dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/div_MWT.json
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{
"dived":{
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"we watched her dive in after the drowning man"
],
"synonyms":[
"pitched",
"plunged",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"belly flopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divergence":{
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"examples":[
"a growing divergence of opinion about that U.S. president's place in history"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"divarication",
"divergency",
"separation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissidence",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"likeness",
"similarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"convergence"
]
},
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"examples":[
"any divergence from the community's strict moral code was met with social ostracism"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflection",
"departure",
"detour",
"deviation",
"divagation",
"divergency",
"diversion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diverse":{
"being not of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"a movement supported by people with diverse interests but one common goal"
],
"synonyms":[
"different",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"divers",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"several",
"sundry",
"variant",
"varied",
"various",
"differentiable",
"discriminable",
"alternate",
"alternative",
"individual",
"particular",
"peculiar",
"single",
"disproportionate",
"divergent",
"unequal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equal",
"selfsame",
"equivalent",
"tantamount",
"akin",
"analogous",
"comparable",
"homological",
"homologous",
"related",
"homogeneous",
"homogenous",
"uniform"
],
"antonyms":[
"alike",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"kin",
"kindred",
"like",
"parallel",
"same",
"similar"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"diverseness":{
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
"examples":[
"the diverseness of the offerings at the art fair made judging a challenge"
],
"synonyms":[
"assortment",
"diversity",
"heterogeneity",
"heterogeneousness",
"manifoldness",
"miscellaneousness",
"multifariousness",
"multiplicity",
"variety",
"variousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"otherness",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"likeness",
"sameness",
"similarity",
"fewness",
"paucity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being different":{
"examples":[
"the diverseness of the two top movies in the running for Best Picture could not be more striking"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrast",
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distance",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diversity",
"otherness",
"unlikeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviance",
"divergence",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"change",
"modification",
"variation",
"conflict",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"identity",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallelism",
"similitude",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"uniformity"
],
"antonyms":[
"alikeness",
"analogousness",
"analogy",
"community",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"sameness",
"similarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divert":{
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"a light comedy to divert the tired business executive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuse",
"disport",
"entertain",
"regale",
"solace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"busy",
"distract",
"engage",
"engross",
"immerse",
"interest",
"involve",
"occupy",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"delight",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"intrigue",
"mesmerize",
"coddle",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"please",
"pleasure",
"spoil",
"appease",
"comfort",
"conciliate",
"console",
"content",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"soothe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"drain",
"enervate",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"tire",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pester",
"pique",
"upset",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"the bike race was diverted around the construction zone"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflect",
"redirect",
"swing",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"deviate",
"move",
"rechannel",
"shift",
"shunt",
"sidetrack",
"swerve",
"switch",
"transfer",
"swivel",
"twist",
"whirl",
"zigzag",
"bend",
"curve",
"sway",
"reverse",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"examples":[
"trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"call off",
"detract",
"distract",
"throw off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amuse",
"beguile",
"entertain",
"stray",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrate",
"focus"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diverts":{
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a light comedy to divert the tired business executive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"drains",
"enervates",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"tires",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"piques",
"upsets",
"vexes"
],
"related":[
"absorbs",
"busies",
"distracts",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"immerses",
"interests",
"involves",
"occupies",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"delights",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"intrigues",
"mesmerizes",
"coddles",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"spoils",
"appeases",
"comforts",
"conciliates",
"consoles",
"contents",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"soothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuses",
"disports",
"entertains",
"regales",
"solaces"
]
},
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bike race was diverted around the construction zone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"averts",
"deviates",
"moves",
"rechannels",
"shifts",
"shunts",
"sidetracks",
"swerves",
"switches",
"transfers",
"swivels",
"twists",
"whirls",
"zigzags",
"bends",
"curves",
"sways",
"reverses",
"turns back"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflects",
"redirects",
"swings",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"whips"
]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrates",
"focuses",
"focusses"
],
"related":[
"amuses",
"beguiles",
"entertains",
"strays",
"wanders"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"calls off",
"detracts",
"distracts",
"throws off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divination":{
"the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens":{
"examples":[
"if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do?"
],
"synonyms":[
"augury"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astrology",
"crystal gazing",
"geomancy",
"hydromancy",
"oneiromancy",
"pyromancy",
"rhabdomancy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divine":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"examples":[
"the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"related":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"of, relating to, or being God":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for these divine gifts let us be truly thankful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"human",
"mortal",
"natural"
],
"related":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"omniscient",
"supreme"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"godlike",
"godly",
"heavenly",
"holy",
"sacred",
"supernatural"
]
},
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foreshadow",
"prefigure",
"visualize",
"alert",
"caution",
"foretoken",
"forewarn",
"preview",
"descry",
"discern",
"perceive",
"apprehend",
"dread",
"fear"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"forefeel",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"prevision"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divined":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foreshadowed",
"prefigured",
"visualized",
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"foretokened",
"forewarned",
"previewed",
"descried",
"discerned",
"perceived",
"apprehended",
"dreaded",
"feared"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"forefelt",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"previsioned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divorce":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"examples":[
"in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"related":[
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divulgence":{
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
"examples":[
"the government strictly prohibits the divulgence of classified information"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclosure",
"exposure",
"revelation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bombshell",
"kick",
"kicker",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealment",
"cover-up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divulging":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge"
],
"synonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confiding",
"sharing",
"debunking",
"showing up",
"unclothing",
"undraping",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"bringing out",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"betraying",
"blabbing",
"giving away",
"leaking",
"informing",
"squealing",
"talking",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"relating",
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"owning",
"disinterring",
"raking up",
"smoking out",
"unearthing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering (up)",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divvying (up)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divisional":{
"as in partial , cross-sectional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"cross-sectional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"component",
"constituent",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional",
"individual",
"particular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal",
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"divulge":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge"
],
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"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
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"confide",
"share",
"debunk",
"show up",
"unclothe",
"undrape",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"bring out",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"betray",
"blab",
"give away",
"leak",
"inform",
"squeal",
"talk",
"communicate",
"impart",
"relate",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"avow",
"concede",
"confess",
"own",
"disinter",
"rake up",
"smoke out",
"unearth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
"examples":[
"unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispossessing",
"expropriating",
"ousting"
],
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"deforcing",
"evicting",
"disfurnishing",
"stripping",
"bereaving",
"depriving",
"disinheriting",
"annexing",
"appropriating",
"commandeering",
"impounding",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant"
],
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"clearing",
"disburdening",
"disencumbering",
"freeing",
"relieving",
"ridding",
"unburdening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogging (down)",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"restraining",
"shackling",
"subjecting",
"weighing down",
"weighting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
"examples":[
"he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"bereaving",
"depriving",
"stripping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denuding",
"cheating",
"cleaning (out)",
"defrauding",
"shortchanging",
"bankrupting",
"disfurnishing",
"impoverishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diverges":{
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx"
],
"synonyms":[
"detours",
"deviates",
"sheers",
"swerves",
"swings",
"turns",
"turns off",
"veers",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tacks",
"zigzags",
"doubles (back)",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge"
],
"synonyms":[
"branches (out)",
"divides",
"forks",
"parts",
"separates",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"breaks up",
"broadcasts",
"clears out",
"disbands",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"distributes",
"scatters",
"sows",
"distances",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"antonyms":[
"converges",
"joins"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divinations":{
"the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens":{
"examples":[
"if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do?"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astrologies",
"crystal gazings",
"geomancies",
"hydromancies",
"oneiromancies",
"pyromancies",
"rhabdomancies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dived (in)":{
"as in plunged (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plunged (in)",
"decided",
"budged",
"stirred",
"advanced",
"continued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"dithered",
"faltered",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"hung back",
"scrupled",
"shilly-shallied",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"vacillated",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"hawed",
"hemmed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"lingered",
"paused",
"procrastinated",
"waited"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divvied (up)":{
"as in dished out , measured (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged",
"reallocated",
"reapportioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misallocated",
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diverging":{
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx"
],
"synonyms":[
"detouring",
"deviating",
"sheering",
"swerving",
"swinging",
"turning",
"turning off",
"veering",
"wheeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tacking",
"zigzagging",
"doubling (back)",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge"
],
"synonyms":[
"branching (out)",
"dividing",
"forking",
"parting",
"separating",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"breaking up",
"broadcasting",
"clearing out",
"disbanding",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"distributing",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"distancing",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"gathering",
"meeting"
],
"antonyms":[
"converging",
"joining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divines":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
]
},
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"forefeels",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"previsions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foreshadows",
"prefigures",
"visualizes",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"foretokens",
"forewarns",
"previews",
"descries",
"discerns",
"perceives",
"apprehends",
"dreads",
"fears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divested":{
"as in stripped , denuded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denuded",
"stripped",
"bald",
"bare",
"naked",
"plain",
"plain-vanilla",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unembellished",
"unornamented",
"unvarnished",
"au naturel",
"earthy",
"elemental",
"homely",
"natural",
"unsophisticated",
"forthright",
"honest",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"clean",
"antiseptic",
"austere",
"bleak",
"severe",
"spartan",
"stark",
"minimalist",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"sober",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adorned",
"decorated",
"embellished",
"fancy",
"ornamented",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glittery",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"lurid",
"ornate",
"exaggerated",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"baroque",
"elaborate",
"extravagant",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"bedecked",
"decked-out",
"dressed",
"embroidered",
"garnished",
"trimmed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
"examples":[
"unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispossessed",
"expropriated",
"ousted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforced",
"evicted",
"disfurnished",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bereaved",
"bereft",
"deprived",
"disinherited",
"annexed",
"appropriated",
"commandeered",
"impounded",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"disburdened",
"disencumbered",
"freed",
"relieved",
"rid",
"ridded",
"unburdened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"restrained",
"shackled",
"subjected",
"weighed down",
"weighted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
"examples":[
"he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"bereaved",
"bereft",
"deprived",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denuded",
"cheated",
"cleaned (out)",
"defrauded",
"shortchanged",
"bankrupted",
"disfurnished",
"impoverished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"divulges":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confides",
"shares",
"debunks",
"shows up",
"unclothes",
"undrapes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"brings out",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"gives away",
"leaks",
"informs",
"squeals",
"talks",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"relates",
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"owns",
"disinters",
"rakes up",
"smokes out",
"unearths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"shrouds",
"veils"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dive (in)":{
"as in plunge (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plunge (in)",
"decide",
"budge",
"stir",
"advance",
"continue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balance",
"dither",
"falter",
"halt",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"scruple",
"shilly-shally",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"haw",
"hem",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"linger",
"pause",
"procrastinate",
"wait"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diving (in)":{
"as in plunging (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plunging (in)",
"deciding",
"budging",
"stirring",
"advancing",
"continuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balancing",
"dithering",
"faltering",
"halting",
"hanging back",
"hesitating",
"scrupling",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"hawing",
"hemming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"lingering",
"pausing",
"procrastinating",
"waiting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dividers":{
"something that divides, separates, or marks off":{
"examples":[
"placed a divider across the gym so we could have two activities going on at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"divisions",
"partitions",
"separations",
"separators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barriers",
"fences",
"walls",
"borders",
"boundaries",
"limits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divest":{
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
"examples":[
"unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispossess",
"expropriate",
"oust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforce",
"evict",
"disfurnish",
"strip",
"bereave",
"deprive",
"disinherit",
"annex",
"appropriate",
"commandeer",
"impound",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"disburden",
"disencumber",
"free",
"relieve",
"rid",
"unburden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"restrain",
"shackle",
"subject",
"weigh down",
"weight (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
"examples":[
"he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"bereave",
"deprive",
"strip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denude",
"cheat",
"clean (out)",
"defraud",
"shortchange",
"bankrupt",
"disfurnish",
"impoverish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divertissement":{
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
"examples":[
"for visitors seeking more cerebral divertissement , the city boasts a fine performing arts center"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure",
"recreation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"carousing",
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"picnic",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"activity",
"game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divergencies":{
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"examples":[
"a growing divergency of opinion on that hot-button issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcations",
"divarications",
"divergences",
"separations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"differences",
"disagreements",
"discrepancies",
"disparities",
"dissidences",
"dissimilarities",
"distinctions",
"diversities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"likenesses",
"similarities"
],
"antonyms":[
"convergences"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a warning that no divergency from the church's traditional teachings on the subject would be permitted"
],
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"deflections",
"departures",
"detours",
"deviations",
"divagations",
"divergences",
"diversions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
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"adherences"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house"
],
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"dispossesses",
"expropriates",
"ousts"
],
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"deforces",
"evicts",
"disfurnishes",
"strips",
"bereaves",
"deprives",
"disinherits",
"annexes",
"appropriates",
"commandeers",
"impounds",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant"
],
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"clears",
"disburdens",
"disencumbers",
"frees",
"relieves",
"rids",
"unburdens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogs (down)",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"restrains",
"shackles",
"subjects",
"weighs down",
"weights (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
"examples":[
"he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"bereaves",
"deprives",
"strips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denudes",
"cheats",
"cleans (out)",
"defrauds",
"shortchanges",
"bankrupts",
"disfurnishes",
"impoverishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divorced":{
"as in separated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"separated",
"marriageable",
"unpaired",
"fancy-free",
"footloose",
"single",
"unattached",
"unmarried",
"unwed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"espoused",
"hitched",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed",
"mated",
"paired",
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"committed",
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"remarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded"
],
"antonyms":[
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"diverting":{
"providing amusement or enjoyment":{
"examples":[
"some tall and diverting tales were told by the festival's roving storyteller"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusing",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"entertaining",
"fun",
"pleasurable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"beguiling",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"recreational",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humorous",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"exciting",
"stimulating",
"thrilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unwelcome"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"heavy",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"pleasureless",
"ponderous",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"a light comedy to divert the tired business executive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusing",
"disporting",
"entertaining",
"regaling",
"solacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"busying",
"distracting",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"involving",
"occupying",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"delighting",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"intriguing",
"mesmerizing",
"coddling",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"spoiling",
"appeasing",
"comforting",
"conciliating",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"tiring",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"upsetting",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"the bike race was diverted around the construction zone"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflecting",
"redirecting",
"swinging",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averting",
"deviating",
"moving",
"rechanneling",
"shifting",
"shunting",
"sidetracking",
"swerving",
"switching",
"transferring",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"twisting",
"whirling",
"zigzagging",
"bending",
"curving",
"swaying",
"reversing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"examples":[
"trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracting",
"calling off",
"detracting",
"distracting",
"throwing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusing",
"beguiling",
"entertaining",
"straying",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrating",
"focusing",
"focussing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dive":{
"an act or instance of diving":{
"examples":[
"the penguin took a dive off of the ice sheet"
],
"synonyms":[
"pitch",
"plunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dip",
"immersion",
"submersion",
"fall",
"plump",
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble",
"descent",
"drop",
"belly flop",
"header",
"jackknife",
"swan dive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jump",
"leap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
"examples":[
"stock prices took a long, steady dive"
],
"synonyms":[
"descent",
"dip",
"down",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"plummeting",
"sinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn"
]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"we watched her dive in after the drowning man"
],
"synonyms":[
"pitch",
"plunge",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dip",
"immerse",
"submerge",
"belly flop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surface"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"crater",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"sink",
"skid",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divides":{
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
],
"antonyms":[
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't"
],
"synonyms":[
"branches (out)",
"diverges",
"forks",
"parts",
"separates",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"breaks up",
"broadcasts",
"clears out",
"disbands",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"distributes",
"scatters",
"sows",
"distances",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"antonyms":[
"converges",
"joins"
]
},
"as in debates , arguments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altercations",
"arguments",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"fissures",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"competitions",
"contentions",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"miffs",
"mix-ups",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"run-ins",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discordances",
"discordancies",
"discords",
"disharmonies",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"dissonances",
"disunions",
"disunities",
"divisions",
"frictions",
"infightings",
"inharmonies",
"schisms",
"strifes",
"variances",
"warfares",
"wars",
"incompatibilities",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"inconsonances",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"cold wars",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"ill wills",
"rancors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"concordances",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"concurrences",
"cooperations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rises , peaks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eminences",
"peaks",
"prominences",
"promontories",
"rises",
"backbones",
"ridgepoles",
"spines",
"crests",
"ridges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"diverged":{
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx"
],
"synonyms":[
"detoured",
"deviated",
"sheered",
"swerved",
"swung",
"turned",
"turned off",
"veered",
"wheeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tacked",
"zigzagged",
"doubled (back)",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge"
],
"synonyms":[
"branched (out)",
"divided",
"forked",
"parted",
"separated",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"broke up",
"cleared out",
"disbanded",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"distributed",
"scattered",
"sowed",
"distanced",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"gathered",
"met"
],
"antonyms":[
"converged",
"joined"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divining":{
"as in predicting , foretelling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"extraordinary",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"metaphysical",
"preternatural",
"unearthly",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"conjuring",
"enchanting",
"wiling",
"paranormal",
"supernormal",
"bewitched",
"enchanted",
"spellbound",
"magic",
"magical",
"mystic",
"numinous",
"occult",
"weird"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in divination , foretelling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"augur",
"omen",
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"exorcism",
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"forefeeling",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"previsioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreshadowing",
"prefiguring",
"visualizing",
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"foretokening",
"forewarning",
"previewing",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"perceiving",
"apprehending",
"dreading",
"fearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divergency":{
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"examples":[
"a growing divergency of opinion on that hot-button issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"divarication",
"divergence",
"separation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissidence",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"likeness",
"similarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"convergence"
]
},
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"examples":[
"a warning that no divergency from the church's traditional teachings on the subject would be permitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflection",
"departure",
"detour",
"deviation",
"divagation",
"divergence",
"diversion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diviner":{
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
"examples":[
"somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"forecaster",
"foreseer",
"foreteller",
"fortune-teller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"soothsayer",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prophetess",
"sibyl",
"wisewoman",
"mystic",
"oracle",
"astrologer",
"crystal gazer",
"palmist",
"rhabdomancer",
"Cassandra",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer",
"Jeremiah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diverted":{
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"a light comedy to divert the tired business executive"
],
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"amused",
"disported",
"entertained",
"regaled",
"solaced"
],
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"absorbed",
"busied",
"distracted",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"immersed",
"interested",
"involved",
"occupied",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"delighted",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"intrigued",
"mesmerized",
"coddled",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"appeased",
"comforted",
"conciliated",
"consoled",
"contented",
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"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"soothed"
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"bored",
"jaded",
"drained",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"tired",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
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"examples":[
"the bike race was diverted around the construction zone"
],
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"redirected",
"swung",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"whipped"
],
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"averted",
"deviated",
"moved",
"rechanneled",
"rechannelled",
"shifted",
"shunted",
"sidetracked",
"swerved",
"switched",
"transferred",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"twisted",
"whirled",
"zigzagged",
"bent",
"curved",
"swayed",
"reversed",
"turned back"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot"
],
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"abstracted",
"called off",
"detracted",
"distracted",
"threw off"
],
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"amused",
"beguiled",
"entertained",
"strayed",
"wandered"
],
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"concentrated",
"focused",
"focussed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dive (into)":{
"to start work on energetically":{
"examples":[
"the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"attack",
"tackle",
"wade (in or into)"
],
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"address",
"approach",
"face",
"buckle (down to)",
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"an act or instance of diving":{
"examples":[
"the penguin took a dive off of the ice sheet"
],
"synonyms":[
"pitches",
"plunges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immersions",
"submersions",
"falls",
"plumps",
"slips",
"spills",
"stumbles",
"tumbles",
"descents",
"drops",
"belly flops",
"headers",
"jackknives",
"swan dives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jumps",
"leaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
"examples":[
"stock prices took a long, steady dive"
],
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"descents",
"dips",
"downs",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"betterments",
"improvements"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soarings",
"upswings",
"upturns"
]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"we watched her dive in after the drowning man"
],
"synonyms":[
"pitches",
"plunges",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"belly flops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed"
],
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"crashes",
"craters",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"skids",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divulgences":{
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
"examples":[
"the government strictly prohibits the divulgence of classified information"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclosures",
"exposures",
"revelations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealments",
"cover-ups"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divers":{
"being of many and various kinds":{
"examples":[
"the state fair offers divers amusements for the whole family"
],
"synonyms":[
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"multiform",
"multiple",
"multiplex",
"multitudinous",
"heterogeneous",
"heterogenous",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"sundry",
"various",
"different",
"diverse",
"unlike",
"varied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homogeneous",
"homogenous",
"monolithic",
"unmixed",
"unvaried",
"alike",
"identical",
"same",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"alone",
"lone",
"only",
"sole",
"solitary",
"singular",
"unique"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"diversities":{
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
"examples":[
"the diversity of plant life on that tropical island is staggering"
],
"synonyms":[
"assortment",
"diverseness",
"heterogeneity",
"heterogeneousness",
"manifoldness",
"miscellaneousness",
"multifariousness",
"multiplicity",
"variety",
"variousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"otherness",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"likeness",
"sameness",
"similarity",
"fewness",
"paucity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being different":{
"examples":[
"there's considerable diversity in the platforms for the two major parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrast",
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distance",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"otherness",
"unlikeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviance",
"divergence",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"change",
"modification",
"variation",
"conflict",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"identity",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallelism",
"similitude",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"uniformity"
],
"antonyms":[
"alikeness",
"analogousness",
"analogy",
"community",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"sameness",
"similarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dives (in)":{
"as in plunges (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plunges (in)",
"decides",
"budges",
"stirs",
"advances",
"continues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balances",
"dithers",
"falters",
"halts",
"hangs back",
"hesitates",
"scruples",
"shilly-shallies",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"vacillates",
"wavers",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"haws",
"hems",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"lingers",
"pauses",
"procrastinates",
"waits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diversion":{
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
"examples":[
"a scavenger hunt was organized as a diversion for the guests at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"distraction",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure",
"recreation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"carousing",
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"picnic",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"activity",
"game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
]
},
"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
"examples":[
"movies and television became two of the most popular and influential diversions of the 20th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nightlife",
"show business",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"mirth",
"gratification",
"relaxation",
"relief",
"satisfaction",
"exhibition",
"performance",
"presentation",
"presentment",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle",
"escapism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"examples":[
"carefully weighed testimony that did not contain the slightest diversion from the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflection",
"departure",
"detour",
"deviation",
"divagation",
"divergence",
"divergency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divergences":{
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"examples":[
"a growing divergence of opinion about that U.S. president's place in history"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcations",
"divarications",
"divergencies",
"separations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"differences",
"disagreements",
"discrepancies",
"disparities",
"dissidences",
"dissimilarities",
"distinctions",
"diversities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"likenesses",
"similarities"
],
"antonyms":[
"convergences"
]
},
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"examples":[
"any divergence from the community's strict moral code was met with social ostracism"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflections",
"departures",
"detours",
"deviations",
"divagations",
"divergencies",
"diversions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dives (into)":{
"to start work on energetically":{
"examples":[
"the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"attacks",
"tackles",
"wades (in or into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addresses",
"approaches",
"faces",
"buckles (down to)",
"concentrates (on)",
"focuses (on)",
"focusses (on)",
"knuckles down (to)",
"zeroes (in on)",
"falls (to)",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"settles (down)",
"pursues",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"evades",
"shuns",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"idles",
"lags",
"messes",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"pokes",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dividends":{
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"the reward money was an unexpected dividend for our good deed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"cumshaws",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gratuities",
"gravies",
"gravy trains",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"perquisites",
"throw-ins",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pensions",
"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
"generosities",
"largesses",
"philanthropies",
"contributions",
"donations",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"boons",
"mannas",
"windfalls",
"favors",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"fringe benefits",
"icings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divvy (up)":{
"as in dish out , measure (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misallocate",
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diviners":{
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
"examples":[
"somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"augurs",
"forecasters",
"foreseers",
"foretellers",
"fortune-tellers",
"futurists",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"soothsayers",
"visionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prophetesses",
"sibyls",
"wisewomen",
"mystics",
"oracles",
"astrologers",
"crystal gazers",
"palmists",
"rhabdomancers",
"Cassandras",
"doomsayers",
"doomsdayers",
"Jeremiahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divorcements":{
"as in separations , severances":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detachments",
"separations",
"severances",
"breakups",
"disconnections",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"splits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"combinations",
"connections",
"consolidations",
"couplings",
"junctions",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"unions",
"agglomerations",
"amalgamations",
"blends",
"coalescences",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"syntheses",
"reunifications",
"reunions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divinities":{
"a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world":{
"examples":[
"a modest temple built for one of the minor divinities in ancient Greek mythology"
],
"synonyms":[
"deities",
"gods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"demigods",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"spirits",
"supernaturals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divorcement":{
"as in separation , severance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detachment",
"separation",
"severance",
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split"
],
"near antonyms":[
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union",
"agglomeration",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"coalescence",
"commingling",
"compounding",
"fusion",
"intermingling",
"intermixture",
"mingling",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis",
"reunification",
"reunion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divorces":{
"as in separations , breakups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcations",
"breaches",
"breakups",
"cleavages",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionalizations",
"fractionations",
"partitions",
"rifts",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"separations",
"severances",
"splits",
"alienations",
"disaffections",
"disgruntlements",
"estrangements",
"antagonisms",
"embitterments",
"animosities",
"antipathies",
"hostilities",
"jaundices",
"rancors",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"aggravations",
"furies",
"furors",
"indignations",
"infuriations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"rages",
"spleens",
"wraths",
"disenchantments",
"disillusionments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearments",
"ingratiations",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"propitiations",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"accords",
"agreements",
"consensuses",
"harmonies",
"unanimities",
"unifications",
"unions",
"fusions",
"integrations",
"mergers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
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"verb"
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"cumshaw",
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"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
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"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
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"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
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"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
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"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
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},
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"noun"
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},
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"Henry David Thoreau felt the presence of divinity in every part of nature"
],
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"deity",
"godhead",
"godhood"
],
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"godliness",
"holiness",
"piousness",
"saintliness"
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"a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world":{
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"a modest temple built for one of the minor divinities in ancient Greek mythology"
],
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"deity",
"god"
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"demigod",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"spirit",
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},
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"communal worship of the Divinity was expected of every member of the colony"
],
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"Almighty",
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"Creator",
"deity",
"Eternal",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"Henry David Thoreau felt the presence of divinity in every part of nature"
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"godhead",
"godhood"
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"godliness",
"holiness",
"piousness",
"saintliness"
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},
"a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world":{
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"a modest temple built for one of the minor divinities in ancient Greek mythology"
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"god"
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"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"spirit",
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"Eternal",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
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"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"divagation":{
"a departure from the subject under consideration":{
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"this may well appear to be a divagation at first, but I hope to establish the relevance"
],
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"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"tangent"
],
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"parenthesis",
"rambling",
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"prolixity",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
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},
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"a self-consciously \"literary\" novel that represents a major divagation from traditional narrative"
],
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"deflection",
"departure",
"detour",
"deviation",
"divergence",
"divergency",
"diversion"
],
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"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
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"adherence"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to set or force apart":{
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"volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles"
],
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"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
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"dissevering",
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"parting",
"ramifying",
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"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking"
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"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
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"trisecting",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
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"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
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"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding"
],
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"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
]
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"the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't"
],
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"diverging",
"forking",
"parting",
"separating",
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"bestrewing",
"breaking up",
"broadcasting",
"clearing out",
"disbanding",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"distributing",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"distancing",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
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"assembling",
"gathering",
"meeting"
],
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"converging",
"joining"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"a departure from the subject under consideration":{
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"this may well appear to be a divagation at first, but I hope to establish the relevance"
],
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"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"tangents"
],
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"excursuses",
"excursus",
"parentheses",
"ramblings",
"circularities",
"circumlocutions",
"prolixities",
"verbosities"
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},
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"a self-consciously \"literary\" novel that represents a major divagation from traditional narrative"
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"departures",
"detours",
"deviations",
"divergences",
"divergencies",
"diversions"
],
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"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
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"adherences"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divide":{
"to set or force apart":{
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"volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles"
],
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"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
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"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
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"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
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"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
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"the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't"
],
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"branch (out)",
"diverge",
"fork",
"part",
"separate",
"spread"
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"break up",
"broadcast",
"clear out",
"disband",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"distribute",
"scatter",
"sow",
"distance",
"recede",
"retreat"
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"assemble",
"gather",
"meet"
],
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"converge",
"join"
]
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"as in debate , argument":{
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"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"fissure",
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor"
],
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"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace",
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rise , peak":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eminence",
"peak",
"prominence",
"promontory",
"rise",
"backbone",
"ridgepole",
"spine",
"crest",
"ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divergent":{
"differing from another or others":{
"examples":[
"The twins may look alike but they have divergent personalities."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"disproportionate",
"unequal",
"different",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"diverse",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"divers",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"several",
"sundry",
"variant",
"varied",
"various",
"differentiable",
"discriminable",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite",
"polar",
"alternate",
"alternative",
"individual",
"particular",
"peculiar",
"single"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alike",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"kin",
"kindred",
"like",
"parallel",
"same",
"similar",
"equal",
"selfsame",
"equivalent",
"tantamount",
"akin",
"analogous",
"comparable",
"homological",
"homologous",
"related",
"homogeneous",
"homogenous",
"uniform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"divarication":{
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"examples":[
"the divarication of the various dialects of Latin that occurred with the decline of the Roman Empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"divergence",
"divergency",
"separation"
],
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissidence",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"likeness",
"similarity"
],
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"convergence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diversity":{
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
"examples":[
"the diversity of plant life on that tropical island is staggering"
],
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"assortment",
"diverseness",
"heterogeneity",
"heterogeneousness",
"manifoldness",
"miscellaneousness",
"multifariousness",
"multiplicity",
"variety",
"variousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"otherness",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"likeness",
"sameness",
"similarity",
"fewness",
"paucity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being different":{
"examples":[
"there's considerable diversity in the platforms for the two major parties"
],
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"contrast",
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distance",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"otherness",
"unlikeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviance",
"divergence",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"change",
"modification",
"variation",
"conflict",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"identity",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallelism",
"similitude",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"uniformity"
],
"antonyms":[
"alikeness",
"analogousness",
"analogy",
"community",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"sameness",
"similarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diverge":{
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx"
],
"synonyms":[
"detour",
"deviate",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"swing",
"turn",
"turn off",
"veer",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tack",
"zigzag",
"double (back)",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge"
],
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"branch (out)",
"divide",
"fork",
"part",
"separate",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"break up",
"broadcast",
"clear out",
"disband",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"distribute",
"scatter",
"sow",
"distance",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"gather",
"meet"
],
"antonyms":[
"converge",
"join"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"divider":{
"something that divides, separates, or marks off":{
"examples":[
"placed a divider across the gym so we could have two activities going on at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"division",
"partition",
"separation",
"separator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barrier",
"fence",
"wall",
"border",
"boundary",
"limit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}