dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/an_mwt.json
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{
"anal-retentive":{
"extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"My anal-retentive brother keeps records of everything that happens in his life."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"analog":{
"something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc.; something that is analogous to something else":{
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"examples":[
"a modern analog to what happened before",
"the synthetic analog of a chemical found in a tropical tree",
"a meat analogue such as tofu"
],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"analyze":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
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"examples":[
"analyze the park's ecosystem before deciding whether hunting should be allowed"
],
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"agglomerate",
"aggregate",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"coalesce",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"integrate",
"synthesize",
"unify"
],
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"investigate",
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"catalogue",
"categorize",
"classify",
"codify",
"diagram",
"enumerate",
"index",
"order",
"schematize",
"sort",
"tabulate",
"divide",
"reduce",
"segment",
"separate",
"subdivide"
],
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"anatomize",
"assay",
"break down",
"cut",
"deconstruct",
"dissect"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
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"analyze the park's ecosystem before deciding whether hunting should be allowed"
],
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"agglomerating",
"aggregating",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"coalescing",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"integrating",
"synthesizing",
"unifying"
],
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"examining",
"inspecting",
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"cataloguing",
"categorizing",
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"codifying",
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"diagraming",
"enumerating",
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"schematizing",
"sorting",
"tabulating",
"dividing",
"reducing",
"segmenting",
"separating",
"subdividing"
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"anatomizing",
"assaying",
"breaking down",
"cutting",
"deconstructing",
"dissecting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anamneses":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an extended, highly fruitful anamnesis that was triggered by the simple act of biting into a madeleine"
],
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"related":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"synonyms":[
"memories",
"recalls",
"recollections",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anathema":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
],
"examples":[
"uttered an anathema before driving the would-be robber from the his shop"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"related":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
]
},
"something or someone that is hated":{
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"love"
],
"examples":[
"the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal-rights activists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"honey",
"sweetheart",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"felicity",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"favorite",
"like",
"preference",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"dread",
"hang-up",
"horror",
"phobia",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"annoyance",
"grievance",
"hassle",
"nuisance",
"peeve"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"b\u00eate noire",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anatomize":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"aggregate",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"coalesce",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"integrate",
"synthesize",
"unify"
],
"related":[
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"diagnose",
"evaluate",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"scrutinize",
"arrange",
"assort",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"categorize",
"classify",
"codify",
"diagram",
"enumerate",
"index",
"order",
"schematize",
"sort",
"tabulate",
"divide",
"reduce",
"segment",
"separate",
"subdivide"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyze",
"assay",
"break down",
"cut",
"deconstruct",
"dissect"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anatomizes":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
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"examples":[
"if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it"
],
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"agglomerates",
"aggregates",
"amalgamates",
"assimilates",
"coalesces",
"conglomerates",
"consolidates",
"integrates",
"synthesizes",
"unifies"
],
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"diagnoses",
"evaluates",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"scrutinizes",
"arranges",
"assorts",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"diagrams",
"enumerates",
"indexes",
"orders",
"schematizes",
"sorts",
"tabulates",
"divides",
"reduces",
"segments",
"separates",
"subdivides"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyzes",
"assays",
"breaks down",
"cuts",
"deconstructs",
"dissects"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anchorage":{
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"basin",
"dock",
"marina",
"moorage",
"mooring",
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"lagoon",
"loch",
"lough",
"narrow",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"canal",
"channel",
"sound",
"strait",
"containerport",
"home port",
"seaport"
],
"synonyms":[
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"port"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorwoman":{
"as in anchorman , coanchor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anesthetizing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"angered":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"angered residents demanded to know why their street hadn't been plowed three days after the snowstorm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson\u2014she's the most easygoing person I've ever known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"soothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"calmed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"enchanted"
],
"related":[
"affronted",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"got",
"huffed",
"irritated",
"miffed",
"nettled",
"offended",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
],
"synonyms":[
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"madded",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"ticked off"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"angle":{
"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"from this angle , that car looks gray, not brown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"appearance",
"character",
"color",
"complexion",
"condition",
"face",
"look",
"semblance",
"shape",
"state",
"visage",
"period",
"stage",
"step",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"position",
"posture",
"shoes",
"slant",
"stance",
"standpoint",
"view",
"viewpoint",
"interpretation",
"reading",
"rendering",
"translation",
"version",
"article",
"case",
"component",
"count",
"detail",
"dimension",
"element",
"factor",
"instance",
"item",
"matter",
"part",
"particular",
"point",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"facet",
"hand",
"phase",
"side"
]
},
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what's your angle on the problem?"
],
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"related":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye view",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the road around the peninsula is all angles and hairpin turns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind"
]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"straighten"
],
"related":[
"bank",
"bend",
"deviate",
"swerve",
"veer",
"decline",
"descend",
"recline",
"retreat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"pitch",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angle (for)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angling":{
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"turn",
"twist",
"veer",
"bow",
"dip",
"nod"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"cock",
"inclination",
"list",
"tilt",
"tip"
]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"straightening"
],
"related":[
"banking",
"bending",
"deviating",
"swerving",
"veering",
"declining",
"descending",
"reclining",
"retreating"
],
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"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"pitching",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angry":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"my sister gets really angry and practically throws a tantrum if her soccer team loses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anguishing":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"related":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
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"solacing",
"soothing",
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"pining (away)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"racking",
"tormenting",
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"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
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"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
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"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
]
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"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
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"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
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"leaden",
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"vapid"
],
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"an animated group of girls loudly running down the hall"
],
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"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
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"phlegmatic",
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"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
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"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
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"active",
"airy",
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"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
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"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
]
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"dead",
"inactive",
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"sleepy"
],
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"an animated marketplace full of vendors and holiday shoppers"
],
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"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
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"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"astir",
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"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
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"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
]
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"deadened",
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"Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure"
],
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"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
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"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
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"woke (up)",
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"actuated",
"drove",
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"motivated",
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"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
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"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
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"kindled",
"provoked",
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"triggered",
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"buoyed",
"cheered",
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"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
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"steeled",
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"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
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"reenergized",
"re-energized",
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"rekindled",
"renewed",
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"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
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"braced",
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"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"as in exuberance , vibrancy":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a deep-seated ill will":{
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"amity"
],
"examples":[
"his open animosity towards us made our meeting very uncomfortable"
],
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"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"related":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"synonyms":[
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in confiscation , assumption":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
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"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
],
"examples":[
"plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger"
],
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"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
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"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
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"related":[
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"attached",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"grafted",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
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"introduced",
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"augmented",
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"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
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"added",
"adjoined",
"appended",
"subjoined",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
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"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
],
"examples":[
"plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger"
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"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
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"related":[
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"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
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"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
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"lengthening",
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"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adding",
"adjoining",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)"
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"verb"
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"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
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"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
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"restore"
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"related":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"synonyms":[
"cream",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
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"related":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
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"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
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"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
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"assembled",
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"vitiated",
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"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
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"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"synonyms":[
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
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"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
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},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"upset",
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"bested",
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"licked",
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"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
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"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
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"transcended",
"edged (out)",
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"excelled",
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"broke",
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"blew away",
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"shellacked",
"skinned",
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"smoked",
"smothered",
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"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
],
"related":[
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolished",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cleaned (up)",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annihilation":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
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"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
],
"examples":[
"idealists who seek the annihilation of all forms of prejudice"
],
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"rescue",
"salvage",
"salvation",
"saving",
"conservation",
"preservation",
"protection",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoration"
],
"related":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"breakup",
"collapse",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"dismantlement",
"effacement",
"eradication"
],
"synonyms":[
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"extermination",
"extinction",
"havoc",
"loss",
"mincemeat",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"annotator":{
"as in analyst , commentator":{
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"noun"
]
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"as in published , declared":{
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"the excited coworker announced to everyone within hearing distance that she and her husband were expecting"
],
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"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"related":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
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"advertised",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
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"examples":[
"an announcement was in today's paper regarding the merger of the two banks"
],
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"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"younger brothers can be an annoyance sometimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"related":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flashing ads, visual clutter, and other annoyances that are the price for free information on the Internet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"related":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
]
},
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they have an unlisted number in the hopes that it will reduce the constant annoyance by telemarketers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Carlene made known her annoyance at having to pick up her sister's dirty clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"related":[
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annoyer":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bratty annoyer who wouldn't leave me alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"related":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annoys":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"related":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annul":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"invalidate",
"negate",
"neuter",
"nullify",
"atone (for)",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"redeem",
"redress",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"override",
"overrule"
],
"synonyms":[
"cancel (out)",
"compensate (for)",
"correct",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"counterpoise",
"make up (for)",
"negative",
"neutralize",
"offset"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"establish",
"found",
"institute",
"formalize",
"legalize",
"legitimate",
"legitimize",
"validate",
"pass",
"ratify",
"allow",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"permit",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"command",
"decree",
"mandate",
"order",
"prescribe"
],
"related":[
"countermand",
"override",
"overrule",
"overturn",
"veto",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"retract",
"reverse",
"revoke",
"suspend",
"withdraw",
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"disallow",
"dismiss",
"reject",
"annihilate",
"break down",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"throw out",
"write off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"avoid",
"cancel",
"disannul",
"dissolve",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"null",
"nullify",
"quash",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"roll back",
"strike down",
"vacate",
"void"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annular":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"annulling":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"invalidating",
"negating",
"neutering",
"nullifying",
"atoning (for)",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"redeeming",
"redressing",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"overriding",
"overruling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canceling (out)",
"cancelling (out)",
"compensating (for)",
"correcting",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"counterpoising",
"making up (for)",
"negativing",
"neutralizing",
"offsetting"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"related":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annulment":{
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an annulment of that hastily conceived marriage can't come too soon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"related":[
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbiddance",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
"rejection",
"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annunciates":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annunciating":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hushing (up)",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"revoking"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"enunciating",
"flashing",
"giving out",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"releasing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annunciation":{
"as in declaration , proclamation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anodyne":{
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"examples":[
"the otherwise anodyne comments sounded quite inflammatory when taken out of context"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"offensive",
"painful",
"scathing",
"wounding",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"lethal",
"ruinous",
"destructive",
"insidious",
"malignant",
"noxious",
"pestilent",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"related":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"wholesome",
"benignant",
"sound",
"trustworthy",
"gentle",
"gracious",
"mild",
"nonthreatening",
"painless",
"unobjectionable",
"noncorrosive",
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"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
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"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
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"safe",
"white"
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"tranquillizer",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
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"painkiller"
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"pacifier",
"palliative",
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"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer"
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"opiate"
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"noun"
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"normal",
"par",
"standard"
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"commonplace",
"usual"
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"malformation",
"miscreation",
"mutant",
"mutation",
"character",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"kook",
"nut",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"aberrant",
"deviant",
"individualist",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
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"exception",
"irregularity",
"oddity",
"rarity"
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"freak",
"monster",
"monstrosity"
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"her C grade is an anomaly , as she's never made anything except A's and B's before"
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"norm",
"ordinary",
"usual"
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"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"accident",
"bizarrerie",
"phenomenon",
"quirk",
"vagary",
"distortion",
"kink",
"mutation",
"variation",
"difference",
"disparity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"error",
"mistake",
"contradiction",
"paradox"
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"exception",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity"
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"noun"
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"named",
"specified"
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"specific"
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"given",
"one",
"some",
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"unnamed",
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"dubbed",
"named",
"termed"
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"a beautiful manuscript illuminated by an anonymous medieval monk"
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"designated",
"specified",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"tabbed",
"titled",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"known",
"notable",
"noted",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"exceptional"
],
"related":[
"undetermined",
"unspecified",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unheard-of",
"unheralded",
"unknown",
"unsung",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable"
],
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"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled"
]
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"adjective"
]
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"as in emaciated , anorexic":{
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"adjective"
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"add another thing to the shopping list"
],
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"fewer",
"less"
],
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"accessory",
"adjunct",
"collateral",
"extraneous",
"peripheral",
"side",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"new",
"excess",
"extra",
"plus",
"spare",
"supernumerary",
"supervenient",
"surplus",
"complementary",
"contributory"
],
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"added",
"additional",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"further",
"more",
"other"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"a cold stare was her withering answer to that gratuitous insult"
],
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"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
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"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
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"replies",
"responses",
"takes"
]
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"the answers to the odd-numbered problems are at the back of the book"
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"conclusions",
"determinations",
"explanations",
"findings",
"clues",
"keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"results",
"solutions"
]
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"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
],
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"the standard answer of \"Fine, thank you\" when asked, \"How are you?\""
],
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"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"related":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
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"comebacks",
"rejoinders",
"replications",
"replies",
"responses",
"retorts",
"returns"
]
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"differs (from)",
"disagrees (with)"
],
"examples":[
"sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description"
],
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"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
"related":[
"equals",
"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
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"accords",
"agrees",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"sorts",
"squares",
"tallies"
]
},
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
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"breaches",
"breaks",
"transgresses",
"violates"
],
"examples":[
"I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?"
],
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"defaults (on)",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights"
],
"related":[
"concludes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"perfects",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings about",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects",
"commits",
"compasses",
"discharges",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"makes",
"performs"
],
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"completes",
"complies (with)",
"fills",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"keeps",
"meets",
"redeems",
"satisfies"
]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
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"examples":[
"try to answer this riddle"
],
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"related":[
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"resolves",
"riddles (out)",
"solves",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out"
]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
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"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
],
"examples":[
"didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
"related":[
"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"rejoins",
"replies",
"responds",
"retorts",
"returns",
"ripostes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"one that is hostile toward another":{
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"amigo",
"friend"
],
"examples":[
"please name the novel's hero and his antagonist"
],
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"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"crony",
"fellow",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"colleague",
"comrade",
"confederate",
"friendly",
"partner",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"backer",
"benefactor",
"exponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher"
],
"related":[
"archenemy",
"archfoe",
"nemesis",
"ill-wisher",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader",
"competitor",
"emulator",
"rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"enemy",
"foe",
"hostile",
"opponent"
]
},
"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
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"examples":[
"his antagonist in the boxing match"
],
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"accomplice",
"ally",
"confederate",
"partner",
"advocate",
"champion",
"exponent",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer"
],
"related":[
"equal",
"match",
"enemy",
"archenemy",
"nemesis",
"competitor",
"contestant",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"curse",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"foe",
"opponent",
"rival"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"one that is hostile toward another":{
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"amigos",
"friends"
],
"examples":[
"please name the novel's hero and his antagonist"
],
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"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"cronies",
"fellows",
"hail-fellows",
"hail-fellows-well-met",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"colleagues",
"comrades",
"confederates",
"friendlies",
"partners",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"backers",
"benefactors",
"exponents",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers"
],
"related":[
"archenemies",
"archfoes",
"nemeses",
"ill-wishers",
"banes",
"b\u00eates noires",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"combatants",
"invaders",
"competitors",
"emulators",
"rivals"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"hostiles",
"opponents"
]
},
"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
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"examples":[
"his antagonist in the boxing match"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplices",
"allies",
"confederates",
"partners",
"advocates",
"champions",
"exponents",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"sympathizers"
],
"related":[
"equals",
"matches",
"enemies",
"archenemies",
"nemeses",
"competitors",
"contestants",
"banes",
"b\u00eates noires",
"curses",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"combatants",
"invaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversaries",
"foes",
"opponents",
"rivals"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"antagonize":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
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"examples":[
"everything he said just antagonized the other side even more"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"related":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"set (against)",
"curdle",
"sour"
],
"synonyms":[
"embitter",
"empoison",
"envenom"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"antecessor":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"antelopes":{
"as in ostrich , crocodile":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anteriorly":{
"so as to precede something in order of time":{
"antonyms":[
"after",
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later"
],
"examples":[
"archaeological artifacts are all that we have of those ancient people who flourished anteriorly of the invention of writing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behind",
"by and by",
"next",
"subsequently"
],
"related":[
"a priori",
"early",
"prematurely",
"first",
"first off",
"now",
"before long",
"erelong",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead",
"already",
"antecedently",
"before",
"beforehand",
"earlier",
"formerly",
"preliminarily",
"previously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"anticipation":{
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in anticipation of a job offer, she had already begun looking for an apartment in the city where the company was based"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"apprehension",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"misgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"expectance",
"expectancy",
"expectation",
"prospect"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anticlimaxes":{
"a dull or disappointing ending or result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"antics":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we'll have no more of your antics , so just settle down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adventures",
"experiences",
"games",
"larks",
"times",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplays",
"plays",
"rowdyisms",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"gambits",
"hoaxes",
"maneuvers",
"ploys",
"deeds",
"feats",
"missions",
"performances",
"stunts",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"delusions",
"frauds",
"hanky-pankies",
"ruses",
"shams",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"wiles"
],
"synonyms":[
"capers",
"capriccios",
"didoes",
"didos",
"escapades",
"frolics",
"gags",
"jests",
"knaveries",
"monkeyshines",
"practical jokes",
"pranks",
"rags",
"rogueries",
"shavies",
"shines",
"tricks",
"waggeries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"antinomy":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"antipodal":{
"being as different as possible":{
"antonyms":[
"noncontradictory"
],
"examples":[
"love is antipodal to hate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"related":[
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"reverse",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite",
"polar"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anthologizing":{
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
"examples":[
"anthologized an impressive array of essays championing freedom of the press"
],
"synonyms":[
"collecting",
"compiling"
],
"related":[
"editing",
"recompiling",
"redacting",
"redrafting",
"reediting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anguish":{
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"as a new teacher, she was in real anguish over the decision to report the cheating"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"agony",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"related":[
"discomfort",
"cross",
"crucible",
"trial",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"joylessness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"emergency",
"pinch",
"asperity",
"difficulty",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"ache",
"pang",
"smarting",
"soreness",
"stitch",
"throe",
"twinge",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"ease",
"relief",
"peace",
"security",
"well-being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
"examples":[
"words can't express my anguish at losing my cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorriness",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"related":[
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"suffering",
"torment",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"distress",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness",
"woefulness",
"wretchedness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"enjoyment",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"delight",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"pleasure",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"related":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"related":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anyway":{
"in spite of everything":{
"examples":[
"I know I really can't afford it, but I'm buying that new car anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"anyhow",
"anyways",
"regardless",
"whatever"
],
"related":[
"after all",
"however",
"nevertheless",
"always"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"do it anyway you feel like"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"related":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"whatever else is done or is the case":{
"examples":[
"pack an extra sweater anyway , as you never know when you might end up needing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"anyhow",
"leastways",
"leastwise"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"analyses":{
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
"examples":[
"investigators took the mysterious powder to the lab for analysis"
],
"synonyms":[
"anatomies",
"assays",
"breakdowns",
"deconstructions",
"dissections"
],
"related":[
"assessments",
"diagnoses",
"evaluations",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"investigations",
"musters",
"scrutinies",
"arrangements",
"assortments",
"categorizations",
"classifications",
"codifications",
"indexings",
"enumerations",
"inventories",
"itemizations",
"tabulations",
"divisions",
"reductions",
"segmentations",
"separations",
"subdivisions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerations",
"aggregations",
"amalgamations",
"assimilations",
"coalescences",
"conglomerations",
"consolidations",
"integrations",
"syntheses",
"unifications"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
"examples":[
"gave a thorough analysis of the main character's motives"
],
"synonyms":[
"commentaries",
"comments",
"expositions",
"play-by-plays"
],
"related":[
"annotations",
"explications",
"descants",
"discants",
"notes",
"observations",
"remarks",
"reports",
"reviews",
"write-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"animators":{
"someone or something that gives life or vigor to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchor":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
"related":[
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"buttress",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby"
],
"related":[
"backbone",
"sinew(s)",
"spine",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"related":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"land"
],
"related":[
"berth",
"moor",
"tie up",
"beach",
"ground",
"harbor",
"arrive",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"debark",
"disembark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embark",
"launch",
"sail"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anted (up)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"if we can't ante up at least half of the overdue rent, we are going to be evicted"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}