4881 lines
96 KiB
JSON
4881 lines
96 KiB
JSON
{
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"kibbling":{
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"as in slicing , grinding":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"kick over the traces":{
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"to rise up against established authority":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Of course he's kicking over the traces , he's a teenager!"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comply (with)",
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"follow",
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"mind",
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"obey",
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"submit",
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"attend",
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"serve"
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],
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"related":[
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"defy",
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"disobey",
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"mock",
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"revolutionize",
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"buck",
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"combat",
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"contest",
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"fight",
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"oppose",
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"resist",
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"withstand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mutiny",
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"rebel",
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"revolt"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"kickbacks":{
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"as in backlashes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in payoffs , baksheeshs":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in rebates , givebacks":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kicked (off)":{
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"to stop living":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"lived"
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],
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"examples":[
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"surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"came to",
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"revived",
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"lingered",
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"existed",
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"subsisted",
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"was",
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"flourished",
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"prospered",
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"thrived",
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"throve"
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],
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"related":[
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"predeceased",
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"consumed",
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"disappeared",
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"dried up",
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"faded",
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"failed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"checked out",
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"conked (out)",
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"croaked",
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"deceased",
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"demised",
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"departed",
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"died",
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"dropped",
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"ended",
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"exited",
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"expired",
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"fell",
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"flatlined",
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"kicked in",
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"parted",
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"passed away",
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"passed (on)",
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"pegged out",
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"perished",
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"popped off",
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"stepped out",
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"succumbed",
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"went"
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]
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},
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"concluded",
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"ended",
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"finished",
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"terminated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ceased",
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"desisted",
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"discontinued",
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"halted",
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"knocked off",
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"laid off",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"stopped",
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"closed",
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"completed",
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"abandoned",
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"forsook",
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"left",
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"abolished",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"exterminated",
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"extinguished",
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"phased out"
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],
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"related":[
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"created",
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"generated",
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"inaugurated",
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"initiated",
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"innovated",
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"invented",
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"originated",
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"adopted",
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"embraced",
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"took on",
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"took up",
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"established",
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"fathered",
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"founded",
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"instituted",
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"organized",
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"pioneered",
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"set up",
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"spawned",
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"got around (to)",
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"got down (to)",
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"got round (to)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"began",
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"commenced",
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"embarked (on or upon)",
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"entered (into or upon)",
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"fell (to)",
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"got off",
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"launched",
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"led off",
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"opened",
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"started",
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"struck (into)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"kicked off":{
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"to stop living":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"lived"
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],
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"examples":[
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"surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"came to",
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"revived",
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"lingered",
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"existed",
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"subsisted",
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"was",
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"flourished",
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"prospered",
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"thrived",
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"throve"
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],
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"related":[
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"predeceased",
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"consumed",
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"disappeared",
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"dried up",
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"faded",
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"failed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"checked out",
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"conked (out)",
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"croaked",
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"deceased",
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"demised",
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"departed",
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"died",
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"dropped",
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"ended",
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"exited",
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"expired",
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"fell",
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"flatlined",
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"kicked in",
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"parted",
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"passed away",
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"passed (on)",
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"pegged out",
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"perished",
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"popped off",
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"stepped out",
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"succumbed",
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"went"
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]
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},
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"concluded",
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"ended",
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"finished",
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"terminated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ceased",
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"desisted",
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"discontinued",
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"halted",
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"knocked off",
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"laid off",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"stopped",
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"closed",
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"completed",
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"abandoned",
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"forsook",
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"left",
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"abolished",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"exterminated",
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"extinguished",
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"phased out"
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],
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"related":[
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"created",
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"generated",
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"inaugurated",
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"initiated",
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"innovated",
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"invented",
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"originated",
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"adopted",
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"embraced",
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"took on",
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"took up",
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"established",
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"fathered",
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"founded",
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"instituted",
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"organized",
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"pioneered",
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"set up",
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"spawned",
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"got around (to)",
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"got down (to)",
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"got round (to)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"began",
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"commenced",
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"embarked (on or upon)",
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"entered (into or upon)",
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"fell (to)",
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"got off",
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"launched",
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"led off",
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"opened",
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"started",
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"struck (into)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"kicked over the traces":{
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"to rise up against established authority":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Of course he's kicking over the traces , he's a teenager!"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complied (with)",
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"followed",
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"minded",
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"obeyed",
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"submitted",
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"attended",
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"served"
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],
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"related":[
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"defied",
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"disobeyed",
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"mocked",
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"revolutionized",
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"bucked",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"contested",
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"fought",
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"opposed",
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"resisted",
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"withstood"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mutinied",
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"rebelled",
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"revolted"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"kicked the bucket":{
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"to stop living":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"lived"
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],
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"examples":[
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"He had things he wanted to accomplished before he kicked the bucket ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"came to",
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"revived",
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"lingered",
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"existed",
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"subsisted",
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"was",
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"flourished",
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"prospered",
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"thrived",
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"throve"
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],
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"related":[
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"predeceased",
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"consumed",
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"disappeared",
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"dried up",
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"faded",
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"failed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"checked out",
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"conked (out)",
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"croaked",
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"deceased",
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"demised",
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"departed",
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"died",
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"dropped",
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"ended",
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"exited",
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"expired",
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"fell",
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"flatlined",
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"kicked in",
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"kicked off",
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"parted",
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"passed away",
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"passed (on)",
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"pegged out",
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"perished",
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"popped off",
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"stepped out",
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"succumbed",
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"went"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"kicked up a fuss":{
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"delighted",
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"rejoiced"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The kids were kicking up a fuss by the end of the day, so the family left the fair."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"bore",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"tolerated",
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"took",
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"applauded",
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"cheered",
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"commended"
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],
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"related":[
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"objected (to)",
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"protested",
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"quarreled (with)",
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"quarrelled (with)",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"quibbled",
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"fretted",
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"stewed",
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"worried",
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"bemoaned",
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"bewailed",
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"deplored",
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"lamented"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefed",
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"bellyached",
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"bitched",
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"bleated",
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"carped",
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"caterwauled",
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"complained",
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"crabbed",
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"croaked",
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"fussed",
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"griped",
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"grizzled",
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"grouched",
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"groused",
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"growled",
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"grumbled",
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"grumped",
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"hollered",
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"inveighed",
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"keened",
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"kicked",
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"kvetched",
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"maundered",
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"moaned",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"nagged",
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"repined",
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"screamed",
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"squawked",
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"squealed",
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"wailed",
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"whimpered",
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"whined",
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"whinged",
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"yammered",
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"yawped",
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"yauped",
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"yowled"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"kicked up one's heels":{
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"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bemoaned",
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"bewailed",
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"grieved",
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"lamented",
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"regretted",
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"wept"
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],
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"related":[
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"gloated",
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"preened",
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"swelled",
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"boasted",
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"bragged",
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"flaunted",
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"paraded",
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"showed off",
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"strutted",
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"swaggered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"delighted",
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"exuberated",
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"exulted",
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"gloried",
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"joyed",
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"jubilated",
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"kvelled",
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"rejoiced",
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"triumphed"
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]
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},
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"to play and run about happily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"moped",
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"pouted",
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"stewed",
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"sulked"
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],
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"related":[
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"bounded",
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"hopped",
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"leaped",
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"leapt",
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"loped",
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"skipped",
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"sprang",
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"sprung",
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"tripped",
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"tumbled",
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"curvetted",
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"curveted",
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"danced",
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"pranced",
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"caroused",
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"reveled",
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"revelled",
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"roistered",
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"carried on",
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"fooled around",
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"horsed around",
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"clowned",
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"cut up",
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"joyrode",
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"roughhoused",
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"skylarked",
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"kited"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capered",
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"cavorted",
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"disported",
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"frisked",
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"frolicked",
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"gamboled",
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"gambolled",
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"larked",
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"rollicked",
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"romped",
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"sported"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"kicking out":{
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"to drive or force out":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"kicked out of the game for using bad language"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"admitting",
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"receiving",
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"taking",
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"taking in",
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"welcoming",
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"entertaining",
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"harboring",
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"housing",
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"lodging",
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"sheltering"
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],
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"related":[
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"deforcing",
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"deporting",
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"displacing",
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"dispossessing",
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"evicting",
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"exiling",
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"expatriating",
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"ostracizing",
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"reading out",
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"shutting out",
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"axing",
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"canning",
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"cashiering",
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"defenestrating",
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"discharging",
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"firing",
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"mustering out",
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"pink-slipping",
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"releasing",
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"removing",
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"retiring",
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"sacking",
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"terminating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banishing",
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"booting (out)",
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"bouncing",
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"casting out",
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"chasing",
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"dismissing",
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"drumming (out)",
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"ejecting",
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"expelling",
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"extruding",
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"ousting",
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"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicking the bucket":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He had things he wanted to accomplished before he kicked the bucket ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicking up a stink":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The kids were kicking up a fuss by the end of the day, so the family left the fair."
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicks around":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"perpends",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"sandbags",
|
|
"victimizes",
|
|
"wrongs",
|
|
"beats (up)",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"works (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"brutalizes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"messes over",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after spending a year in Europe kicking around , the backpacker was ready to return home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"gypsies",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"mills (about or around)",
|
|
"straggles",
|
|
"strays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"gads (about)",
|
|
"gallivants",
|
|
"galavants",
|
|
"knocks (about)",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the afternoon kicking around , while his wife bought out the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"swans",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"tinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicks off":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicks up one's heels":{
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloats",
|
|
"preens",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exuberates",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"jubilates",
|
|
"kvells",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"curvets",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"skylarks",
|
|
"kites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicky":{
|
|
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unexciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needing one last kicky experience in my life, I decided to try bungee jumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uninteresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"high-voltage",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"lusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"exhilarative",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"mind-bending",
|
|
"mind-blowing",
|
|
"mind-boggling",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kid stuff":{
|
|
"something easily done or dealt with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"horror show",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"stinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorting the books was kid stuff , since all I had to do was go by their size"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"no-brainer",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"sitting duck",
|
|
"gimme",
|
|
"laugher",
|
|
"walkaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"cakewalk",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"roses",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kidding":{
|
|
"as in mocking , fooling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made kidding remarks about her lack of skills in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody's kidding me about my new haircut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"japing",
|
|
"jollying",
|
|
"yukking",
|
|
"yucking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he always kids around about his \"wild and crazy\" life as an accountant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"japing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"jollying",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"yukking",
|
|
"yucking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kidnap":{
|
|
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child of the wealthy industrialist was kidnapped and held for ransom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"abscond (with)",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abduct"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kielbasa":{
|
|
"as in pepperoni , salami":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killed":{
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"magnetized",
|
|
"wiled",
|
|
"witched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kill the engine before it overheats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flicked (off)",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"mothballed",
|
|
"phased out",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"chocked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Senate killed the bill by a single vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"blacklisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike up the mountain just about killed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killing time":{
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killjoys":{
|
|
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"carousers",
|
|
"celebrants",
|
|
"celebrators",
|
|
"merrymakers",
|
|
"rejoicers",
|
|
"revelers",
|
|
"revellers",
|
|
"roisterers",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"rakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"goody-goodies",
|
|
"old maids",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"Jeremiahs",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"wet blankets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilt":{
|
|
"as in fly , sail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindergarteners":{
|
|
"as in preschoolers , schoolchildren":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindergartners":{
|
|
"as in preschoolers , schoolchildren":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindled":{
|
|
"being on fire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kindled straw was responsible for the blaze that destroyed the barn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"singed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflame",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worried that lightning will kindle the forest in the drought-stricken nature preserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immolated",
|
|
"deflagrated",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"frizzled",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"broiled",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"ashed",
|
|
"cremated",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kilned",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"scalded",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"reignited",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"relit",
|
|
"relighted",
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"stoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"torched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindles":{
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worried that lightning will kindle the forest in the drought-stricken nature preserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immolates",
|
|
"deflagrates",
|
|
"chars",
|
|
"frizzles",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kilns",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"reignites",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"relights",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"stokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"torches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindly":{
|
|
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brought homemade chicken soup out of kindly concern for my health"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"cruelty-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vegetarian diet can be very kindly to a person hoping to lose a few pounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"insalubrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"remunerative",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"amelioratory",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"supportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"benefic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their visit was kindly a surprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with good reason or courtesy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"thoughtlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you kindly hand me the scissors?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"snootily",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"unfairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"excusably",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"justifiably",
|
|
"validly",
|
|
"discreetly",
|
|
"judiciously",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"wisely",
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"sympathetically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"kinetic":{
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novel's plot is kinetic and fast-paced, and its effect on the reader is much like that of a surfeit of caffeine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loft district is the locus of the city's kinetic arts scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kingly":{
|
|
"fit for or worthy of a royal ruler":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a kingly gift of 50 million dollars to his old alma mater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monarchal",
|
|
"monarchial",
|
|
"monarchical",
|
|
"monarchic",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kings":{
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undisputed king of automobile sales for the entire metropolitan area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"small-timers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"movers and shakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"supremos",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"deities",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"Napoleons",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kink":{
|
|
"a painful sudden tightening of a muscle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a kink in my neck from lying in that awkward position for too long"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"twitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charley horse",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crick",
|
|
"spasm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whenever he got a kink in his head, he'd drop whatever he was doing to pursue this latest obsession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"fancifulness",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bee",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"maggot",
|
|
"megrim",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"vagrancy",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss's fondness for nicknames is one of those kinks that staffers just have to put up with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in turn , twist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kins":{
|
|
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"pedigrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blended families",
|
|
"nuclear families",
|
|
"extended families",
|
|
"households",
|
|
"kiths",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"clansmen",
|
|
"kinsmen",
|
|
"kinswomen",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"dynasties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person connected with another by blood or marriage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since she did not appear to be kin to either side, we've no idea what she was doing at the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"in-laws",
|
|
"kissing cousins",
|
|
"kinswomen",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cousins",
|
|
"kinsmen",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kinsman":{
|
|
"a person connected with another by blood or marriage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to protect the family honor, he sought to revenge the murder of his kinsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"in-law",
|
|
"kissing cousin",
|
|
"kinswoman",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"kinfolk",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"tribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cousin",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kiss":{
|
|
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gentle breeze kissing the water's surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"skim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to touch one another with the lips as a sign of love":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's traditional for couples to kiss under the mistletoe at Christmastime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buss",
|
|
"French-kiss",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"osculate",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"canoodle",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"smooch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kissable":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kissing good-bye":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She kissed him good-bye upon discovering his lies."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooking up (with)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"breaking off (with)",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jilting",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kit bags":{
|
|
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soldier's kit bag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haversacks",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"carry-ons",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handbags",
|
|
"holdalls",
|
|
"portmanteaus",
|
|
"portmanteaux",
|
|
"suitcases",
|
|
"traveling bags",
|
|
"fanny packs",
|
|
"school bags",
|
|
"seabags",
|
|
"overnight bags",
|
|
"overnight cases",
|
|
"weekend bags"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backpacks",
|
|
"knapsacks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"packsacks",
|
|
"rucksacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kithing":{
|
|
"as in showing , revealing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kitted (up or out)":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"go see the quartermaster to be kitted out in your new uniforms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"reequipped",
|
|
"re-equipped",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refurnished",
|
|
"reoutfitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"fitted (out)",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kittened":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kicking around":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"tinkering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the afternoon kicking around , while his wife bought out the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after spending a year in Europe kicking around , the backpacker was ready to return home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gadding (about)",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"gypsying",
|
|
"hoboing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"vagabonding",
|
|
"milling (about or around)",
|
|
"straggling",
|
|
"straying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"brutalizing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"messing over",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"wronging",
|
|
"beating (up)",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"working (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kits (up or out)":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"go see the quartermaster to be kitted out in your new uniforms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutres",
|
|
"accouters",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"fits (out)",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"reequips",
|
|
"refits",
|
|
"refurnishes",
|
|
"reoutfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilts":{
|
|
"as in flies , sails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kibbled":{
|
|
"as in cracked , lumpy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sliced , ground":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindlessly":{
|
|
"as in cruelly , ruthlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kith":{
|
|
"as in kin , kinfolk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killing":{
|
|
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"chucklesome",
|
|
"comedic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humoristic",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"slapsticky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"snickery",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"jokey",
|
|
"joky",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
|
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
|
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"unhysterical"
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]
|
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},
|
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"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"arduous",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
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"challenging",
|
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"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"grueling",
|
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"gruelling",
|
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"laborious",
|
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"onerous",
|
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"persnickety",
|
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"taxing",
|
|
"toilsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"difficult",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"nondemanding",
|
|
"unchallenging",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cleanup , windfall":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanup",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in murder , homicide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodletting",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"mortality",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"genocide",
|
|
"pogrom",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"scragging",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"martyring",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"euthanizing",
|
|
"euthanatizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"suiciding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Senate killed the bill by a single vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"blacklisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike up the mountain just about killed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"witching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kill the engine before it overheats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flicking (off)",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"mothballing",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"chocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"king-sized":{
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built a king-size mansion with the money he had made in the stock market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of great extent from end to end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the king-size snake known as the anaconda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"oblong",
|
|
"rectangular",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kidnapee":{
|
|
"as in abductee":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abductee",
|
|
"arrestee",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"coprisoner",
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"captive",
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"capture",
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"internee",
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"prisoner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"captor",
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"custodian",
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"guard",
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"guardian",
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"jailer",
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"jailor",
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"keeper",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"warden",
|
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"abductor",
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"kidnapper",
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"kidnaper"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"kinswomen":{
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"as in kinsmen , cousins":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"cousins",
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"kinsmen",
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"relations",
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"relatives",
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"stepbrothers",
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"stepsisters",
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"in-laws",
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"brothers",
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"brethren",
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"siblings",
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"sisters",
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"kissing cousins",
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"blood",
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"clans",
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"families",
|
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"folk",
|
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"folks",
|
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"houses",
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"kindreds",
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"kinfolks",
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"kinsfolk",
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"lineages",
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"lines",
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"people",
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"races",
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"stocks",
|
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"tribes"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"kiddish":{
|
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"having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"such kiddish behavior is not appropriate in church"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"puerile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unchildlike",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kiddies":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are plenty of attractions at the state fair that will amuse the kiddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kinking":{
|
|
"as in turning , twisting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"incurvating",
|
|
"incurving",
|
|
"inflecting",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dimpling",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"sloping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |