7504 lines
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7504 lines
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{
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"academical":{
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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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"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"actual",
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"factual",
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"real"
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],
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"examples":[
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"your arguments are merely academic \u2014such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clinical",
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"practical",
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"concrete",
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"defined",
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"definite",
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"distinct",
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"attested",
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"authenticated",
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"confirmed",
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"demonstrated",
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"established",
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"proven",
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"substantiated",
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"tested",
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"time-tested",
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"validated",
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"verified",
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"empirical",
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"empiric",
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"nonspeculative",
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"nontheoretical",
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"observational"
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],
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"related":[
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"alleged",
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"assumed",
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"presumed",
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"presupposed",
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"proposed",
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"supposed",
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"unproved",
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"unproven",
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"untested",
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"debatable",
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"moot",
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"abstract",
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"conceptual",
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"intellectual",
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"metaphysical",
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"nonclinical",
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"nonpractical",
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"nonempirical"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conjectural",
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"hypothetical",
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"speculative",
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"suppositional",
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"theoretical",
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"theoretic"
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]
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},
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"of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonacademic",
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"noneducational",
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"unacademic",
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"unscholarly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"\"If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades,\" the dean told Valerie"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cocurricular",
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"extracurricular",
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"noncollegiate"
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],
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"related":[
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"bookish",
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"donnish",
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"geeky",
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"nerdish",
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"nerdy",
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"pedagogical",
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"pedagogic",
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"pedantic",
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"professorial",
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"tweedy",
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"curricular",
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"educative",
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"instructive",
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"collegiate",
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"graduate",
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"postgraduate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"educational",
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"intellectual",
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"scholarly",
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"scholastic"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"astute",
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"canny",
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"clear-sighted",
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"hardheaded",
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"hard-nosed",
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"knowing",
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"sharp",
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"sharp-witted",
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"shrewd",
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"tough-minded"
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],
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"related":[
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"cerebral",
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"eggheaded",
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"highbrow",
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"intellectual"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ivory-tower",
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"ivory-towered",
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"ivory-towerish"
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]
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}
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},
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"accede (to)":{
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"as in comply (with) , accept":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"acceded":{
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"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dissented"
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],
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"examples":[
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"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rebuffed",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"scorned",
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"spurned",
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"denied",
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"gainsaid"
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],
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"related":[
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"adopted",
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"embraced",
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"espoused",
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"abided",
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"abode",
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"bore (with)",
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"endured",
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"stood",
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"suffered",
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"tolerated",
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"stomached",
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"swallowed",
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"took",
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"bowed",
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"knuckled under",
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"relented",
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"submitted",
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"succumbed",
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"yielded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acquiesced",
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"agreed",
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"assented",
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"came round",
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"consented",
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"subscribed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"accelerates":{
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"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contracts",
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"decreases",
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"diminishes",
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"dwindles",
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"lessens",
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"recedes",
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"wanes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"jumps",
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"rockets",
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"skyrockets",
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"surges",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"redoubles",
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"blows up",
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"bulks",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"puffs (up)",
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"crescendoes",
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"crests",
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"peaks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accumulates",
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"appreciates",
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"balloons",
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"booms",
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"builds up",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"climbs",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"gains",
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"increases",
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"mounts",
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"multiplies",
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"mushrooms",
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"proliferates",
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"rises",
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"rolls up",
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"snowballs",
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"spreads",
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"swells",
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"waxes"
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]
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},
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"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brakes",
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"decelerates",
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"retards",
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"slows (down)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delays",
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"encumbers",
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"fetters",
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"hampers",
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"hinders",
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"hobbles",
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"holds back",
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"holds up",
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"impedes",
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"interferes (with)",
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"manacles",
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"reins (in)",
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"restrains",
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"shackles",
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"ties up",
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"trammels",
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"arrests",
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"checks",
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"stalls",
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"stays",
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"stills",
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"stops"
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],
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"related":[
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"drives",
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"goads",
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"prods",
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"propels",
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"pushes",
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"races",
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"spurs",
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"stirs",
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"urges",
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"aids",
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"dispatches",
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"eases",
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"encourages",
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"expedites",
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"facilitates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bundles",
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"fast-tracks",
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"hastens",
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"hurries",
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"quickens",
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"rushes",
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"speeds (up)",
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"whisks"
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]
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},
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"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abates",
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"decreases",
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"de-escalates",
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"diminishes",
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"downsizes",
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"dwindles",
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"lessens",
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"lowers",
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"minifies",
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"reduces",
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"subtracts (from)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abbreviates",
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"abridges",
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"curtails",
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"shortens",
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"cuts back",
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"retrenches"
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],
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"related":[
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"booms",
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"jumps",
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"skyrockets",
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"spikes",
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"bumps (up)",
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"ratchets (up)",
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"rachets (up)",
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"blows up",
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"dilates",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"draws out",
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"elongates",
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"fleshes (out)",
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"lengthens",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts",
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"stretches",
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"develops",
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"enhances",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"magnifies",
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"complements",
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"supplements",
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"beefs (up)",
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"reinforces",
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"reenforces",
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"strengthens",
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"maximizes",
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"accumulates",
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"amasses",
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"collects",
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"follows up",
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"parlays"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adds (to)",
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"aggrandizes",
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"amplifies",
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"augments",
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"boosts",
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"builds up",
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"compounds",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"extends",
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"hypes",
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"increases",
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"multiplies",
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"pumps up",
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"raises",
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"stokes",
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"supersizes",
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"swells",
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"ups"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"acceleration":{
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"an increasing in speed or rate of occurrence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years."
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],
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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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"accenting":{
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
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"antonyms":[
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"de-emphasizing",
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"playing down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"toning (down)",
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"underemphasizing",
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"understating",
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"belittling",
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"discounting",
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"disparaging",
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"minimizing"
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],
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"related":[
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"focusing",
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"focussing",
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"identifying",
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"pinpointing",
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"spotlighting",
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"advertising",
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"boosting",
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"plugging",
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"promoting",
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"publicizing",
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"overplaying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accentuating",
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"emphasizing",
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"featuring",
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"foregrounding",
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"highlighting",
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"illuminating",
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"playing up",
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"pointing (up)",
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"pressing",
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"punctuating",
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"stressing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"accentuate":{
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
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"antonyms":[
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"de-emphasize",
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"play down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"tone (down)",
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"underemphasize",
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"understate",
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"belittle",
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"discount",
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"disparage",
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"minimize"
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],
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"related":[
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"focus",
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"identify",
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"pinpoint",
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"spotlight",
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"advertise",
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"boost",
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"plug",
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"promote",
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"publicize",
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"overplay"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accent",
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"emphasize",
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"feature",
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"foreground",
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"highlight",
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"illuminate",
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"play up",
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"point (up)",
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"press",
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"punctuate",
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"stress"
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]
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},
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"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abate",
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"moderate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"lessen",
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"let up (on)",
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"reduce",
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"subdue",
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"tone (down)",
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"weaken",
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"dwindle",
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"recede",
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"subside",
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"taper (off)",
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"wane",
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"alleviate",
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"ease",
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"lighten"
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],
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"related":[
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"broaden",
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"enlarge",
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"expand",
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"extend",
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"lengthen",
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"accelerate",
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"hasten",
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"quicken",
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"emphasize",
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"point (up)",
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"sharpen",
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"stress",
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"augment",
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"enforce",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"restrengthen",
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"supplement",
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"maximize",
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"enliven",
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"jazz (up)",
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"aggravate",
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"exacerbate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amp (up)",
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"amplify",
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"beef (up)",
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"boost",
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"consolidate",
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"deepen",
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"enhance",
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"heighten",
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"intensify",
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"magnify",
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"redouble",
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"step up",
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"strengthen"
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]
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},
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"to make more apparent":{
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"antonyms":[
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"de-emphasize"
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],
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"examples":[
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"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"lessen",
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"minimize",
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"reduce",
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"subdue",
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"tone (down)",
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"understate",
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"weaken"
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],
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"related":[
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"amplify",
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"beef (up)",
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"boost",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"strengthen",
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"augment",
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"deepen",
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"enhance",
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"enlarge",
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"heighten",
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"magnify",
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"maximize",
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"supplement",
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"enliven",
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"jazz (up)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bring out",
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"emphasize",
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"italicize",
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"stress",
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"underline",
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"underscore"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"accentuated":{
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"as in aggravated , concentrated":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
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"antonyms":[
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"de-emphasized",
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"played down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"underemphasized",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"pinpointed",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"overplayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accented",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"foregrounded",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"punctuated",
|
|
"stressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"restrengthened",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more apparent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"jazzed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"italicized",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"underlined",
|
|
"underscored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acceptability":{
|
|
"the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the acceptability of a broken key or two on a secondhand piano might depend on which keys are broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"rareness",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"tolerability",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenteousness",
|
|
"plentifulness",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accepting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissenting (to)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"sweating out",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"having",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklisting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"dissenting (from)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"opposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"concurring (in)",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"liking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"subscribing (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"reconciling (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (with or to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"sweating out",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"wearing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"misdoubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"inferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take to or upon oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"reaccepting",
|
|
"reassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"access":{
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"remission"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"eclampsia",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the evening the only access to the building is through the side door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"open door",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"admittance",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entr\u00e9e",
|
|
"entree",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accessary":{
|
|
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"principal"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most phone services offer accessory features such as call-waiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"another",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"complementary",
|
|
"contributory",
|
|
"adjuvant",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"tributary",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"unessential"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorial",
|
|
"appurtenant",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"state's evidence",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"confederate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"additive",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrement",
|
|
"accouterment",
|
|
"adapter",
|
|
"adaptor",
|
|
"add-on",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"option"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accidental":{
|
|
"happening by chance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finding the gold was all the more remarkable because its discovery was entirely accidental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"foreseeable",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"prescribed",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"volunteer",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coincidental",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseeable",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"intrinsic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're considering the painting's merit as a work of art, its commercial value being entirely accidental as far as we're concerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"congenital",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventitious",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"extrinsic",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"supervenient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acclimate":{
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acclimatizing":{
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"refiguring",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refocusing",
|
|
"reinventing",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"phasing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"rigging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accolade":{
|
|
"a formal expression of praise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for their exceptional bravery the firefighters received accolades from both local and national officials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"indictment",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"sermon"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"dedication",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"laudation",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"recommendation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winning the Nobel Prize for Physics is generally regarded as the highest accolade for a physicist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"enshrinement",
|
|
"enthronement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bay(s)",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"r\u00e9clame",
|
|
"sun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a screen performance that won virtually every accolade that the film world has to offer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"honorable mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"blue ribbon",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accommodate":{
|
|
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disharmonize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"skew",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"correlate",
|
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"dovetail",
|
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"fit",
|
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"fuse",
|
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"integrate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"orchestrate",
|
|
"pair",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"suit",
|
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"synchronize",
|
|
"synthesize",
|
|
"unify",
|
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"unite",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"equalize",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"regularize",
|
|
"standardize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"reconcile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do a service or favor for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disoblige"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"discommode",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"incommode",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or have room for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the back seat accommodates three people comfortably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"take"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accommodation":{
|
|
"a place to sleep and related amenities for the temporary use of a tourist or traveler":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a resort offering a wide range of accommodations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"crash pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a village that wants to attract tourists but doesn't even provide public accommodations for their sanitary needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"creature comfort",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"mod con",
|
|
"nicety"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the twins each made an accommodation : Jane agreed to Joan's pink curtains and Joan agreed to Jane's purple rug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse trade",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"mediation",
|
|
"treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"negotiation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an accommodation to changing economic conditions will be necessary if the church is to remain open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maladaptation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readaptation",
|
|
"readjustment",
|
|
"attunement",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"harmonization",
|
|
"alteration",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"makeover",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"revision",
|
|
"transformation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimation",
|
|
"acclimatization",
|
|
"adaptation",
|
|
"adaption",
|
|
"adjustment",
|
|
"conformation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accomplished":{
|
|
"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a year as an exchange student in Europe had transformed the tomboy into an accomplished young woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"polyester",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"hypercivilized",
|
|
"overcivilized",
|
|
"oversophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an accomplished performance of a difficult violin concerto",
|
|
"a delicate eye operation that only the most accomplished surgeon would attempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is an accomplished fact that 10th century Norsemen established settlements in Newfoundland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"uncontradicted",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unquestioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
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"effected",
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"effectuated",
|
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"implemented",
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"aced",
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"nailed",
|
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"engaged (in)",
|
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"practiced",
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"practised",
|
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"worked (at)",
|
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"reduplicated",
|
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"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
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"actualized",
|
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"attained",
|
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"realized",
|
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"completed",
|
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"ended",
|
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"finished",
|
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"wound up",
|
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"winded up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
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"achieved",
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"brought off",
|
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"carried off",
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"carried out",
|
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"committed",
|
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"compassed",
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"did",
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"executed",
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"followed through (with)",
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"fulfilled",
|
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"made",
|
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"negotiated",
|
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"performed",
|
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"perpetrated",
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"prosecuted",
|
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"pulled off",
|
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"put through"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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|
|
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entente",
|
|
"entente cordiale",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"projet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"treaty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of consistency":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this undated map doesn't seem to be in accord with the current layout of the streets"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"unlikeness",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"incompatibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"assimilation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"togetherness",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruence",
|
|
"congruency",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"consonance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"tune"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judges have reached an accord : the match will have to be replayed"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"treaty",
|
|
"binder",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"entente",
|
|
"entente cordiale",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not move to a different workstation of her own accord"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"election",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"free will",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"volition",
|
|
"will"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being of one opinion about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dissensus"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"adhesion",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"assentation",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"embracement",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"complicity",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concertedness",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"consonance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"concurrency",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"unanimity",
|
|
"unison"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ (from)",
|
|
"disagree (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consist",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accorded":{
|
|
"as in granted , sanctioned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differed (from)",
|
|
"disagreed (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"jarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"registered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"chorded",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consisted",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"rhymed",
|
|
"rimed",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accords":{
|
|
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"projets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"treaties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judges have reached an accord : the match will have to be replayed"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"binders",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not move to a different workstation of her own accord"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"pressures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elections",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"discretions",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"free wills",
|
|
"volitions",
|
|
"wills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being of one opinion about something":{
|
|
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|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"dissensuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"adhesions",
|
|
"assentations",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"embracements",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"collaborations",
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"complicities",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"consonances",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"solidarities",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"empathies",
|
|
"rapports",
|
|
"sympathies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"concurrencies",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"unanimities",
|
|
"unisons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differs (from)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chords",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consists",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accouchement":{
|
|
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for her second accouchement , she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"birth pang",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pregnancy",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"cesarean section",
|
|
"caesarean section",
|
|
"natural childbirth",
|
|
"childbed",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"lying-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"childbirth",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"account (for)":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explain away",
|
|
"rationalize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accounted":{
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"deemed",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"imagined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"looked (on or upon)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"viewed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accoutered":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"reequipped",
|
|
"re-equipped",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refurnished",
|
|
"reoutfitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"fitted (out)",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"kitted (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accoutrement":{
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"material(s)",
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel",
|
|
"materiel",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this vacuum cleaner has all of the accoutrements for cleaning furniture as well as floors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"additive",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adapter",
|
|
"adaptor",
|
|
"add-on",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"option"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accoutrements":{
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"material(s)",
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel",
|
|
"materiel",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accumulative":{
|
|
"produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the accumulative effect of all her worries was to seriously undermine her health"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decremental",
|
|
"decrescent",
|
|
"degressive",
|
|
"regressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gradual",
|
|
"step-by-step",
|
|
"stepwise",
|
|
"increscent",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"accruable",
|
|
"accrued",
|
|
"aggregated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"built-up",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"conglomerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretive",
|
|
"additive",
|
|
"conglomerative",
|
|
"cumulative",
|
|
"incremental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accuracy":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"obviously, with brain surgery the accuracy of the incision is incredibly important"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"roundness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"determinacy",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"persnicketiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"ultraprecision",
|
|
"veracity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accurate":{
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an accurate count of the number of people coming to the wedding reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"spot-on",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following an original exactly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inauthentic",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"unfaithful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an accurate translation of the original story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veridical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an accurate thermometer",
|
|
"accurate measurements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"meticulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"mathematical",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"spot-on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accursed":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the video store is charging another accursed late fee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accused":{
|
|
"as in indicted , impeached":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in suspect , defendant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrived",
|
|
"shrove"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"called (on)",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"impugned",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"appealed",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"summoned",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"inculpated",
|
|
"informed (against)",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"recriminated",
|
|
"retaliated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"incriminated",
|
|
"indicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accusing":{
|
|
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"calling (on)",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"impugning",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"arraigning",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"summoning",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"inculpating",
|
|
"informing (against)",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"recriminating",
|
|
"retaliating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"criminating",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"impeaching",
|
|
"incriminating",
|
|
"indicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ace (out)":{
|
|
"as in surpass , top":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"achieved":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"implemented",
|
|
"aced",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"engaged (in)",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"worked (at)",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"perpetrated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"pulled off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally achieved stardom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fell short (of)",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"failed (at)",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"measured up (to)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"chalked up",
|
|
"clocked (up)",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"rang up",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"won"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aching (for)":{
|
|
"to have sympathy for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I ache for those people who have to spend the holidays alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding (for)",
|
|
"commiserating (with)",
|
|
"compassionating",
|
|
"condoling (with)",
|
|
"feeling (for)",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"sympathizing (with)",
|
|
"yearning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"grieving (for)",
|
|
"sorrowing (for)",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"empathizing (with)",
|
|
"identifying (with)",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aching for some quiet time to himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"achingly":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an achingly funny movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"achromatic":{
|
|
"as in neutral":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"achromatisms":{
|
|
"as in neutral":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acid":{
|
|
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an acid -tasting medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"zestless",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"unsweetened",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"tangy",
|
|
"zestful",
|
|
"zesty",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"astringent",
|
|
"puckery",
|
|
"hyperacid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"vinegary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her acid personality, my aunt could be relied upon to bring some much-needed balance to the holiday gush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"anal",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"schoolmarmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cultural gadfly known for an acid tongue that spares no one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acidness":{
|
|
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"softness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's an irritating acidness to the writer's comments on just about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"raucousness",
|
|
"severeness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"shrillness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"pointedness",
|
|
"thorniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerbity",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"poignance",
|
|
"poignancy",
|
|
"pungency",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"tartness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the acidness in his remarks hurt her to the core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"sour grapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"virulency",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acing (out)":{
|
|
"as in surpassing , topping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acquainted":{
|
|
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would like to see students become acquainted with all the services that the university has to offer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"unheeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abreast",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"well-informed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his sailor friend acquainted him with the latest navigational aids for weekend yachtsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"announced (to)",
|
|
"disclosed (to)",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"clued (in)",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"filled in",
|
|
"hipped",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"clued (in)",
|
|
"filled in",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"subjected",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"tipped (off)",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"wised (up)",
|
|
"reacquainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping that someone would acquaint them with the new neighbors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"reacquainted",
|
|
"reintroduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acquiesce":{
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear (with)",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"subscribe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acquiescent":{
|
|
"receiving or enduring without offering resistance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was not as acquiescent about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"incompliant",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"insurgent",
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"intractable",
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"mutinous",
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"rebellious",
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"recalcitrant",
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"refractory",
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"restive",
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"uncontrollable",
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"ungovernable",
|
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"unruly",
|
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"untoward",
|
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"balky",
|
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"perverse",
|
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"wayward",
|
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"wrongheaded",
|
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"headstrong",
|
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"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
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"unmanageable",
|
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"dissident",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
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"forbearing",
|
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"impassive",
|
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"long-suffering",
|
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"patient",
|
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"stoic",
|
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"stoical",
|
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"uncomplaining",
|
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"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
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"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
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"conformable",
|
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"conformist",
|
|
"docile",
|
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"guidable",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
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"obedient",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
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"subordinate",
|
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"tractable",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"obeisant",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
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"uncaring",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nonresistant",
|
|
"passive",
|
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"resigned",
|
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"tolerant",
|
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"tolerating",
|
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"unresistant",
|
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"yielding"
|
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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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"acquitted":{
|
|
"as in exonerated , cleared":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"incriminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"acquitted of the robbery charge after proving he was nowhere near the scene of the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"convicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"avenged",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"revenged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"misbehaved",
|
|
"misconducted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acrimonious":{
|
|
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an acrimonious parting between the two former friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"across":{
|
|
"from one side to the other of an intervening space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you go across to the Bentley's and see if their phone is working?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sheep scattered across the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to the opposite side of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we rowed across the lake and visited the other couple for the evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acted":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"resembled",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came across (as)",
|
|
"came off (as)",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"seemed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"supervised"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"acted out",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"role-played",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"hammed",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"posed (as)",
|
|
"starred (in)",
|
|
"coacted",
|
|
"co-acted",
|
|
"costarred",
|
|
"co-starred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"did",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"travestied",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"portrayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded (as)",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed (as)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfired",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"redounded",
|
|
"resulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving in a position for the time being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will serve as acting president of the university until a permanent replacement can be found"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"make-do",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad interim",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"provisionary",
|
|
"provisory",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming across (as)",
|
|
"coming off (as)",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"acting out",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"role-playing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"overacting",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"underplaying",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"hamming",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"posing (as)",
|
|
"starring (in)",
|
|
"coacting",
|
|
"co-acting",
|
|
"costarring",
|
|
"co-starring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"travestying",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"portraying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"masquerading (as)",
|
|
"personating",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing (as)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfiring",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaving",
|
|
"reacting",
|
|
"responding",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"redounding",
|
|
"resulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actions":{
|
|
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"observing the actions of mice in various controlled settings helps scientists understand the effects of certain drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"p's and q's",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"strangeness",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"weirdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"comportment",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"gest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activate":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activator":{
|
|
"as in catalyst , power":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activeness":{
|
|
"as in agility , liveliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actress":{
|
|
"a woman or girl who acts in a play, movie, etc.":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The versatile actress can seemingly play any role.",
|
|
"The actresses in the musical vastly outperformed their male counterparts."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualization":{
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillment"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an operatic performance that was the long-promised actualization of her musical potential"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonsuccess"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"fruition",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acumen":{
|
|
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the business acumen to know that the market for sportswear was becoming oversaturated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acute":{
|
|
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dogs, with their acute sense of smell, are used for finding toxic substances undetectable by humans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"imperceptive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"hair-trigger",
|
|
"hyperacute",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"oversensitive",
|
|
"supersensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experiencing acute distress over the misunderstanding with her best friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needing immediate attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"nonurgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"famine caused by an acute shortage of grain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unstable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accesses":{
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"eclampsias",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"prostrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"remissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the evening the only access to the building is through the side door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entr\u00e9es",
|
|
"entrees",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"open doors",
|
|
"welcome mats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accessions":{
|
|
"something added to an existing supply":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exhibit of the museum's latest accessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitions",
|
|
"obtainments"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"acquirements",
|
|
"attainments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"joining the army was his emancipation from his family as well as his accession to adulthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entr\u00e9es",
|
|
"entrees",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"open doors",
|
|
"welcome mats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acts up":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts out",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"misbehaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"misconducts",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"kids (around)",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"roughhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"complies",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"hotdogs",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"showboats",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"skylarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"misbehaves",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"mafficks",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accessaries":{
|
|
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"adapters",
|
|
"adaptors",
|
|
"add-ons",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"options"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompaniments",
|
|
"additives",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"subsidiaries",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"incidentals",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"equipments",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trimmings",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"confederates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"state's evidences",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuating":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
|
|
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kicking over",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"jump-starting",
|
|
"kick-starting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acquisition":{
|
|
"something added to an existing supply":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every vacation trip inevitably resulted in new acquisitions to our array of bric-a-brac"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"obtainment"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"acquirement",
|
|
"attainment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accessorizes":{
|
|
"as in traps , dresses up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accedes (to)":{
|
|
"as in complies (with) , accepts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"goes (by)",
|
|
"subscribes",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"disagrees",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accrued":{
|
|
"as in amassed , aggregated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accruable",
|
|
"aggregated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"built-up",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"increscent",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"gradual",
|
|
"step-by-step",
|
|
"stepwise",
|
|
"accretive",
|
|
"accumulative",
|
|
"additive",
|
|
"conglomerative",
|
|
"cumulative",
|
|
"incremental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decremental",
|
|
"decrescent",
|
|
"degressive",
|
|
"regressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
|
|
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"doubled (in)",
|
|
"tripled (in)",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"ramped (up)",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grew (in)",
|
|
"picked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined (in)",
|
|
"diminished (in)",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"fell (in)",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"decreased (in)",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"achievable":{
|
|
"capable of being done or carried out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that retirement at 55 is an achievable goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"thinkable",
|
|
"actionable",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"infeasible",
|
|
"nonviable",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unrealizable",
|
|
"unviable",
|
|
"unworkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activist":{
|
|
"a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Antiwar activists were protesting in the streets.",
|
|
"political activists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
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"stalwart",
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"supporter",
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"crusader",
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"fanatic",
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"ideologue",
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"idealogue",
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"militant",
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"partisan",
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"partizan",
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"red hot",
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"true believer",
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"zealot",
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"demonstrator",
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"marcher",
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"objector",
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"picketer",
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"protester",
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"protestor",
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"dreamer",
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"idealist",
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"visionary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dabbler",
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"dilettante",
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"nonmilitant"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"accreditations":{
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"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
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"examples":[
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"the only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"authorizations",
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"commissions",
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"delegations",
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"empowerments",
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"licenses",
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"licences",
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"mandates"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"commendations",
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"consignments",
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"entrustments",
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"facilitations",
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"promotions",
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"orderings"
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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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"accentuating":{
|
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
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"examples":[
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"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"accenting",
|
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"emphasizing",
|
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"featuring",
|
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"foregrounding",
|
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"highlighting",
|
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"illuminating",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"punctuating",
|
|
"stressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"overplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amping (up)",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"restrengthening",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more apparent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"italicizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"jazzing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |