7215 lines
143 KiB
JSON
7215 lines
143 KiB
JSON
{
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"back (up)":{
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"as in testify (to) , vouch (for)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"avouch",
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"testify (to)",
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"vouch (for)",
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"witness",
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"argue",
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"attest",
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"authenticate",
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"bear out",
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"certify",
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"confirm",
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"corroborate",
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"substantiate",
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"support",
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"validate",
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"verify",
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"vindicate",
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"guarantee",
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"warrant",
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"affirm",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"avow",
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"declare",
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"profess",
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"demonstrate",
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"document",
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"establish",
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"prove",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disprove",
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"rebut",
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"refute",
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"contradict",
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"gainsay",
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"deny",
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"disavow",
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"disclaim",
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"challenge",
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"contest",
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"dispute",
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"question"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in set , harden":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"clot",
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"coagulate",
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"congeal",
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"gel",
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"harden",
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"set"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"flow",
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"pour",
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"roll",
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"run",
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"stream",
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"arise",
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"disembogue",
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"effuse",
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"emanate",
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"issue",
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"spring",
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"course",
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"race",
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"rush"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
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"examples":[
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"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottleneck",
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"jam",
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"jam-up",
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"logjam",
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"snarl",
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"tailback",
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"tie-up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tangle",
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"gridlock",
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"lock",
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"congestion",
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"traffic",
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"crawl",
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"delay",
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"slowdown",
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"stoppage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
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"examples":[
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"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cover",
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"designated hitter",
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"fill-in",
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"locum tenens",
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"pinch hitter",
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"relief",
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"replacement",
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"reserve",
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"stand-in",
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"sub",
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"substitute"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alternate",
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"understudy",
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"apology",
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"makeshift",
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"stopgap",
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"agent",
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"assignee",
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"attorney",
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"commissary",
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"delegate",
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"deputy",
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"envoy",
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"factor",
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"procurator",
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"proxy",
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"rep",
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"representative",
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"surrogate",
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"assistant",
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"reliever",
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"second",
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"successor",
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"superseder"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in alternate , proxy":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alternate",
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"jackleg",
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"make-do",
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"makeshift",
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"proxy",
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"stopgap",
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"substitute",
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"acting",
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"ad interim",
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"interim",
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"provisional",
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"provisionary",
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"provisory",
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"temporary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"long-term",
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"permanent"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"back away":{
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"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
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"examples":[
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"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drop back",
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"fall back",
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"pull out",
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"recede",
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"retire",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flee",
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"fly",
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"flinch",
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"recoil",
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"shrink",
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"chicken (out)",
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"bow out",
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"back down",
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"backpedal",
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"backtrack",
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"climb down",
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"detach",
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"disengage",
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"disentangle",
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"pull away",
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"abandon",
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"depart",
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"evacuate",
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"go",
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"leave",
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"quit",
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"vacate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beard",
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"brave",
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"brazen",
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"breast",
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"confront",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"face",
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"outbrave"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"advance"
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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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"back down":{
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"to break a promise or agreement":{
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"examples":[
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"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"back off",
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"back out",
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"cop out",
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"fink out",
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"renege"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chicken (out)",
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"wimp out",
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"backpedal",
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"backtrack",
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"abjure",
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"abnegate",
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"disavow",
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"forswear",
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"foreswear",
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"recall",
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"recant",
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"repudiate",
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"retract",
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"take back",
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"unsay",
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"withdraw",
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"beg off",
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"cry off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adhere (to)",
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"follow through (with)",
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"comply (with)",
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"fulfill",
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"fulfil",
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"honor",
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"keep",
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"satisfy"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"back-and-forths":{
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"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"replacements",
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"substitutions",
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"reciprocations",
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"recompenses",
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"requitals",
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"bargains",
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"deals",
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"horse trades",
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"negotiations",
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"transactions",
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"dealings",
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"logrollings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barters",
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"commutations",
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"dickers",
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"exchanges",
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"quid pro quos",
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"swaps",
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"trade-offs",
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"trades",
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"trucks"
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]
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},
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"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bull sessions",
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"chat rooms",
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"forums",
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"fora",
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"meetings",
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"roundtables",
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"round tables",
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"seminars",
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"skull sessions",
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"skull practices",
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"symposia",
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"symposiums",
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"talkathons",
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"chats",
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"conversations",
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"raps",
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"words",
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"discourses",
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"disquisitions",
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"consultancies",
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"negotiations",
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"pourparlers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argumentations",
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"arguments",
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"argy-bargies",
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"colloquies",
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"confabs",
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"confabulations",
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"conferences",
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"consultations",
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"consults",
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"councils",
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"counsel",
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"debates",
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"deliberations",
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"dialogues",
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"dialogs",
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"discussions",
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"give-and-takes",
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"palavers",
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"parleys",
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"talks"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"backache":{
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"as in headache , stomachache":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bellyache",
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"charley horse",
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"colic",
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"complaint",
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"earache",
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"gripe",
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"headache",
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"stomachache",
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"toothache",
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"ache",
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"pain",
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"pang",
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"prick",
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"shoot",
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"smart",
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"sting",
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"stitch",
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"throe",
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"tingle",
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"twinge",
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"discomfort",
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"distress",
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"soreness",
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"tenderness",
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"affliction",
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"agony",
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"anguish",
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"misery",
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"sufferance",
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"suffering",
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"torment",
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"torture",
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"inflammation",
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"sore",
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"swelling",
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"damage",
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"detriment",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"injury"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfort",
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"ease",
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"easiness"
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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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"backbone":{
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"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
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"examples":[
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"found the backbone of a fish lying on the beach"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chine",
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"spinal column",
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"spine",
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"vertebral column"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"back",
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"spinal cord",
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"vertebra"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
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"examples":[
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"it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"constancy",
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"fiber",
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"fortitude",
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"grit",
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"grittiness",
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"guts",
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"intestinal fortitude",
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"pluck",
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"spunk"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"determination",
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"purposefulness",
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"resoluteness",
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"resolution",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"fearlessness",
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"gallantry",
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"greatheartedness",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"nerve",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"endurance",
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"forbearance",
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"stamina",
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"sufferance",
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"tolerance",
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"heart",
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"mettle",
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"spirit",
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"audacity",
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"boldness",
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"brass",
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"cheek",
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"chutzpah",
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"chutzpa",
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"hutzpah",
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"hutzpa",
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"effrontery",
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"gall",
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"hardihood",
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"nerve",
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"nerviness",
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"temerity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresoluteness",
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"irresolution",
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"vacillation",
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"cowardice",
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"cowardliness",
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"cravenness",
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"dastardliness",
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"faintheartedness",
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"pusillanimity",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"spinelessness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"backboned":{
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"as in hard , strong":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"firm",
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"hard",
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"strong",
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"tough",
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"right",
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"righteous",
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"upright",
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"virtuous",
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"determined",
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"mettlesome",
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"resolute",
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"unrelenting",
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"courageous",
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"stalwart",
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"stouthearted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"characterless",
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"effete",
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"frail",
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"invertebrate",
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"limp-wristed",
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"milk-and-water",
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"namby-pamby",
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"nerveless",
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"soft",
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"spineless",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"weak-kneed",
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"weakling",
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"wet",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy",
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"wishy-washy",
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"flabby",
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"flaccid",
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"forceless",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"impotent",
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"impuissant",
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"powerless"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"backed (up or away)":{
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"as in retired , withdrew":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"receded",
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"retired",
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"retreated",
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"withdrew",
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"cleared out",
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"departed",
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"exited",
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"left",
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"lit",
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"lighted out",
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"pulled out",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"ran away",
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"removed",
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"shoved (off)",
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"took off",
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"walked out",
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"went"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approached",
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"bellied up",
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"came up",
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"closed",
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"closed in",
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"drew on",
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"neared",
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"nighed",
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"arrived",
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"attained",
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"came",
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"gained",
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"hit",
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"landed",
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"made",
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"reached",
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"showed up",
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"turned up",
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"waltzed (up)",
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"crept up",
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"sneaked up",
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"snuck up"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"backed down":{
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"to break a promise or agreement":{
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"examples":[
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"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backed off",
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"backed out",
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"copped out",
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"finked out",
|
|
"reneged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"wimped out",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"begged off",
|
|
"cried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backed off":{
|
|
"to break a promise or agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed out",
|
|
"copped out",
|
|
"finked out",
|
|
"reneged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"wimped out",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"begged off",
|
|
"cried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backed out":{
|
|
"to break a promise or agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"wimped out",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"begged off",
|
|
"cried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"copped out",
|
|
"finked out",
|
|
"reneged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backed up":{
|
|
"as in set , hardened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in testified (to) , vouched (for)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backing":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"auspice",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"sponsorship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrolling",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"fosterage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"seconding",
|
|
"siding (with)",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"succoring",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"validating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercutting",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backlash":{
|
|
"a strong public response against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There was swift backlash to the senator's controversial comments."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reaction",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"counteraction",
|
|
"counterreaction",
|
|
"counterresponse",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"reflex",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backlashes":{
|
|
"a strong public response against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There was swift backlash to the senator's controversial comments."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"reactions",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"counteractions",
|
|
"counterreactions",
|
|
"counter-reactions",
|
|
"counterresponses",
|
|
"counter-responses",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"reflexes",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backsliders":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the evangelist was determined to win back the backsliders who had fallen away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backtrack":{
|
|
"as in revert , about-face":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"revert",
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"switch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in backpedal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"wimp out",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"back out",
|
|
"cop out",
|
|
"fink out",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"beg off",
|
|
"cry off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backups":{
|
|
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jam-ups",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tailbacks",
|
|
"tie-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"congestions",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"stoppages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"designated hitters",
|
|
"fill-ins",
|
|
"locum tenentes",
|
|
"pinch hitters",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stand-ins",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"substitutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"stopgaps",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"attorneys",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"reps",
|
|
"surrogates",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"relievers",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"superseders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backward":{
|
|
"directed, turned, or done toward the back":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"aft",
|
|
"after",
|
|
"hind",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternforemost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"retrograde"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not comfortable around people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lone-wolf",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward the opposite direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clockwise",
|
|
"deasil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"obversely",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"round"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward the rear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"forth",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking backward , we could see the town receding in the distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"before"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternforemost",
|
|
"anticlockwise",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"left-handedly",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backwoods":{
|
|
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lived far out in the backwoods and raised hogs for a living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"outlands",
|
|
"up-country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in provincial , countrified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoodsy",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"bucolic",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural",
|
|
"nonurban",
|
|
"semirural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"urban",
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"urbanized",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"nonfarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backwoodsy":{
|
|
"as in provincial , backwoods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"bucolic",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural",
|
|
"nonurban",
|
|
"semirural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"urban",
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"urbanized",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"nonfarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backlog":{
|
|
"a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstabbings":{
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"disloyalties",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"talebearings",
|
|
"trickeries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependabilities",
|
|
"reliabilities",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiances",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"fealties",
|
|
"fidelities",
|
|
"loyalties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpacking":{
|
|
"as in caravanning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caravanning",
|
|
"caravaning",
|
|
"bedding (down)",
|
|
"sleeping out",
|
|
"tenting",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"camping (out)",
|
|
"encamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backwater":{
|
|
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"outlands",
|
|
"up-country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs (up)":{
|
|
"as in testifies (to) , vouches (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
|
"vouches (for)",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"bears out",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sets , hardens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"disembogues",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back of":{
|
|
"at, to, or toward the rear of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abaft",
|
|
"behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead of"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"before"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backhanders":{
|
|
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baksheeshs",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"slush funds",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons",
|
|
"flatteries",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstage":{
|
|
"in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the most important decisions were made backstage , and only presented to the full committee afterward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confidentially",
|
|
"in camera",
|
|
"intimately",
|
|
"privately",
|
|
"secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 deux",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
|
|
"inwardly",
|
|
"sotto voce",
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage",
|
|
"clandestinely",
|
|
"collusively",
|
|
"conspiratorially",
|
|
"covertly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"secretively",
|
|
"sneakily",
|
|
"stealthily",
|
|
"surreptitiously",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"publicly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in offstage , offscreen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"collusive",
|
|
"conspiratorial",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"unmentioned",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"nonpublic",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"shared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backsliding":{
|
|
"as in unfaithful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profanatory",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious",
|
|
"antireligious",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"impious",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"pietistic",
|
|
"religiose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in relapsing , lapsing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"relapsing",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrogressing",
|
|
"returning",
|
|
"reverting",
|
|
"throwing back",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"retrograding",
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backdrops":{
|
|
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backgrounds",
|
|
"grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"environments",
|
|
"milieus",
|
|
"milieux",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"focal points",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs down":{
|
|
"to break a promise or agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backs out",
|
|
"cops out",
|
|
"finks out",
|
|
"reneges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"wimps out",
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"begs off",
|
|
"cries off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backslides":{
|
|
"as in lapses , relapses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retrogressions",
|
|
"reversions",
|
|
"atavisms",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"nondevelopments",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"gestations",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"maturations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in relapses , lapses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogresses",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"throws back",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"retrogrades",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstreet":{
|
|
"as in crossroad , branch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bach":{
|
|
"an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"maintains a bach in South Island's Fiordland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dacha",
|
|
"summerhouse",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backed away":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dropped back",
|
|
"fell back",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"bowed out",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"climbed down",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"pulled away",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backhanded":{
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm amazed you did so well\" is a bit of a backhanded compliment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous",
|
|
"simon-pure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back-channel":{
|
|
"as in closed-door , off-the-record":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closed-door",
|
|
"off-the-books",
|
|
"off-the-record",
|
|
"backstairs",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"subterranean",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unexposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backers":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"backers of prison reform held a rally in front of the statehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers",
|
|
"white knights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all financial backers will be expected to offer some input into the company's decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guarantors",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"sureties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"underwriters",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"cosponsors",
|
|
"co-sponsors",
|
|
"cosignatories",
|
|
"cosigners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student's backers spoke at the school board meeting on her behalf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"bedfellows",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"fellow travelers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
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"accessories",
|
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"accessaries",
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"accomplices",
|
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"coalitionists",
|
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"collaborationists",
|
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"collaborators",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
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"coadjutors",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back talk":{
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his mother sent him to his room because of his constant back talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
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"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backing (up)":{
|
|
"as in testifying (to) , vouching (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in setting , hardening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"disemboguing",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpedal":{
|
|
"as in backtrack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"wimp out",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"back out",
|
|
"cop out",
|
|
"fink out",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"beg off",
|
|
"cry off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstab":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"inform (on)",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"snitch (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"turn in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stand by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backgrounds":{
|
|
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they got married on a mountain top with the sunset as background"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrops",
|
|
"grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"environments",
|
|
"milieus",
|
|
"milieux",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"focal points",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the background of that movie is the World War II era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"settings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrops",
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"tableaux",
|
|
"tableaus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backhands":{
|
|
"as in prints , cursives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copperplates",
|
|
"cursives",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"running hands",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"penmanships",
|
|
"scripts",
|
|
"cacographies",
|
|
"hen scratches",
|
|
"hen tracks",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"John Hancocks",
|
|
"John Henrys",
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs away":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drops back",
|
|
"falls back",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"bows out",
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"climbs down",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"pulls away",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backfire":{
|
|
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boomerang"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wildfire , bonfire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonfire",
|
|
"brush fire",
|
|
"campfire",
|
|
"forest fire",
|
|
"wildfire",
|
|
"conflagration",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"arson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpedals":{
|
|
"as in backtracks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"wimps out",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backs out",
|
|
"cops out",
|
|
"finks out",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"begs off",
|
|
"cries off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstairs":{
|
|
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an influential Washington lobbyist who has been involved in a number of backstairs deals to limit regulation of financial institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back-channel",
|
|
"closed-door",
|
|
"off-the-books",
|
|
"off-the-record",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"subterranean",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unexposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstopped":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"succored",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
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"hampered",
|
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"handicapped",
|
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"held back",
|
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"impeded",
|
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"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
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"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstreets":{
|
|
"as in crossroads , branches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"background":{
|
|
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they got married on a mountain top with the sunset as background"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreground",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"focal point",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the background of that movie is the World War II era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"tableau"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpacks":{
|
|
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kit bags",
|
|
"knapsacks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"packsacks",
|
|
"rucksacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haversacks",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"carry-ons",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handbags",
|
|
"holdalls",
|
|
"portmanteaus",
|
|
"portmanteaux",
|
|
"suitcases",
|
|
"traveling bags",
|
|
"fanny packs",
|
|
"school bags",
|
|
"seabags",
|
|
"overnight bags",
|
|
"overnight cases",
|
|
"weekend bags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in caravans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"beds (down)",
|
|
"sleeps out",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"camps (out)",
|
|
"encamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backbiting":{
|
|
"as in defamation , slander":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"derogation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"de-emphasis",
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
"soft-pedaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backwash":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back up":{
|
|
"as in testify (to) , vouch (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"bear out",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in set , harden":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"disembogue",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-up",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tailback",
|
|
"tie-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"congestion",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"stoppage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"designated hitter",
|
|
"fill-in",
|
|
"locum tenens",
|
|
"pinch hitter",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"surrogate",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"reliever",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"superseder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in alternate , proxy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"make-do",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"ad interim",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"provisionary",
|
|
"provisory",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpacker":{
|
|
"as in climber , mountaineer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinist",
|
|
"climber",
|
|
"mountaineer",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"hiker",
|
|
"perambulator",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"tramper",
|
|
"walker",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"trekker",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back-and-forth":{
|
|
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"quid pro quo",
|
|
"swap",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"substitution",
|
|
"reciprocation",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"horse trade",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"transaction",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse trading",
|
|
"logrolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"skull session",
|
|
"skull practice",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back":{
|
|
"earlier than the present time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's longer back than I can remember"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"agone",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"syne"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward the opposite direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turned back for one last comment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"obversely",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clockwise",
|
|
"deasil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward the rear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"concert security asked the crowd to move back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternforemost",
|
|
"anticlockwise",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"left-handedly",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"before"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"forth",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a behind part or surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the back of the page was blank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"tail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"forehead",
|
|
"forepart",
|
|
"front"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vulnerable point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a candidate needing a loyal aide who can be relied upon to always watch his back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"jugular",
|
|
"soft spot",
|
|
"underbelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"hamartia",
|
|
"tragic flaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"straiten",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"validate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being at or in the part of something opposite the front part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she carried all the presents in the back door, as the children were playing in the front yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aft",
|
|
"after",
|
|
"hind",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hindmost",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rearward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dorsal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ventral"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anterior",
|
|
"fore",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"frontal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backer":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"backers of prison reform held a rally in front of the statehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all financial backers will be expected to offer some input into the company's decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guarantor",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"surety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"underwriter",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"teacher",
|
|
"cosponsor",
|
|
"cosignatory",
|
|
"cosigner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student's backers spoke at the school board meeting on her behalf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"bedfellow",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"fellow traveler",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sympathizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empathizer",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"coalitionist",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"pal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backlands":{
|
|
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"outlands",
|
|
"up-country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backslide":{
|
|
"as in lapse , relapse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion",
|
|
"atavism",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"nondevelopment",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"gestation",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in relapse , lapse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrogress",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revert",
|
|
"throw back",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baches":{
|
|
"an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"maintains a bach in South Island's Fiordland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"lodges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dachas",
|
|
"summerhouses",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backwoodsman":{
|
|
"as in mountaineer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mountaineer",
|
|
"peasant",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"bumpkin",
|
|
"chawbacon",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"cornball",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"hayseed",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rube",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"yokel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"cosmopolite",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstabbed":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed (on)",
|
|
"peached",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"shopped",
|
|
"snitched (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"turned in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stood by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backdrop":{
|
|
"the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreground",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"focal point",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back-to-back":{
|
|
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecutive",
|
|
"sequent",
|
|
"sequential",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"successional",
|
|
"successive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsecutive",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"nonconsecutive",
|
|
"nonsequential"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in succession without others coming in between":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consecutively",
|
|
"hand running",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sequentially",
|
|
"seriatim",
|
|
"successionally",
|
|
"successively",
|
|
"together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serially",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"repeatedly",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuously",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"interruptedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backing (up or away)":{
|
|
"as in retiring , withdrawing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"bellying up",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"nighing",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"waltzing (up)",
|
|
"creeping up",
|
|
"sneaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstabbing":{
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"informing (on)",
|
|
"peaching",
|
|
"ratting (on)",
|
|
"shopping",
|
|
"snitching (on)",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"turning in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"standing by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backing up":{
|
|
"as in testifying (to) , vouching (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in setting , hardening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"disemboguing",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backyard":{
|
|
"an adjoining region or space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"purlieus",
|
|
"vicinage",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such only for recreation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"avocational",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"Sunday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"part-time",
|
|
"weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs up":{
|
|
"as in testifies (to) , vouches (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
|
"vouches (for)",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"bears out",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sets , hardens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"disembogues",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backbreaking":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backland":{
|
|
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"outlands",
|
|
"up-country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backbeats":{
|
|
"as in rhythms , cadences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"cadences",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"rhythms",
|
|
"hexameters",
|
|
"pentameters",
|
|
"tetrameters",
|
|
"trimeters",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuations",
|
|
"emphases",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"throbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstabbers":{
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a backstabber taking credit for work she didn't do while bad-mouthing the rest of the team to the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"Judases",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodationists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"subverters",
|
|
"coconspirators",
|
|
"co-conspirators",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"intriguers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deserters",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"rumormongers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backtracks":{
|
|
"as in reverts , about-faces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"switches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in backpedals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"wimps out",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backs out",
|
|
"cops out",
|
|
"finks out",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"begs off",
|
|
"cries off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backfired":{
|
|
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boomeranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bachelorettes":{
|
|
"as in maids , maidens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"spinsters",
|
|
"bachelors",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"exes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"spouses",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"domestic partners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backed":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"seconded",
|
|
"sided (with)",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"succored",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs (up or away)":{
|
|
"as in retires , withdraws":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"bellies up",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"nighs",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"waltzes (up)",
|
|
"creeps up",
|
|
"sneaks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backlogs":{
|
|
"a large number of jobs or items that are waiting to be finished or processed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We have a huge backlog of orders yet to be filled."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"cumulations",
|
|
"cumuli",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pileups",
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs off":{
|
|
"to break a promise or agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs out",
|
|
"cops out",
|
|
"finks out",
|
|
"reneges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"wimps out",
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"begs off",
|
|
"cries off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backs":{
|
|
"a behind part or surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the back of the page was blank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"tails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"foreheads",
|
|
"foreparts",
|
|
"fronts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vulnerable point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a candidate needing a loyal aide who can be relied upon to always watch his back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"jugulars",
|
|
"soft spots",
|
|
"underbellies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings",
|
|
"hamartias",
|
|
"tragic flaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"serves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"straitens",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author needs to back her thesis with more facts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"validates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backup":{
|
|
"as in testify (to) , vouch (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"bear out",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in set , harden":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"disembogue",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-up",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tailback",
|
|
"tie-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"congestion",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"stoppage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"designated hitter",
|
|
"fill-in",
|
|
"locum tenens",
|
|
"pinch hitter",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"surrogate",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"reliever",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"superseder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in alternate , proxy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"make-do",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"ad interim",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"provisionary",
|
|
"provisory",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bacchanalia":{
|
|
"as in revelries , orgies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"bibberies",
|
|
"inebriations",
|
|
"inebrieties",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jags",
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carousals",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"jamborees",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bacchanal , orgy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backbeat":{
|
|
"as in rhythm , cadence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm",
|
|
"hexameter",
|
|
"pentameter",
|
|
"tetrameter",
|
|
"trimeter",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuation",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backslappers":{
|
|
"a gregarious and unreserved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a career in politics appeals to him, but he's not a backslapper by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extroverts",
|
|
"extraverts",
|
|
"glad-handers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exhibitionists",
|
|
"show-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"introverts",
|
|
"shrinking violets",
|
|
"wallflowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backed (up)":{
|
|
"as in testified (to) , vouched (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"testified (to)",
|
|
"vouched (for)",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"bore out",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in set , hardened":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"disembogued",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"back out":{
|
|
"to break a promise or agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"cop out",
|
|
"fink out",
|
|
"renege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"wimp out",
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"beg off",
|
|
"cry off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpacked":{
|
|
"as in caravanned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caravanned",
|
|
"caravaned",
|
|
"bedded (down)",
|
|
"slept out",
|
|
"tented",
|
|
"bivouacked",
|
|
"camped (out)",
|
|
"encamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bacchanal":{
|
|
"as in carouser , binger":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binger",
|
|
"carouser",
|
|
"party animal",
|
|
"wassailer",
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"merrymaker",
|
|
"partyer",
|
|
"partier",
|
|
"partygoer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"noisemaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in orgy , bacchanalia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bacchanals":{
|
|
"as in carousers , bingers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bingers",
|
|
"carousers",
|
|
"party animals",
|
|
"wassailers",
|
|
"celebrants",
|
|
"celebrators",
|
|
"merrymakers",
|
|
"partyers",
|
|
"partiers",
|
|
"partygoers",
|
|
"revelers",
|
|
"revellers",
|
|
"roisterers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"skylarkers",
|
|
"noisemakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in orgies , bacchanalia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstabber":{
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a backstabber taking credit for work she didn't do while bad-mouthing the rest of the team to the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"Judas",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"turncoat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"subverter",
|
|
"coconspirator",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"intriguer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rumormonger",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backslapper":{
|
|
"a gregarious and unreserved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a career in politics appeals to him, but he's not a backslapper by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extrovert",
|
|
"extravert",
|
|
"glad-hander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exhibitionist",
|
|
"show-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"introvert",
|
|
"shrinking violet",
|
|
"wallflower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backslider":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the evangelist was determined to win back the backsliders who had fallen away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"satyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpackers":{
|
|
"as in climbers , mountaineers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinists",
|
|
"Alpinists",
|
|
"climbers",
|
|
"mountaineers",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"hikers",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"trampers",
|
|
"walkers",
|
|
"pedestrians",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backpack":{
|
|
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kit bag",
|
|
"knapsack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"packsack",
|
|
"rucksack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haversack",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"carry-on",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handbag",
|
|
"holdall",
|
|
"portmanteau",
|
|
"suitcase",
|
|
"traveling bag",
|
|
"fanny pack",
|
|
"school bag",
|
|
"seabag",
|
|
"overnight bag",
|
|
"overnight case",
|
|
"weekend bag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in caravan":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caravan",
|
|
"bed (down)",
|
|
"sleep out",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"camp (out)",
|
|
"encamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backings":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetments",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hands",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"nurturances",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"sponsorships",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"hand-holdings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"palliations",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"sponsorships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"financings",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"fosterages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backwaters":{
|
|
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"outlands",
|
|
"up-country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backstabs":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs (on)",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"snitches (on)",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"turns in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stands by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backfiring":{
|
|
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boomeranging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backslid":{
|
|
"as in relapsed , lapsed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"relapsed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrogressed",
|
|
"returned",
|
|
"reverted",
|
|
"threw back",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"backaches":{
|
|
"as in headaches , stomachaches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"charley horses",
|
|
"colics",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"earaches",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"stomachaches",
|
|
"toothaches",
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"tingles",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"inflammations",
|
|
"sores",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"eases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |