8808 lines
172 KiB
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8808 lines
172 KiB
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{
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"creak (along)":{
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"to move slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawl",
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"creep",
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"drag",
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"inch",
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"limp",
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"nose",
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"ooze",
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"plod",
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"poke",
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"slouch",
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"snail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lumber",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"tramp",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"float",
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"glide",
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"sail",
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"hurry",
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"tear"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"fly",
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"race",
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"speed",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"zip"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cream":{
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"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the school accepts only the cream of the world's young violinists"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commoners",
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"herd",
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"hoi polloi",
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"masses",
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"millions",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"rank and file",
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"unwashed"
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],
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"related":[
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"establishment",
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"gentry",
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"nobility",
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"quality",
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"society",
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"top",
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"top drawer",
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"upper class",
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"caviar",
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"caviare",
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"who's who"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"A-list",
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"aristocracy",
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"best",
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"choice",
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"corps d'elite",
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"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
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"elect",
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"elite",
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"fat",
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"flower",
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"illuminati",
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"pick",
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"pink",
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"pride",
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"priesthood",
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"prime",
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"royalty",
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"upper crust"
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]
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},
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"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"mend",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"repair",
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"revamp",
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"create",
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"invent",
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"assemble",
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"fabricate",
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"fashion",
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"forge",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"make",
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"manufacture",
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"mold",
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"produce",
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"shape",
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"bring about",
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"constitute",
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"establish",
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"father",
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"found",
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"institute",
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"organize",
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"conserve",
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"preserve",
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"protect",
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"save",
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"rebuild",
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"reconstruct",
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"remodel",
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"renovate",
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"restore"
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],
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"related":[
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"beat",
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"best",
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"clobber",
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"conquer",
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"crush",
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"defeat",
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"drub",
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"lick",
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"master",
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"overbear",
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"overcome",
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"overmatch",
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"prevail (over)",
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"rout",
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"scotch",
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"skunk",
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"subdue",
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"surmount",
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"thrash",
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"trim",
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"triumph (over)",
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"trounce",
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"wallop",
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"whip",
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"win (against)",
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"blast",
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"blow up",
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"break",
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"cripple",
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"damage",
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"deface",
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"deteriorate",
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"disfigure",
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"disintegrate",
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"dissolve",
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"dynamite",
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"harm",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mangle",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"erode",
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"scour",
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"sweep (away)",
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"wash out",
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"wear (away)",
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"dilapidate",
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"disassemble",
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"dismantle",
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"gut",
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"take down",
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"unbuild",
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"undo",
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"unmake",
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"blot out",
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"efface",
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"eradicate",
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"expunge",
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"exterminate",
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"extirpate",
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"liquidate",
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"obliterate",
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"remove",
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"root (out)",
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"snuff (out)",
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"stamp (out)",
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"wipe out",
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"despoil",
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"havoc",
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"loot",
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"pillage",
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"plunder",
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"ravage",
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"sack",
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"trample",
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"trash",
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"vandalize",
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"assassinate",
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"butcher",
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"cut down",
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"dispatch",
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"execute",
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"fell",
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"kill",
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"kill off",
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"massacre",
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"mow (down)",
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"murder",
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"slaughter",
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"slay",
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"take out",
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"zap"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"nuke",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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"total",
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"vaporize",
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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]
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},
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"sweep",
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"upset",
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"beat",
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"best",
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"conquer",
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"dispatch",
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"hurdle",
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"lick",
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"master",
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"overbear",
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"overcome",
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"overmatch",
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"prevail (over)",
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"subdue",
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"surmount",
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"take",
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"throw",
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"triumph (over)",
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"win (against)",
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"worst",
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"crush",
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"knock off",
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"knock over",
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"overpower",
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"overthrow",
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"overwhelm",
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"subjugate",
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"upend",
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"vanquish",
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"ace (out)",
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"better",
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"eclipse",
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"exceed",
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"outdistance",
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"outdo",
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"outfight",
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"outshine",
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"outstrip",
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"overtop",
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"surpass",
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"top",
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"transcend",
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"edge (out)",
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"nose out",
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"pip",
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"cap",
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"excel",
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"flourish",
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"score",
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"succeed",
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"break",
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"destroy",
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"do in",
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"finish",
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"sink",
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"slaughter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"blow away",
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"bomb",
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"bury",
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"clobber",
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"drub",
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"dust",
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"flatten",
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"paste",
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"rout",
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"shellac",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"smoke",
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"smother",
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"snow under",
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"thrash",
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"trim",
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"tromp",
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"trounce",
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"wallop",
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"wax",
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"whip",
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"whomp",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"created":{
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"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"examples":[
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"it was your negligence that created this mess"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begot",
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"begat",
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"bred",
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"brought",
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"brought about",
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"brought on",
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"catalyzed",
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"caused",
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"did",
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"drew on",
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"effected",
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"effectuated",
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"engendered",
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"generated",
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"induced",
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"invoked",
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"made",
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"occasioned",
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"produced",
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"prompted",
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"resulted (in)",
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"spawned",
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"translated (into)",
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"worked",
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"wrought",
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"yielded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conduced (to)",
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"contributed (to)",
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"decided",
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"determined",
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"began",
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"established",
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"fathered",
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"founded",
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"inaugurated",
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"initiated",
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"innovated",
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"instituted",
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"introduced",
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"launched",
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"pioneered",
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"set",
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"set up",
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"started",
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"advanced",
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"cultivated",
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"developed",
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"encouraged",
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"forwarded",
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"fostered",
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"furthered",
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"nourished",
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"nurtured",
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"promoted",
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"enacted",
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"rendered",
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"turned out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impeded",
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"limited",
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"restricted",
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"clamped down (on)",
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"cracked down (on)",
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"crushed",
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"dampened",
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"put down",
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"quashed",
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"quelled",
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"repressed",
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"smothered",
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"squashed",
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"squelched",
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"stifled",
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"subdued",
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"suppressed",
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"arrested",
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"checked",
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"controlled",
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"curbed",
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"inhibited",
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"reined (in)",
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"restrained",
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"retarded",
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"canned",
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"killed",
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"snuffed (out)",
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"stilled",
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"abolished",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"extinguished",
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"liquidated",
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"quenched"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"creates":{
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"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"it was your negligence that created this mess"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impedes",
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"limits",
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"restricts",
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"clamps down (on)",
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"cracks down (on)",
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"crushes",
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"dampens",
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"puts down",
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"quashes",
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"quells",
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"represses",
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"smothers",
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"squashes",
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"squelches",
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"stifles",
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"subdues",
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"suppresses",
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"arrests",
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"checks",
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"controls",
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"curbs",
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"inhibits",
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"reins (in)",
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"restrains",
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"retards",
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"cans",
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"kills",
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"snuffs (out)",
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"stills",
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"abolishes",
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"demolishes",
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"destroys",
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"extinguishes",
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"liquidates",
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"quenches"
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],
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"related":[
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"conduces (to)",
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"contributes (to)",
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"decides",
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"determines",
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"begins",
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"establishes",
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"fathers",
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"founds",
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"inaugurates",
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"initiates",
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"innovates",
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"institutes",
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"introduces",
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"launches",
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"pioneers",
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"sets",
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"sets up",
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"starts",
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"advances",
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"cultivates",
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"develops",
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"encourages",
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"forwards",
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"fosters",
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"furthers",
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"nourishes",
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"nurtures",
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"promotes",
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"enacts",
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"renders",
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"turns out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begets",
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"breeds",
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"brings",
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"brings about",
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"brings on",
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"catalyzes",
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"causes",
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"does",
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"draws on",
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"effects",
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"effectuates",
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"engenders",
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"generates",
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"induces",
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"invokes",
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"makes",
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"occasions",
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"produces",
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"prompts",
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"results (in)",
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"spawns",
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"translates (into)",
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"works",
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"yields"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"creating":{
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"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"examples":[
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"it was your negligence that created this mess"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begetting",
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"breeding",
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"bringing",
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"bringing about",
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"bringing on",
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"catalyzing",
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"causing",
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"doing",
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"drawing on",
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"effecting",
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"effectuating",
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"engendering",
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"generating",
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"inducing",
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"invoking",
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"making",
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"occasioning",
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"producing",
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"prompting",
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"resulting (in)",
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"spawning",
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"translating (into)",
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"working",
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"yielding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conducing (to)",
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"contributing (to)",
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"deciding",
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"determining",
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"beginning",
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"establishing",
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"fathering",
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"founding",
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"inaugurating",
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"initiating",
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"innovating",
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"instituting",
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"introducing",
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"launching",
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"pioneering",
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"setting",
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"setting up",
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"starting",
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"advancing",
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"cultivating",
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"developing",
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"encouraging",
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"forwarding",
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"fostering",
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"furthering",
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"nourishing",
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"nurturing",
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"promoting",
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"enacting",
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"rendering",
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"turning out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impeding",
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"limiting",
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"restricting",
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"clamping down (on)",
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"cracking down (on)",
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"crushing",
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"dampening",
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"putting down",
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"quashing",
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"quelling",
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"repressing",
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"smothering",
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"squashing",
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"squelching",
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"stifling",
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"subduing",
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"suppressing",
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"arresting",
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"checking",
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"controlling",
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|
"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",
|
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"dufuses",
|
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"fools",
|
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"jackasses",
|
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"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",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in discussions anyone who disagrees with her is inevitably called a cretin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crevice":{
|
|
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"split"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crewman":{
|
|
"as in deckhand , shipmate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crewmen":{
|
|
"as in deckhands , shipmates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"deckhands",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crews":{
|
|
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"Mafias",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"syndicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"juntas",
|
|
"oligarchies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people working together on a task":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"stables",
|
|
"troupes",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"credence":{
|
|
"firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm afraid I don't put much credence in common gossip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"assuredness",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"reliance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"dubiousness",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"nonconfidence",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"disillusionment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"creep up":{
|
|
"as in sneak up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"creeps up":{
|
|
"as in sneaks up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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",
|
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"melancholy",
|
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"mopes",
|
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"oppression",
|
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"sadness",
|
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"sorrow",
|
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"unhappiness",
|
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"chagrin",
|
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"discomfiture"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
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"contentment",
|
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"gratification",
|
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"satisfaction",
|
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"fulfillment",
|
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"fulfilment",
|
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"bliss",
|
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"felicity",
|
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"gladness",
|
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"happiness",
|
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"joy"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"creaking":{
|
|
"as in groaning , moaning":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
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"rasping",
|
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"scratching",
|
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"whining",
|
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"crunching",
|
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"gnashing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"gritting",
|
|
"scraping",
|
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"scrunching",
|
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"clashing",
|
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"colliding",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"as in squeaking":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"crackling",
|
|
"crepitating",
|
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"swooshing",
|
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"whooshing",
|
|
"crinkling",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
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"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"credenza":{
|
|
"as in bookcase , breakfront":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"creek":{
|
|
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shallow creek that runs in back of our house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explored many of the creeks along the Cornwall coast of England"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bight",
|
|
"cove",
|
|
"embayment",
|
|
"estuary",
|
|
"firth",
|
|
"fjord",
|
|
"fiord",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"loch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"port",
|
|
"road(s)",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crew cuts":{
|
|
"as in buzz cuts , crops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"credo":{
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"monotheism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"polytheism",
|
|
"theism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
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]
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},
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"crease":{
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"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
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"examples":[
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"rolling, rather than folding, your clothes when you pack will usually prevent a lot of creases"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"crimp",
|
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"crinkle",
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"furrow",
|
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"wrinkle"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"corrugation",
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"layer",
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"loop",
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"plait",
|
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"pleat",
|
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"ply",
|
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"pucker",
|
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"seam",
|
|
"tuck",
|
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"crow's-foot"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"to develop creases or folds":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"her face creased with worry"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkle",
|
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"furrow",
|
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"rumple",
|
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"wrinkle"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |