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{
"grabble":{
"as in get , cast about":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"cast about",
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"feel",
"fish",
"fumble",
"grope",
"scrabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grace":{
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"demerit",
"disvalue"
],
"examples":[
"as if taste were not enough, red wine has the added grace of being healthy for the heart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defect",
"failing",
"fault",
"flaw",
"drawback",
"minus",
"negative"
],
"related":[
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"superiority"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtue",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
]
},
"an act of kind assistance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in Victor Hugo's novel, Les Mis\u00e9rables , Jean Valjean's decision to go to jail for the man mistaken for him is a grace that goes beyond thanks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindrance",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"obstacle"
],
"related":[
"dispensation",
"waiver",
"advantage",
"benefit",
"blessing",
"godsend",
"manna",
"liberty",
"license",
"licence",
"privilege"
],
"synonyms":[
"benevolence",
"boon",
"courtesy",
"favor",
"indulgence",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"service",
"turn"
]
},
"dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
"antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance"
],
"examples":[
"a beautiful actress who was the epitome of grace during her too-brief career"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"related":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
],
"examples":[
"I hope that you will grace our gathering with your presence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"related":[
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"redecorate",
"redo"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gracelessness":{
"as in artlessness , inelegance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grading":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"grade these apples \"extra fancy\" and those \"fancy\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"related":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"seeding",
"counting",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"grouping",
"separating",
"setting",
"sorting",
"installing",
"instating"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"placing",
"ranking",
"rating",
"standing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grafts":{
"as in ties , attaches":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grail":{
"something that is sought after but that is very hard to get or achieve":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The championship trophy was the grail they were seeking."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grain":{
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"related":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
]
},
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cheer",
"frame",
"habit",
"humor",
"inclination",
"mode",
"spirit",
"angle",
"attitude",
"mind-set",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"heart",
"passion",
"sentiment",
"strain",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"view",
"expression",
"tone",
"vein",
"character",
"identity",
"individuality",
"makeup",
"mettle",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"setup",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"synonyms":[
"disposition",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand tour":{
"as in progress , quest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandame":{
"as in dowager , beldam":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandeur":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"struck by the grandeur of the sun setting over the Golden Gate Bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandeurs":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"struck by the grandeur of the sun setting over the Golden Gate Bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandfather":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"examples":[
"this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"related":[
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandfathers":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents"
],
"examples":[
"this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"families",
"issues",
"lineages",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds",
"stocks",
"daughters",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"scions",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"related":[
"antecessors",
"predecessors",
"ancestresses",
"foremothers",
"grandmothers",
"matriarchs",
"grandsires",
"patriarchs",
"sires",
"ancestries",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"fathers",
"forebearers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandness":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wanted to see the Alps in all of their wintertime grandness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being large in size":{
"antonyms":[
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness"
],
"examples":[
"were impressed with the grandness of the movie set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"related":[
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"substantiality",
"voluminousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granny flats":{
"as in garden apartments , duplex apartments":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grant":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"applied for a federal grant to restore the church, one of the oldest and most architecturally significant in the state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"subsidy",
"subvention"
]
},
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"antonyms":[
"deny"
],
"examples":[
"you will grant that she is difficult to work with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"rebut",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"hide",
"obscure",
"veil",
"kid (oneself)"
],
"related":[
"disburden",
"unburden",
"unload",
"affirm",
"avow",
"confirm",
"profess",
"accept",
"recognize",
"yield",
"announce",
"break",
"broadcast",
"communicate",
"declare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"impart",
"proclaim",
"publish",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"betray",
"blab",
"expose",
"give away",
"inform",
"leak",
"rat",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tattle",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"breathe",
"say",
"whisper"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"agree",
"allow",
"concede",
"confess",
"fess (up)",
"own (up to)"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw"
],
"related":[
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"show",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"extend",
"offer",
"proffer",
"allocate",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"appoint",
"designate",
"dub",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"award",
"confer",
"vest"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"granules":{
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"is there one granule of truth in that statement?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"related":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grappled":{
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended",
"dueled",
"duelled",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"bashed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"hit",
"punched",
"slugged",
"struck",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"skirmished"
],
"synonyms":[
"rassled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"a crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"related":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grapples":{
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces"
],
"related":[
"horse races",
"nail-biters",
"showdowns",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"discords",
"frictions",
"arguments",
"controversies",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputations",
"disputes",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"wrangles"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball games",
"battles",
"combats",
"competitions",
"conflicts",
"confrontations",
"contentions",
"contests",
"dogfights",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"matches",
"rivalries",
"strifes",
"struggles",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tugs-of-war",
"warfares",
"wars"
]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"related":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
]
},
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battles",
"clashes (with)",
"combats",
"contends",
"duels",
"fights",
"wars (against)",
"bashes",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"hits",
"punches",
"slugs",
"strikes",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"skirmishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"rassles",
"scuffles",
"tussles",
"wrestles"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"misses"
],
"examples":[
"a crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grapples (with)":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a medical ethicist who grapples with extremely difficult questions all the time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"related":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"takes",
"treats"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grasped":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"the emergency operator finally grasped what he was trying to tell her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
]
},
"to have a practical understanding of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he just doesn't grasp how important it is that he call when he'll be late"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misinterpreted",
"misknew",
"misperceived",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"cognized",
"fathomed",
"followed",
"kenned",
"perceived",
"savvied",
"had",
"possessed",
"caught on (to)",
"picked up"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehended",
"knew",
"understood"
]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the departing soldier grasped his children a little closer than usual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamped",
"clung",
"cradled",
"grabbed",
"gripped",
"held",
"bosomed",
"embosomed",
"encircled",
"entwined",
"enveloped",
"enwound",
"folded",
"locked",
"twined",
"wrapped",
"cuddled",
"fondled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"patted",
"petted",
"snuggled",
"stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugged",
"clasped",
"crushed",
"embraced",
"enclasped",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"strained"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the attendant grasped my arm and steered me towards the door"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"related":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"took"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grassland":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gratify":{
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just gratify this one whim of mine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"related":[
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"wallow",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"delight",
"please",
"pleasure",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displease"
],
"examples":[
"your presence at the holiday table would really gratify your grandmother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"related":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gladden",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"satisfy",
"suit",
"warm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gratuities":{
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for parties of eight or more, we automatically add a 15% gratuity onto the bill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"donations",
"gifts",
"lagniappes",
"largesses",
"presents",
"bonuses",
"favors",
"rewards",
"contributions",
"offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"perquisites",
"tips"
]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"got a $100 gratuity in addition to his regular pay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"pensions",
"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
"generosities",
"largesses",
"philanthropies",
"contributions",
"donations",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"boons",
"mannas",
"windfalls",
"favors",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"fringe benefits",
"icings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"cumshaws",
"dividends",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gravies",
"gravy trains",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"perquisites",
"throw-ins",
"tips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grave":{
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catacomb",
"charnel",
"charnel house",
"columbarium",
"crypt",
"mausoleum",
"vault",
"cemetery",
"churchyard",
"graveyard",
"potter's field",
"barrow",
"mound",
"tumulus"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
]
},
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
"antonyms":[
"acute",
"high",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"treble"
],
"examples":[
"a grave hexachord"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"squealing",
"thin",
"earsplitting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"strident",
"peeping",
"tinny"
],
"related":[
"boomy",
"tubby",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"synonyms":[
"bass",
"deep",
"low",
"throaty"
]
},
"having a matter of importance as its topic":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"unserious"
],
"examples":[
"leaving gossip and celebrities to other magazines, this journal focuses on the grave issues confronting the nation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"insignificant",
"lite",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"silly",
"slight",
"small",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"related":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"portentous",
"significant",
"solid",
"substantial"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"serious",
"weighty"
]
},
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"going over Niagara Falls poses a grave danger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"related":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
]
},
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"examples":[
"when I asked him how his dog was doing, he looked grave and said, \"Not good\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"related":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
],
"examples":[
"a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"related":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
]
},
"the state of being dead":{
"antonyms":[
"existence",
"life"
],
"examples":[
"a terrible fear of the grave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immortality",
"life span",
"lifetime"
],
"related":[
"mortality"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"deadness",
"death",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness",
"sleep"
]
},
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carve",
"chisel",
"sculpt",
"sculpture",
"chase",
"groove",
"indent",
"notch",
"score",
"trace",
"affix",
"impress"
],
"synonyms":[
"engrave",
"etch",
"incise",
"inscribe",
"insculp"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"graveling":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples"
],
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"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",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravid":{
"containing unborn young within the body":{
"antonyms":[
"nonpregnant"
],
"examples":[
"the patient is a gravid woman in her seventh month"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barren",
"infertile",
"aborting",
"miscarrying",
"delivered"
],
"related":[
"parturient",
"prenatal",
"childbearing",
"gestational",
"brooding",
"conceiving",
"impregnated"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gravity":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
],
"examples":[
"the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"related":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grayed":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grayness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grazing":{
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I grazed my elbow diving for the ball"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polishing",
"smoothing",
"softening",
"waxing"
],
"related":[
"barking",
"skinning",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"galling",
"clawing",
"cutting",
"lacerating",
"bruising",
"contusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrading",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"scuffing"
]
},
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cows grazing in the meadow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"eating",
"feeding",
"nibbling",
"ranging",
"stocking",
"overgrazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsing",
"foraging",
"pasturing",
"rustling"
]
},
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"punching",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"swiping",
"thudding",
"thwacking",
"whacking"
],
"related":[
"bumping",
"contacting",
"scraping",
"sideswiping",
"striking",
"sweeping",
"swiping",
"touching",
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skipping",
"caressing",
"cuddling",
"fondling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking",
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"synonyms":[
"brushing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"shaving",
"skimming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"greasepaint":{
"as in makeup , lipstick":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greases":{
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"make sure you grease the pan before you put the batter in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs",
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches",
"sears"
],
"related":[
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"souses",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets"
],
"synonyms":[
"lubricates",
"oils",
"slicks",
"waxes"
]
},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
],
"examples":[
"your help might grease the complicated adoption proceedings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"related":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"great divide":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
],
"examples":[
"many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"related":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"great divides":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"antonyms":[
"births",
"nativities"
],
"examples":[
"many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existences",
"lives",
"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
"rises"
],
"related":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"martyrdoms",
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides",
"annihilations",
"destructions",
"endings",
"exterminations",
"ruins",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"deaths",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dissolutions",
"dooms",
"ends",
"exits",
"expirations",
"expiries",
"fates",
"graves",
"passages",
"passings",
"quietuses",
"sleeps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greatheartedness":{
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"it took a special kind greatheartedness for the conscientious objector to remain true to his beliefs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"related":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"green-light":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"examples":[
"we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"related":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"as soon as the project is green-lighted , we'll schedule a planning meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"censure",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"interdict",
"refuse",
"reject",
"revoke",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"deplore",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (at or on)",
"grudge",
"check",
"curb",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"related":[
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"warrant",
"accord",
"concede",
"grant",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe",
"admit",
"brook",
"condone",
"countenance",
"endure",
"support",
"tolerate"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"have",
"permit",
"suffer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"greenishness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"greet":{
"to acknowledge (someone) by means of spoken words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The host cheerfully greeted the party guests at the door."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grewsome":{
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"enticing",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"alarming",
"bloodcurdling",
"dire",
"direful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"gut-wrenching",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"terrifying",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"grotesque",
"ugly",
"unsightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmare",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrific"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grieve (for)":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"exult (in)",
"glory (in)",
"joy",
"rejoice (in)"
],
"examples":[
"I grieve for our loss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"related":[
"elegize",
"cry (for)",
"keen",
"moan",
"weep",
"regret",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"sob",
"agonize",
"bleed",
"hurt",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"mourn",
"wail (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grievous":{
"difficult to endure":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"the months of chemotherapy seemed almost as grievous an affliction as the cancer itself"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"related":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
]
},
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"the death of a spouse can be a grievous loss from which one never recovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"related":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
]
},
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"a grievous wound that requires a doctor's immediate attention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"related":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
]
},
"of a kind to cause great distress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the grievous cost of the war in human lives weighed heavily on the president's mind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rewarding",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"cheering",
"heartwarming",
"inspiring",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
],
"related":[
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"affecting",
"doleful",
"moving",
"piteous",
"poignant",
"ruthful",
"touching",
"awful",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"severe",
"terrible",
"alarming",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"traumatic",
"unsettling",
"crushing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intolerable",
"overwhelming",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"unbearable",
"miserable",
"pitiful",
"sad",
"wretched",
"calamitous",
"disastrous",
"painful",
"raging",
"sharp"
],
"synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"woeful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grievously":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
],
"examples":[
"I was grievously disappointed not to be invited to the wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"related":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
]
}
},
"grille":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grim":{
"difficult to endure":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"this winter is supposed to be particularly grim , so stock up on firewood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"related":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
],
"examples":[
"a grim and desolate landscape",
"a grim and short-tempered shopkeeper who didn't exactly invite friendly conversation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with grim determination, the woman worked three jobs to put her fatherless children through college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slackening",
"softening",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"invertebrate",
"slack",
"spineless",
"weak",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"related":[
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious",
"hard",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"uncooperative",
"willful",
"wilful",
"merciless",
"ruthless",
"unforgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"determined",
"dogged",
"implacable",
"relentless",
"unappeasable",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition":{
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"mild",
"unaggressive"
],
"examples":[
"grim warriors heading into battle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hearty",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"compliant",
"submissive",
"tame",
"benign",
"compassionate",
"kind",
"merciful",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"human",
"humane",
"civilized",
"cultured"
],
"related":[
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"scrappy",
"warlike",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"blood-and-guts",
"in-your-face",
"take-no-prisoners",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"menacing",
"threatening",
"bestial",
"brute",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"barbaric",
"uncivilized",
"wild",
"heartless",
"implacable",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"ruthless",
"unrelenting",
"wanton",
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"savage",
"vicious"
]
}
},
"grimace":{
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he made a grimace when he tasted the medicine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"related":[
"flinch",
"squinch",
"wince",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"frown",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"scowl",
"snoot"
]
},
"to distort one's face":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"playgoers grimaced at the actor's terrible attempt at a French accent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"grin",
"smile"
],
"related":[
"pout",
"contort",
"deform",
"twist",
"warp",
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"gape",
"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"simper",
"smirk"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouth",
"mug"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grime":{
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this new product really cuts through grime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"related":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grimly":{
"as in determinedly , resolutely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"grind (down)":{
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"devastate",
"floor",
"oppress",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"snow under",
"swamp",
"whelm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gripe":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I would rather not listen to gripes about your latest disasters in the dating game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"related":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
],
"examples":[
"her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"griping":{
"as in complaining , whining":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
],
"examples":[
"her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"related":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gripping":{
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
],
"examples":[
"I found the exhibit on the Holocaust intensely gripping and quite moving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"operose",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"sterile",
"unexciting",
"dreary",
"humdrum",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"related":[
"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"emphatic",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"spellbinding",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"curious",
"odd",
"unusual",
"weird",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"eventful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"amusing",
"entertaining"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
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"examples":[
"gripped the handlebars tightly and raced down the hill"
],
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"dropping",
"giving",
"handing",
"unclasping",
"unhanding",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"related":[
"bearing",
"carrying",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"corralling",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"latching (on or onto)",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"taking",
"trapping",
"feeling",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"clasping",
"embracing",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"cradling"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"holding"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
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"examples":[
"that movie will grip any true sports car fan"
],
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"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"related":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
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"examples":[
"that true crime story gripped me as much as any whodunit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
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"arresting",
"bedazzling",
"catching up",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
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"examples":[
"the baby gripped my fingers and wouldn't let go"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"dropping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"relinquishing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"turning over",
"unhanding"
],
"related":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"holding on (to)",
"catching",
"nabbing",
"seizing",
"snatching"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasping",
"grasping",
"holding",
"taking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"she was an athlete with true grit , continuing her training despite bad weather and an injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"related":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"creak",
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"gnash",
"grate",
"grind",
"scrape",
"scrunch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groan":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"antonyms":[
"exultation",
"rejoicing"
],
"examples":[
"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"related":[
"cry",
"sob",
"tears",
"agonizing",
"grieving",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"weeping",
"hand-wringing",
"regret",
"complaint",
"cri de coeur",
"outcry",
"protest",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"moan",
"plaint",
"wail"
]
},
"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"related":[
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"bawl",
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"moan",
"wail"
]
},
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"related":[
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"sniff",
"snivel",
"whimper",
"whine",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"keen",
"lament",
"rue",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer",
"bawl",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"yammer",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"moan",
"wail"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groaned":{
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"guffawed",
"laughed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"related":[
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"sniffed",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"keened",
"lamented",
"rued",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered",
"bawled",
"howled",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"yammered",
"yelped",
"yowled"
],
"synonyms":[
"moaned",
"wailed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groaner":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the play's dialogue featured all of the groaners that seem to be de rigueur for any dysfunctional-family drama"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"related":[
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"synonyms":[
"banality",
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groans":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"antonyms":[
"exultations",
"rejoicings"
],
"examples":[
"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cries",
"sobs",
"tears",
"mournings",
"sufferings",
"hand-wringings",
"regrets",
"complaints",
"cris de coeur",
"outcries",
"protests",
"anguishes",
"dolors",
"griefs",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"woes"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"laments",
"moans",
"plaints",
"wails"
]
},
"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"laughs",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"related":[
"whinings",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"laments",
"plaints",
"bawls",
"cries",
"howls",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"yelps",
"yowls"
],
"synonyms":[
"moans",
"wails"
]
},
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"laughs",
"snickers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"related":[
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"sniffs",
"snivels",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"keens",
"laments",
"rues",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"sorrows",
"suffers",
"bawls",
"howls",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"yammers",
"yelps",
"yowls"
],
"synonyms":[
"moans",
"wails"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grog":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sailors clamoring for more grog"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grokked":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groom":{
"as in man , husband":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hotel's penthouse suite is being groomed for a royal visit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brace",
"fortify",
"gird",
"steel",
"batten",
"gather",
"gear up",
"mount",
"educate",
"indoctrinate",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"tutor",
"boot (up)",
"prime",
"arrange",
"set",
"spread",
"arm",
"equip",
"forearm",
"furnish",
"outfit",
"provide",
"supply",
"incline",
"predispose",
"draft",
"draw up",
"frame",
"warm (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fit",
"fix",
"lay",
"prep",
"prepare",
"ready"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grooving (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thrill-seekers who groove on skiing will love snowboarding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"groovy":{
"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
"antonyms":[
"out",
"uncool",
"unhip",
"untrendy"
],
"examples":[
"old college buddies fondly recalling the days when bell-bottom jeans were about the grooviest thing around"
],
"near antonyms":[
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"dowdy",
"styleless",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"related":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"modish",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"voguish"
],
"synonyms":[
"au courant",
"cool",
"def",
"downtown",
"hep",
"hip",
"in",
"mod",
"now",
"trendy",
"turned-on",
"with-it"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"a great movie with groovy special effects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grotesqueness":{
"as in garishness , tastelessness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in ugliness , plainness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotesques":{
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a gallery of grotesques from some horror movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ogresses",
"Frankensteins",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"frights",
"imps",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"horrors",
"terrors",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"abnormalities",
"freaks",
"mutants",
"mutations"
],
"synonyms":[
"grotesqueries",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"ogres"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grotty":{
"not clean":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"examples":[
"get rid of that grotty old rag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"related":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
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"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"their grouchiness after waiting in line for an hour was understandable"
],
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"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"related":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
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"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ground":{
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"examples":[
"I'll meet you at the parade ground in two hours"
],
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"related":[
"common(s)",
"croft",
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"field",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract"
]
},
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
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"examples":[
"opposed to the notion that religious law should be used as a ground for civil law"
],
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"related":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
]
},
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
"antonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
],
"examples":[
"chopping wood with a finely ground axe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rounded",
"smooth",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"slick"
],
"related":[
"clawlike",
"daggerlike",
"knifelike",
"jabbing",
"jagged",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"spiky",
"spikey"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"honed",
"keen",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"trenchant",
"whetted"
]
},
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
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"examples":[
"strain the coffee to remove the grounds"
],
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"related":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"deposition",
"dregs",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
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"examples":[
"evicted the tenants on the grounds that they violated the lease"
],
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"related":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"motive",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
]
},
"the area around and belonging to a building":{
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"examples":[
"an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds"
],
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"related":[
"acres",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"campus",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"synonyms":[
"demesne",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard"
]
},
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stuck the shovel in the ground and went inside for a glass of water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"mold",
"soil"
]
},
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
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"examples":[
"take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreground",
"center",
"focal point",
"focus",
"heart"
],
"related":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set",
"stage",
"entourage",
"environment",
"milieu",
"setting",
"surroundings"
],
"synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"background"
]
},
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was glad to be back on the ground after a turbulent flight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"continent",
"landmass",
"zone",
"island",
"isthmus",
"mainland",
"peninsula"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dust",
"earth",
"land",
"soil",
"terra firma"
]
},
"to find a basis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"establish",
"found",
"assume",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"suppose"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"hang",
"predicate",
"rest"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groups":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
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"examples":[
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"related":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"related":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"related":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"antonyms":[
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"examples":[
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
"related":[
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grousers":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had the misfortune of waiting on a table full of grousers , who sent her back to the kitchen constantly and then refused to tip her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"related":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grove":{
"a small group of trees":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grovel":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"squinch",
"blanch",
"blench",
"whiten",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"toady"
],
"synonyms":[
"cower",
"cringe",
"quail"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"crawl",
"creep",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grovelled":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched",
"blanched",
"blenched",
"whitened",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"toadied"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowered",
"cringed",
"quailed"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouched",
"squatted",
"edged",
"inched",
"nosed",
"skulked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole",
"tiptoed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellied",
"crawled",
"crept",
"slid",
"slithered",
"snaked",
"wormed",
"wriggled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grow (in)":{
"to gradually increase in":{
"antonyms":[
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"fall (in)",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off"
],
"related":[
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"accrue",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"excite",
"stimulate",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"enrich",
"expand",
"extend",
"maximize",
"boost",
"elevate",
"jack (up)",
"mount",
"ramp (up)",
"step up"
],
"synonyms":[
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"pick up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growled":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"related":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunted",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered",
"mewled",
"puled",
"squeaked",
"whimpered"
],
"related":[
"grumbled",
"rolled",
"rumbled",
"banged",
"blared",
"blasted",
"pealed",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"bawled",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"hooted",
"shouted",
"whooped",
"yelled",
"belled",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"wailed",
"yowled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellowed",
"boomed",
"roared",
"thundered"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boomed",
"drummed",
"thundered",
"bellowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumbled",
"lumbered",
"rolled",
"rumbled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growly":{
"as in guttural , growling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grown":{
"covered with a thick healthy natural growth":{
"antonyms":[
"barren",
"leafless"
],
"examples":[
"a field lavishly grown with poppies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleak",
"depleted",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unproductive",
"arid",
"dead",
"desert",
"dry",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"waterless"
],
"related":[
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"productive",
"prolific",
"rich",
"dense",
"tangled"
],
"synonyms":[
"green",
"leafy",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"overgrown",
"verdant"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"related":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown up",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"been",
"continued",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed"
],
"related":[
"altered",
"changed",
"metamorphosed",
"modified",
"mutated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted"
],
"synonyms":[
"become",
"come",
"gone",
"got",
"gotten",
"run",
"turned",
"waxed"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"related":[
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sown",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"grubstakes":{
"as in underwrites , liquidates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gruesomeness":{
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"permanently scarred by the sheer gruesomeness of what she had witnessed during the war"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"related":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gruff":{
"harsh and dry in sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she had a gruff speaking voice, but a surprisingly sweet singing voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"related":[
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
],
"examples":[
"I didn't exchange one word with the gruff mountaineer who sat next to me in the diner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grumble":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a chorus of moans and grumbles when they found out that the overnight camping trip had been cancelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
],
"examples":[
"he grumbled about how sore his feet were after standing all day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heavily loaded trucks grumbling as they passed over the steel bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boom",
"drum",
"thunder",
"bellow"
],
"synonyms":[
"growl",
"lumber",
"roll",
"rumble"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grumping":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
],
"examples":[
"those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"related":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brooding",
"dwelling (on)",
"mulling (over)",
"musing (over)",
"pondering",
"frowning",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling",
"carrying on",
"taking on",
"petting"
],
"synonyms":[
"moping",
"pouting",
"sulking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grunting":{
"speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"says he talks in his sleep, but really it's just snorts and grunting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rumor",
"undertone",
"whisper",
"babble",
"babbling",
"blab",
"blabbing",
"chatter",
"chattering",
"drivel",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabble",
"gabbling",
"jabber",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattle",
"prattling",
"rambling"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunt",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"mutter",
"muttering"
]
},
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
"antonyms":[
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
],
"examples":[
"was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating"
],
"related":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"chattering",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattling",
"rambling",
"breathing",
"gasping",
"panting",
"whispering",
"buzzing"
],
"synonyms":[
"chuntering",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grandmothers":{
"the mother of your father or mother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gross out":{
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"that dead frog in our driveway grosses me out \u2014can you get rid of it?"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"related":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gravy":{
"a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish":{
"examples":[
"order a large serving of fries with extra gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dressing",
"sauce"
],
"related":[
"condiment",
"relish",
"seasoning",
"fixing(s)",
"garnish",
"topping",
"dip",
"marinade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"you only pay for three CDs; the fourth one they give you is just gravy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
],
"related":[
"pension",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grows":{
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"crops",
"cultivates",
"cultures",
"dresses",
"promotes",
"raises",
"rears",
"tends"
],
"related":[
"breeds",
"produces",
"propagates",
"plants",
"sows",
"gathers",
"gleans",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"germinates",
"quickens",
"ripens",
"roots",
"sprouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kills",
"digs",
"extirpates",
"picks",
"plucks",
"pulls (up)",
"uproots",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"develops",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
],
"related":[
"mellows",
"softens",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"advances",
"evolves",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"grays",
"greys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"synonyms":[
"becomes",
"comes",
"gets",
"goes",
"runs",
"turns",
"waxes"
],
"related":[
"alters",
"changes",
"metamorphoses",
"modifies",
"mutates",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"continues",
"is",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"great power":{
"as in power , sea power":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grinds":{
"a harsh grating sound":{
"examples":[
"the grind of ice in the blender sent the cat running from the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"creaks",
"jars",
"rasps",
"scrapes",
"scratches"
],
"related":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"jangles",
"scuffs",
"croaks",
"gargles",
"blasts",
"bleats",
"brays",
"screeches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"examples":[
"don't be such a grind \u2014go out with your friends and enjoy yourself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworms",
"dinks",
"dorks",
"geeks",
"nerds",
"swots",
"weenies",
"wonks"
],
"related":[
"double-domes",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"academics",
"bookmen",
"scholars",
"gearheads",
"techies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"goof-offs",
"slackers",
"underachievers",
"lowbrows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"yard work is a real grind"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeyworks",
"drudgeries",
"drudges",
"fatigues",
"labors",
"moils",
"slaveries",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails"
],
"related":[
"spadeworks",
"efforts",
"exertions",
"pains",
"struggles",
"troubles",
"chores",
"duties",
"jobs",
"obligations",
"responsibilities",
"routines",
"tediums",
"treadmills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompressions",
"eases",
"leisures",
"relaxations",
"reposes",
"rests",
"amusements",
"dalliances",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations",
"sports",
"dormancies",
"inactivities",
"inertias"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"plays"
]
},
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"the daily grind of a 50-mile commute was getting old"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"grooves",
"locksteps",
"patterns",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"treadmills"
],
"related":[
"daily dozens",
"regimens",
"housekeepings",
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"approaches",
"manners",
"methods",
"procedures",
"strategies",
"styles",
"tacks",
"techniques",
"ways",
"designs",
"plans",
"programs",
"schemes",
"conventions",
"policies",
"traditions"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry"
],
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"buffs",
"files",
"hones",
"rasps",
"rubs",
"sands"
],
"related":[
"planes",
"scrapes",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"shines",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"edges",
"sharpens",
"strops",
"whets",
"regrinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"scuffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone in the car winced when the driver ground the gears trying to shift into second"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"gnashes",
"grates",
"grits",
"scrapes",
"scrunches"
],
"related":[
"creaks",
"groans",
"moans",
"rasps",
"scratches",
"whines",
"clashes",
"collides",
"jangles",
"jars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make sharp or sharper":{
"examples":[
"better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"edges",
"hones",
"sharpens",
"stones",
"strops",
"whets"
],
"related":[
"files"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"rounds",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunts",
"dulls"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"related":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
"examples":[
"ground the rock against the stone wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"grates",
"rasps",
"scrapes",
"scratches"
],
"related":[
"rubs",
"groans",
"whines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glides",
"skates",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"beats",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"crushes",
"disintegrates",
"mills",
"mulls",
"pounds",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
],
"related":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"graying":{
"as in getting along , getting on":{
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"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grease the hand of":{
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"examples":[
"He tried to grease the hands of the officials with promises of free service."
],
"synonyms":[
"bribe",
"buy",
"corrupt",
"have",
"pay off",
"square"
],
"related":[
"fix",
"tamper (with)",
"abase",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"dishonor",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"taint",
"warp",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"motivate",
"provoke",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"goad",
"induce",
"flatter",
"persuade",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"grudged":{
"as in disliked , deplored":{
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"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grounding":{
"as in stranding , beaching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in education , instruction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"basing",
"hanging",
"predicating",
"resting"
],
"related":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"assuming",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"supposing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"growing up":{
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening"
],
"related":[
"mellowing",
"softening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"group":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"related":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"related":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"related":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
],
"synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type"
],
"related":[
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve",
"identify",
"recognize",
"cull",
"screen",
"set",
"sieve",
"sift",
"winnow",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"subcategorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
],
"related":[
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grots":{
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
"examples":[
"the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"antres",
"caverns",
"caves",
"delves",
"grottoes",
"grottos"
],
"related":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"hollows",
"crawlways",
"galleries",
"subways",
"tunnels",
"excavations",
"mines",
"pits",
"shafts",
"wells",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"foxholes",
"burrows",
"coverts",
"dens",
"holes",
"lairs",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grasses":{
"as in lawns , green":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"green",
"greenswards",
"lawns",
"clearings",
"fields",
"grounds",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts",
"commons",
"crofts",
"glades",
"grasslands",
"heathlands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"meadows",
"moors",
"pasturelands",
"pastures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandam":{
"as in dowager , beldam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beldam",
"beldame",
"dowager",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"patriarch",
"whitebeard",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"ancient",
"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"dotard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grand old man":{
"as in first lady":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"first lady",
"fixture",
"institution",
"icon",
"ikon",
"symbol",
"dean",
"elder statesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grill":{
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"police grilled the suspect, but had to release him when it became clear he didn't have the information they were looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechize",
"examine",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"sweat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"poll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"grilled the children about her ex-husband's new girlfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"catechize",
"inquire (of)",
"interrogate",
"query",
"question",
"quiz"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besiege",
"bombard",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"examine",
"pump",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoin",
"retort",
"comment",
"observe",
"remark",
"avoid",
"duck"
],
"antonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"respond"
]
},
"a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises":{
"examples":[
"headed down to the local bar and grill for a beer and a burger"
],
"synonyms":[
"beanery",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"caff",
"diner",
"eatery",
"restaurant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cafeteria",
"lunch counter",
"luncheonette",
"lunchroom",
"snack bar",
"greasy spoon",
"hash house",
"chophouse",
"steak house",
"pizzeria",
"coffeehouse",
"coffee shop",
"estaminet",
"teahouse",
"tearoom",
"tea shop",
"bar",
"barroom",
"inn",
"tavern"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grievances":{
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"examples":[
"this is no place to air your grievances against him"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"grudges",
"resentments",
"scores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemnations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"umbrages",
"complaints",
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"despites",
"malevolences",
"malices",
"spites",
"spleens",
"venoms",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"rancors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"she decided to file a formal grievance against the utility company"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grimy":{
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"this mirror is so grimy you can barely see your reflection in it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grown-up":{
"relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity":{
"examples":[
"they have yet to find a grown-up way of handling their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"mature"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"childish",
"infantile",
"kiddish"
],
"antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"immature"
]
},
"a fully grown person":{
"examples":[
"once you turn 12, you get to eat with the grown-ups at Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult"
],
"near synonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bairn",
"child",
"cub",
"kid",
"moppet",
"tad",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"baby",
"infant",
"adolescent",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grotesqueries":{
"a strange or horrible and often frightening creature":{
"examples":[
"born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"grotesques",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"ogres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ogresses",
"Frankensteins",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"frights",
"imps",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"horrors",
"terrors",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"abnormalities",
"freaks",
"mutants",
"mutations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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