dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/san_MWT.json
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{
"sanctifies":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"heals",
"regenerates",
"restores",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"stains",
"warps",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"sullies",
"tarnishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sanctify the bread for Communion"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sacralizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"canonizes",
"spiritualizes",
"chastens",
"cleanses",
"lustrates",
"purifies",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"expurgates",
"commits",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"reconsecrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiles",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"taints",
"violates",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"cusses",
"damns",
"execrates",
"casts out",
"condemns",
"damns",
"punishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanctimoniousness":{
"as in pretense , pretension":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-righteousness",
"self-satisfaction",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"double-dealing",
"falsity",
"perfidy",
"two-facedness",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"fraudulentness",
"shamming",
"cant",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"piousness",
"artificiality",
"glibness",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"unctuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuineness",
"sincereness",
"sincerity",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"probity",
"straightforwardness",
"truthfulness",
"artlessness",
"guilelessness",
"naturalness",
"unaffectedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanction":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"examples":[
"you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"related":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"warrant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sanctions":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
],
"examples":[
"you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"related":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
],
"examples":[
"the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"related":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"warrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sane":{
"having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions":{
"examples":[
"the court ruled that the woman was indeed sane when she made out her will"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"clearheaded",
"compos mentis",
"lucid",
"normal",
"right",
"stable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"clear",
"coherent",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"even-keeled",
"judicious",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"sound",
"unneurotic",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"bananas",
"batty",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loopy",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"disordered",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"schizy",
"schizzy",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"off",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"potty",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"mixed-up",
"unreasonable",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"haywire",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"brainsick",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"unbalanced",
"unsound"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanguine":{
"eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{
"examples":[
"the Civil War remains America's most sanguine conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"bloody-minded",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguineous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"heartless",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"vicious",
"wanton",
"antagonistic",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"violent",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"bloodstained",
"fell",
"gory",
"grim",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliatory",
"disarming",
"dovish",
"mollifying",
"pacific",
"pacifying",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"peacemaking",
"placating",
"placative",
"placatory",
"propitiatory",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"a baby with a sanguine complexion is more likely to leave the hospital early than a sickly-looking one"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
]
},
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"I'm reasonably sanguine about the adoption of the latest proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"clear",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"implicit",
"positive",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanguinely":{
"in a positive or optimistic manner":{
"examples":[
"One bullish economist has gone out on a limb and sanguinely predicts a huge stock market boom ahead."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"bullishly",
"confidently",
"expectantly",
"positively",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously",
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sanitary":{
"free from filth, infection, or dangers to health":{
"examples":[
"the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldn't get sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sterile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"germproof",
"antibacterial",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"germicidal",
"microbicidal",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"wholesome",
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infectious",
"miasmic",
"pathogenetic",
"pathogenic",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"bedraggled",
"besmirched",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"unwashed",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"germy",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sank":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"worsened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"fled",
"flew",
"melted",
"vanished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broke out",
"came out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"showed up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"took down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"wrote off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted",
"idealized",
"romanticized"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upswept",
"upturned"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandwich (in or between)":{
"to put among or between others":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"edge in",
"fit (in or into)",
"inject",
"insert",
"insinuate",
"intercalate",
"interject",
"interpolate",
"interpose",
"intersperse",
"introduce",
"work in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cut in",
"inlay",
"inset",
"install",
"interfile",
"interline",
"lard",
"weave",
"cram",
"shove",
"thrust",
"wedge",
"add",
"append",
"attach"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"eliminate",
"exclude",
"expel",
"extract",
"withdraw",
"deduct",
"detach",
"subtract",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"saneness":{
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"examples":[
"a woman of remarkable saneness , considering the fact that she had just spent a rainy week in a cabin with four kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"sanity",
"wit(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandbag":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"always manages to sandbag her sister into joining her in these foolish schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"drive",
"force",
"impel",
"impress",
"make",
"muscle",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"blackmail",
"high-pressure",
"menace",
"shame",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"drag",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"argue",
"convince",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandpapers":{
"as in scrapes , grinds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"files",
"gnaws",
"grates",
"grazes",
"grinds",
"nibbles",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scuffs",
"shaves",
"abrades",
"chafes",
"corrades",
"erodes",
"frays",
"frazzles",
"frets",
"galls",
"rasps",
"rubs",
"wears",
"erases",
"reduces",
"rubs out",
"wears out",
"wipes (away)",
"bites",
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"chews",
"corrodes",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"eats",
"hones",
"sharpens",
"whets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandpapering":{
"as in scraping , grinding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filing",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"grazing",
"grinding",
"nibbling",
"sandblasting",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scuffing",
"shaving",
"abrading",
"chafing",
"corrading",
"eroding",
"fraying",
"frazzling",
"fretting",
"galling",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"wearing",
"erasing",
"reducing",
"rubbing out",
"wearing out",
"wiping (away)",
"biting",
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"chewing",
"corroding",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"eating",
"honing",
"sharpening",
"whetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandwiched":{
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"jammed",
"rammed",
"shoehorned",
"squeezed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filled",
"heaped",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanctioned":{
"ordered or allowed by those in authority":{
"examples":[
"I cannot believe that this religious cult is a sanctioned student organization"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorized",
"official"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"permissible",
"regulation",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"certified",
"licensed",
"authoritative",
"canonical",
"ex officio",
"semiofficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"impermissible",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"unapproved",
"unlicensed",
"verboten"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonofficial",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"unsanctioned"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sandblasted":{
"as in scraped , scrubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rasped",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"soapy",
"waxy",
"coated",
"glazed",
"waxed",
"brushed",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shined",
"greased",
"greasy",
"lubricated",
"oiled",
"slick",
"slicked",
"slippery",
"slippy",
"slithery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"rough",
"roughened",
"scuffed",
"uneven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in scraped , sandpapered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filed",
"gnawed",
"grated",
"grazed",
"ground",
"nibbled",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scuffed",
"shaved",
"abraded",
"chafed",
"corraded",
"eroded",
"frayed",
"frazzled",
"fretted",
"galled",
"rasped",
"rubbed",
"wore",
"erased",
"reduced",
"rubbed out",
"wiped (away)",
"wore out",
"ate",
"bit",
"broke down",
"broke up",
"chewed",
"corroded",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"honed",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sandpapered":{
"as in scraped , scrubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"soapy",
"waxy",
"coated",
"glazed",
"waxed",
"brushed",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shined",
"greased",
"greasy",
"lubricated",
"oiled",
"slick",
"slicked",
"slippery",
"slippy",
"slithery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"rough",
"roughened",
"scuffed",
"uneven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in scraped , ground":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filed",
"gnawed",
"grated",
"grazed",
"ground",
"nibbled",
"sandblasted",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scuffed",
"shaved",
"abraded",
"chafed",
"corraded",
"eroded",
"frayed",
"frazzled",
"fretted",
"galled",
"rasped",
"rubbed",
"wore",
"erased",
"reduced",
"rubbed out",
"wiped (away)",
"wore out",
"ate",
"bit",
"broke down",
"broke up",
"chewed",
"corroded",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"honed",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sang":{
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
"examples":[
"it's relatively rare to find actors who can also sing well"
],
"synonyms":[
"caroled",
"carolled",
"chanted",
"descanted",
"vocalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belted",
"crooned",
"harmonized",
"hummed",
"lilted",
"quavered",
"scatted",
"sharped",
"slurred",
"trilled",
"trolled",
"warbled",
"yodeled",
"yodelled",
"serenaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter in musical or drawn out tones":{
"examples":[
"the cantor sang the prayers before the entire congregation"
],
"synonyms":[
"chanted",
"intonated",
"intoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bellowed",
"belted",
"roared",
"chimed",
"chorused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter one's distinctive animal sound":{
"examples":[
"I can hear a bird singing in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"cried"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"once he saw the kind of jail time he was facing, the suspect was singing loud and clear to the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"finked",
"grassed (on)",
"informed",
"ratted (on)",
"snitched",
"split (on)",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"talked",
"told (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayed",
"gave away",
"turned in",
"backstabbed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed",
"blabbed",
"tattled",
"tipped (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandwich":{
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"jam",
"ram",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fill",
"heap",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandwiches (in or between)":{
"to put among or between others":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"edges in",
"fits (in or into)",
"injects",
"inserts",
"insinuates",
"intercalates",
"interjects",
"interpolates",
"interposes",
"intersperses",
"introduces",
"works in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cuts in",
"inlays",
"insets",
"installs",
"interfiles",
"interlines",
"lards",
"weaves",
"crams",
"shoves",
"thrusts",
"wedges",
"adds",
"appends",
"attaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"eliminates",
"excludes",
"expels",
"extracts",
"withdraws",
"deducts",
"detaches",
"subtracts",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"sanity":{
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"examples":[
"these working conditions are threatening my sanity !"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"saneness",
"wit(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sand":{
"the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water":{
"examples":[
"we went for a moonlight walk on the sands"
],
"synonyms":[
"beach",
"beachfront",
"strand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seaboard",
"seacoast",
"seashore",
"seaside",
"coast",
"coastland",
"coastline",
"shore",
"shoreline",
"oceanfront",
"shorefront",
"waterfront",
"bank",
"riverbank",
"riverfront",
"riverside",
"esplanade",
"littoral",
"lido",
"plage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"file",
"grind",
"hone",
"rasp",
"rub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plane",
"scrape",
"sandblast",
"scour",
"burnish",
"dress",
"gloss",
"polish",
"shine",
"smooth",
"edge",
"sharpen",
"strop",
"whet",
"regrind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsen",
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"scuff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sank one's teeth into":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bit (on)",
"champed",
"chawed",
"chewed",
"chomped (on)",
"crunched (on)",
"gnawed (on)",
"masticated",
"nibbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminated",
"munched",
"noshed",
"snacked",
"ate",
"consumed",
"ingested",
"swallowed",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gorged",
"gulped",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"snacked",
"wolfed",
"nipped",
"pecked (at)",
"picked (at)",
"gummed",
"mumbled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"sanctuary":{
"a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion)":{
"examples":[
"by law, anyone who sought refuge in a religious sanctuary was safe from arrest by the civil authorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"sanctum",
"shrine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reliquary",
"martyry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"examples":[
"the marshland has been set aside as a sanctuary for shorebirds along that section of the coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylum",
"bolt-hole",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctum",
"shelter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oasis",
"anchorage",
"mooring",
"port",
"cover",
"screen",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"house",
"housing",
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"rest",
"roof",
"cloister",
"closet",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"castle",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"lean-to",
"lee",
"shed",
"windbreak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandblasting":{
"as in scraping , sandpapering":{
"examples":[],
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"filing",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"grazing",
"grinding",
"nibbling",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scuffing",
"shaving",
"abrading",
"chafing",
"corrading",
"eroding",
"fraying",
"frazzling",
"fretting",
"galling",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"wearing",
"erasing",
"reducing",
"rubbing out",
"wearing out",
"wiping (away)",
"biting",
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"chewing",
"corroding",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"eating",
"honing",
"sharpening",
"whetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandbagged":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"always manages to sandbag her sister into joining her in these foolish schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacked",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"dragooned",
"drove",
"forced",
"impelled",
"impressed",
"made",
"muscled",
"obligated",
"obliged",
"pressed",
"pressured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"blackmailed",
"high-pressured",
"menaced",
"shamed",
"terrorized",
"threatened",
"dragged",
"badgered",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"argued",
"convinced",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanative":{
"beneficial to the health of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"there's nothing like the sanative value of a good night's sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"tonic",
"wholesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"recuperative",
"refreshing",
"rehabilitative",
"rejuvenating",
"rejuvenescent",
"remedial",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanctify":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"heal",
"regenerate",
"restore",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"stain",
"warp",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"sully",
"tarnish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sanctify the bread for Communion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sacralize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptize",
"canonize",
"spiritualize",
"chasten",
"cleanse",
"lustrate",
"purify",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"expurgate",
"commit",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"reconsecrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defile",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"dirty",
"foul",
"pollute",
"soil",
"taint",
"violate",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"cuss",
"damn",
"execrate",
"cast out",
"condemn",
"damn",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanguineness":{
"as in bloodlust , murderousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguinity",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness",
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"grimness",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"oppressiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in redness , ruddiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanitaria":{
"as in hospices , sanatoriums":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospices",
"sanatoriums",
"sanatoria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitaria",
"sanitoriums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoriums",
"clinics",
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays",
"halfway houses",
"homes",
"sickrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandpapery":{
"as in scratchy , harsh":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burred",
"harsh",
"scraggly",
"scratchy",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby",
"nonuniform",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"ragged",
"rough",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sands":{
"the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water":{
"examples":[
"we went for a moonlight walk on the sands"
],
"synonyms":[
"beach",
"beachfront",
"strand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seaboard",
"seacoast",
"seashore",
"seaside",
"coast",
"coastland",
"coastline",
"shore",
"shoreline",
"oceanfront",
"shorefront",
"waterfront",
"bank",
"riverbank",
"riverfront",
"riverside",
"esplanade",
"littoral",
"lido",
"plage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"files",
"grinds",
"hones",
"rasps",
"rubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"planes",
"scrapes",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"shines",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"edges",
"sharpens",
"strops",
"whets",
"regrinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"scuffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sandglass":{
"as in hourglass , water clock":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clepsydra",
"hourglass",
"sundial",
"water clock",
"alarm clock",
"atomic clock",
"cuckoo clock",
"grandfather clock",
"time clock",
"chronograph",
"stopwatch",
"watch",
"chronometer",
"clock",
"timekeeper",
"timepiece",
"timer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sangfroid":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"the professional gambler seemed to take both his wins and his losses with remarkable sangfroid"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanitoria":{
"as in hospices , sanatoriums":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospices",
"sanatoriums",
"sanatoria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitaria",
"sanitoriums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitaria",
"sanitariums",
"clinics",
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays",
"halfway houses",
"homes",
"sickrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandbags":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"always manages to sandbag her sister into joining her in these foolish schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"drives",
"forces",
"impels",
"impresses",
"makes",
"muscles",
"obligates",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"blackmails",
"high-pressures",
"menaces",
"shames",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"drags",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"argues",
"convinces",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanatoria":{
"as in hospices , sanitaria":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospices",
"sanitaria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoriums",
"clinics",
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays",
"halfway houses",
"homes",
"sickrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanitarium":{
"as in hospice , sanatorium":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospice",
"sanatorium",
"sanitorium",
"clinic",
"hospital",
"infirmary",
"medical center",
"sick bay",
"halfway house",
"home",
"sickroom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanctimonious":{
"pretending to be morally better than other people":{
"examples":[
"sanctimonious politicians",
"A sanctimonious speech from someone who refused to acknowledge his own past failings."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canting",
"goody-goody",
"holier-than-thou",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"rectitudinous",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanitize":{
"as in disinfect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfect",
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"brush",
"comb",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"muck (out)",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"shampoo",
"sponge",
"swab",
"sweep",
"vacuum",
"wash",
"wipe",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"deterge",
"GI",
"turn out",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"spruce (up)",
"sweeten",
"pick up",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy",
"unclutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"besmirch",
"dirty",
"foul",
"soil",
"spot",
"stain",
"sully",
"begrime",
"muddy",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"blacken",
"discolor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in romanticize , sugarcoat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"idealize",
"romanticize",
"sugarcoat",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"acclaim",
"extol",
"extoll",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"magnify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sand(s)":{
"the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water":{
"examples":[
"we went for a moonlight walk on the sands"
],
"synonyms":[
"beach",
"beachfront",
"strand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seaboard",
"seacoast",
"seashore",
"seaside",
"coast",
"coastland",
"coastline",
"shore",
"shoreline",
"oceanfront",
"shorefront",
"waterfront",
"bank",
"riverbank",
"riverfront",
"riverside",
"esplanade",
"littoral",
"lido",
"plage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"files",
"grinds",
"hones",
"rasps",
"rubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"planes",
"scrapes",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"shines",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"edges",
"sharpens",
"strops",
"whets",
"regrinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"scuffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sanctums":{
"a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion)":{
"examples":[
"the city of Jerusalem is an important sanctum for Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"sanctuaries",
"shrines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reliquaries",
"martyries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"examples":[
"used the cabin in the woods as a sanctum from the commotion and interference of his family"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"sanctuaries",
"shelters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oases",
"anchorages",
"moorings",
"ports",
"covers",
"screens",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"windbreaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sang (out)":{
"as in called , cried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"roared",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled",
"piped up",
"shot",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up",
"articulated",
"enounced",
"enunciated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"shut up",
"suppressed",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanctifying":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purging",
"purifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"healing",
"regenerating",
"restoring",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"staining",
"warping",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"sanctify the bread for Communion"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sacralizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"canonizing",
"spiritualizing",
"chastening",
"cleansing",
"lustrating",
"purifying",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"expurgating",
"committing",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"reconsecrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiling",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"tainting",
"violating",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"cussing",
"damning",
"execrating",
"casting out",
"condemning",
"damning",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrating",
"desacralizing",
"desanctifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanitorium":{
"as in hospice , sanatorium":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospice",
"sanatorium",
"sanitarium",
"clinic",
"hospital",
"infirmary",
"medical center",
"sick bay",
"halfway house",
"home",
"sickroom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanitizing":{
"as in disinfecting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfecting",
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"brushing",
"combing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"mucking (out)",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"shampooing",
"sponging",
"swabbing",
"sweeping",
"vacuuming",
"washing",
"wiping",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"deterging",
"GI'ing",
"turning out",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"sprucing (up)",
"sweetening",
"picking up",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying",
"uncluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"besmirching",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"soiling",
"spotting",
"staining",
"sullying",
"begriming",
"muddying",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"blackening",
"discoloring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in romanticizing , sugarcoating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"idealizing",
"romanticizing",
"sugarcoating",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"acclaiming",
"extolling",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"magnifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanctuaries":{
"a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion)":{
"examples":[
"by law, anyone who sought refuge in a religious sanctuary was safe from arrest by the civil authorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shrines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reliquaries",
"martyries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"examples":[
"the marshland has been set aside as a sanctuary for shorebirds along that section of the coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shelters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oases",
"anchorages",
"moorings",
"ports",
"covers",
"screens",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"windbreaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanitariums":{
"as in hospices , sanitaria":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospices",
"sanitaria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoriums",
"clinics",
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays",
"halfway houses",
"homes",
"sickrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hospices , sanatoriums":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospices",
"sanatoriums",
"sanatoria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitaria",
"sanitoriums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoriums",
"clinics",
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays",
"halfway houses",
"homes",
"sickrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanctifications":{
"the act of making something holy through religious ritual":{
"examples":[
"the sacred site required another sanctification after it had been defiled by the invaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessings",
"consecrations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"purifications",
"dedications",
"adorations",
"glorifications",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debasements",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"impieties",
"irreverences",
"profanations",
"sacrileges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt":{
"examples":[
"the Christian belief that the suffering and death of Jesus was responsible for the sanctification of all humankind"
],
"synonyms":[
"purifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"restorations",
"graces",
"redemptions",
"salvations",
"absolutions",
"remissions",
"acquittals",
"clearances",
"clearings",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"atonements",
"expiations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemies",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"profanations",
"violations",
"corruptions",
"debasements",
"perversions",
"contaminations",
"pollutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandbank":{
"as in sandbar , bank":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"bar",
"sandbar",
"towhead",
"ford",
"shallow(s)",
"shoal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trench",
"abyss",
"deep",
"depth",
"gulf"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandstorms":{
"as in storms , rainstorms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudbursts",
"hailstorms",
"rainsqualls",
"rainstorms",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers",
"windstorms",
"squalls",
"storms",
"tempests",
"cyclones",
"hurricanes",
"typhoons",
"blizzards",
"ice storms",
"snowstorms",
"northeasters",
"nor'easters",
"northers",
"southeasters",
"southwesters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandstorm":{
"as in storm , rainstorm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudburst",
"hailstorm",
"rainsquall",
"rainstorm",
"thundershower",
"thunderstorm",
"weather",
"windstorm",
"squall",
"storm",
"tempest",
"cyclone",
"hurricane",
"typhoon",
"blizzard",
"ice storm",
"snowstorm",
"northeaster",
"nor'easter",
"norther",
"southeaster",
"southwester"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanatorium":{
"as in hospice , sanitarium":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospice",
"sanitarium",
"sanitorium",
"clinic",
"hospital",
"infirmary",
"medical center",
"sick bay",
"halfway house",
"home",
"sickroom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}