dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cre_MWT.json
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{
"creak (along)":{
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cream":{
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the school accepts only the cream of the world's young violinists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"related":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"created":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"it was your negligence that created this mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creates":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was your negligence that created this mess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"related":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creating":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"it was your negligence that created this mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetting",
"breeding",
"bringing",
"bringing about",
"bringing on",
"catalyzing",
"causing",
"doing",
"drawing on",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"engendering",
"generating",
"inducing",
"invoking",
"making",
"occasioning",
"producing",
"prompting",
"resulting (in)",
"spawning",
"translating (into)",
"working",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducing (to)",
"contributing (to)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"beginning",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"setting",
"setting up",
"starting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"developing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"turning out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"dampening",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"retarding",
"canning",
"killing",
"snuffing (out)",
"stilling",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"extinguishing",
"liquidating",
"quenching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creation":{
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
"antonyms":[
"abasement",
"comedown",
"degradation",
"demotion",
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"reduction"
],
"examples":[
"the creation of an unprecedented number of new cardinals by the pope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"expulsion",
"impeachment",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal",
"suspension",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"related":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancement",
"ascent",
"elevation",
"preference",
"preferment",
"promotion",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"upgrading"
]
},
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Dr. Frankenstein was divinely proud of his creation , at least at first"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"related":[
"contraption",
"device",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"novelty",
"design",
"product",
"work",
"dream",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"picture",
"vision",
"conception",
"imagining",
"origination"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainchild",
"coinage",
"concoction",
"contrivance",
"innovation",
"invention",
"wrinkle"
]
},
"the whole body of things observed or assumed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an unshakable belief in a primal source, a fount of all creation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nothingness",
"void"
],
"related":[
"existence",
"reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"cosmos",
"macrocosm",
"nature",
"universe",
"world"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creators":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creatural":{
"as in humanoid , humanlike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anthropoid",
"hominid",
"humanlike",
"humanoid",
"earthborn",
"human",
"mortal",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonhuman",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"divine",
"godlike",
"preternatural",
"superhuman",
"supernatural",
"supernormal",
"immortal",
"omnipotent",
"omniscient",
"animal",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"brute",
"infrahuman",
"inhuman",
"robotic",
"subhuman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"credentialling":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"disqualifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credentials":{
"a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job":{
"examples":[
"she certainly has the credentials for the position"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"goods",
"qualification",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"mastership",
"mastery",
"proficiency",
"ability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"facility",
"faculty",
"aptitude",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"forte",
"long suit",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"specialism",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"strong suit",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"makings",
"potentiality"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"accredits",
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"disqualifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creditability":{
"as in credibility , creditableness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creditably":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"he performed the part creditably even though he had no experience acting on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"crediting":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"imputing",
"laying",
"putting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creep":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"encroach",
"inch",
"worm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snake",
"sneak",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"impinge",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"overpass",
"overreach",
"overrun",
"overshoot",
"overstep"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"that Friday afternoon we were just creeping , waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"crawl",
"grovel",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the class hour seems to creep by"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creak (along)",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creeping":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"at this creeping pace of progress we'll never have the float ready for the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"encroaching",
"inching",
"worming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snaking",
"sneaking",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"impinging",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"overpassing",
"overreaching",
"overrunning",
"overshooting",
"overstepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"that Friday afternoon we were just creeping , waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellying",
"crawling",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"sliding",
"slithering",
"snaking",
"worming",
"wriggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouching",
"squatting",
"edging",
"inching",
"nosing",
"skulking",
"sneaking",
"stealing",
"tiptoeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the class hour seems to creep by"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creaking (along)",
"dragging",
"inching",
"limping",
"nosing",
"oozing",
"plodding",
"poking",
"slouching",
"snailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"tramping",
"trudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"gliding",
"sailing",
"hurrying",
"tearing"
],
"antonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"speeding",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"creeps":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"encroaches",
"inches",
"worms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"impinges",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"overpasses",
"overreaches",
"overruns",
"overshoots",
"oversteps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"that Friday afternoon we were just creeping , waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"examples":[
"the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies",
"crawls",
"grovels",
"slides",
"slithers",
"snakes",
"worms",
"wriggles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crouches",
"squats",
"edges",
"inches",
"noses",
"skulks",
"sneaks",
"steals",
"tiptoes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the class hour seems to creep by"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creaks (along)",
"drags",
"inches",
"limps",
"noses",
"oozes",
"plods",
"pokes",
"slouches",
"snails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbers",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"tramps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"glides",
"sails",
"hurries",
"tears"
],
"antonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"speeds",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crepuscle":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"nighttime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"day",
"daytime",
"light",
"forenoon"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepuscular":{
"as in twilit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"twilit",
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crestal":{
"as in high , highest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apical",
"apogean",
"crowning",
"culminating",
"high",
"highest",
"meridian",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"climacteric",
"climactic",
"critical",
"crossover",
"crucial",
"fateful",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"vital",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"earthshaking",
"epochal",
"momentous",
"deciding",
"decisive",
"payoff",
"pivotal",
"watershed",
"go-no-go",
"make-or-break"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticlimactic",
"anticlimactical",
"inconsequential",
"indecisive",
"insignificant",
"noncritical",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crestfallenly":{
"as in dejectedly , abjectly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"cretin":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"the captain finally had to deal with the cretin in the back of the plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
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"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
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"rascal",
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"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
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"villain",
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"doofus",
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"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
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"turkey",
"brat",
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"dweeb",
"nerd"
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"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
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"saint"
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"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
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"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
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"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
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"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
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"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
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"brain",
"genius"
]
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"noun"
]
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"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
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"craze",
"hairline",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"slit"
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"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"shipmates",
"gobs",
"hearties",
"jacks",
"jack-tars",
"mariners",
"navigators",
"sailors",
"salts",
"sea dogs",
"seafarers",
"seamen",
"shipmen",
"swabbies",
"swabs",
"tars",
"able-bodied seamen",
"able seamen",
"lubbers",
"powerboaters",
"sailboaters",
"lime-juicers",
"limeys"
],
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"noun"
]
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"when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew"
],
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"conspiracies",
"gangs",
"Mafias",
"mobs",
"rings",
"syndicates"
],
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"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"sets",
"juntas",
"oligarchies"
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"we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow"
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"bands",
"brigades",
"companies",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"platoons",
"squads",
"teams"
],
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"battalions",
"corps",
"troops",
"forces",
"hosts",
"posses",
"stables",
"troupes",
"administrations",
"departments",
"help",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something":{
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"I'm afraid I don't put much credence in common gossip"
],
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"confidence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust"
],
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"acceptance",
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety",
"credit",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"hope",
"reliance"
],
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"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubiousness",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrustfulness",
"nonconfidence",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty",
"disenchantment",
"disillusion",
"disillusionment"
],
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"distrust",
"mistrust"
]
},
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"a foolish theory that, incredibly, once had wide credence among educated people"
],
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"belief",
"credit",
"faith"
],
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"axiom",
"law",
"precept",
"principle",
"tenet",
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"confidence",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance",
"trust",
"hope",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"philosophy",
"dogmatism",
"fanaticism",
"insistence"
],
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"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
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"disbelief",
"discredit",
"doubt",
"nonbelief",
"unbelief"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"creep up":{
"as in sneak up":{
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"sneak up",
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge",
"approach",
"belly up",
"close",
"close in",
"come up",
"draw on",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in sneaks up":{
"examples":[],
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"sneaks up",
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges",
"approaches",
"bellies up",
"closes",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creepers":{
"as in snails , crawlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crawlers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes",
"snails",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"stragglers",
"bums",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"clock-watchers",
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"couch potatoes",
"deadbeats",
"do-nothings",
"drones",
"idlers",
"layabouts",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"lotus-eaters",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"lollers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"delayers",
"procrastinators",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters",
"achievers",
"comers",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credibility":{
"the quality of being believed or accepted as true, real, or honest":{
"examples":[
"The new evidence lends credibility to their theory.",
"The scandal damaged her credibility as an honest politician.",
"They doubted the credibility of the witness's story."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"believability",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"truth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibility",
"incredibility",
"incredibleness",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credited":{
"as in recognized , honored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"esteemed",
"honored",
"prized",
"recognized",
"regarded",
"rewarded",
"valued",
"appreciated",
"creditable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"thankless",
"unappreciated",
"ungrateful",
"uncredited",
"underappreciated",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"unnoticed",
"unrecognized",
"unrewarded",
"unsung",
"unvalued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"ascribed",
"attributed",
"chalked up",
"imputed",
"laid",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"charged",
"fathered (on)",
"imputed (to)",
"pinned (on)",
"assigned",
"referred",
"associated",
"attached",
"connected",
"linked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"bought",
"swallowed",
"took",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"crests":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the filmmaker was at the crest of his critical acclaim, which included winning an Oscar for best picture"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge":{
"examples":[
"the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder"
],
"synonyms":[
"ridges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"divides",
"backbones",
"ridgepoles",
"spines",
"eminences",
"peaks",
"prominences",
"promontories",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in peaks , surges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peaks",
"surges",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"rockets",
"shoots (up)",
"skyrockets",
"soars",
"zooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"slumps",
"tumbles",
"collapses",
"falls",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"drops",
"lessens",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creamy":{
"as in heavy , thickened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heavy",
"slushy",
"thickened",
"thickish",
"turbid",
"undiluted",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"thick",
"viscid",
"viscous",
"semifluid",
"semiliquid",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"sticky",
"gelatinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"jellylike",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"runny",
"soupy",
"thin",
"watery",
"flowing",
"fluid",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"liquid",
"watered-down",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in soft , velvety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silklike",
"silky",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy",
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cremates":{
"as in incinerates , ashes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashes",
"incinerates",
"kilns",
"burns",
"enkindles",
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"torches",
"immolates",
"deflagrates",
"chars",
"frizzles",
"scorches",
"bakes",
"broils",
"cooks",
"sets off",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"sears",
"reignites",
"rekindles",
"relights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamps (out)",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crested":{
"as in peaked , surged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peaked",
"surged",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"rocketed",
"shot (up)",
"skyrocketed",
"soared",
"zoomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"slumped",
"tumbled",
"collapsed",
"fell",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dropped",
"lessened",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credential":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto",
"disqualify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cream puff":{
"something easily done or dealt with":{
"examples":[
"everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff , and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeze",
"cake",
"cakewalk",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"picnic",
"pushover",
"roses",
"snap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-brainer",
"nothing",
"sitting duck",
"gimme",
"laugher",
"walkaway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainteaser",
"poser",
"stumper",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"horror show",
"killer",
"labor",
"murder",
"pain",
"sticky wicket",
"stinker"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepuscles":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusks",
"evenfalls",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"eves",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"nights",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"twilights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"darks",
"nighttimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights",
"forenoons"
],
"antonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"sunups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepuscules":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusks",
"evenfalls",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"eves",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"nights",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"twilights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"darks",
"nighttimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights",
"forenoons"
],
"antonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"sunups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credulousness":{
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"her inveterate credulousness makes her an easy target for practical jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"gullibility",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simpleness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crescendos":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"excitement in the auditorium slowly built up and reached its crescendo when the star walked on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepe":{
"as in blin , blintze":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blin",
"blintze",
"blintz",
"oatcake",
"wheat cake",
"waffle",
"flapjack",
"griddle cake",
"hotcake",
"pancake",
"slapjack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credulously":{
"as in uncritically , unquestioningly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"uncritically",
"unquestioningly",
"confidently",
"sanguinely",
"approvingly",
"favorably",
"positively",
"trustfully",
"trustingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"askance",
"askant",
"distrustfully",
"doubtfully",
"doubtingly",
"dubiously",
"mistrustfully",
"sideways",
"skeptically",
"suspiciously",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"incredulously",
"questioningly",
"quizzically",
"unbelievingly",
"charily",
"guardedly",
"warily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"crevasses":{
"a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"canyons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crewmates":{
"as in crews , crewmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crewmen",
"crews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captains",
"commanders",
"skippers",
"skips",
"sea captains",
"masters",
"pilots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creditable":{
"deserving of high regard or great approval":{
"examples":[
"a creditable effort, even if it didn't succeed completely"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirable",
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deserving",
"worthy",
"awesome",
"distinctive",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"heady",
"honorable",
"impressive",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"valuable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"ethical",
"good",
"high-minded",
"moral",
"noble",
"principled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"infamous",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"notorious",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sorry",
"unlikable",
"unworthy",
"vile",
"worthless",
"wretched",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"low",
"mean",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"sordid",
"unethical",
"unsavory"
],
"antonyms":[
"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
]
},
"worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable":{
"examples":[
"let's look for a scientifically creditable explanation before going off into the realm of the supernatural"
],
"synonyms":[
"believable",
"credible",
"likely",
"plausible",
"presumptive",
"probable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogent",
"compelling",
"conclusive",
"convincing",
"decisive",
"effective",
"forceful",
"persuasive",
"satisfying",
"strong",
"telling",
"acceptable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"imaginable",
"possible",
"practical",
"reasonable",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"trustworthy",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absurd",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"flimsy",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"questionable",
"ridiculous",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"skeptical",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unsure",
"hopeless",
"unworkable",
"useless"
],
"antonyms":[
"far-fetched",
"implausible",
"improbable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unlikely",
"unplausible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"credibly":{
"as in believably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"believably",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reportedly",
"reputedly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"creams":{
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"the school accepts only the cream of the world's young violinists"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties",
"upper crusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"top drawers",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"does in",
"extinguishes",
"nukes",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"vaporizes",
"wastes",
"wracks",
"wrecks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"scotches",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"breaks",
"cripples",
"damages",
"defaces",
"deteriorates",
"disfigures",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"dynamites",
"harms",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mangles",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"erodes",
"scours",
"sweeps (away)",
"washes out",
"wears (away)",
"dilapidates",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"guts",
"takes down",
"unbuilds",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"blots out",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out",
"despoils",
"havocs",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"tramples",
"trashes",
"vandalizes",
"assassinates",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"dispatches",
"executes",
"fells",
"kills",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"murders",
"slaughters",
"slays",
"takes out",
"zaps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"repairs",
"revamps",
"creates",
"invents",
"assembles",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"brings about",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"restores"
],
"antonyms":[
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crepitate":{
"as in crackle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crackle",
"crinkle",
"rustle",
"creak",
"squeak",
"swoosh",
"whoosh",
"babble",
"gurgle",
"murmur",
"sigh",
"whisper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creak":{
"a harsh grating sound":{
"examples":[
"the creak of a floorboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"grind",
"jar",
"rasp",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"jangle",
"scuff",
"croak",
"gargle",
"blast",
"bleat",
"bray",
"screech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in groan , moan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"crunch",
"gnash",
"grate",
"grind",
"grit",
"scrape",
"scrunch",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in squeak":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squeak",
"crackle",
"crepitate",
"swoosh",
"whoosh",
"crinkle",
"rustle",
"babble",
"gurgle",
"murmur",
"sigh",
"whisper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crescendoing":{
"as in peaking , cresting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cresting",
"peaking",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creatures":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"we must try to be kind to our fellow creatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{
"examples":[
"a saint who is celebrated for his love of birds and other small creatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blasties",
"varmints",
"vermin",
"bipeds",
"quadrupeds",
"carnivores",
"herbivores",
"insectivores",
"invertebrates",
"vertebrates",
"domestic animals",
"pets",
"ferals",
"livestocks",
"stocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crescively":{
"as in increasingly , progressively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"increasingly",
"progressively",
"gradationally",
"gradually",
"inchmeal",
"little by little",
"piece by piece",
"piecemeal",
"hierarchically",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"slowly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasingly",
"acutely",
"sharply",
"steeply",
"hastily",
"precipitously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"creature comforts":{
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
"examples":[
"she's too addicted to creature comforts to enjoy roughing it, even for a few days"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodations",
"amenities",
"comforts",
"conveniences",
"luxuries",
"mod cons",
"niceties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"extras",
"benefits",
"help",
"services",
"anodynes",
"solaces",
"delights",
"indulgences",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"burdens",
"millstones",
"weights"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cream of the crop":{
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"He was certain that the judges would recognize his show rabbit as the cream of the crop ."
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"crescentic":{
"as in cavernous , cuplike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant",
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"creeds":{
"the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group":{
"examples":[
"central to the creed of this organization of medical volunteers is the belief that health care is a basic human right"
],
"synonyms":[
"credos",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"gospels",
"ideologies",
"idealogies",
"philosophies",
"testaments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"manifestos",
"manifestoes",
"metaphysics",
"theories",
"axioms",
"tenets",
"watchwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"the Amish live by a strict creed that rejects many of the values and practices of modern society"
],
"synonyms":[
"credos",
"cults",
"faiths",
"persuasions",
"religions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"paganisms",
"pantheisms",
"polytheisms",
"theisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepuscule":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"nighttime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"day",
"daytime",
"light",
"forenoon"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credences":{
"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
"examples":[
"a foolish theory that, incredibly, once had wide credence among educated people"
],
"synonyms":[
"beliefs",
"credits",
"faiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"axioms",
"laws",
"precepts",
"principles",
"tenets",
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"convictions",
"confidences",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"reliances",
"trusts",
"hopes",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"philosophies",
"dogmatisms",
"fanaticisms",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"discredit",
"doubts",
"nonbeliefs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cretins":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"the captain finally had to deal with the cretin in the back of the plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"in discussions anyone who disagrees with her is inevitably called a cretin"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creepiness":{
"as in eeriness , scariness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture",
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creaked":{
"as in groaned , moaned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groaned",
"moaned",
"rasped",
"scratched",
"whined",
"crunched",
"gnashed",
"grated",
"gritted",
"ground",
"scraped",
"scrunched",
"clashed",
"collided",
"jangled",
"jarred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in squeaked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaked",
"crackled",
"crepitated",
"swooshed",
"whooshed",
"crinkled",
"rustled",
"babbled",
"gurgled",
"murmured",
"sighed",
"whispered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creditableness":{
"as in credibility , creditability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"credibility",
"creditability",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability",
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Creator":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true"
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreator",
"cofounder",
"conceiver",
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"spawner",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"developer",
"pioneer",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"organizer",
"promoter",
"encourager",
"galvanizer",
"inspiration",
"inspirer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciple",
"follower",
"pupil",
"student",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{
"examples":[
"she humbly gave thanks to her Creator for each new day"
],
"synonyms":[
"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Eternal",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creaking (along)":{
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dragging",
"inching",
"limping",
"nosing",
"oozing",
"plodding",
"poking",
"slouching",
"snailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"tramping",
"trudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"gliding",
"sailing",
"hurrying",
"tearing"
],
"antonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"speeding",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credit":{
"the right to take possession of goods before paying for them":{
"examples":[
"because of their reputation for not paying their bills, no store will extend the family credit"
],
"synonyms":[
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"installment plan",
"layaway",
"charge account",
"credit line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
"examples":[
"your intelligence and dedication are a credit to you, our choice for teacher of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"boast",
"crown jewel",
"glory",
"honor",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure",
"trophy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece",
"attraction",
"feature",
"highlight",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"blemish",
"blot",
"defect",
"shame",
"slur",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"stain",
"stigma",
"eyesore",
"fright",
"horror",
"mess"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
"examples":[
"I give full credit to this report on the prevalence of cheating among college students today"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"credence",
"faith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"axiom",
"law",
"precept",
"principle",
"tenet",
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"confidence",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance",
"trust",
"hope",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"philosophy",
"dogmatism",
"fanaticism",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"discredit",
"doubt",
"nonbelief",
"unbelief"
]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"she deserves all the credit , since she did all the work"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"despite his legal woes, he has not yet lost all his credit with the administration in the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"clout",
"heft",
"in",
"influence",
"juice",
"leverage",
"pull",
"sway",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluence",
"command",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"reign",
"scepter",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"consequence",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"impact",
"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"mark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"impute",
"lay",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"pin (on)",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"buy",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creamed":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"the novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crestfallenness":{
"as in discontent , displeasure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontentedness",
"discontentment",
"disgruntlement",
"displeasure",
"disappointment",
"dismay",
"dissatisfaction",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"disenchantment",
"disillusionment",
"blues",
"dejectedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"distress",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"chagrin",
"discomfiture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creaking":{
"as in groaning , moaning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groaning",
"moaning",
"rasping",
"scratching",
"whining",
"crunching",
"gnashing",
"grating",
"grinding",
"gritting",
"scraping",
"scrunching",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"jangling",
"jarring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in squeaking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaking",
"crackling",
"crepitating",
"swooshing",
"whooshing",
"crinkling",
"rustling",
"babbling",
"gurgling",
"murmuring",
"sighing",
"whispering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credits":{
"the right to take possession of goods before paying for them":{
"examples":[
"because of their reputation for not paying their bills, no store will extend the family credit"
],
"synonyms":[
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"installment plans",
"layaways",
"charge accounts",
"credit lines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
"examples":[
"your intelligence and dedication are a credit to you, our choice for teacher of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"boasts",
"crown jewels",
"glories",
"honors",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures",
"trophies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"attractions",
"features",
"highlights",
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"merits",
"values",
"virtues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"blemishes",
"blots",
"defects",
"shames",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"eyesores",
"frights",
"horrors",
"messes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
"examples":[
"I give full credit to this report on the prevalence of cheating among college students today"
],
"synonyms":[
"beliefs",
"credences",
"faiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"axioms",
"laws",
"precepts",
"principles",
"tenets",
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"convictions",
"confidences",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"reliances",
"trusts",
"hopes",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"philosophies",
"dogmatisms",
"fanaticisms",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"discredit",
"doubts",
"nonbeliefs"
]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"she deserves all the credit , since she did all the work"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"applauses",
"bays",
"distinctions",
"glories",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"lauds",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames",
"suns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrities",
"fames",
"renowns",
"reputes",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"citations",
"commendations",
"kudos",
"notes",
"recommendations",
"elevations",
"enshrinements",
"enthronements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"despite his legal woes, he has not yet lost all his credit with the administration in the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clouts",
"hefts",
"influences",
"ins",
"juices",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"sways",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluences",
"counter-influences",
"commands",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"reigns",
"scepters",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"consequences",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"marks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"imputes",
"lays",
"puts down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"pins (on)",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"buys",
"swallows",
"takes",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creases":{
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
"examples":[
"rolling, rather than folding, your clothes when you pack will usually prevent a lot of creases"
],
"synonyms":[
"crimps",
"crinkles",
"furrows",
"wrinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugations",
"layers",
"loops",
"plaits",
"pleats",
"plies",
"puckers",
"seams",
"tucks",
"crow's-feet",
"crow's feet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop creases or folds":{
"examples":[
"her face creased with worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"crinkles",
"furrows",
"rumples",
"wrinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"crumples",
"doubles",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creativity":{
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"examples":[
"the arts and crafts fair showed the remarkable creativity of local artists and artisans"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleverness",
"creativeness",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"innovativeness",
"invention",
"inventiveness",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productiveness",
"productivity",
"prolificacy",
"prolificity",
"prolificness",
"capableness",
"resourcefulness",
"genius",
"giftedness",
"talent",
"fire",
"inspiration",
"muse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"dullness",
"dulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
"examples":[
"while his imaginary friend is a little annoying, you have to admire his creativity in thinking her up"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivance",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"ideation",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"invention",
"inventiveness",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brainstorm",
"brainstorming",
"inspiration",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"versatility",
"chimera",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"mind's eye",
"mirage",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"envisaging",
"visualization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"literality",
"literalness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crestfallen":{
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"she was crestfallen when she found out she hadn't got the job"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"creaked (along)":{
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dragged",
"inched",
"limped",
"nosed",
"oozed",
"plodded",
"poked",
"slouched",
"snailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"tramped",
"trudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"glided",
"sailed",
"hurried",
"tore"
],
"antonyms":[
"flew",
"raced",
"sped",
"speeded",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credentialing":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"disqualifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cremating":{
"as in incinerating , ashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashing",
"incinerating",
"kilning",
"burning",
"enkindling",
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"torching",
"immolating",
"deflagrating",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"setting off",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"reigniting",
"rekindling",
"relighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamping (out)",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creaks (along)":{
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"drags",
"inches",
"limps",
"noses",
"oozes",
"plods",
"pokes",
"slouches",
"snails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbers",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"tramps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"glides",
"sails",
"hurries",
"tears"
],
"antonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"speeds",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cremated":{
"as in incinerated , ashed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashed",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"burned",
"burnt",
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched",
"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"set off",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamped (out)",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creepy":{
"fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic":{
"examples":[
"a fascinating but creepy stage show by an offbeat magician"
],
"synonyms":[
"eerie",
"eery",
"haunting",
"spookish",
"spooky",
"uncanny",
"unearthly",
"weird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ghastly",
"ghostlike",
"ghostly",
"ghoulish",
"spectral",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unusual",
"metaphysical",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"puzzling",
"dreadful",
"fearsome",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"natural",
"expected",
"familiar",
"predictable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
"examples":[
"a creepy aura about the abandoned farmhouse\u2014as though something horrific had happened there"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"anxious",
"disquieting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fraught",
"hairy",
"nail-biting",
"nerve-racking",
"nerve-wracking",
"nervous",
"restless",
"tense",
"uneasy",
"unnerving",
"unsettling",
"worrisome"
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"troublesome",
"foreboding",
"misgiving",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"strained",
"restive",
"unrestful",
"awkward",
"embarrassing"
],
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"restful",
"pacific"
],
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"calming",
"comfortable",
"easy",
"peaceful",
"quiet",
"quieting",
"tranquil"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in bookcase , breakfront":{
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"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"taboret",
"tabouret",
"vitrine",
"buffet",
"cabinet",
"closet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"locker",
"press",
"sideboard",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the shallow creek that runs in back of our house"
],
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"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brook",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyo",
"billabong",
"fresh",
"freshet",
"runoff",
"bayou",
"coulee",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"stream",
"wash",
"canal",
"channel",
"cut",
"cutoff",
"gut",
"kill",
"millrace",
"millstream",
"race",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"affluent",
"branch",
"confluent",
"distributary",
"influent",
"tributary"
],
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},
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"explored many of the creeks along the Cornwall coast of England"
],
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"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
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"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crew cuts":{
"as in buzz cuts , crops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues",
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crescendi":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"excitement in the auditorium slowly built up and reached its crescendo when the star walked on stage"
],
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"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism"
],
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"creed",
"cult",
"faith",
"persuasion",
"religion"
],
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"church",
"communion",
"denomination",
"sect",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"theology",
"deism",
"heathenism",
"monotheism",
"paganism",
"pantheism",
"polytheism",
"theism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"atheism",
"godlessness",
"nonbelief",
"secularism",
"unbelief"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"we must abide by the simple credo that \"The customer is always right\""
],
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"creed",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"gospel",
"ideology",
"idealogy",
"philosophy",
"testament"
],
"near synonyms":[
"manifesto",
"metaphysic",
"theory",
"axiom",
"tenet",
"watchword"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crest":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the filmmaker was at the crest of his critical acclaim, which included winning an Oscar for best picture"
],
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"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"extreme",
"extremity",
"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
]
},
"the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge":{
"examples":[
"the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder"
],
"synonyms":[
"ridge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"divide",
"backbone",
"ridgepole",
"spine",
"eminence",
"peak",
"prominence",
"promontory",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in peak , surge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peak",
"surge",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"rocket",
"shoot (up)",
"skyrocket",
"soar",
"zoom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"slump",
"tumble",
"collapse",
"fall",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"drop",
"lessen",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creche":{
"a school for children who are generally less than five years old":{
"examples":[
"one of the first cities to establish cr\u00e8ches so that poor women with children could work outside of the home"
],
"synonyms":[
"day nursery",
"nursery",
"nursery school",
"pre-K",
"prekindergarten",
"preschool"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credit line":{
"as in charge account":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charge account",
"installment plan",
"layaway",
"credit",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credible":{
"worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable":{
"examples":[
"it's at least a credible explanation"
],
"synonyms":[
"believable",
"creditable",
"likely",
"plausible",
"presumptive",
"probable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogent",
"compelling",
"conclusive",
"convincing",
"decisive",
"effective",
"forceful",
"persuasive",
"satisfying",
"strong",
"telling",
"acceptable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"imaginable",
"possible",
"practical",
"reasonable",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"trustworthy",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absurd",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"flimsy",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"questionable",
"ridiculous",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"skeptical",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unsure",
"hopeless",
"unworkable",
"useless"
],
"antonyms":[
"far-fetched",
"implausible",
"improbable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unlikely",
"unplausible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"credenzas":{
"as in bookcases , breakfronts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"buffets",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"consoles",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"lockers",
"presses",
"sideboards",
"cuddies",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"garderobes",
"wardrobes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepitates":{
"as in crackles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crackles",
"crinkles",
"rustles",
"creaks",
"squeaks",
"swooshes",
"whooshes",
"babbles",
"gurgles",
"murmurs",
"sighs",
"whispers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creasing":{
"to develop creases or folds":{
"examples":[
"her face creased with worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"crinkling",
"furrowing",
"rumpling",
"wrinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"doubling",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crepes":{
"as in blini , blintzes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blini",
"blinis",
"blintzes",
"oatcakes",
"wheat cakes",
"waffles",
"flapjacks",
"griddle cakes",
"hotcakes",
"pancakes",
"slapjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credos":{
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism"
],
"synonyms":[
"creeds",
"cults",
"faiths",
"persuasions",
"religions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"paganisms",
"pantheisms",
"polytheisms",
"theisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group":{
"examples":[
"we must abide by the simple credo that \"The customer is always right\""
],
"synonyms":[
"creeds",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"gospels",
"ideologies",
"idealogies",
"philosophies",
"testaments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"manifestos",
"manifestoes",
"metaphysics",
"theories",
"axioms",
"tenets",
"watchwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creased":{
"to develop creases or folds":{
"examples":[
"her face creased with worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"crinkled",
"furrowed",
"rumpled",
"wrinkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"doubled",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crepitating":{
"as in crackling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crackling",
"crinkling",
"rustling",
"creaking",
"squeaking",
"swooshing",
"whooshing",
"babbling",
"gurgling",
"murmuring",
"sighing",
"whispering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creator":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true"
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreator",
"cofounder",
"conceiver",
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"spawner",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"developer",
"pioneer",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"organizer",
"promoter",
"encourager",
"galvanizer",
"inspiration",
"inspirer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciple",
"follower",
"pupil",
"student",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{
"examples":[
"she humbly gave thanks to her Creator for each new day"
],
"synonyms":[
"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Eternal",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crease":{
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
"examples":[
"rolling, rather than folding, your clothes when you pack will usually prevent a lot of creases"
],
"synonyms":[
"crimp",
"crinkle",
"furrow",
"wrinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugation",
"layer",
"loop",
"plait",
"pleat",
"ply",
"pucker",
"seam",
"tuck",
"crow's-foot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop creases or folds":{
"examples":[
"her face creased with worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"crinkle",
"furrow",
"rumple",
"wrinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"crumple",
"double",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creeping up":{
"as in sneaking up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sneaking up",
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging",
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing",
"closing in",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crescendoed":{
"as in peaked , crested":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crested",
"peaked",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creaks":{
"a harsh grating sound":{
"examples":[
"the creak of a floorboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"grinds",
"jars",
"rasps",
"scrapes",
"scratches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"jangles",
"scuffs",
"croaks",
"gargles",
"blasts",
"bleats",
"brays",
"screeches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in groans , moans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groans",
"moans",
"rasps",
"scratches",
"whines",
"crunches",
"gnashes",
"grates",
"grinds",
"grits",
"scrapes",
"scrunches",
"clashes",
"collides",
"jangles",
"jars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in squeaks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaks",
"crackles",
"crepitates",
"swooshes",
"whooshes",
"crinkles",
"rustles",
"babbles",
"gurgles",
"murmurs",
"sighs",
"whispers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}