetics",
|
|
"esthetics",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"beauteousness",
|
|
"beautifulness",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"comeliness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"loveliness",
|
|
"prettiness",
|
|
"sightliness",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"sublimity",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"glossiness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"splashiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"horribleness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"terribleness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"homeliness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"ugliness",
|
|
"unattractiveness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unloveliness",
|
|
"unsightliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serviceman":{
|
|
"a person engaged in military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogface",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"legionary",
|
|
"legionnaire",
|
|
"man-at-arms",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"soldier",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"warrior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"noncombatant",
|
|
"lifer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"enrollee",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"reservist",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"knight",
|
|
"digger",
|
|
"gallowglass",
|
|
"gendarme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seated":{
|
|
"to cause to sit down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the usher seated them in the third row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sat",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"reposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swore in",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"mustered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-assurance":{
|
|
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of her self-assurance she could bring herself to quit her dead-end job and start her own company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setout":{
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"limn",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vignette",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"redescribe",
|
|
"reimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"formation",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servitudes":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servilities",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"thralldoms",
|
|
"thraldoms",
|
|
"thralls",
|
|
"yokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonages",
|
|
"serfdoms",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets about":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-murder":{
|
|
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how to deter terrorists who are willing to commit self-murder as well as the mass murder of innocent people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hara-kiri",
|
|
"hari-kari",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"mercy killing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semimonthlies":{
|
|
"as in biweeklies , bimonthlies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semiweeklies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"yearbooks",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"pictorials",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"newsweeklies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sellouts":{
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"disloyalties",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"talebearings",
|
|
"trickeries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependabilities",
|
|
"reliabilities",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiances",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"fealties",
|
|
"fidelities",
|
|
"loyalties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setting (against)":{
|
|
"as in alienating , estranging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"empoisoning",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-immolation":{
|
|
"as in self-annihilation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea snake":{
|
|
"as in rat snake , pine snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senior citizens":{
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"geriatrics",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"whitebeards",
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"dowagers",
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"dotards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexpots":{
|
|
"as in sex symbols":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sex symbols",
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"seductresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sent up":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sitcom sends up the \"trials and tribulations\" of the rich and famous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secularism":{
|
|
"as in atheism , unbelief":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion",
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secularizing":{
|
|
"as in dissuading":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"proselyting",
|
|
"proselytizing",
|
|
"missionizing",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequestered":{
|
|
"as in secluded , isolated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlying",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"reintegrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police found and sequestered several illegal weapons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"expropriated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garnisheed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentimentalism":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novel's sentimentalism bored me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathos",
|
|
"gooeyness",
|
|
"lovey-doveyness",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"mushiness",
|
|
"saccharinity",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"soppiness",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"corniness",
|
|
"hokeyness",
|
|
"hokiness",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"senile dementia":{
|
|
"as in dementedness , paranoia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"hallucinosis",
|
|
"hypomania",
|
|
"paranoia",
|
|
"schizophrenia",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"dementedness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"monomania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"neurosis",
|
|
"psychosis",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sentries":{
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentry posted to watch for intruders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"minders",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchers",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"spotters",
|
|
"surveillants",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"honor guards",
|
|
"gatekeepers",
|
|
"hacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-destructions":{
|
|
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hara-kiris",
|
|
"hari-karis",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"rubouts",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"euthanasias",
|
|
"mercy killings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seductiveness":{
|
|
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she exuded a seductiveness that was irresistible to everyone she met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"animal magnetism",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"charisma",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"duende",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"force field",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magnetism",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"witchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"darlingness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasingness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sex appeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-deprecating":{
|
|
"meant to make yourself or the things you do seem unimportant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He spoke in a self-deprecating tone.",
|
|
"self-deprecating humor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"self-deprecatory",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sepulchers":{
|
|
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burials",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"charnels",
|
|
"charnel houses",
|
|
"columbaria",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"cemeteries",
|
|
"churchyards",
|
|
"graveyards",
|
|
"potter's fields",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"tumuli"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-distrustful":{
|
|
"as in insecure , self-doubting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sends packing":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After he missed work three times in one week they sent the new guy packing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"chucks (out)",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"signs (up or on)",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The exterminator showed up and sent the termites packing ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"turfs (out)",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"reads out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"defenestrates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seigniors":{
|
|
"as in seigneurs , nawabs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"hidalgos",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"seigneurs",
|
|
"sheikhs",
|
|
"sheiks",
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
|
"chevaliers",
|
|
"knights",
|
|
"baronets",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"dukes",
|
|
"earls",
|
|
"esquires",
|
|
"marchesi",
|
|
"margraves",
|
|
"marquesses",
|
|
"marquises",
|
|
"marquis",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"princelets",
|
|
"princelings",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"rajas",
|
|
"viscounts",
|
|
"country gentlemen",
|
|
"squires",
|
|
"lordships",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"grandees",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"milords",
|
|
"noblemen",
|
|
"peers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"cottars",
|
|
"cotters",
|
|
"fellahin",
|
|
"fellaheen",
|
|
"peasants",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"toilers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settling (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"umpiring",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sententiously":{
|
|
"as in aphoristically":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristically",
|
|
"briefly",
|
|
"compactly",
|
|
"concisely",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"elliptically",
|
|
"laconically",
|
|
"pithily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"succinctly",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"tersely",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"monosyllabically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffusely",
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"redundantly",
|
|
"repetitiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-controlled":{
|
|
"as in disciplined , self-disciplined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serial":{
|
|
"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Uncle Tom's Cabin\" first appeared as a serial novel from 1851 to 1852"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"serialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sequential",
|
|
"successive",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university library has a vast collection of serials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"severeness":{
|
|
"as in severity , shrillness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"raucousness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"shrillness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"acerbity",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"poignance",
|
|
"poignancy",
|
|
"pungency",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"pointedness",
|
|
"thorniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seamster":{
|
|
"a person who sews":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a talented seamster who dreams of launching his own clothing line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sewer",
|
|
"stitcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needlewoman",
|
|
"seamstress",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"embroiderer",
|
|
"needleworker",
|
|
"knitter",
|
|
"weaver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serfdom":{
|
|
"as in peonage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"thralldom",
|
|
"thraldom",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seas":{
|
|
"as in wave , swell":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"tidal wave",
|
|
"tsunami",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"wavelet",
|
|
"ground swell",
|
|
"roller",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"breaker",
|
|
"whitecap",
|
|
"comber",
|
|
"curl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sever":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeming":{
|
|
"appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seeming contradiction that disappeared upon closer analysis of the text"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"ostensible",
|
|
"ostensive",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"prima facie",
|
|
"putative",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"illusive",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"so-called"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"inapparent",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her altruism is all seeming \u2014she cares only about herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming across (as)",
|
|
"coming off (as)",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"secreting":{
|
|
"to put into a hiding place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"hiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"squirreling (away)",
|
|
"squirrelling (away)",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"interring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"unwrapping",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"set (against)":{
|
|
"as in alienate , estrange":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"empoison",
|
|
"envenom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seiners":{
|
|
"as in trawlers , whaleboats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankers",
|
|
"cobles",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"gillnetters",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"scallopers",
|
|
"shrimpers",
|
|
"trawlers",
|
|
"whaleboats",
|
|
"whalers",
|
|
"workboats",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"cockleshells",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"airboats",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicles",
|
|
"hovercrafts",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"hydroplanes",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"assault boats",
|
|
"PT boats",
|
|
"torpedo boats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-scrutiny":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not one for self-scrutiny , the president was known for never looking back or second-guessing himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sections":{
|
|
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several abandoned warehouses in the city's industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists' lofts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"districts",
|
|
"nabes",
|
|
"neighborhoods",
|
|
"quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"zones",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"backyards",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"barrios",
|
|
"enclaves",
|
|
"ghettos",
|
|
"ghettoes",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"'hoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"members",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"moieties",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"scraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in separates , parts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"crumps",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"conjugates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"interfuses",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"links (up)",
|
|
"marries",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"splices",
|
|
"recombines",
|
|
"reconnects",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"reunifies",
|
|
"reunites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second thoughts":{
|
|
"a feeling of guilt, doubt, worry, etc., that you have after you have decided to do something or after something has happened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After she agreed to lend him the money, she had second thoughts .",
|
|
"She was having second thoughts about getting married."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9es",
|
|
"misgivings",
|
|
"fence-sittings",
|
|
"hesitances",
|
|
"hesitancies",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"irresolutions",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"vacillations",
|
|
"wobblings",
|
|
"wabblings",
|
|
"reconsiderations",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"procrastinations",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"incertitudes",
|
|
"indeterminations",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"uncertainties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"certitudes",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"alacrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serums":{
|
|
"as in antibiotics , antiseptics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seducer":{
|
|
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"solicitor",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"corrupter",
|
|
"corruptor",
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"second bananas":{
|
|
"as in comedians , top bananas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"funnymen",
|
|
"gaggers",
|
|
"gagmen",
|
|
"gagsters",
|
|
"humorists",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"merry-andrews",
|
|
"stand-ups",
|
|
"top bananas",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"graciosos",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"scaramouches",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"buffi",
|
|
"buffos",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-consciousness":{
|
|
"as in self-awareness , self-analysis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-analysis",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-recognition",
|
|
"introspection",
|
|
"self-contemplation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-observation",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"self-searching",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-involvement",
|
|
"self-actualization",
|
|
"self-discovery",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-fulfillment",
|
|
"self-realization",
|
|
"self-knowledge",
|
|
"self-revelation",
|
|
"self-concept",
|
|
"self-image",
|
|
"self-perception",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sending for":{
|
|
"to demand or request the presence or service of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The parents sent for a doctor to treat the sick child."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"summoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"subpoenaing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"calling out",
|
|
"calling up",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"convoking",
|
|
"mustering",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"paging",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-imposed":{
|
|
"done, made, or given with one's own free will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the candidates all follow self-imposed campaign-spending limits, government oversight is unnecessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"uncoerced",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"volitional",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"volunteer",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"nonvoluntary",
|
|
"unwilled",
|
|
"will-less"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serpents":{
|
|
"a limbless reptile with a long body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an Aztec carving of a feathered serpent representing the god Quetzalcoatl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serpent in their midst had betrayed the revolutionaries to the authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"backstabbers",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"Judases",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodationists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"subverters",
|
|
"coconspirators",
|
|
"co-conspirators",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"intriguers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deserters",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"rumormongers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas":{
|
|
"as in girls , lasses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"senoras",
|
|
"se\u00f1oras",
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"gentlewomen",
|
|
"females",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semi-independent":{
|
|
"as in independent , autonomous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"semiautonomous",
|
|
"nonsocial",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"altricial",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustaining",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"associational",
|
|
"consociational",
|
|
"subsocial",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"parasitic",
|
|
"parasitical",
|
|
"precocial",
|
|
"symbiotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"setbacks":{
|
|
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retrogressions",
|
|
"reversions",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"status quos"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semipopular":{
|
|
"as in big , du jour":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"crowd-pleasing",
|
|
"du jour",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"faddy",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"popularized",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"vogue",
|
|
"voguish",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"washed-up",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"indistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"inconspicuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-composedly":{
|
|
"as in composedly , unconcernedly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semifinalists":{
|
|
"as in finalists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finalists",
|
|
"archrivals",
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"challengers",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"corrivals",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-seeking":{
|
|
"having a strong desire for personal advancement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-seeking schemer who claimed others' ideas and achievements as his own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"hard-driving",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-flying",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"competitive",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"rivalrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"unambitious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-seeking woman who could be counted on to sidetrack all conversation into a discussion of her problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensationalized":{
|
|
"to describe or show something in a way that makes it seem more shocking than it really is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Journalists should report the news accurately without trying to sensationalize it."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melodramatized",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets store by":{
|
|
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"vilifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"infers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold dear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"apprizes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"memorializes",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"sniffs (at)",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disvalues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sea-maiden":{
|
|
"as in siren , mermaid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaid",
|
|
"Nereid",
|
|
"Oceanid",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"water nymph",
|
|
"dryad",
|
|
"hamadryad",
|
|
"naiad",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"oread",
|
|
"wood nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesawed":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"wagged",
|
|
"waggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"jounced",
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"wagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensitives":{
|
|
"as in mediums , psychics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"channelers",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"psychics",
|
|
"spiritists",
|
|
"spiritualists",
|
|
"clairvoyants",
|
|
"mentalists",
|
|
"mind readers",
|
|
"telepaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seamy":{
|
|
"as in sordid , unsavory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"unrespectable",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"inglorious",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"guiltless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"separatist":{
|
|
"as in sectarian , schismatic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"schismatical",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defecting",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"free-spirited",
|
|
"freethinking",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heretical",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"heterodox",
|
|
"iconoclastic",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in secessionist , separationist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"secessionist",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"young Turk",
|
|
"anarch",
|
|
"anarchist",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"rebel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-involvements":{
|
|
"excessive interest in oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their self-involvement , they never noticed that one of their coworkers was on the verge of an emotional breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentricity",
|
|
"egocentrism",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egomania",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"narcissism",
|
|
"navel-gazing",
|
|
"self-absorption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-concern",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"self-preoccupation",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"selfness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"self-love",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"self-sufficiency",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"self-sacrifice",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"self-flagellation",
|
|
"self-annihilation",
|
|
"self-immolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"self-forgetfulness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settlements":{
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually reached a peace settlement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"binders",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sedimented":{
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"resettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-deprecatory":{
|
|
"as in self-deprecating , self-effacing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"self-deprecating",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexists":{
|
|
"as in bigots , misogynists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anti-feminists",
|
|
"bigots",
|
|
"chauvinists",
|
|
"misandrists",
|
|
"misogynists",
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"misanthropes",
|
|
"naysayers",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"doubters",
|
|
"negativists",
|
|
"skeptics",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"defeatists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egalitarians",
|
|
"feminists",
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"positivists",
|
|
"idealists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sell":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presell",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"remarket",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic (in)",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semaphores":{
|
|
"as in wafts , signalers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"signalers",
|
|
"signallers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"black flags",
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias",
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pendants",
|
|
"pendents",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"pennons",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sellable":{
|
|
"fit to be offered for sale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abandoned house is not sellable in its current condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marketable",
|
|
"merchantable",
|
|
"salable",
|
|
"saleable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsalable",
|
|
"unmarketable",
|
|
"unsalable",
|
|
"unsellable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-pride":{
|
|
"as in confidence , self-assuredness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"self-worth",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-regard",
|
|
"self-respect",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"prestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seaside":{
|
|
"as in beachside , waterside":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beachside",
|
|
"waterside",
|
|
"alongshore",
|
|
"coastal",
|
|
"inshore",
|
|
"littoral",
|
|
"nearshore",
|
|
"offshore",
|
|
"shoreside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blue-water",
|
|
"deepwater",
|
|
"oceanic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in seashore , seaboard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seaboard",
|
|
"seacoast",
|
|
"seashore",
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"beachfront",
|
|
"sand(s)",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"coastland",
|
|
"coastline",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"shoreline",
|
|
"oceanfront",
|
|
"shorefront",
|
|
"waterfront",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"riverbank",
|
|
"riverfront",
|
|
"riverside",
|
|
"esplanade",
|
|
"littoral",
|
|
"lido",
|
|
"plage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-sustained":{
|
|
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each new colony was expected to develop a self-sustained economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-dependent",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-subsisting",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supported",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"self-determining",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"reliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"servitude":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"thralldom",
|
|
"thraldom",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"serfdom",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sensualists":{
|
|
"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sumptuous resort that will satisfy even the most demanding sensualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"hedonists",
|
|
"sybarites",
|
|
"voluptuaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Cyrenaics",
|
|
"Epicureans",
|
|
"bons vivants",
|
|
"bon vivants",
|
|
"epicures",
|
|
"gluttons",
|
|
"gourmands",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rou\u00e9s",
|
|
"playgirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"wet blankets",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"prudes",
|
|
"straight arrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetics"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sets (against)":{
|
|
"as in alienates , estranges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"disaffects",
|
|
"disgruntles",
|
|
"estranges",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"embitters",
|
|
"empoisons",
|
|
"envenoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-poised":{
|
|
"as in disciplined , self-collected":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-trust":{
|
|
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had the self-trust to quit his secure job and start his own business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"semifinals":{
|
|
"as in finals , play-offs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finals",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"play-offs",
|
|
"championships",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"gymkhanas",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"scrimmages",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"tugs-of-war",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"biathlons",
|
|
"decathlons",
|
|
"heptathlons",
|
|
"pentathlons",
|
|
"triathlons",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"marathons",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"ultramarathons",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matchups",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournaments",
|
|
"tourneys",
|
|
"heats",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"volleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"settled":{
|
|
"firmly established over time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a remote village with a settled distrust of outsiders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred-in-the-bone",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"rooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"irradicable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"chronic",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lifelong",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled rules that cannot be disregarded when it is convenient to do so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"inexpugnable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjustable",
|
|
"noncancelable",
|
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"open-ended",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
|
|
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"sedimented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"resettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with inhabitants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonized",
|
|
"peopled",
|
|
"populated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inhabited",
|
|
"moved (to)",
|
|
"relocated (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depopulated",
|
|
"unpeopled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"adjudicated",
|
|
"arbitrated",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"refereed",
|
|
"ruled (on)",
|
|
"umpired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deemed",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"sized up",
|
|
"mediated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"found (for or against)",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"redetermined",
|
|
"rejudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed (on)",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"blueprinted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"programmed",
|
|
"programed",
|
|
"schematized",
|
|
"schemed",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"squared away",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"opted",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"negotiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"differed (over)",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighted",
|
|
"alit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"perched",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"touched down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landed",
|
|
"crash-landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"winged",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"perched",
|
|
"roosted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deployed",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"parked",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"positioned",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stationed",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"bivouacked",
|
|
"camped",
|
|
"camped (out)",
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"curled up",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hot meal settled the children down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalmed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"lullabied",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"narcotized",
|
|
"sedated",
|
|
"stupefied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"re-collected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settle a debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anted (up)",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"shushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequence":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of things linked together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sequence of events that no one predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catena",
|
|
"catenation",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"concatenation",
|
|
"consecution",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chain reaction",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"vicious circle",
|
|
"vicious cycle",
|
|
"continuum",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"gauntlet",
|
|
"gantlet",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"succession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"disposal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"priority",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disconnection",
|
|
"disjointedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in prioritize , hierarchize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hierarchize",
|
|
"prioritize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sequentially":{
|
|
"in succession without others coming in between":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"number the art prints in the limited edition sequentially so that collectors will know which one they have"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back-to-back",
|
|
"consecutively",
|
|
"hand running",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"seriatim",
|
|
"successionally",
|
|
"successively",
|
|
"together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serially",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"repeatedly",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuously",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"interruptedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |