9392 lines
183 KiB
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9392 lines
183 KiB
JSON
{
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"Godspeed":{
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"an expression of good wishes at parting":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hello"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a hearty Godspeed was extended to all the departing troops"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"greeting(s)",
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"salutation",
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"salute",
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"welcome"
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],
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"related":[
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"leave-taking",
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"send-off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adieu",
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"au revoir",
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"ave",
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"bon voyage",
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"cong\u00e9",
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"congee",
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"farewell",
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"good-bye",
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"good-by"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"go ballistic":{
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"to become very angry":{
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"antonyms":[
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"calm (down)",
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"simmer down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The partners went ballistic when they lost the business deal of a lifetime."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chill out",
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"cool (off or down)",
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"relax",
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"hush",
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"quiet (down)"
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],
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"related":[
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"anger",
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"fulminate",
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"rage",
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"rant",
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"rave",
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"snap",
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"snarl",
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"sputter",
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"storm",
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"tee off",
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"vent",
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"vituperate",
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"bristle",
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"burn",
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"foam",
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"fume",
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"glare",
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"glower",
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"seethe",
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"sizzle",
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"smolder",
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"smoulder",
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"steam",
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"warm",
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"burst",
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"explode",
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"flare (out)",
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"flash",
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"inflame",
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"enflame",
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"madden"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow up",
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"flare (up)",
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"flip (out)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"go down":{
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"to take place":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"when's the drug deal supposed to go down ?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"break",
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"develop",
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"rise",
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"shape (up)",
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"arise",
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"come up",
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"crop (up)",
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"materialize",
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"spring (up)",
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"intervene",
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"fall out",
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"follow",
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"result",
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"turn out",
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"go off",
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"proceed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"be",
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"befall",
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"betide",
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"chance",
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"come",
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"come about",
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"come down",
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"come off",
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"cook",
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"do",
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"go on",
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"hap",
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"happen",
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"occur",
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"pass",
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"transpire"
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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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"go in on":{
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"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"law enforcement officials decided to wait before going in on the barricaded gunman"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cover",
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"defend",
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"guard",
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"protect",
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"secure",
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"shield"
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],
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"related":[
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"bum-rush",
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"gang up (on)",
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"mob",
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"swarm",
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"mug",
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"rob",
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"ambuscade",
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"ambush",
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"surprise",
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"surprize",
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"waylay",
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"blitz",
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"bomb",
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"bombard",
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"nuke",
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"barrage",
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"cannon",
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"cannonade",
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"bang away (at)",
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"batter",
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"buffet",
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"plaster",
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"beleaguer",
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"besiege",
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"press",
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"harry",
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"loot",
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"pillage",
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"plunder",
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"ravage",
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"sack",
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"foray",
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"invade",
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"overrun",
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"envelop",
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"flank"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"bushwhack",
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"charge",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"jump (on)",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"set on",
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"sic",
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"sick",
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"storm",
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"strike",
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"trash",
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"turn (on)"
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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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"go on":{
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"a stupid person":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him \"brainless goons \""
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"intellect",
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"intellectual",
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"whiz",
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"wizard",
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"polymath",
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"Renaissance man",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy"
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],
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"related":[
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"booby",
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"buffoon",
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"loony",
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"lunatic",
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"madman",
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"nut",
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"zany",
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"loser",
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"gawk",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"beast",
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"boor",
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"cad",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cur",
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"heel",
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"jerk",
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"skunk",
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"snake",
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"stinker",
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"villain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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]
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},
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"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the crime boss threatened to send the goons after him if he squealed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cutthroat",
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"scoundrel",
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"villain",
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"assassin",
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"bandit",
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"bravo",
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"brigand",
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"criminal",
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"crook",
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"desperado",
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"felon",
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"gunman",
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"highwayman",
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"lawbreaker",
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"mafioso",
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"malefactor",
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"offender",
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"outlaw",
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"perp",
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"perpetrator",
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"pirate",
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"pickpocket",
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"racketeer",
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"robber",
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"swindler",
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"thief",
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"vandal",
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"juvenile delinquent",
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"tearaway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bully",
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"gangbanger",
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"gangsta",
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"gangster",
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"gorilla",
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"hood",
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"hoodlum",
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"hooligan",
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"mobster",
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"mug",
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"plug-ugly",
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"punk",
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"roughneck",
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"rowdy",
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"ruffian",
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"thug",
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"tough",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"yob",
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"yobbo"
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]
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},
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"to take place":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"what in the world is going on in there?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"break",
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"develop",
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"rise",
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"shape (up)",
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"arise",
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"come up",
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"crop (up)",
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"materialize",
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"spring (up)",
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"intervene",
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"fall out",
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"follow",
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"result",
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"turn out",
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"go off",
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"proceed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"be",
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"befall",
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"betide",
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"chance",
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"come",
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"come about",
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"come down",
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"come off",
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"cook",
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"do",
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"go down",
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"hap",
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"happen",
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"occur",
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"pass",
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"transpire"
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]
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},
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"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"deviate",
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"digress",
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"stray",
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"wander",
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"sidetrack",
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"blab",
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"blabber",
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"blither",
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"bumble",
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"burble",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"gab",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"jabber",
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"patter",
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"prate",
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"prattle",
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"waffle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blather (on)",
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"maunder",
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"ramble",
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"rattle",
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"run on"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"go over":{
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"to turn out as planned or desired":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"fail",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"wash out"
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],
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"examples":[
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"his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"languish",
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"flounder",
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"struggle",
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"decline",
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"sink",
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"skid",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"crash",
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"crater",
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"crumble",
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"flame out",
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"choke",
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"crack up",
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"miscarry",
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"misfire",
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"fall down",
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"go under",
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"implode",
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"self-destruct"
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],
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"related":[
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"catch on",
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"flourish",
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"prosper",
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"thrive",
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"cook",
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"percolate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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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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"go through":{
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"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"He'd recently gone through the process of obtaining a driver's license."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fail",
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"skimp",
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"slight",
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"slur"
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],
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"related":[
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"bring about",
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"effect",
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"effectuate",
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"implement",
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"ace",
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"nail",
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"engage (in)",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"work (at)",
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"reduplicate",
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"reenact",
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"repeat",
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"actualize",
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"attain",
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"realize",
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"complete",
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"end",
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"finish",
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"wind up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplish",
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"achieve",
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"bring off",
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"carry off",
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"carry out",
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"commit",
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"compass",
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"do",
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"execute",
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"follow through (with)",
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"fulfill",
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"fulfil",
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"make",
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"negotiate",
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"perform",
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"perpetrate",
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"prosecute",
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"pull off",
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"put through"
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]
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},
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"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I know how that feels because I've gone through it."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"encounter",
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"meet",
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"accept",
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"receive",
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"assimilate",
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"digest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"endure",
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"experience",
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"feel",
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"have",
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"know",
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"pass",
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"see",
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"suffer",
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"sustain",
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"taste",
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"undergo",
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"witness"
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]
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},
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"to use the mind to acquire knowledge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"They went through the lesson several times."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cram",
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"grind",
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"swot",
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"analyze",
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"deduce",
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"find out",
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"con",
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"learn",
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"memorize",
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"read",
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"research",
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"restudy",
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"apprehend",
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"comprehend",
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"grasp",
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"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bone (up)",
|
|
"study"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go under":{
|
|
"as in fail , flame out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go-between":{
|
|
"one that carries a message or does an errand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I won't act as go-between between you and your ex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"bearer",
|
|
"carrier",
|
|
"deliveryman",
|
|
"letter carrier",
|
|
"mail carrier",
|
|
"mailman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"runner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"acted as go-between for the two warring nations during the peace process"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"troubleshooter",
|
|
"moderator",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"negotiant",
|
|
"negotiator",
|
|
"appeaser",
|
|
"pacificator",
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"busybody",
|
|
"interferer",
|
|
"meddler",
|
|
"arbiter",
|
|
"arbitrator",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"conciliator",
|
|
"honest broker",
|
|
"interceder",
|
|
"intercessor",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"interposer",
|
|
"mediator",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"peacemaker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go-betweens":{
|
|
"one that carries a message or does an errand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I won't act as go-between between you and your ex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"bearers",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"deliverymen",
|
|
"letter carriers",
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"runners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"acted as go-between for the two warring nations during the peace process"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"troubleshooters",
|
|
"moderators",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"negotiants",
|
|
"negotiators",
|
|
"appeasers",
|
|
"pacificators",
|
|
"pacifiers",
|
|
"reconcilers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"attorneys",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"legates",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"busybodies",
|
|
"interferers",
|
|
"meddlers",
|
|
"arbiters",
|
|
"arbitrators",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"umpires",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"conciliators",
|
|
"honest brokers",
|
|
"interceders",
|
|
"intercessors",
|
|
"intermediaries",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"interposers",
|
|
"mediators",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"peacemakers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go-getters":{
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a go-getter with his sights set on the presidency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"triflers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"ignorers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"neglecters",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eager beavers",
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"he-men",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrappers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go-slow":{
|
|
"as in sit-in , slowdown":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goad":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the threat of skin cancer\u2014not to mention the prospect of wrinkles\u2014should be sufficient goad for using sunscreen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to goad me into auditioning for the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dissuade",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"adjure",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stir (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egg (on)",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"urge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"goading the horse forward into the stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"propel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"spur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goads":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the threat of skin cancer\u2014not to mention the prospect of wrinkles\u2014should be sufficient goad for using sunscreen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to goad me into auditioning for the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"adjures",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"implores",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stirs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eggs (on)",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"urges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"goading the horse forward into the stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hales",
|
|
"propels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"spurs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goal":{
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaving the world a better place than I found it is one of my main goals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grail",
|
|
"holy grail",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"terminus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"aspiration",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goatish":{
|
|
"having a strong sexual desire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"undersexed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seedy grind house that was patronized mainly by goatish men wearing raincoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"celibate",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"maidenly",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscent",
|
|
"horny",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hypersexual",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"licentious",
|
|
"lubricious",
|
|
"lubricous",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"randy",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"satyric",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gob":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has gobs of money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"globule",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avast, ye gobs , and haul anchor!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"swabbie",
|
|
"swabby",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he threatened the yob with a punch in the gob if he didn't stop insulting everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"visage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"mandible",
|
|
"maxilla",
|
|
"gullet",
|
|
"maw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"kisser",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"piehole",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gobbet":{
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deftly avoided stepping in a gobbet of spit on the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"globule",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gobble":{
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"godliness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"ungodliness",
|
|
"unholiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they say that cleanliness is next to godliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemousness",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"sacrilegiousness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"sanctimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"prayerfulness",
|
|
"religiousness",
|
|
"spirituality",
|
|
"priestliness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"sacredness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"devoutness",
|
|
"holiness",
|
|
"piety",
|
|
"piousness",
|
|
"sainthood",
|
|
"saintliness",
|
|
"saintship",
|
|
"sanctity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goes down (with)":{
|
|
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"across the United Kingdom a number of children have gone down with chicken pox this week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"recoups",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"snaps back",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers (from)",
|
|
"shakes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaks out (with)",
|
|
"dies (from)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"comes down (with)",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sickens (with)",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goes public (with)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The celeb went public with the news of her pregnancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goes to bat for":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an advocate who goes to bat for the poor and marginalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going (on)":{
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what in the world is going on in there?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befalling",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"betiding",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"coming down",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"transpiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"resulting",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"proceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blathering (on)",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"digressing",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"sidetracking",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going along":{
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"waiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"journeying",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"taking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming along",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going crook":{
|
|
"feeling or showing anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angerless",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Riley found himself going crook when he discovered that his roommate had eaten all his food."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unembittered",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"worked up",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"soreheaded",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"inflammable",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"querulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"riley",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steamed up",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"ticked",
|
|
"wrathful",
|
|
"wroth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going down":{
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when's the drug deal supposed to go down ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"resulting",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"proceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befalling",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"betiding",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"coming down",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"going on",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"transpiring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going to one's head":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The drink the host made for him really went to his head ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"informing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discombobulating",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"flummoxing",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"fuddling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"graveling",
|
|
"gravelling",
|
|
"mazing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goings":{
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"retrogressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to get down the hill quickly, but it was slow going with an injured foot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"refluxes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"headways",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"onrushes",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was so absorbed in her TV show she didn't notice his comings or goings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ingresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"embarkations",
|
|
"embarkments",
|
|
"disembarkations",
|
|
"egresses",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decampments",
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"partings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goldbricking":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"golden-ager":{
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered discounts and special tours for golden-agers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"whitebeard",
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"dotard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"golems":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gondola":{
|
|
"as in ferry , taxi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gone":{
|
|
"containing unborn young within the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman who's seven months gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer existing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"woolly mammoths have been long gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors came to the waiting room to give the sad news that the operation hadn't been successful and the heart patient was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"low"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer possessed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I put my watch right here on the table, but now it's gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in jazz circles he was regarded as a real gone trumpeter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"sufficed",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitted",
|
|
"beseemed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differed (from)",
|
|
"disagreed (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"jarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"registered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"chorded",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consisted",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"rhymed",
|
|
"rimed",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highway goes right along the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"spanned",
|
|
"traversed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"lain",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"run"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawn out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"given over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken off",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop",
|
|
"the room went dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"been",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"mutated",
|
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"transfigured",
|
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"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"become",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"grown",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"swollen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"given out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"gone out",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think I can go for the new car after all"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"bidden",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"bankrolled",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"underwritten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't go to fire the gun\u2014it just went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"hoped",
|
|
"wished",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"attempted",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"striven",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"schemed",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"performed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"purposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or be in a usual or proper place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these plates go in this cabinet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"fitted (in)",
|
|
"fit (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belonged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"shown up",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will go on vacation at the end of the year",
|
|
"decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"stricken out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flown",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"gotten out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"gone out",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"gone off",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"gotten off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"taken off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you get old, your eyesight starts to go"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"gained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"worn out",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trodden",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ridden",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everything is going according to our plans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"journeyed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"taken out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come along",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"gone along",
|
|
"gone off",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"gotten along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"gotten on",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forborne",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"worn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bidden",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"adventured",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"ventured",
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"jeopardized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"betted",
|
|
"gambled",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"wagered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her grandmother went peacefully last night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"been",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"thriven"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"stricken out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go , but it never really worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"fallen down",
|
|
"gone under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caught on",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"thriven",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gone over",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gone to seed":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That old, rusted car has gone to seed ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"tumbledown",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They've really let the house go to seed and probably won't be able to sell it."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophied",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"devolved",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When we returned from vacation, everything in our refrigerator had gone to seed ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grown",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"good and":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Make sure the house is good and clean before the guests arrive."
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goodness":{
|
|
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person of such unaffected goodness that his friends were inspired to lead better lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"right-mindedness",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"morals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goof (off)":{
|
|
"as in slacker , underachiever":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"returned home unannounced and found the au pair goofing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"swan",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
|
"truant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"veg out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goose bumps":{
|
|
"as in cold sweat , fidgets":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goose-step (to)":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new president has everyone goose-stepping to her every whim lest they provoke her wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"brush (off)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"mutiny (against)",
|
|
"revolt (against)",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goose-stepping (to)":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new president has everyone goose-stepping to her every whim lest they provoke her wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliging",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"brushing (off)",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"tuning out",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"scoffing (at)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"mutinying (against)",
|
|
"revolting (against)",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gore":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, may sound like fun, but the bulls have been known to gore runners who get too close"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gorge":{
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked the bridge over the gorge , marveling at the spectacular drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"ca\u00f1on",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with food to capacity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gobble",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"cloy",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gobble",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gormandize":{
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving\u2014it's traditional!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gobble",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gormless":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gosh":{
|
|
"as in gee , gee whiz":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gossip":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because her friend was such a compulsive gossip , she couldn't help but wonder if her private life wasn't also being made the talk of the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"scandalmonger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"newsmonger",
|
|
"quidnunc",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"yenta"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lingered at the water fountain for a little gossip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"idle gossip can really damage a person's reputation even if it is later proven to be false"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"rumbling",
|
|
"disinformation",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"urban legend",
|
|
"urban myth",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"hearsay",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"word"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a neighbor who loves to gossip with others about that couple's loud arguments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bandy (about)",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"noise (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"tip (off)",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"confide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"got after":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"My professor got after me about my overdue assignments."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"ticked off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"got around":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"did down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"incurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"end-ran",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"outflanked",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"parried",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"warded (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"shortcut",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"word of the discovery of gold quickly got around"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"secreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"got about",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"got round",
|
|
"leaked (out)",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"incurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"parried",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
|
"outwitted",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"scaped",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuffled (out of)",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"weaseled (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"got round (to)":{
|
|
"as in got around (to) , got down (to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"got the hang of":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's really getting the hang of riding his bike now."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misunderstood",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"majored (in)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"memorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"got",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"picked up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"got through":{
|
|
"to get to a destination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"left",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"clocked (out)",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"vamoosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"touched down",
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked",
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"blew in",
|
|
"breezed (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"bursted (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzed (in)",
|
|
"checked in",
|
|
"clocked (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"got in",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gouged":{
|
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I had forgotten the sunscreen, I was forced to buy it from the concession stand at the beach\u2014where they gouged me for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"mischarged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"surcharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gouging":{
|
|
"the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hotline that consumers may use to report gouging at gasoline stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extortion",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I had forgotten the sunscreen, I was forced to buy it from the concession stand at the beach\u2014where they gouged me for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"mischarging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"surcharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"governed":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president is elected in order to govern the country, not to follow public opinion polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"domineered",
|
|
"lorded (it over)",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"reigned (over)",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"captained",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"swayed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to govern your speech and be able to communicate your outrage without resorting to profanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's finances are governed by its chief financial officer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"stage-managed",
|
|
"codirected",
|
|
"co-directed",
|
|
"comanaged",
|
|
"co-managed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"government":{
|
|
"as in governmental":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"government by the people, for the people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"supervision",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"hegemony",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"regime",
|
|
"r\u00e9gime",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a board involved in the government of the distribution of benefits to veterans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"rulership",
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"logistics",
|
|
"machination",
|
|
"manipulation",
|
|
"coadministration",
|
|
"codirection",
|
|
"comanagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"intendance",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewardship",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goldbrick":{
|
|
"one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hang , bum":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go-carts":{
|
|
"as in buggies , phaetons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"golden ages":{
|
|
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a memoir of her days as an actress in the golden age of Hollywood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"renaissances"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"millennia",
|
|
"millenniums",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark ages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gook":{
|
|
"soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't walk on that clean floor with guck on your shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"golem":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go out":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was concern that the dam would go out under the force of the flood waters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she enjoys going out on weekends, but during the week she's a homebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"socialize",
|
|
"step out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go to one's head":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The drink the host made for him really went to his head ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go-cart":{
|
|
"as in buggy , phaeton":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goes one better":{
|
|
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two siblings were always trying to go one better than the other."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outclasses",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outguns",
|
|
"outmatches",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"towers (over)",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"one-ups",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outraces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"outcompetes",
|
|
"outperforms",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"outbalances",
|
|
"outweighs",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"trumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"good-naturedly":{
|
|
"as in cheerfully , amiably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"god":{
|
|
"a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"divinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"supernatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let us give thanks to God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Allah",
|
|
"Almighty",
|
|
"Author",
|
|
"Creator",
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"Divinity",
|
|
"Eternal",
|
|
"Everlasting",
|
|
"Father",
|
|
"Godhead",
|
|
"Jehovah",
|
|
"King",
|
|
"Lord",
|
|
"Maker",
|
|
"Providence",
|
|
"Supreme Being",
|
|
"Yahweh",
|
|
"Jahveh",
|
|
"Yahveh"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"idol"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beau ideal",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"paragon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gormandized":{
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving\u2014it's traditional!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gobbled",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"ravened",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"wolfed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goody-goody":{
|
|
"a person (such as a child) whose good behavior and politeness are annoying because they seem to be excessive or not sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The other kids don't like her because she's a goody-goody ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in self-righteous , pious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in prim , prudish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gouge":{
|
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I had forgotten the sunscreen, I was forced to buy it from the concession stand at the beach\u2014where they gouged me for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"surcharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"mischarge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in groove , hollow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"good-for-nothing":{
|
|
"having no ambition, success, or value to society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to leave anything in his will to his good-for-nothing grandchildren"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"no-good"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"industrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idle worthless person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teacher after teacher had predicted that he would never be more than a good-for-nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"do-nothing",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"no-goodnik",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"vagrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"sundowner",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"down-and-outer",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"good":{
|
|
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had enough information to make a good assessment of the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"colorable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good person who seldom did wrong",
|
|
"good behavior will earn you the respect of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"menschy",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"incorrupt",
|
|
"incorrupted",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"rectitudinous",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"according to the rules of logic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't need a good reason to stop doing that\u2014it's because I said so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"a posteriori",
|
|
"a priori",
|
|
"syllogistic",
|
|
"cognitive",
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"defendable",
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"justifiable",
|
|
"maintainable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casuistic",
|
|
"casuistical",
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"unarticulated",
|
|
"unscientific",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"senseless",
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"thoughtless",
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"uncompelling",
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"unconvincing"
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],
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|
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"illegitimate",
|
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"illogical",
|
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"incoherent",
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"inconsequent",
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"inconsequential",
|
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"invalid",
|
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable",
|
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"unsound",
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"weak"
|
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]
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},
|
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"being to one's liking":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"that band's music is good"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"agreeable",
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|
"all right",
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"alright",
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"copacetic",
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"copasetic",
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"copesetic",
|
|
"ducky",
|
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"fine",
|
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"hunky-dory",
|
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"jake",
|
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"palatable",
|
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"satisfactory"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
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"dreamy",
|
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"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"welcome",
|
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"decent",
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"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressing approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the restaurant a good review"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"approbatory",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commendatory",
|
|
"complimentary",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"positive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"encomiastic",
|
|
"eulogistic",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"laudative",
|
|
"laudatory",
|
|
"panegyrical",
|
|
"praiseful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"recommendatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
|
"overcritical",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"inappreciative",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unappreciative",
|
|
"uncomplimentary",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unflattering",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firm in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good Democrat who wouldn't dream of voting for a Republican candidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"down-the-line",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"serious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had a good time at the movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's good at math"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she is good enough to win a fellowship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"worthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"undeserving",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that electrician is good at what he does"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"overqualified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those rotten apples aren't good to eat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condign",
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
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"needed",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"able",
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"capable",
|
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"competent",
|
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"cut out",
|
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"qualified",
|
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"trained",
|
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"pitch-perfect",
|
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"acceptable",
|
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"adequate",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"kosher",
|
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"satisfactory",
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"serviceable",
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"tolerable",
|
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"correct",
|
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"decorous",
|
|
"respectable",
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"seemly",
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"balanced",
|
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"companionate",
|
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"congruous",
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"consonant",
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"harmonious",
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"rightful"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"incapable",
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"incompetent",
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"inept",
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"inexpert",
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"unqualified",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful",
|
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"untrained",
|
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"inadequate",
|
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"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
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"unsatisfactory",
|
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"graceless",
|
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"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"uncongenial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
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"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"malapropos",
|
|
"misbecoming",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unbeseeming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitting",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unmeet",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"had a good number of valuable baseball cards in his collection"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"substantive",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"picayunish",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"smallish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"nominal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthy of one's trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a car that should be good for another few years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculable",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if these measurements are good , the venetian blind should fit the window perfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"spot-on",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who always looks good on-screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficial to the health of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eating a good breakfast will provide you with more energy during the day",
|
|
"didn't like broccoli even though he knew it was good for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"recuperative",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"rehabilitative",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rejuvenescent",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nutritional",
|
|
"nutritious",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a concern for the welfare of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the church is to stay open, it's going to have to receive more than good intentions from its members"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"do-good",
|
|
"eleemosynary",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"social-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"self-obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"selfish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the food at that restaurant is good but hardly great"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fairish",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"optimal",
|
|
"optimum",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"product packaging that is intended to be good for the environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"benefic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"remunerative",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"amelioratory",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"supportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"insalubrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let us praise God, from Whom all goods flow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mitzvah",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am doing this for your own good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"prosperousness",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"successfulness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill-being"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"products that are bought and sold in business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a hard time selling leftover Easter goods that were still on the shelves by Mother's Day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commodities",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"wares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"line",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"job lot",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"durables",
|
|
"durable goods",
|
|
"hard goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hiring committee thinks this latest applicant really has the goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"specialism",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"makings",
|
|
"potentiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before moving to Florida, the couple sold their house and auctioned off their household goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a satisfactory way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"things are going good for us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"serviceably",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"effectively",
|
|
"effectually",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"tidily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"terribly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"goats":{
|
|
"a person or thing taking the blame for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unhappy childhood was the goat he used to rationalize every failure and shortcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall guys",
|
|
"scapegoats",
|
|
"whipping boys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"victims",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"excuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gofer":{
|
|
"as in dogsbody , drudge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"factotum",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"woman",
|
|
"butler",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"houseboy",
|
|
"houseman",
|
|
"majordomo",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"manservant",
|
|
"servitor",
|
|
"valet",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Good Book":{
|
|
"a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what does the Good Book say about temptation?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Book",
|
|
"Holy Writ",
|
|
"Scripture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Polyglot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"go to pieces":{
|
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After the breakup of his marriage he completely went to pieces ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"wig (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"got on (to)":{
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"divined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"governors":{
|
|
"as in directors , executives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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"administrators",
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"commanders",
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"directors",
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"employers",
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"executives",
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"generals",
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"hierarchs",
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"higher-ups",
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"bosses",
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"boss men",
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"captains",
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"chiefs",
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"foremen",
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"forewomen",
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"headmen",
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"heads",
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"helmsmen",
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"honchos",
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"jefes",
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"kingpins",
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"leaders",
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"masters",
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"mistresses",
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"taskmasters",
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"taskmistresses",
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"leadmen",
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"managers",
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"overseers",
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"principals",
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"skippers",
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"standard-bearers",
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"stewards",
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"straw bosses",
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"superintendents",
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"superiors",
|
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"supervisors",
|
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"gaffers",
|
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"gangers",
|
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"overlords",
|
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"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
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"sovereigns",
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"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czarinas",
|
|
"tsarinas",
|
|
"tzarinas",
|
|
"czars",
|
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"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
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"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
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"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
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"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
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"top dogs",
|
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"top guns",
|
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"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
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"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders"
|
|
],
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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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gonged":{
|
|
"as in dinged , clanged":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinked",
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|
"clanged",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clashed",
|
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"clinked",
|
|
"ding-donged",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jingled",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"tanged",
|
|
"tingled",
|
|
"tinkled",
|
|
"bonged",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"resonated",
|
|
"resounded",
|
|
"reverberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |