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{
"gee":{
"as in oh , hey":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
"geeked":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"examples":[
"she's really geeked to see the exhibit featuring the latest in home electronics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gel":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"related":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelate":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"related":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelatinize":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pain relievers with a gelatinized coating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"related":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"gelate",
"jell",
"jelly",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelcaps":{
"as in drops":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geld":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
],
"examples":[
"by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelding":{
"as in filly , colt":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying"
],
"examples":[
"by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"firing",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"related":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"lobotomizing",
"petrifying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gems":{
"a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a ring set with diamonds and other precious gems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"related":[
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"birthstones",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries"
],
"synonyms":[
"brilliants",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks"
]
},
"as in diamonds , jewels":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that new car is a real gem",
"she's dating a real gem these days"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"related":[
"blessings",
"finds",
"godsends",
"goodies",
"valuables",
"windfalls",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"brass rings",
"glories",
"prides",
"golds",
"jackpots",
"prize moneys",
"treasure troves"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"prizes",
"treasures"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gem\u00fctlich":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gendarmes":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the senator reiterated his conviction that it is not the role of the United States to be a kind of global gendarme"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"related":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generable":{
"as in plausible , conceivable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"general":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
],
"examples":[
"a general increase in postage rates",
"there's been a general improvement in the economy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"related":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"synonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
]
},
"held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{
"antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
],
"examples":[
"it was the general opinion that the politician was a liar",
"the general mood of the nation was one of hope and optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private"
],
"related":[
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"pandemic",
"pervasive",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"majority",
"overall",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"public",
"received",
"ruling",
"vulgar"
]
},
"not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"technical"
],
"examples":[
"a new kitchen tool of general usefulness",
"a general education"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"demarcated",
"determinate",
"finite",
"qualified",
"dedicated",
"selective"
],
"related":[
"mixed-use",
"multipurpose",
"broad",
"wide",
"nonspecific",
"unspecified",
"vague"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"all-purpose",
"catholic",
"general-purpose",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"unrestricted",
"unspecialized"
]
},
"relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{
"antonyms":[
"close-up",
"delineated",
"detailed",
"molecular",
"particularized",
"specific"
],
"examples":[
"gave the general impression of being kindhearted",
"a general course of study in American history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specified",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"precise",
"sharp",
"comprehensive",
"elaborate",
"full",
"mapped (out)",
"thorough",
"enumerated",
"inventoried",
"itemized",
"listed",
"individual",
"singular",
"particular",
"peculiar"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"inclusive",
"absolute",
"boundless",
"expansive",
"extensive",
"infinite",
"panoramic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"vague",
"unlimited",
"unrestricted",
"unspecified"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"bird's-eye",
"broad",
"nonspecific",
"overall"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"general-purpose":{
"not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"technical"
],
"examples":[
"a general-purpose glue for routine household repairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"demarcated",
"determinate",
"finite",
"qualified",
"dedicated",
"selective"
],
"related":[
"mixed-use",
"multipurpose",
"broad",
"wide",
"nonspecific",
"unspecified",
"vague"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"all-purpose",
"catholic",
"general",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"unrestricted",
"unspecialized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"generalship":{
"as in leadership , administration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generated":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"related":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generosities":{
"the quality or state of being generous":{
"antonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
],
"examples":[
"a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
"related":[
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genial":{
"having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"unamiable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unpleasant"
],
"examples":[
"a genial host who makes a point of speaking personally to each and every guest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boorish",
"discourteous",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"unsociable",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"unappealing",
"unattractive",
"sour",
"vinegary"
],
"related":[
"amicable",
"clever",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"neighborly",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"glad",
"sunny",
"companionable",
"conversable",
"sociable",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"accommodating",
"amenable",
"obliging",
"attractive",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"likable",
"likeable"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mellow",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"well-disposed"
]
},
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
],
"examples":[
"genial new neighbors who helped us unpack boxes and brought us dinner our first night in the new place"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"related":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
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"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
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"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
],
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"wanted to move to a more genial clime for health reasons"
],
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"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
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"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
]
},
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"inhospitable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unsociable"
],
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"his genial offer to give me his seat on the bus"
],
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"boorish",
"churlish",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"disagreeable",
"discourteous",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"sullen",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"crabbed",
"crabby",
"cross",
"crusty",
"grumpy"
],
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"agreeable",
"amiable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"congenial",
"convivial",
"friendly",
"kind",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"approachable",
"attentive",
"outgoing"
],
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"affable",
"cordial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"the archbishop treated both the gentles and the commoners with respect and kindness"
],
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"canaille",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"roturier",
"boor",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon"
],
"related":[
"socialite",
"swell",
"magnate",
"magnifico",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks"
],
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"aristocrat",
"blue blood",
"gentleperson",
"noble",
"patrician"
]
},
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
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"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
],
"examples":[
"whisk the egg yolks in a double boiler set over a gentle heat"
],
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"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
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"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"genial",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
]
},
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
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"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"examples":[
"use a gentle detergent on that delicate silk blouse",
"her gentle ways"
],
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"exquisite",
"fierce",
"intense",
"powerful",
"severe",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"savage",
"violent",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"strong",
"abrading",
"irritating",
"roughening",
"grim",
"gruff",
"rude",
"stiff",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive",
"pitiless",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"related":[
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"emollient",
"softening",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth"
],
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"balmy",
"benign",
"bland",
"delicate",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soft",
"soothing",
"tender"
]
},
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
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"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"examples":[
"the mother spoke in a gentle voice to her child"
],
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"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"clarion",
"clear",
"trumpetlike"
],
"related":[
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"low",
"quiet",
"soft"
]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
],
"examples":[
"loved reading about the days when gentle lords and ladies danced at fancy balls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"related":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"antonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
],
"examples":[
"employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day"
],
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"aggravate",
"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight"
],
"related":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"endear (to)",
"ingratiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"dulcify",
"sweeten"
],
"synonyms":[
"appease",
"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
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"examples":[
"adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heighten",
"intensify",
"sharpen"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"obtund",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"relieve"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffer",
"cushion",
"soften"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
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"examples":[
"soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"neck",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"caress",
"fondle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gentlefolk":{
"the highest class in a society":{
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
],
"examples":[
"an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"related":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"gentlewomen":{
"a woman of high birth or social position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in the 19th century a number of American gentlewomen used their wealth and influence to further abolitionism, women's rights, and other worthy causes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"baronesses",
"countesses",
"duchesses",
"marchese",
"marchionesses",
"marquises",
"princesses",
"queens",
"viscountesses",
"dowagers",
"matriarchs",
"matrons",
"mistresses",
"ladyships",
"madams"
],
"synonyms":[
"dames",
"ladies",
"miladies",
"noblewomen",
"peeresses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gentling":{
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"antonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"outraging"
],
"examples":[
"employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"antagonizing",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"pestering",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"slighting"
],
"related":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"hushing",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"endearing (to)",
"ingratiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"adulating",
"blarneying",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"soft-soaping",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"dulcifying",
"sweetening"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"assuaging",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"related":[
"baffling",
"dampening",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"obtunding",
"moderating",
"modulating",
"tempering",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"relieving"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"softening"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressing",
"fondling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genuineness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geography":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the geography of the region matches ancient descriptions of the location of the lost city"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"scenery",
"ground",
"land",
"landform",
"terrane",
"terrene"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorography",
"geomorphology",
"landscape",
"terrain",
"topography"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germinate":{
"to cause (something, as a seed) to grow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She began by reading up on the best ways to germinate apple seeds."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to come into being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A new counterculture germinating in the city's art district."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"germinating":{
"to cause (something, as a seed) to grow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She began by reading up on the best ways to germinate apple seeds."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to come into being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A new counterculture germinating in the city's art district."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gestured":{
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the police officer gestured me to the side of the road to tell me my headlight was out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"get":{
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in some animal species, a new mate will refuse to raise another male's get"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"parent",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"related":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"litter",
"young",
"child",
"scion",
"family",
"kin",
"lineage",
"stock"
],
"synonyms":[
"fruit",
"issue",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"examples":[
"you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"related":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
]
},
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"antonyms":[
"unlearn"
],
"examples":[
"I'm not sure I ever got the new math"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"misunderstand",
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"related":[
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"grasp",
"know",
"understand",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)",
"imbibe",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig up",
"discern",
"discover",
"examine",
"find out",
"hear",
"hit (on or upon)",
"run down",
"scare up",
"search (for)",
"see",
"track (down)",
"tumble (to)",
"unearth",
"major (in)",
"study",
"memorize"
],
"synonyms":[
"learn",
"master",
"pick up"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't cough on me\u2014I don't want to get your cold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover (from)",
"shake (off)"
],
"related":[
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)",
"take"
]
},
"to become the father of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"multiply",
"procreate",
"propagate",
"reproduce",
"spawn",
"bear",
"engender",
"gender",
"generate",
"produce"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"father",
"sire"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"unsell"
],
"related":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"entreat",
"exhort",
"fast-talk",
"urge",
"wheedle",
"allure",
"beguile",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"snow",
"tempt",
"brainwash",
"overpersuade",
"incline",
"influence",
"prompt",
"sell",
"sway",
"attract",
"draw",
"entice",
"interest",
"chew over",
"converse",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"reason (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"bring",
"bring around",
"convert",
"convince",
"gain",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
],
"examples":[
"redid the math problem until I got the right answer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"related":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"related":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's going to get colder as winter approaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"be",
"continue",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay"
],
"related":[
"alter",
"change",
"metamorphose",
"modify",
"mutate",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute"
],
"synonyms":[
"become",
"come",
"go",
"grow",
"run",
"turn",
"wax"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"she was speaking so fast\u2014did you get what she said?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"I'll get you if you talk to the cops,\" the loan shark warned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"got an A on his final paper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"the defense tackled the running back and got the ball"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"related":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"related":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"get through (to)",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"inform",
"instruct",
"notify",
"tell",
"wise (up)",
"buzz",
"call",
"phone",
"ring (up)",
"telephone",
"keep up (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"communicate (with)",
"contact",
"reach"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"get a charge out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's clear that people get a kick out of silly cat videos."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"related":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get the better of":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I realized my exhaustion gotten the better of me when I started nodding off at my desk."
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"related":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get the hang of":{
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"antonyms":[
"unlearn"
],
"examples":[
"He's really getting the hang of riding his bike now."
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"misunderstand",
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"related":[
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"grasp",
"know",
"understand",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)",
"imbibe",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig up",
"discern",
"discover",
"examine",
"find out",
"hear",
"hit (on or upon)",
"run down",
"scare up",
"search (for)",
"see",
"track (down)",
"tumble (to)",
"unearth",
"major (in)",
"study",
"memorize"
],
"synonyms":[
"get",
"learn",
"master",
"pick up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get up":{
"clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"went to the prom in some elaborately beaded getup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clothes",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"raiment",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style",
"array",
"caparison",
"vestments"
],
"synonyms":[
"costume",
"drag",
"dress",
"garb",
"guise",
"outfit",
"togs"
]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wine book's getup is pretty standard, with wines being arranged according to country of origin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
]
},
"to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjure (up)",
"gather",
"summon"
]
},
"to leave one's bed":{
"antonyms":[
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"examples":[
"you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drop off",
"lie up",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop (down)",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"related":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"wake"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
],
"examples":[
"all got up in her Sunday best"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"related":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"get-go":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
],
"examples":[
"from the get-go , their relationship was tumultuous and doomed to fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"related":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get-goes":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
],
"examples":[
"from the get-go , their relationship was tumultuous and doomed to fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"related":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get-up-and-go":{
"active strength of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
],
"examples":[
"even after her broken hip healed, Grandma never regained her get-up-and-go"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"related":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getaways":{
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bank robbers jumped into the waiting car and made their getaway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"custodies",
"detentions",
"holdings",
"holds",
"retentions",
"endangerments",
"hazards",
"imperilments",
"jeopardies",
"perils",
"risks",
"troubles"
],
"related":[
"jailbreaks",
"deliverances",
"liberations",
"redemptions",
"releases",
"rescues",
"salvations",
"close calls",
"close shaves",
"near misses"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakouts",
"breaks",
"bunks",
"escapes",
"flights",
"lams",
"routs",
"slips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"examples":[
"you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
]
},
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"antonyms":[
"unlearns"
],
"examples":[
"I'm not sure I ever got the new math"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgets",
"misunderstands",
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"related":[
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"grasps",
"knows",
"understands",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)",
"imbibes",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs up",
"discerns",
"discovers",
"examines",
"finds out",
"hears",
"hits (on or upon)",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"searches (for)",
"sees",
"tracks (down)",
"tumbles (to)",
"unearths",
"majors (in)",
"studies",
"memorizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"learns",
"masters",
"picks up"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't cough on me\u2014I don't want to get your cold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
"related":[
"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)",
"takes"
]
},
"to become the father of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"multiplies",
"procreates",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"bears",
"engenders",
"genders",
"generates",
"produces"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"fathers",
"sires"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"related":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"reasons (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"argues",
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
],
"examples":[
"redid the math problem until I got the right answer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"related":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"hits (on or upon)",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"locates",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"scouts (up)",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me"
],
"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",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's going to get colder as winter approaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"continues",
"is",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays"
],
"related":[
"alters",
"changes",
"metamorphoses",
"modifies",
"mutates",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"becomes",
"comes",
"goes",
"grows",
"runs",
"turns",
"waxes"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"misses"
],
"examples":[
"she was speaking so fast\u2014did you get what she said?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"related":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"grasps",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"examples":[
"will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"related":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"I'll get you if you talk to the cops,\" the loan shark warned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"related":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
],
"examples":[
"got an A on his final paper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"related":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"misses"
],
"examples":[
"the defense tackled the running back and got the ball"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"related":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"reaches"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets (away)":{
"as in escapes , gets off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets along":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"related":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"synonyms":[
"copes",
"does",
"fares",
"gets by",
"gets on",
"makes out",
"manages",
"shifts"
]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
],
"examples":[
"the preparations for the party are getting along just fine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"related":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets on",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"paces",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets back":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"related":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets through":{
"to get to a destination":{
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
],
"examples":[
"we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"related":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting a charge out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's clear that people get a kick out of silly cat videos."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"getting about":{
"to become known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it got about that the company was having financial difficulties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"related":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting around",
"getting out",
"getting round",
"leaking (out)",
"outing",
"spreading"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting after":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"My professor got after me about my overdue assignments."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting ahead":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"antonyms":[
"failing"
],
"examples":[
"a recent college graduate trying to get ahead in the working world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"related":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting along":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"falling short",
"fizzling",
"floundering",
"declining",
"petering (out)",
"slumping",
"waning",
"giving up"
],
"related":[
"carrying on",
"contriving",
"scraping (by or through)",
"scrounging",
"lasting",
"surviving",
"eking out",
"scraping (out)",
"squeezing",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"affording",
"swinging"
],
"synonyms":[
"coping",
"doing",
"faring",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"making out",
"managing",
"shifting"
]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"antonyms":[
"remaining",
"standing",
"staying",
"stopping"
],
"examples":[
"the preparations for the party are getting along just fine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"balking",
"blocking",
"checking",
"detaining",
"halting",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"nipping",
"obstructing",
"slowing (down or up)",
"stemming",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"delaying",
"interrupting",
"stalling",
"cramping",
"hampering",
"inhibiting",
"ceasing",
"letting up",
"pausing",
"regressing",
"waiting"
],
"related":[
"accelerating",
"fast-forwarding",
"speeding",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"journeying",
"passing",
"repairing",
"running",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"wending",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"taking out"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"coming",
"coming along",
"doing",
"faring",
"forging",
"getting on",
"going",
"going along",
"going off",
"marching",
"pacing",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting around":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"examples":[
"somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"end-running",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"outflanking",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"disobeying",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"shortcutting",
"sidestepping",
"skirting"
]
},
"to become known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"word of the discovery of gold quickly got around"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"related":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting about",
"getting out",
"getting round",
"leaking (out)",
"outing",
"spreading"
]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting around (to)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting hold of":{
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He had no problem getting hold of his lawyer late at night."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"getting through (to)",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting off (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting with it":{
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's time to get with it and find yourself a better job."
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"related":[
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"applying",
"bending",
"buckling",
"devoting",
"giving"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"geysers":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gestation":{
"the state of containing unborn young within the body":{
"examples":[
"the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days"
],
"synonyms":[
"family way",
"gravidity",
"pregnancy"
],
"related":[
"conception",
"begetting",
"breeding",
"generation",
"procreation",
"siring",
"spawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barrenness",
"infertility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generations":{
"the act or instance of producing something":{
"examples":[
"Our economy relies on the generation of new ideas.",
"The organization has turned its focus toward the generation of solar energy."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group or class of things that are developed from an earlier type":{
"examples":[
"The automaker is set to release the newest generation of electric vehicles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the length of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children":{
"examples":[
"She has been at the job for a generation , and is seen as a motherly figure to her younger coworkers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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