dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/end_MWT.json
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{
"endamaging":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"examples":[
"a thoughtless indiscretion that endamaged a reputation that took a lifetime to build"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"rectifying",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"remodeling",
"revising",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"related":[
"deteriorating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"blighting",
"tarnishing",
"denting",
"dinging",
"dinting",
"botching",
"gumming (up)",
"queering",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"annihilating",
"banging up",
"bashing",
"battering",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"bloodying",
"breaking",
"compromising",
"crabbing",
"crippling",
"crossing (up)",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"vitiating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endangerments":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"examples":[
"I didn't think I would be subject to any endangerment if I simply dangled my legs over the rock ledge"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"harm's way",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endear":{
"to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)":{
"examples":[
"They endeared themselves to the whole town."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ingratiate",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"blarney",
"butter up",
"flatter",
"hero-worship",
"honey",
"massage",
"overpraise",
"puff",
"soft-soap",
"stroke",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"suck (up to)",
"toady",
"idolize",
"worship",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"felicitate",
"drool",
"gush",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"court",
"romance",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endearment":{
"as in enticement , beguilement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endears":{
"to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)":{
"examples":[
"They endeared themselves to the whole town."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ingratiates",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"butters up",
"flatters",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"soft-soaps",
"strokes",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up to)",
"toadies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endears (to)":{
"as in ingratiates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endeavor":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"the hope that this latest endeavor will yield much information about the atmosphere of the planet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"essay",
"seek",
"strive",
"try"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fight",
"strain",
"struggle",
"toil",
"trouble",
"work",
"aim",
"aspire",
"hope",
"assume",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drop",
"give up",
"quit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endeavors":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"the hope that this latest endeavor will yield much information about the atmosphere of the planet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"essays",
"seeks",
"strives",
"tries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fights",
"strains",
"struggles",
"toils",
"troubles",
"works",
"aims",
"aspires",
"hopes",
"assumes",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives up",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ending":{
"as in passing , closing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leftover",
"remaining",
"lingering",
"residual",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the plagiarism scandal was a disgraceful ending to a once-promising academic career"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the best part about any dental procedure is its ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"let's end the meeting with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"packing (up or in)",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"a book so good that you hate to see it end"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"a great general, who ended on the field of battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endless":{
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
"examples":[
"from the promontory visitors can look out over an endless sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"incomputable",
"inestimable",
"innumerable",
"unmeasured",
"exhaustless",
"inexhaustible",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"immense",
"vast"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"depthless",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
]
},
"lasting forever":{
"examples":[
"the endless roar is what I remember most about Niagara Falls"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"persistent",
"stubborn",
"imperishable",
"indefeasible",
"indefectible",
"indelible",
"indestructible",
"indissoluble",
"inexpungible",
"timeless",
"abiding",
"stable",
"standing",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unfailing",
"unfaltering",
"continual",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"transitory",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"antonyms":[
"impermanent",
"mortal",
"temporary",
"transient"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"endorsees":{
"as in choices , picks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choices",
"draftees",
"picks",
"selections",
"agents",
"delegatees",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"inductees",
"assignees",
"licensees",
"licentiates",
"permittees",
"candidates",
"appointees",
"designees",
"nominees",
"selectees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endorsement":{
"a person's name written in their own handwriting on the back of a check":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The bank teller politely reminded me that the check needed my endorsement ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"an indication that someone or something is favorable, acceptable, or satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"An endorsement from a star athlete made the sneaker brand more popular than ever before."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endue":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
],
"synonyms":[
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"endow",
"favor",
"gift",
"invest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equip",
"provide",
"supply",
"bestow (on or upon)",
"clothe",
"confer (on)",
"cover",
"accord",
"award",
"grant",
"empower",
"enable",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"heighten",
"bequeath",
"will"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enduring":{
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
"examples":[
"science fiction's enduring fascination with worlds beyond our own"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"endless",
"permanent",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life"
],
"synonyms":[
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingering",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"endanger":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endmost":{
"as in extreme , utmost":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"penultimate",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"bottommost",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting",
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"end-run":{
"as in bluff , feint":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"feint",
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"contrivance",
"maneuver",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in evade , avoid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"outflank",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"beat",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"get around",
"shortcut",
"sidestep",
"skirt",
"disobey",
"disregard",
"flout",
"ignore",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"obey",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"assent (to)",
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endures":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life"
],
"synonyms":[
"experiences",
"feels",
"has",
"knows",
"passes",
"sees",
"suffers",
"sustains",
"tastes",
"undergoes",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounters",
"meets",
"accepts",
"receives",
"assimilates",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"bides",
"continues",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps up",
"lasts",
"perdures",
"persists",
"remains",
"runs on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"carries through",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endowments":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"gifts",
"heads",
"knacks",
"talents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"biases",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"ears",
"eyes",
"minds",
"noses",
"feels",
"hangs",
"instincts",
"touches",
"ways",
"capabilities",
"competences",
"facilities",
"proficiencies",
"skills",
"capacities",
"potentials",
"powers",
"fortes",
"specialisms",
"specialities",
"specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabilities",
"handicaps",
"inabilities",
"incapacities",
"shortcomings",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endues":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
],
"synonyms":[
"imbues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants",
"impregnates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"saturates",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"fills",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"submerges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips",
"clears",
"empties",
"eliminates",
"removes",
"takes (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"endows",
"favors",
"gifts",
"invests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equips",
"provides",
"supplies",
"bestows (on or upon)",
"clothes",
"confers (on)",
"covers",
"accords",
"awards",
"grants",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"heightens",
"bequeaths",
"wills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips",
"depletes",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"skimps",
"stints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end-running":{
"as in evading , avoiding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"outflanking",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"beating",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"getting around",
"shortcutting",
"sidestepping",
"skirting",
"disobeying",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endlessness":{
"as in timelessness , permanence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boundlessness",
"interminableness",
"limitlessness",
"permanence",
"permanency",
"timelessness",
"eternity",
"everlasting",
"foreverness",
"infinity",
"perpetuity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemerality",
"impermanence",
"temporariness",
"transience",
"transitoriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ended":{
"brought or having come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the recently ended season was one of the best that the baseball team ever had"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"finished",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"through",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"attained",
"compassed",
"realized",
"dead",
"defunct",
"extinct",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"expired"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"let's end the meeting with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed out",
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke off",
"broke up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"gave over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"a book so good that you hate to see it end"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"a great general, who ended on the field of battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"exited",
"expired",
"fell",
"flatlined",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"endearments":{
"as in blandishments , allurements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"enduringness":{
"as in durability , permanence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"durability",
"lastingness",
"permanence",
"consistency",
"regularity",
"sameness",
"uniformity",
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"duration",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"subsistence",
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"changelessness",
"constancy",
"fixedness",
"immutability",
"immutableness",
"invariability",
"stability",
"steadiness",
"unchangeableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aperiodicity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"irregularity",
"unevenness",
"caducity",
"evanescence",
"impermanence",
"capriciousness",
"changeability",
"changeableness",
"fickleness",
"instability",
"mutability",
"unpredictability",
"unsteadiness",
"variability",
"variableness",
"volatileness",
"volatility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endeavoring":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (oneself)",
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaying",
"attempting",
"essaying",
"seeking",
"striving",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fighting",
"straining",
"struggling",
"toiling",
"troubling",
"working",
"aiming",
"aspiring",
"hoping",
"assuming",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropping",
"giving up",
"quitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endangering":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuring",
"compromising",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeoparding",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"periling",
"perilling",
"risking",
"venturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidating",
"threatening",
"exposing",
"subjecting",
"chancing",
"wagering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarding",
"protecting",
"sheltering",
"shielding",
"preserving",
"resuming",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end users":{
"as in users , consumers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consumers",
"users",
"accounts",
"clients",
"customers",
"guests",
"patrons",
"punters",
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"purchasers",
"vendees",
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"window-shoppers",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"regulars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endeared (to)":{
"as in ingratiated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ingratiated",
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"gentled",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"antagonized",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"provoked",
"roused",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"slighted",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"maddened",
"outraged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end-time":{
"as in doomsday , Armageddon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Armageddon",
"doomsday",
"apocalypse",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"tragedy",
"bloodbath",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"convulsion",
"paroxysm",
"upheaval",
"accident",
"casualty",
"fatality",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"blast",
"blow",
"double whammy",
"one-two",
"one-two punch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"end-times":{
"as in doomsdays , Armageddons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Armageddons",
"doomsdays",
"apocalypses",
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"tragedies",
"bloodbaths",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"upheavals",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"blasts",
"blows",
"double whammies",
"one-twos",
"one-two punches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endorsements":{
"an indication that someone or something is favorable, acceptable, or satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"An endorsement from a star athlete made the sneaker brand more popular than ever before."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backings",
"cachets",
"finalizations",
"formalizations",
"homologations",
"nods",
"ratifications",
"rubber stamps",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"thumbs-ups",
"votes",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"favors",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"benedictions",
"goodwills",
"acceptations",
"accessions",
"agreements",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"countenances",
"likings",
"satisfactions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusals",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"objections",
"oppositions",
"dislikes",
"dissatisfactions",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person's name written in their own handwriting on the back of a check":{
"examples":[
"The bank teller politely reminded me that the check needed my endorsement ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autographs",
"hands",
"John Hancocks",
"signatures",
"franks",
"marks",
"countersigns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endurable":{
"capable of being endured":{
"examples":[
"a flu shot is never pleasant, but I find the momentary pain entirely endurable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agonizing",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"cruel",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nasty",
"nightmarish",
"painful",
"rotten",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"unfortunate",
"vicious",
"vile",
"wretched",
"unacceptable",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"endorses":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"an increase in the number of parents who endorse the idea of school uniforms"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"patronizes",
"plumps (for)",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"props (up)",
"seconds",
"sides (with)",
"backstops",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"plugs",
"preaches",
"talks up",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endamage":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"a thoughtless indiscretion that endamaged a reputation that took a lifetime to build"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"bloody",
"break",
"compromise",
"crab",
"cripple",
"cross (up)",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"vitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"erode",
"scour",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"blight",
"tarnish",
"dent",
"ding",
"dint",
"botch",
"gum (up)",
"queer",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"torment",
"torture",
"annihilate",
"bang up",
"bash",
"batter",
"clobber",
"crush",
"dash",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"rectify",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"remodel",
"revise",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endued":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
],
"synonyms":[
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"endowed",
"favored",
"gifted",
"invested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equipped",
"provided",
"supplied",
"bestowed (on or upon)",
"clothed",
"clad",
"conferred (on)",
"covered",
"accorded",
"awarded",
"granted",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"heightened",
"bequeathed",
"willed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"let's end the meeting with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"a book so good that you hate to see it end"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"a great general, who ended on the field of battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the end of hostilities brought general rejoicing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
"examples":[
"I'm at the end of my patience with these little brats"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"boundary",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"confines",
"extent",
"limit",
"limitation",
"line",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extremity",
"fag end",
"terminus",
"border",
"brim",
"edge",
"margin",
"rim",
"verge",
"outside",
"bar",
"barrier",
"fence",
"hedge",
"restraint",
"stop",
"wall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
"examples":[
"a couple of ends of wallpaper were all that was left after we finished papering the room"
],
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"fag end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"stub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leavings",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuse",
"remains",
"residual",
"residue",
"scraping(s)",
"stump",
"vestige",
"balance",
"rest",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"piece",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ribbon(s)",
"shred",
"tatter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"examples":[
"in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"objective",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"target",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"desire",
"hope",
"mind",
"wish",
"nirvana",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"method",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
"examples":[
"a child's pair of scissors with blunt ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"apex",
"cusp",
"nib",
"nose",
"pike",
"point",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pinpoint",
"prong",
"tine",
"barb",
"jag",
"prickle",
"snag",
"spike",
"sticker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the war wasn't yet over, but we were definitely at the beginning of the end"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"the ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"frame",
"fringe",
"hem",
"margin",
"perimeter",
"periphery",
"rim",
"skirt",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambit",
"brink",
"crest",
"curb",
"cusp",
"lip",
"ceiling",
"maximum",
"demarcation",
"extent",
"limitation",
"measure",
"mere",
"restriction",
"termination",
"borderland",
"frontier",
"march",
"outskirts",
"pale",
"selvage",
"lap",
"shore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"core",
"heart",
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"within"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"Henry Hudson and eight others were set adrift in the bay in a small boat, and how they met their end is unknown"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"keep up your end of the bargain"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotment",
"allowance",
"cut",
"part",
"piece",
"portion",
"proportion",
"quota",
"share",
"slice",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lot",
"ration",
"commission",
"percentage",
"member",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"pool",
"sum",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endomorphy":{
"as in brawniness , huskiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"bulkiness",
"heaviness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness",
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endowment":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"faculty",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"head",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinity",
"bias",
"disposition",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"ear",
"eye",
"mind",
"nose",
"feel",
"hang",
"instinct",
"touch",
"way",
"capability",
"competence",
"facility",
"proficiency",
"skill",
"capacity",
"potential",
"power",
"forte",
"specialism",
"speciality",
"specialty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"handicap",
"inability",
"incapacity",
"shortcoming",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endure":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life"
],
"synonyms":[
"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"bide",
"continue",
"hold on",
"hold up",
"keep up",
"last",
"perdure",
"persist",
"remain",
"run on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"linger",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"carry through",
"prevail",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"die (down)",
"ebb",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"desist",
"die",
"discontinue",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enduringly":{
"as in long , perennially":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"long",
"perennially",
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore",
"once"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"endowing":{
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a young performer endowed with a great singing voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"enduing",
"induing",
"favoring",
"gifting",
"investing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equipping",
"providing",
"supplying",
"bestowing (on or upon)",
"clothing",
"conferring (on)",
"covering",
"according",
"awarding",
"granting",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"heightening",
"bequeathing",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"depleting",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"skimping",
"stinting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums"
],
"synonyms":[
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"organizing",
"bequeathing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"subscribing",
"supporting",
"underwriting",
"awarding",
"granting",
"backing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"capitalizing",
"investing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing",
"receiving",
"subsisting"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunding",
"disendowing"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"capitalizing",
"financing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endeavored":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"assayed",
"attempted",
"essayed",
"sought",
"strove",
"strived",
"tried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fought",
"strained",
"struggled",
"toiled",
"troubled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"aimed",
"aspired",
"hoped",
"assumed",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave up",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endured":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life"
],
"synonyms":[
"experienced",
"felt",
"had",
"knew",
"passed",
"saw",
"suffered",
"sustained",
"tasted",
"underwent",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received",
"assimilated",
"digested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enduing":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
],
"synonyms":[
"imbuing",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting",
"impregnating",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"saturating",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"filling",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"submerging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"eliminating",
"removing",
"taking (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"endowing",
"favoring",
"gifting",
"investing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equipping",
"providing",
"supplying",
"bestowing (on or upon)",
"clothing",
"conferring (on)",
"covering",
"according",
"awarding",
"granting",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"heightening",
"bequeathing",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"depleting",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"skimping",
"stinting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endorsing":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"an increase in the number of parents who endorse the idea of school uniforms"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"patronizing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"seconding",
"siding (with)",
"backstopping",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"plugging",
"preaching",
"talking up",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endings":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the plagiarism scandal was a disgraceful ending to a once-promising academic career"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the best part about any dental procedure is its ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endurance":{
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the endurance of his love for his wife was not arrested even by her death"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"duration",
"persistence",
"subsistence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"cutback",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endorse":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"an increase in the number of parents who endorse the idea of school uniforms"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"patronize",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"second",
"side (with)",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"plug",
"preach",
"talk up",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end-runs":{
"as in bluffs , feints":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluffs",
"feints",
"artifices",
"devices",
"dodges",
"fetches",
"flimflams",
"gambits",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"juggles",
"knacks",
"plays",
"ploys",
"schemes",
"shenanigans",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles",
"contrivances",
"maneuvers",
"ruses",
"subterfuges",
"chicaneries",
"cozenages",
"crafts",
"crookeries",
"cunnings",
"deceptions",
"duperies",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"juggleries",
"legerdemains",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"blinds",
"fronts",
"smoke screens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in evades , avoids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"outflanks",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"beats",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"gets around",
"shortcuts",
"sidesteps",
"skirts",
"disobeys",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"assents (to)",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endeared":{
"to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)":{
"examples":[
"They endeared themselves to the whole town."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ingratiated",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"buttered up",
"flattered",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
"stroked",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endemic":{
"belonging to a particular place by birth or origin":{
"examples":[
"the fish is not an endemic species of the lake, and it is rapidly devouring the native trout population"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboriginal",
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"indigenous",
"native"
],
"near synonyms":[
"local",
"regional",
"original"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imported",
"introduced",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"exotic",
"foreign",
"strange",
"expatriate",
"immigrant"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"nonnative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"end user":{
"as in user , consumer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consumer",
"user",
"account",
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endomorphic":{
"as in heavyset , rotund":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"endangered":{
"being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{
"examples":[
"a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat"
],
"synonyms":[
"exposed",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likely",
"prone",
"uncovered",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unscreened",
"unsecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"antonyms":[
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventured",
"compromised",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeoparded",
"jeopardized",
"menaced",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidated",
"threatened",
"exposed",
"subjected",
"chanced",
"wagered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"protected",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"preserved",
"resumed",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"endamaged":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"a thoughtless indiscretion that endamaged a reputation that took a lifetime to build"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endangerment":{
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"examples":[
"I didn't think I would be subject to any endangerment if I simply dangled my legs over the rock ledge"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"harm's way",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endlessly":{
"as in always , constantly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"always",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continuously",
"ever",
"evermore",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"invariably",
"perpetually",
"unfailingly",
"afresh",
"again",
"anew",
"de novo",
"over",
"continually",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"freshly",
"newly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nevermore",
"ne'er",
"never",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"endorsed":{
"as in allowed , authorized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accredited",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"an increase in the number of parents who endorse the idea of school uniforms"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"patronized",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"end runs":{
"as in bluffs , feints":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluffs",
"feints",
"artifices",
"devices",
"dodges",
"fetches",
"flimflams",
"gambits",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"juggles",
"knacks",
"plays",
"ploys",
"schemes",
"shenanigans",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles",
"contrivances",
"maneuvers",
"ruses",
"subterfuges",
"chicaneries",
"cozenages",
"crafts",
"crookeries",
"cunnings",
"deceptions",
"duperies",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"juggleries",
"legerdemains",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"blinds",
"fronts",
"smoke screens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in evades , avoids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"outflanks",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"beats",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"gets around",
"shortcuts",
"sidesteps",
"skirts",
"disobeys",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"assents (to)",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endow":{
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a young performer endowed with a great singing voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"endue",
"indue",
"favor",
"gift",
"invest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equip",
"provide",
"supply",
"bestow (on or upon)",
"clothe",
"confer (on)",
"cover",
"accord",
"award",
"grant",
"empower",
"enable",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"heighten",
"bequeath",
"will"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums"
],
"synonyms":[
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establish",
"found",
"organize",
"bequeath",
"contribute",
"donate",
"subscribe",
"support",
"underwrite",
"award",
"grant",
"back",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"capitalize",
"invest (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw",
"receive",
"subsist"
],
"antonyms":[
"defund",
"disendow"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capitalize",
"finance",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstake",
"cofinance",
"refinance",
"advocate",
"aid",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"sponsor",
"support",
"maintain",
"nourish",
"provide (for)",
"clear",
"defray",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand",
"refund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defund"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endgames":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"they're now in the endgame of the negotiations for a new labor contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endows":{
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a young performer endowed with a great singing voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"endues",
"indues",
"favors",
"gifts",
"invests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equips",
"provides",
"supplies",
"bestows (on or upon)",
"clothes",
"confers (on)",
"covers",
"accords",
"awards",
"grants",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"heightens",
"bequeaths",
"wills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips",
"depletes",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"skimps",
"stints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums"
],
"synonyms":[
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishes",
"founds",
"organizes",
"bequeaths",
"contributes",
"donates",
"subscribes",
"supports",
"underwrites",
"awards",
"grants",
"backs",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"capitalizes",
"invests (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws",
"receives",
"subsists"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunds",
"disendows"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolls",
"capitalizes",
"finances",
"funds",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstakes",
"cofinances",
"refinances",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endear (to)":{
"as in ingratiate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"gentle",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endangers":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"compromises",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"jeopards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidates",
"threatens",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"chances",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protects",
"shelters",
"shields",
"preserves",
"resumes",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end run":{
"as in bluff , feint":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"feint",
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"contrivance",
"maneuver",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in evade , avoid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"outflank",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"beat",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"get around",
"shortcut",
"sidestep",
"skirt",
"disobey",
"disregard",
"flout",
"ignore",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"obey",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"assent (to)",
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endearing":{
"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
"examples":[
"you have to wonder about people who don't find kittens and puppies endearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embraceable",
"kissable",
"beloved",
"cherished",
"favored",
"favorite",
"loved",
"treasured",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"desirable",
"lovely",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"admirable",
"likable",
"likeable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"cheerful",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"kind",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"delightful",
"pleasing",
"well-disposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unloved",
"contemptible",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"heinous",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"offensive",
"unlikable",
"unpleasant",
"wretched",
"frightful",
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ogreish",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"unattractive",
"unsightly",
"vile",
"appalling",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"horrendous",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable"
]
},
"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
"examples":[
"his impish sense of humor is one of his more endearing traits"
],
"synonyms":[
"disarming",
"ingratiating",
"insinuating",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adorable",
"charming",
"likable",
"likeable",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"affecting",
"poignant",
"touching",
"adulatory",
"deferential",
"effusive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"sycophantic",
"drooling",
"oleaginous",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"saccharine",
"soapy",
"sugary",
"unctuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"displeasing",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"arrogant",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"insolent",
"proud",
"scornful"
],
"antonyms":[
"unendearing",
"uningratiating"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)":{
"examples":[
"They endeared themselves to the whole town."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ingratiating",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"blarneying",
"buttering up",
"flattering",
"hero-worshipping",
"hero-worshiping",
"honeying",
"massaging",
"overpraising",
"puffing",
"soft-soaping",
"stroking",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"sucking (up to)",
"toadying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating",
"drooling",
"gushing",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"courting",
"romancing",
"wooing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}