5798 lines
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5798 lines
114 KiB
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{
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"poshness":{
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"as in smartness , style":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chic",
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"chicness",
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"dapperness",
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"elegance",
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"smartness",
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"style",
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"swank",
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"swankiness",
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"cool",
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"coolness",
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"fashionableness",
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"hip",
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"hipness",
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"hipsterism",
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"modishness",
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"stylishness",
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"trendiness",
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"voguishness",
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"class",
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"grace",
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"gracefulness",
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"majesty",
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"stateliness",
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"artfulness",
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"polish",
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"sophistication",
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"taste",
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"tastefulness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unfashionableness",
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"flashiness",
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"garishness",
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"gaudiness",
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"gracelessness",
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"grotesqueness",
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"tackiness",
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"tastelessness",
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"tawdriness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"positively":{
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"in an approving manner":{
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"examples":[
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"for the most part audiences have responded positively to his avant-garde music"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"admiringly",
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"appreciatively",
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"approvingly",
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"complimentarily",
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"favorably"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lovingly",
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"regardfully",
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"respectfully",
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"reverently",
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"worshipfully"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"captiously",
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"hypercritically",
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"deploringly",
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"disdainfully",
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"scornfully",
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"unflatteringly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adversely",
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"disapprovingly",
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"negatively",
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"unfavorably"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"positiveness":{
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"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
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"examples":[
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"I can't state with any positiveness that I know what really happened"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assurance",
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"assuredness",
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"certainty",
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"certitude",
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"cocksureness",
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"confidence",
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"conviction",
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"doubtlessness",
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"face",
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"satisfaction",
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"sureness",
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"surety"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"authoritarianism",
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"dogmatism",
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"decisiveness",
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"determination",
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"firmness",
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"purposefulness",
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"resoluteness",
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"resolution",
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"resolve"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hesitancy",
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"hesitation",
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresolution",
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"disbelief",
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"incredulity",
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"unbelief",
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"anxiety",
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"concern",
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"misgiving",
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"distrust",
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"mistrust",
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"suspicion"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"doubt",
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"incertitude",
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"nonconfidence",
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"uncertainty"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"possession":{
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"the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal":{
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"examples":[
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"a student who was found to have several overdue library books in his possession"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"control",
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"enjoyment",
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"hands",
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"keeping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ownership",
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"proprietorship",
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"authority",
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"command",
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"dominion",
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"mastery",
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"power",
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"repossession",
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"retention",
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"claiming",
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"collaring",
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"commandeering",
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"confiscation",
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"procurement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispossession",
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"relinquishment",
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"surrendering",
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"transferal"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonpossession"
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]
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},
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"transportable items that one owns":{
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"examples":[
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"we packed up all of our possessions and excitedly moved into a new house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belongings",
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"chattels",
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"duds",
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"effects",
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"gear",
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"goods",
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"holdings",
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"movables",
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"moveables",
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"paraphernalia",
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"personal effects",
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"personal property",
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"personalty",
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"plunder",
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"stuff",
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"things"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"treasures",
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"valuables",
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"appointments",
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"fixtures",
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"furnishings",
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"estate",
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"property",
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"tangibles",
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"collateral"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immovables",
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"real estate"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the act or fact of residing in a place":{
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"examples":[
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"squatters had established possession in the abandoned warehouse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"habitation",
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"occupancy",
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"occupation",
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"residency"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tenancy",
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"tenantry",
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"ownership",
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"proprietorship",
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"trespass"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispossession",
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"ejection",
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"ejectment",
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"vacancy",
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"vacating",
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"vacation"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"possibilities":{
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"something that can develop or become actual":{
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"examples":[
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"there's a possibility for violence in the situation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capabilities",
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"eventualities",
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"potentialities",
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"potentials",
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"prospects"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"likelihoods",
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"probabilities",
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"latencies",
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"potencies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actualities",
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"realities",
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"certainties"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that might happen":{
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"examples":[
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"winning the championship is a real possibility for us"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cases",
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"contingences",
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"contingencies",
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"contingents",
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"events",
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"eventualities"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"probabilities",
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"accidents",
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"chances",
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"haps",
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"hazards",
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"risks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"possible":{
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"capable of being done or carried out":{
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"examples":[
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"I think that building the entire set in two days is possible , albeit difficult"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"achievable",
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"attainable",
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"doable",
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"feasible",
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"practicable",
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"realizable",
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"viable",
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"workable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"practical",
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"reasonable",
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"sensible",
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"contingent",
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"likely",
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"probable",
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"acceptable",
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"believable",
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"conceivable",
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"creditable",
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"plausible",
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"thinkable",
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"actionable",
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"available",
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"usable",
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"useable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impractical",
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"unrealistic",
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"far-fetched",
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"improbable",
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"unlikely",
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"implausible",
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"inconceivable",
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"incredible",
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"unbelievable",
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"futile",
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"useless",
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"vain",
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"absurd",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"outlandish",
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"preposterous",
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"ridiculous",
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"unthinkable"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hopeless",
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"impossible",
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"impracticable",
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"infeasible",
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"nonviable",
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"unattainable",
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"undoable",
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"unfeasible",
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"unrealizable",
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"unviable",
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"unworkable"
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]
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},
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"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
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"examples":[
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"only one of several possible outcomes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"implicit",
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"potential"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conceivable",
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"generable",
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"imaginable",
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"plausible",
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"thinkable",
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"likely",
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"probable",
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"conjectural",
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"hypothetical",
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"suppositional",
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"theoretical",
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"theoretic",
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"alleged",
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"assumed",
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"purported",
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"reputed",
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"supposed",
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"achievable",
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"attainable",
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"doable",
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"feasible",
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"practicable",
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"viable",
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"workable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"authenticated",
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"confirmed",
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"demonstrated",
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"established",
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"proven",
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"substantiated",
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"authentic",
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"bona fide",
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"genuine",
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"true"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"actual",
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"existent",
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"factual",
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"real"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"possibly":{
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"it is possible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"likely",
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"probably",
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"certainly",
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"doubtless",
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"sure",
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"surely",
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"undoubtedly",
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"assumably",
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"presumably",
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"presumedly",
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"supposably",
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"supposedly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conceivably",
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"maybe",
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"mayhap",
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"perchance",
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"perhaps"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"posted":{
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"as in published , announced":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advertised",
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"aired",
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"announced",
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"broadcast",
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"declared",
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"disclosed",
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"divulged",
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"heralded",
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"proclaimed",
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"promulgated",
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"publicized",
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"published",
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"spotlighted",
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"nonclassified",
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"unclassified",
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"well-known",
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"current",
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"prevalent",
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"rife",
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"widespread",
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"general",
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"popular",
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"communal",
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"shared",
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"open",
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"public",
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"reported",
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"reputed",
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"rumored"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"confidential",
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"private",
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"privy",
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"secret",
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"classified",
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"unadvertised",
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"unannounced",
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"undisclosed",
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"clandestine",
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"collusive",
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"conspiratorial",
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"covert",
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"surreptitious",
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"undercover",
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"underhand",
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"underhanded",
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"intimate",
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"personal",
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"concealed",
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"repressed",
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"reserved",
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"silenced",
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"stifled",
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"suppressed",
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"withheld",
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"recanted",
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"retracted",
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"revoked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
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"examples":[
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"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"placarded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nailed",
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"plastered",
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"tacked (up)",
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"advertised",
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"announced",
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"billed",
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"blazed",
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"broadcast",
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"broadcasted",
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"called",
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"declared",
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"proclaimed",
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"promulgated",
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"publicized",
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"published"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"removed",
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"took down"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make known openly or publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"posted the students' grades"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advertised",
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"announced",
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"annunciated",
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"blared",
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"blazed",
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"blazoned",
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"broadcast",
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"broadcasted",
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"declared",
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"enunciated",
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"flashed",
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"gave out",
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"heralded",
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"placarded",
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"proclaimed",
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"promulgated",
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"publicized",
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"published",
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"released",
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"sounded",
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"trumpeted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barked",
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"called (off or out)",
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"cried",
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"billboarded",
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"billed",
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"bulletined",
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"gazetted",
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"knelled",
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"rang",
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"tolled",
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"blurbed",
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"featured",
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"pitched",
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"plugged",
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"promoted",
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"puffed",
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"disseminated",
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"spread",
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"disclosed",
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"divulged",
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"introduced",
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"kithed",
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"kythed",
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"manifested",
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"reported",
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"revealed",
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"showed",
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"advised",
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"apprised",
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"handed down",
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"informed",
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"notified",
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"communicated",
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"imparted",
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"intimated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"concealed",
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"hushed (up)",
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"silenced",
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"suppressed",
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"withheld",
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"recalled",
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"recanted",
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"retracted",
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"revoked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to assign to a place or position":{
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"examples":[
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"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"detailed",
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"stationed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"set",
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"appointed",
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"placed",
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"positioned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to send through the postal system":{
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"examples":[
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"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mailed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"airmailed",
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"franked",
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shipped",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"registered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"got",
|
|
"received"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posteriors":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"sterns",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsides",
|
|
"behinds",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"breeches",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"cabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derrieres",
|
|
"derri\u00e8res",
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"fannies",
|
|
"fundaments",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinies",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keisters",
|
|
"keesters",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"rear ends",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"rumps",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"tail ends",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posthole":{
|
|
"as in water hole , chuckhole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postmen":{
|
|
"a person who delivers mail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the postman comes at around nine every morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"letter carriers",
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen",
|
|
"posties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"postmasters",
|
|
"postmistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postulates":{
|
|
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"givens",
|
|
"hypotheticals",
|
|
"ifs",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"suppositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"gospels",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"tenets",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"dicta",
|
|
"dictums",
|
|
"ipse dixits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"hypothecates",
|
|
"hypothesizes",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"presupposes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"supposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"preconceives",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"theorizes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"wonders (about)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postmortem examination":{
|
|
"examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autopsy",
|
|
"necropsy",
|
|
"postmortem"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"biopsy",
|
|
"vivisection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"positive":{
|
|
"expressing approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped for a positive reaction from the audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"approbatory",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commendatory",
|
|
"complimentary",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"encomiastic",
|
|
"eulogistic",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"laudative",
|
|
"laudatory",
|
|
"panegyrical",
|
|
"praiseful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"recommendatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
|
"overcritical",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"inappreciative",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unappreciative",
|
|
"uncomplimentary",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unflattering",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm positive that this is the right direction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"unwavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeks positive proof that UFO's exist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"uncontradicted",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unquestioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in yes , yea":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yes",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"post":{
|
|
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the post always comes at tea time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"parcel post",
|
|
"snail mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"airpost",
|
|
"certified mail",
|
|
"registered mail",
|
|
"rural delivery",
|
|
"rural free delivery",
|
|
"special delivery",
|
|
"special handling",
|
|
"direct mail",
|
|
"junk mail",
|
|
"mailer",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"missive",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"postal card",
|
|
"postcard",
|
|
"printed matter",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"shipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selling lemonade was my post at the church fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"position",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"task"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"joblessness",
|
|
"unemployment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"stanchion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caryatid",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"flying buttress",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"piling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"placard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"tack (up)",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posted the students' grades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"get",
|
|
"receive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postponing":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"holding off (on)",
|
|
"holding over",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"laying over",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"waiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"deciding (upon)",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"working (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postman":{
|
|
"a person who delivers mail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the postman comes at around nine every morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"letter carrier",
|
|
"mail carrier",
|
|
"mailman",
|
|
"postie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"postmaster",
|
|
"postmistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postulate":{
|
|
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"if",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"gospel",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"dictum",
|
|
"ipse dixit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"hypothecate",
|
|
"hypothesize",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"presuppose",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"suppose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"preconceive",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"theorize",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"profess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disbelieve",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"wonder (about)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postmaster":{
|
|
"as in postmistress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"postmistress",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"letter carrier",
|
|
"mail carrier",
|
|
"mailman",
|
|
"postie",
|
|
"postman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posting":{
|
|
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a posting in the local newspaper of the public auction of a house on which a bank had foreclosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"poster",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plugola",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
"signification",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promo",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"placarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"tacking (up)",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posted the students' grades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"stationing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmailing",
|
|
"franking",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shipping",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"registering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"receiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postholes":{
|
|
"as in water holes , chuckholes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boreholes",
|
|
"chuckholes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"potholes",
|
|
"sinkholes",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"water holes",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"excavations",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"sockets",
|
|
"alveoli",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"concavities",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"recesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"tumors",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"cambers",
|
|
"convexities",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"projections",
|
|
"protrusions",
|
|
"protuberances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"post chaise":{
|
|
"as in caroche , jaunting car":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"droshky",
|
|
"drosky",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postponed":{
|
|
"as in delayed , detained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"early",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in delayed , deferred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afoot",
|
|
"under way",
|
|
"under weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"held off (on)",
|
|
"held over",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"laid over",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shelved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"decided (upon)",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"worked (on)",
|
|
"wrought (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postal card":{
|
|
"as in card , mail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"electronic mail",
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
"junk mail",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"postcard",
|
|
"billet-doux",
|
|
"open letter",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"memo",
|
|
"memorandum",
|
|
"missive",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poster":{
|
|
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"placard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signboard",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"ad",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postmasters":{
|
|
"as in postmistresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"postmistresses",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"letter carriers",
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen",
|
|
"posties",
|
|
"postmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessiveness":{
|
|
"as in materialism , commercialism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialism",
|
|
"materialism",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"graspingness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"mercenariness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"piggishness",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteousness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessed":{
|
|
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remarkably poised and possessed in the midst of all the turmoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"bovine",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she possesses a keen insight into people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"sported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"wanted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postlude":{
|
|
"as in coda , epilogue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"afterword",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"codicil",
|
|
"excursus",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"follow-up",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"allonge",
|
|
"rider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"positivist":{
|
|
"as in positivistic , optimistic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"positivistic",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"Panglossian",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"uncynical",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalistic",
|
|
"nihilist",
|
|
"nihilistic",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"pessimistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in optimist , Pollyanna":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"sentimentalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"misanthrope",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"misandrist",
|
|
"misogynist",
|
|
"doubter",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"skeptic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posers":{
|
|
"a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's not really interested in art. He's just a poser ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"maskers",
|
|
"masqueraders",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"personators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"positioning":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"positioned the chairs around the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"rearranging",
|
|
"reordering",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"niching",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"berthing",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"setting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posthumous":{
|
|
"occurring after one's death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"postmortem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"late"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possibility":{
|
|
"something that can develop or become actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a possibility for violence in the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"certainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that might happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winning the championship is a real possibility for us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"contingence",
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"eventuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postern":{
|
|
"as in portcullis , trapdoor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double door",
|
|
"Dutch door",
|
|
"French door",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"portcullis",
|
|
"revolving door",
|
|
"storm door",
|
|
"trapdoor",
|
|
"wicket",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"portal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pose":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"trot out",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"utterly posed by the barrage of questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cheerfulness was just a pose , for I was feeling miserable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"unfaithfulness",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postcards":{
|
|
"as in cards , mails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"electronic mails",
|
|
"e-mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"billets-doux",
|
|
"open letters",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"memorandums",
|
|
"memoranda",
|
|
"memos",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"encyclicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posteriorly":{
|
|
"as in back , rearward":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"abaft",
|
|
"aft",
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternward",
|
|
"sternwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fore",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"anteriorly",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"before"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posts":{
|
|
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the post always comes at tea time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"snail mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special deliveries",
|
|
"special handlings",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"selling lemonade was my post at the church fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"operations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"nominations",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"operations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"situations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"unemployments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"stanchions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caryatids",
|
|
"caryatides",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"flying buttresses",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"obelisks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pilings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"placards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"tacks (up)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posted the students' grades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"details",
|
|
"stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"franks",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"receives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postdate":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"supervene"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant",
|
|
"ensue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedate",
|
|
"precede",
|
|
"predate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poses (as)":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posing as a soldier, the spy sneaked onto the base with surprising ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades (as)",
|
|
"personates",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"travesties",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"portrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postings":{
|
|
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a posting in the local newspaper of the public auction of a house on which a bank had foreclosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
"billings",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugolas",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
"significations",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promos",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
"publicities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posterns":{
|
|
"as in portcullises , trapdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double doors",
|
|
"Dutch doors",
|
|
"French doors",
|
|
"lattices",
|
|
"portcullises",
|
|
"revolving doors",
|
|
"storm doors",
|
|
"trapdoors",
|
|
"wickets",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"portals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"position":{
|
|
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he holds the position of manager at the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"task"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"joblessness",
|
|
"unemployment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"man's position in the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"role",
|
|
"r\u00f4le",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"participation",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I knew that someone had been in the room because the chair was out of its usual position"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"venue",
|
|
"where"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"here",
|
|
"there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers were commanded to hold their position on the hill at all costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"post",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"holds the lead position in the standings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"positioned the chairs around the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rearrange",
|
|
"reorder",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"wedge",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posterities":{
|
|
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"spawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"forefather",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"parent",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessionless":{
|
|
"as in ruined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postpone":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"hold off (on)",
|
|
"hold over",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"lay over",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shelve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"deal (with)",
|
|
"decide (upon)",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"work (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posses":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"followings",
|
|
"retinues",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"retainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posters":{
|
|
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"signboards",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postscript":{
|
|
"as in aftermath , epilogue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finis",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"windup",
|
|
"wrap-up",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessing":{
|
|
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she possesses a keen insight into people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"sporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postdating":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"following",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"supervening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting",
|
|
"ensuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedating",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"predating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posed":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"voted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"trotted out",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"mapped",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"shaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"utterly posed by the barrage of questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discombobulated",
|
|
"disoriented",
|
|
"flummoxed",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"fuddled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"graveled",
|
|
"gravelled",
|
|
"mazed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mystified",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postulating":{
|
|
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"hypothecating",
|
|
"hypothesizing",
|
|
"premising",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presupposing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"supposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicioning",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"preconceiving",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"theorizing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"wondering (about)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posh":{
|
|
"having or showing a very high degree of elegance and luxury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Celebrities paraded the red carpet in a wide display of posh outfits.",
|
|
"The posh hotel carries a hefty price tag."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"upmarket",
|
|
"upscale",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"rough-edged",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postdates":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"supervenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants",
|
|
"ensues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedates",
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"predates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pose (as)":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posing as a soldier, the spy sneaked onto the base with surprising ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade (as)",
|
|
"personate",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"travesty",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posties":{
|
|
"a person who delivers mail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"letter carriers",
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen",
|
|
"postmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"postmasters",
|
|
"postmistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postmistresses":{
|
|
"as in postmasters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"postmasters",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"letter carriers",
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen",
|
|
"posties",
|
|
"postmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postdated":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"supervened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted",
|
|
"ensued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedated",
|
|
"preceded",
|
|
"predated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"post chaises":{
|
|
"as in caroches , jaunting cars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"curricles",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"droshkies",
|
|
"droskies",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"positivists":{
|
|
"as in optimists , Pollyannas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"sentimentalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"misanthropes",
|
|
"naysayers",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"misandrists",
|
|
"misogynists",
|
|
"doubters",
|
|
"negativists",
|
|
"skeptics"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postludes":{
|
|
"as in codas , epilogues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"codas",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"afterwords",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"codicils",
|
|
"excursuses",
|
|
"excursus",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"accompaniments",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"postscripts",
|
|
"follow-ups",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"allonges",
|
|
"riders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poser":{
|
|
"a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's not really interested in art. He's just a poser ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"masker",
|
|
"masquerader",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"personator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posthaste":{
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ran posthaste for the doctor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possesses":{
|
|
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she possesses a keen insight into people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"sports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postscripts":{
|
|
"as in aftermaths , epilogues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"anticlimaxes",
|
|
"codas",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"endgames",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finises",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"grand finales",
|
|
"homestretches",
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"windups",
|
|
"wrap-ups",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"tag ends",
|
|
"tail ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
"overtures",
|
|
"preambles",
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
"preludes",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"positions":{
|
|
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he holds the position of manager at the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"unemployments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"man's position in the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"roles",
|
|
"r\u00f4les",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"involvements",
|
|
"participations",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I knew that someone had been in the room because the chair was out of its usual position"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers were commanded to hold their position on the hill at all costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"operations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"holds the lead position in the standings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"positioned the chairs around the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rearranges",
|
|
"reorders",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"wedges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poseurs":{
|
|
"a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"posterity":{
|
|
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"spawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"forefather",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"parent",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessions":{
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we packed up all of our possessions and excitedly moved into a new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessor":{
|
|
"one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holder",
|
|
"owner",
|
|
"proprietor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"co-owner",
|
|
"coproprietor",
|
|
"landlord",
|
|
"landowner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"squatter",
|
|
"lessee",
|
|
"renter",
|
|
"tenant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"poses":{
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"trots out",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"utterly posed by the barrage of questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discombobulates",
|
|
"disorients",
|
|
"flummoxes",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fuddles",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gravels",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"mystifies",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"informs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cheerfulness was just a pose , for I was feeling miserable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"dissimulations",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pretexts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candors",
|
|
"sincerities",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
|
|
"naivetes",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postiches":{
|
|
"as in falls , extensions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"wiglets",
|
|
"fright wigs",
|
|
"hairpieces",
|
|
"rugs",
|
|
"toupees",
|
|
"wigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"possessors":{
|
|
"one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holders",
|
|
"owners",
|
|
"proprietors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"co-owners",
|
|
"coproprietors",
|
|
"co-proprietors",
|
|
"landlords",
|
|
"landowners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"squatters",
|
|
"lessees",
|
|
"renters",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"positioned":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"positioned the chairs around the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"deposited",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"rearranged",
|
|
"reordered",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"niched",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"berthed",
|
|
"parked",
|
|
"affixed",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"postie":{
|
|
"a person who delivers mail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"letter carrier",
|
|
"mail carrier",
|
|
"mailman",
|
|
"postman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"postmaster",
|
|
"postmistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |