4766 lines
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4766 lines
92 KiB
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{
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"clubable":{
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"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
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"examples":[
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"a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubby",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"gregarious",
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"outgoing",
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"sociable",
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"social"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cordial",
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"folksy",
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"forthcoming",
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"friendly",
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"hospitable",
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"affable",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"congenial",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"animated",
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"gay",
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"jaunty",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"pert",
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"spirited",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"vivacious",
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"communicative",
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"expansive",
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"garrulous",
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"talkative",
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"bright",
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"buoyant",
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"cheerful",
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"chipper",
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"effervescent",
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"upbeat",
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"bubbly",
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"exuberant",
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"high-spirited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misanthropic",
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"aloof",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"distant",
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"frosty",
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"remote",
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"reserved",
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"standoffish",
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"mum",
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"mute",
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"reticent",
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"silent",
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"taciturn"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"antisocial",
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"insociable",
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"introverted",
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"nongregarious",
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"reclusive",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"clucks":{
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"a stupid person":{
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"examples":[
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"stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airheads",
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"birdbrains",
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"blockheads",
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"boneheads",
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"bubbleheads",
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"chowderheads",
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"chuckleheads",
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"clodpolls",
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"clodpoles",
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"clots",
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"clunks",
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"cretins",
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"cuddies",
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"deadheads",
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"dim bulbs",
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"dimwits",
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"dips",
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"dodoes",
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"dodos",
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"dolts",
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"donkeys",
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"doofuses",
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"dufuses",
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"dopes",
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"dorks",
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"dullards",
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"dumbbells",
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"dumbheads",
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"dum-dums",
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"dummies",
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"dummkopfs",
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"dunces",
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"dunderheads",
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"fatheads",
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"ganders",
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"golems",
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"goofs",
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"goons",
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"half-wits",
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"hammerheads",
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"hardheads",
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"idiots",
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"ignoramuses",
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"ignorami",
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"imbeciles",
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"jackasses",
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"know-nothings",
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"knuckleheads",
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"lamebrains",
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"loggerheads",
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"loons",
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"lumps",
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"lunkheads",
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"meatheads",
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"momes",
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"morons",
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"mugs",
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"mutts",
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"naturals",
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"nimrods",
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"nincompoops",
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"ninnies",
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"ninnyhammers",
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"nits",
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"nitwits",
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"noddies",
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"noodles",
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"numskulls",
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"numbskulls",
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"oafs",
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"pinheads",
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"prats",
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"ratbags",
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"sapheads",
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"schlubs",
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"shlubs",
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"schnooks",
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"simpletons",
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"stocks",
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"stupes",
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"stupids",
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"thickheads",
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"turkeys",
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"woodenheads",
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"yahoos",
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"yo-yos"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boobies",
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"buffoons",
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"fools",
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"geese",
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"loonies",
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"lunatics",
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"madmen",
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"nuts",
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"zanies",
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"losers",
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"gawks",
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"featherbrains",
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"scatterbrains",
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"beasts",
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"boors",
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"cads",
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"churls",
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"clowns",
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"creeps",
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"curs",
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"heels",
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"jerks",
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"skunks",
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"skunk",
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"snakes",
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"stinkers",
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"villains"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"intellects",
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"intellectuals",
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"sages",
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"thinkers",
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"whizzes",
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"wizards",
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"polymaths",
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"Renaissance men",
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"sharpies"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brains",
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"geniuses",
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"genii"
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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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"clung":{
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"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
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"examples":[
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"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adhered",
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"cleaved",
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"clove",
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"hewed",
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"stuck"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bound",
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"cohered",
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"fastened",
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"fused",
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"glued",
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"united"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loosened",
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"dropped",
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"fell"
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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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"cluing":{
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"as in telling , informing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquainting",
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"advising",
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"apprising",
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"briefing",
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"enlightening",
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"familiarizing",
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"filling in",
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"informing",
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"instructing",
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"notifying",
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"telling",
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"wising (up)",
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"getting through (to)",
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"buzzing",
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"calling",
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"phoning",
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"ringing (up)",
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"telephoning",
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"addressing",
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"communicating (with)",
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"contacting",
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"getting",
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"reaching",
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"keeping up (with)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clubby":{
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"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
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"examples":[
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"new in town, she was hoping some of her clubbier coworkers might show her the city's hot spots"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubbable",
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"clubable",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"gregarious",
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"outgoing",
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"sociable",
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"social"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cordial",
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"folksy",
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"forthcoming",
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"friendly",
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"hospitable",
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"affable",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"congenial",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"animated",
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"gay",
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"jaunty",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"pert",
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"spirited",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"vivacious",
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"communicative",
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"expansive",
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"garrulous",
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"talkative",
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"bright",
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"buoyant",
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"cheerful",
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"chipper",
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"effervescent",
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"upbeat",
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"bubbly",
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"exuberant",
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"high-spirited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misanthropic",
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"aloof",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"distant",
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"frosty",
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"remote",
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"reserved",
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"standoffish",
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"mum",
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"mute",
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"reticent",
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"silent",
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"taciturn"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"antisocial",
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"insociable",
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"introverted",
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"nongregarious",
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"reclusive",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"clutching":{
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"to have or keep in one's hands":{
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"examples":[
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"he clutched the eggs carefully so he wouldn't drop them"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clenching",
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"clinging (to)",
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"gripping",
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"holding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bearing",
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"carrying",
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"bagging",
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"capturing",
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"catching",
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"collaring",
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"corralling",
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"grabbing",
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"grappling",
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"hooking",
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"landing",
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"latching (on or onto)",
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"nabbing",
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"nailing",
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"seizing",
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"snapping (up)",
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"snaring",
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"snatching",
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"taking",
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"trapping",
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"feeling",
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"fingering",
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"handling",
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"pawing",
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"clasping",
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"embracing",
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"grasping",
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"hugging",
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"cradling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dropping",
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"giving",
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"handing",
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"unclasping",
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"unhanding",
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"ceding",
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"delivering",
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"giving up",
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"handing out",
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"handing over",
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"releasing",
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"relinquishing",
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"rendering",
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"turning over",
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"yielding"
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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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"clues (in)":{
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"to give information to":{
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"examples":[
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"would you clue him in on the plan?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acquaints",
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"advises",
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"apprises",
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"briefs",
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"catches up",
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"clears",
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"enlightens",
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"familiarizes",
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"fills in",
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"hips",
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"informs",
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"instructs",
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"tells",
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"verses",
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"wises (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advertises",
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"alerts",
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"notifies",
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"announces (to)",
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"discloses (to)",
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"assures",
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"certifies",
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"convinces",
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"reassures",
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"warrants",
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"educates",
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"lectures",
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"schools",
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"teaches",
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"tutors",
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"disabuses",
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"disenchants",
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"disillusions",
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"undeceives"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misinforms",
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"misleads"
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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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"clubbable":{
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"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
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"examples":[
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"a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubby",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"gregarious",
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"outgoing",
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"sociable",
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"social"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cordial",
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"folksy",
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"forthcoming",
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"friendly",
|
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"hospitable",
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"affable",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"agreeable",
|
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"amiable",
|
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"congenial",
|
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"animated",
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"gay",
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"jaunty",
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"jolly",
|
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"jovial",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"pert",
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"spirited",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"vivacious",
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"communicative",
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"expansive",
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"garrulous",
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"talkative",
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"bright",
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"buoyant",
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"cheerful",
|
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"chipper",
|
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"effervescent",
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"upbeat",
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"bubbly",
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"exuberant",
|
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"high-spirited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misanthropic",
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"aloof",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"distant",
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"frosty",
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"remote",
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"reserved",
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"standoffish",
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"mum",
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"mute",
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"reticent",
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"silent",
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"taciturn"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"antisocial",
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"insociable",
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"introverted",
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"nongregarious",
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"reclusive",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"clumsiness":{
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"as in crudeness , heavy-handedness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crudeness",
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"ham-handedness",
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"heavy-handedness",
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"inexperience",
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"unpreparedness",
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"inability",
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"inaptitude",
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"incompetence",
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"incompetency",
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"unskillfulness",
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"amateurishness",
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"amateurism",
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"dilettantism",
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"inexpertness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expertness",
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"masterfulness",
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"masterliness",
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"professionalism",
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"finish",
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"polish",
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"ability",
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"adeptness",
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"competence",
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"proficiency",
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"skill",
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"skillfulness",
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"talent",
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"virtuosity"
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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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"clustered":{
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"to come together into one body or place":{
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"examples":[
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"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assembled",
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"collected",
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"concentered",
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"concentrated",
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"conglomerated",
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"congregated",
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"convened",
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"converged",
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"forgathered",
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"foregathered",
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"gathered",
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"met",
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"rendezvoused"
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"caucused",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"federated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"reconvened",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"remet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"pressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"forgathered",
|
|
"foregathered",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clutches":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clutch of medals adorned the general's chest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clutch of people traveling together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"passels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a football quarterback who always comes through in the clutch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"tinderboxes",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingencies",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"last ditches",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"eleventh hours",
|
|
"last minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation no longer living in the clutch of a cruel tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"death grips",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"imperiums",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he clutched the eggs carefully so he wouldn't drop them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"cradles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"unclasps",
|
|
"unhands",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cluing (in)":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you clue him in on the plan?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"hipping",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"announcing (to)",
|
|
"disclosing (to)",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clubbed":{
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"federated",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caballed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"unionized",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"fell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clubbiness":{
|
|
"as in cliquishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cliquishness",
|
|
"mutuality",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"immediacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clumsy":{
|
|
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"diamond cutting is no job for a clumsy person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"cack-handed",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"maladroit",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"bunglesome",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"sure-handed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clumsy bow",
|
|
"clumsy on the dance floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gawkish",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"ungainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"larruping",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"sure-footed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"graceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt clumsy in the unfamiliar uniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clumsy joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"misdirected",
|
|
"misguided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"tactful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"facile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clumsy contraption, but it got the job done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bunglesome",
|
|
"clunky",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"cumbrous",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"unhandy",
|
|
"unwieldy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"dinosaurian",
|
|
"dinosauric",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"useful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"handy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hastily or roughly constructed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clumsy mock-up of the real thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"jerry-built",
|
|
"jerry-rigged",
|
|
"jury-rigged",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-ready",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"inartistic",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unworked",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"unshaped",
|
|
"unshapen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"well-done",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"refined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clunker":{
|
|
"a dilapidated old automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she drove a clunker because she couldn't afford anything better"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"lemon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real clunker , the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clunky":{
|
|
"difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even my five-year-old laptop seems clunky next to some of the really slim new models"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bunglesome",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"cumbrous",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"unhandy",
|
|
"unwieldy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"dinosaurian",
|
|
"dinosauric",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"useful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"handy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cluttering (up)":{
|
|
"as in stopping , closing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"blocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"loosening (up)",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"unchoking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"uncluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clunking":{
|
|
"as in bouncing , ricocheting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clustering":{
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"forgathering",
|
|
"foregathering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"rendezvousing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"caucusing",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"federating",
|
|
"ganging up",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"reconvening",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"remeeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"pressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"forgathering",
|
|
"foregathering",
|
|
"herding",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"hugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clutter (up)":{
|
|
"as in stop , close":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"block"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"loosen (up)",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"unchoke",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"unclutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cluttering":{
|
|
"as in filling , clogging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"freighting",
|
|
"ladening",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighting",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"mounding",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"overburdening",
|
|
"overloading",
|
|
"overtaxing",
|
|
"surcharging",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"oppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disburdening",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"unlading",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"relieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in disrupting , disturbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clutch bag":{
|
|
"as in clutch , minaudi\u00e8re":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8re",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"handbag",
|
|
"pocketbook",
|
|
"purse",
|
|
"billfold",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"shoulder bag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clumped":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clutter":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fill , clog":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"lade",
|
|
"laden",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"overburden",
|
|
"overload",
|
|
"overtax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"oppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unlade",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"relieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in disrupt , disturb":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clusters":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cluster of stars in the southern sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small cluster of reporters waited by the courthouse door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
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"batches",
|
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"batteries",
|
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"bodies",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"passels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"forgathers",
|
|
"foregathers",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"rendezvouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"federates",
|
|
"gangs up",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"reconvenes",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"remeets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"forgathers",
|
|
"foregathers",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"hugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cluster":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cluster of stars in the southern sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small cluster of reporters waited by the courthouse door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"forgather",
|
|
"foregather",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"rendezvous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"reassemble",
|
|
"reconvene",
|
|
"regather",
|
|
"remeet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"press"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"forgather",
|
|
"foregather",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clued":{
|
|
"as in told , informed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"filled in",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"wised (up)",
|
|
"got through (to)",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"phoned",
|
|
"rang (up)",
|
|
"telephoned",
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"communicated (with)",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"kept up (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clubbing":{
|
|
"as in thumping , smashing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
"pacifism",
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"federating",
|
|
"leaguing",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caballing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"ganging up",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"unionizing",
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"falling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clump":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clump of dirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"globule",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"club":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hit the prisoner with a club if he tries anything funny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the meeting place of an organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Elks gather at their club every Monday evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clubhouse",
|
|
"lodge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"den",
|
|
"hangout",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"hideaway",
|
|
"hideout",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"conventicle",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"meetinghouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an alumni club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"consortium",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"sodality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"camarilla",
|
|
"camorra",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weekly newspaper column devoted to current happenings on the local club scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bo\u00eete",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"nightspot",
|
|
"nitery",
|
|
"niterie",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"supper club"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"a-go-go",
|
|
"disco",
|
|
"discotheque",
|
|
"discoth\u00e9que",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"clip joint",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"honky-tonk",
|
|
"key club",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"unionize",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"fall out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clutters":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fills , clogs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"ladens",
|
|
"lades",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"overburdens",
|
|
"overloads",
|
|
"overtaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"oppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unlades",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"relieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in disrupts , disturbs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"unsettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"methodizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clumps":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small uneven mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clump of dirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"dollops",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nubbles",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"globules",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clumsily":{
|
|
"as in awkwardly , ineptly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clubhouses":{
|
|
"the meeting place of an organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we plan to meet at the clubhouse each week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"lodges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"conventicles",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"meetinghouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clumpy":{
|
|
"having small pieces or lumps spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soil was a little too clumpy to make for a good garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"curdy",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"knobbed",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"clabbered",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"pebbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clueless":{
|
|
"not informed about or aware of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"television producers who seem utterly clueless about the concerns and interests of today's teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"incognizant",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"nescient",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"inconscient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"plugged-in",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clueing":{
|
|
"as in telling , informing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"wising (up)",
|
|
"getting through (to)",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"phoning",
|
|
"ringing (up)",
|
|
"telephoning",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"communicating (with)",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"keeping up (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clunkers":{
|
|
"a dilapidated old automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she drove a clunker because she couldn't afford anything better"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beaters",
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"crates",
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"jalopies",
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"junkers"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"flivvers",
|
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"hulks",
|
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"wrecks",
|
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"lemons"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"something that has failed":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a real clunker , the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
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"busts",
|
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"catastrophes",
|
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"clinkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
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"disasters",
|
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"duds",
|
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"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
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"fizzles",
|
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"flops",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"near misses",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevents",
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clutched":{
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he clutched the eggs carefully so he wouldn't drop them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fingered",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"cradled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unhanded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |